Four years in, Meta has burned through $45 billion chasing its metaverse dream
Internal chaos, unqualified leadership, and lack of a clear plan has allegedly contributed to losses
ChatGPT nears one billion users as Ghibli-style AI images double weekly actives
ChatGPT was the world's most downloaded app in March
PC gamers report hackers have taken over Star Wars Battlefront II
Battlefront II multiplayer modes are unplayable, EA silent on fix
Sophisticated bot uses OpenAI to bypass filters, flooding over 80,000 websites with spam
AkiraBot exploits contact forms and live chat widgets with "personalized" messages
Whistleblower tells Congress Facebook worked with China on censorship and data access
"It's been happening for years, covered up by lies, and continues to this day"
Researcher uncovers network of risky Chrome extensions with over 4 million installs
Many ironically promise to scan Chrome for sketchy browser extensions
Microsoft says Edge 134 is up to 9% faster with real-world performance boosts
New features include an AI-powered scareware blocker
Founder of Nate app faces fraud charge for using "AI" that was really human call center workers
The only thing artificial was the claim
CEO Andy Jassy outlines Amazon's future as "the world's largest startup"
Amazon claims to have made over 375 changes to its bureaucracy, based on suggestions from employees
At Cloud Next, Google bets on AI everywhere
From TPU Ironwood to Agent2Agent: Google doubles down on hybrid AI
WordPress launches AI website builder for fast, easy creation
Describe your dream site and let the AI build it for you
Trump's 125% tariffs hit Chinese Amazon sellers hard, forcing them to raise prices or quit the US
The tariffs could also lead to a rapid increase in China's unemployment rate
Dangerous WhatsApp bug on Windows let hackers run malicious code
Meta has since fixed the issue
News industry calls for regulation as AI companies face mounting copyright backlash
UK publications ran a similar campaign earlier this year
Weighing the Internet: A thought experiment that keeps getting lighter
The science behind measuring the weight of the internet
Meta ends its fact-checking program, replacing it with Community Notes
Making users the arbiters of truth in Facebook and Instagram
Trump delays TikTok ban another 75 days after China stalls divestment deal following tariffs
All parties had reportedly agreed upon a sale before Beijing responded to the April 2nd tariffs
Microsoft's Copilot gains the ability to complete web tasks on your behalf
The company has also announced "Copilot Search"
AMD moves 3x more CPUs than Intel, rakes in 5x the revenue on Amazon
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D led the pack
Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy
The ProtectEU plan has some lofty goals and a few alarming caveats
Wikipedia servers are struggling under pressure from AI scraping bots
"Our content is free, our infrastructure is not"
Last-minute TikTok bidders include Amazon and OnlyFans founder
AppLovin, Oracle, and Blackstone also reportedly in discussions
Why it matters: As ByteDance's April 5 deadline to divest TikTok or face a ban approaches, last-minute players have entered negotiations to potentially take over the U.S. operations of the popular social network. The Trump administration, which postponed the ban in January, is reportedly exploring several options to bring some or all of TikTok under American ownership.
Gmail adds end-to-end encryption for internal emails in enterprise beta
Send client-side-encrypted messages with a few clicks
Google promotes new security requirements for HTTPS encryption providers
Linting and MPIC technologies can significantly improve the safety of web connections