Spotify CEO defends AI music, promises musicians will be adequately compensated
"Legal and controlled AI music is better than pirated AI music"
DuckDuckGo's app is growing in popularity after Google turned search into AI
"People just want a choice."
Motorola Razr phones are secretly hijacking Amazon launches with affiliate redirects
Network logs reveal Motorola's Smart Feed app silently rerouting through third-party ad-tech domains
Canada is imposing a 15% tax on streaming services to support local content
"No one ever likes being regulated," especially in the US
A VPN built for criminals just got shut down by Europol and Eurojust
First VPN was marketed on underground forums and is linked to ransomware, fraud, and data theft
Meta launches Forum, an app for Facebook Groups offered as a Reddit alternative
Facebook Groups gets another standalone app, years after Meta shut the last one down
Meta settles a lawsuit that said it addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage
The Kentucky district claimed addictive design features forced schools to divert resources from education
Google accidentally published a four-year-old Chromium security bug, then tried to hide it again
Discovered in 2022 and rated high priority, it still hasn't been fixed
Facepalm: The open-source Chromium project provides the foundation for Google Chrome and many other popular web browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. When a serious security flaw is discovered in the shared codebase, it can quickly become a widespread threat affecting millions of devices across multiple computing platforms.
Kickstarter is walking back mature content rules after backlash
Kickstarter blamed payment processor Stripe for the misstep
Researchers hit 112Gbps over wireless in a breakthrough that could shape 6G
100Gbps-class wireless communication could be the next big thing
Looking ahead: Researchers at Japan's Tokushima University, the University of Tokyo, and Gifu University have developed a terahertz wireless communication system capable of transmitting data at 112Gbps in the 560GHz band. This is significantly faster than the few-gigabit-per-second data rates typically achieved by conventional terahertz communication systems operating at similar frequencies.
Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI jobs while laying off thousands more
At Meta, employees are either losing jobs to AI or being reassigned to build it
Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen?
Two AI "co-hosts" cover news, sports, and more, pulling from outlets like the AP, Reuters, and Washington Post
ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop
LLM or not, paper authors will be responsible for whatever they post to the archive
One company now controls more than 4% of all Bitcoin
Strategy is closing in on one million Bitcoin after spending another $2 billion
AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn
Hackers only need photos from within 5 feet
European Court of Justice rules Meta must compensate Italian publishers for content use
Newspapers have the right to "fair compensation" from US Big Tech, the EU said
Google trials 5GB storage cap for new Gmail sign-ups without phone numbers
A new security feature or a ploy for more private info?
Man who lost Bitcoin wallet password while high recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after 11-year lockout
The recovery involved 3.5 trillion password attempts
WTF?! It's quite rare that we hear positive stories about AI, but at least one person is thankful for the proliferation of LLMs. A Bitcoin owner who forgot their wallet password 11 years ago just used Claude AI to access their cryptocurrency – all $400,000 worth.
Microsoft is baking even more Copilot functionality into the Edge browser
Are you still browsing the web, or is Copilot browsing you at this point?
The EU is going after TikTok and Meta over addictive algorithms and child safety failures
As always, Brussels is especially thinking about the children
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B unsolicited offer as "neither credible nor attractive"
GameStop could take its offer directly to eBay's shareholders
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
The latest move in a widening standoff over who controls Europe's digital infrastructure – but private companies are exempt
Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail people from "evil" AI stories online
Elon Musk accepts some of the blame
A data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressure
The county issued a $147,474 back-bill and waived all penalties
How Apple Pay Works: The Tech Behind
Apple Pay makes contactless payments feel effortless, but behind that two-second tap is a surprisingly sophisticated chain of cryptography, tokenization, and real-time authorization.
