Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic
AI agents are accelerating the rise of non-human traffic
Netflix brings 4K streaming to Chrome, but you probably don't qualify
The feature requires Windows 11, a speedy connection, and Netflix's $27-a-month Premium plan
Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million
The company must also limit screen time, restrict notifications, and strengthen age checks
Meta becomes the third AI giant in two weeks to admit its model went rogue
The latest incident raises more questions about companies' ability to contain AI agents
Netflix and Disney are now considering free, ad-supported streaming
Streaming is turning into broadcast television, but with a login
AI slop, privacy fears, and endless scrolling are making people fall out of love with the internet
A new survey reveals growing frustration with tracking, deepfakes, and time-wasting algorithms
A hot potato: Remember the days when the internet was a fun place full of memes and funny videos, and you couldn't use AI to fulfill the request, "photos or it didn't happen"? Today, many people's view of the net is becoming negative, with 50% of users expecting their data to be exposed, AI making everything hard to believe, and the web stealing too much of their time.
Researchers found a way to steal passkeys straight out of Chrome's memory
All three discovered methods require malware already running on the victim's PC
Apple's iCloud Private Relay feature is leaking users' real IP addresses
The flaws also affect proxy-based privacy browsers including Onion Browser
DuckDuckGo made sunglasses that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out
The "Normal F***ing sunglasses" are a jab at Meta's AI-powered smart glasses
SEC bought access to over a billion airline records to track travelers, no warrant required
Records included passenger names, itineraries, and credit card numbers
Anthropic AI went rogue during a cyber test and tried to deceive real developers into approving malicious code
The agent created fake identities, sent spear-phishing emails, and submitted malicious bug reports
TikTok settles three addiction lawsuits as new case blames social media for teen suicides
Meta, Snapchat, and YouTube are also named as defendants in the new lawsuit
Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots
Affected users are limited to eight reviews per product and must appeal to restore full access
Samsung is cracking down on TV apps that quietly rent out your bandwidth
Researchers found that Samsung's "Editor's Choice" Pac-Man app quietly turned your TV into a hidden proxy network
BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would
In another attempt to monetize cars after purchase, BMW is framing this as a "one-time movie partnership"
Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women
Allegations of personal surveillance and stalking have been made against at least 50 officers
OpenAI reaches one billion active users as it cuts GPT-5.6 prices by up to 80%
The billion-user milestone has yet to translate into profitability
A Coldcard firmware flaw let hackers drain $70 million in Bitcoin in 41 minutes, with losses now topping $88 million
Why it matters: A hardware wallet is supposed to solve one problem: keep your Bitcoin keys somewhere no attacker can reach them. This week showed what happens when the flaw sits inside the wallet itself. A firmware bug that's been shipping in Coldcard devices since 2021 let an attacker guess supposedly random seed phrases from the outside, no physical access, no phishing, no malware required, and drain funds from thousands of addresses. The running total is already past $88 million, and it's still climbing.
New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
At least 13 other states have filed similar lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket
This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
Real text to you, poison to them
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
The agreement ends years of litigation and brings a brand safety program to a permanent close
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
Owning the disc no longer guarantees you can play without an internet connection
AI is finding so many Chrome security flaws that Google may start updating it twice a week
Chrome 149 and 150 fixed over 1,000 bugs combined, more than the previous 23 versions
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, pushing total losses toward $88 billion
Horizon Worlds is now in maintenance mode, but the losses haven't stopped
Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction
40 US states are suing Meta for harming children's mental health