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Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies
2KTechCrunch by Sean O'Kane / Jan 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM//







People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration. The Washington Post reported Friday that the highest-ranking career official at Treasury is leaving the department after “a clash” with people working for […]

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Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on Metas submission to Trump
100+Mashable / 11h
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed his employees' concerns around recent changes within the company. Zuckerberg on Thursday discussed a range of issues during a meeting, most noticeably the dismantling of Meta's fact-checking policies and diversity programs . Zuckerberg made it clear that the company was abandoning both in order to curry favor with the Trump administration. “I want to be





A Redditor installed a PSP emulator on a Galaxy Watch 5, and now it runs GTA at 60fps and God of War
100+Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 18h
A Reddit user has installed a PSP emulator on a Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 They use Bugjaeger to sideload APKs It now runs GTA 5 at 60fps, and even works with a Bluetooth gamepad A scientist, who was so preoccupied with whether or not they could, and didn't stop to think if they should, has revealed how they installed a PSP emulator on a Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 . A few weeks ago, I spotted a post in t






$2000 Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 gets tested on creative software and AI and obliterates absolutely everything in its path
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 35min
Nvidia's fastest GPU is unsurprisingly expensive and power hungry, just like its predecessor It is also extremely fast and leaves the RTX 4090 and AMD's fastest GPU, well behind Early benchmarks show there's far more potential once drivers and updates are rolled out Nvidia’s latest flagship GPU, the GeForce RTX 5090 , was announced at CES 2025 and has just gone on sale, although Nvidia has warned





Get cloud storage for life — save 83% on 2TB lifetime plans
Mashable / 1h
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How to watch Ireland vs. England online for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Live stream Ireland vs. England in the 2025 Six Nations for free on ITVX . Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The first weekend of the 2025 Six Nations includes some really interesting matchups, but Ireland vs. England is the pick of the bunch in round one. Ireland are looking to defend their title, and will be favorites to win this one in front of a





How to watch Scotland vs. Italy online for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Live stream Scotland vs. Italy in the 2025 Six Nations for free on BBC iPlayer . Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Rugby fans have been expecting Scotland to make the leap for a few years now. The team is talented, but there's something stopping them from making good on all that promise. Could the 2025 Six Nations be the start of something special? T





Only two weeks in and AI phenomenon DeepSeek is officially growing faster than ChatGPT
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 1h
Similiarweb data claims DeepSeek’s usage doubled to 12 million people worldwide in the space of two days Release of DeepSeek’s R1 model has prompted panic in Western AI leaders worried about their bottom line ChatGPT continues to outperform DeepSeek in sheer page hits, but not in growth In the space of two weeks, open source and MIT-licenced Chinese large language model (LLM) DeepSeek has taken t





Squarespace's 2025 Super Bowl ad features Saltburn star and a donkey, in a pub
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 2h
Squarespace teams up with Barry Keoghan for new Super Bowl ad campaign A comedy teaser video is available to watch The ad will air between the 1st and 2nd quarters at Super Bowl LIX When I woke up this morning I didn’t think I’d be talking about bath water drinking actors, donkeys, and one of the world’s most watched sporting events - but here I am - thanks for making my day a little weirder Squa





NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for February 1, 2025
Mashable / 3h
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you





NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for February 1
Mashable / 3h
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections , the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over th





NYT Strands hints, answers for February 1
Mashable / 3h
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of





Wordle today: Answer, hints for February 1, 2025
Mashable / 3h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Su





Press X to sniff: Can smelling a game make it more immersive?
BBC News / 3h
Modern video games look more realistic than they ever have - but there's one sense developers have yet to exploit.





I used the OpenAI Operator rival Browser Use and it's impressive, but takes some technical skill to use
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 4h
OpenAI showed off its first AI Agent, Operator, last week, but it already has a scrappy competitor offering an AI tool called Browser Use that can complete tasks online for you. This Computer-Using Agent (CUA) can write, search, click buttons, and copy information from websites without you needing to touch the mouse or keyboard and without the $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro subscription. Browser Use is





The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research
68Wired / 6h
Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only temporary.





Autonomous vehicle testing in California dropped 50%. Here’s why.
25TechCrunch / 6h
Tech companies developing self-driving vehicle technology have tapped the brakes on testing on California’s public roads, according to new data from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency reported Friday a total of 4.5 million autonomous vehicle test miles were logged in 2024, a 50% drop from the previous year. That figure covers two […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For p





Ariana Grande Kept Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba Ears
98Gizmodo / 6h
The unusual keepsake commemorates the friendship forged on the Wicked set.





What will happen to TikTok? A look at the potential buyers.
Engadget / 6h
TikTok may be back online, but the app’s future in the United States is still far from certain. President Donald Trump’s executive order delaying enforcement of the ban was only a temporary reprieve for the company. While ByteDance was once resistant to the idea of selling TikTok’s US business, that seems to have changed since Trump took office. A ByteDance investor said that striking a deal to k





Time’s Running Out: Grab this Fast and Secure VPN for $2.19/mo and Get 2 Free Months
Gizmodo / 6h
Whether you're looking for a VPN to improve your security or access exclusive streaming content, Private Internet Access' promotion might just be what you're looking for. You can get this VPN for just over $2/month, saving you a significant amount.





Quordle today – my hints and answers for Saturday, February 1 (game #1104)
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 6h
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wor





NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Saturday, February 1 (game #601)
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 6h
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today p





NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, February 1 (game #335)
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 6h
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information





Elon Musk Just Pulled Something Unbelievably Sketchy at the US Treasury
100+Futurism / 6h
​​ Forbidden Treasure It looks like Elon Musk and his buddies have forced another US official out of government. The Washington Post reports that senior Department of the Treasury official David Lebryk abruptly announced his retirement on Friday, after clashing with Musk's allies at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Lebryk has worked at the agency for decades. Since the election,





How to Claim Your Piece of Apple's $20 Million Watch Settlement
Lifehacker / 6h
If you had an Apple Watch between 2015 and February of last year, there’s a chance the company might owe you a small payout. That’s thanks to a recent $20 million settlement on a class action lawsuit over swollen batteries. Apple has denied all wrongdoing , saying in a statement sent to Lifehacker sister publication CNET that “we strongly disagree with the claims made against these early generati





This Experimental Google Feature Lets You Send Robocalls to Local Businesses
Lifehacker / 6h
Usually, it’s the businesses that are behind robocalls, but if you work at a nail salon or an auto repair shop, get ready for customers to start sending hordes of AI Karens your way. Google’s latest experimental AI feature, available to those who sign up for “ Ask for me ” on Google Search Labs, is aiming to be a sort of personal AI secretary for you. Once enabled, it’ll pop up an “Ask for me” bu





The Minimal Phone’s E Ink Screen Will Bore You Out of Doomscrolling
100+Gizmodo / 6h
E Ink is fantastic for long bouts of reading, but it does not a smartphone make.





OpenAI used this subreddit to test AI persuasion
41TechCrunch / 6h
OpenAI used the subreddit, r/ChangeMyView, to create a test for measuring the persuasive abilities of its AI reasoning models. The company revealed this in a system card — a document outlining how an AI system works — that was released along with its new “reasoning” model, o3-mini, on Friday. Millions of Reddit users are members […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
Ars Technica - All content / 6h
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this week, marking the first time in over two decades that the agency has approved a non-opioid pain drug with a novel mechanism of action. The drug, Journavx (suzetrigine), is an oral pill that treats acute pain, such as from surgery or injuries. Unlike opioids, which work by latching onto receptor protei





FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
35Ars Technica - All content / 6h
The Federal Communications Commission demanded that CBS provide the unedited transcript of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that is the subject of a complaint to the FCC and a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump. CBS News on Wednesday received a letter of inquiry in which the FCC requested "the full, unedited transcript and camera feeds" of the Harris interview, The New York Times re





Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ concerning open source
100+TechCrunch / 6h
To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, answered questions in a wide-ranging Reddit AMA on Friday. OpenAI finds itself in a bit of a precarious position. It’s battling the perception that it’s ceding ground in the AI race to Chinese companies like DeepSeek, which […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal





Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration
1KWired / 7h
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.





This tiny 2TB microSD card is at its lowest price ever, and Newegg is even willing to take an offer
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 7h
The Teamgroup 2TB Pro+ sells for just over $170, but you can make an offer at a lower price The device has a lifetime warranty and comes with a card reader We reviewed a different version of this card and gave it a highly recommended badge The Teamgroup 2TB Pro+ microSDXC UHS-I/U3 is a high-capacity and performance memory card bundled with a USB Type-C Ultra CR I card reader, and Newegg currently





The Severance Self-Help Book Is Now Available for Real-Life Inspiration
300+Gizmodo / 7h
Apple has released a downloadable version of The You You Are , as well as an audio version narrated by the actor who plays Ricken.





Starting Tuesday: Heathrow’s ‘One Stop Security’ Trial Lets Some U.S. Arrivals Skip Screening If They’re Connecting
View from the Wing / 7h
It appears that a new trial at London Heathrow airport will simplify international connections starting on Tuesday. Dubbed “One Stop Security,” the initiative will initially allow passengers arriving from the U.S. into terminal 3 to bypass the standard security check. Continue reading ...





I got a first look at the new Lego flower sets in a botanical garden, and the Mini Orchid should be on your list
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 7h
Lego has set up Botanical Gardens in NYC, Atlanta, and Nashville this weekend. It's your chance to see the latest flower sets being added to the Lego Botanical theme. The Mini Orchid, Lucky Bamboo, and Flower Arrangement stole the show. Alongside impressive ships from Star Wars and a highly-detailed replica of the Endurance ship , some of the most popular sets in recent history from The Lego Grou





Mistral board member and a16z VC Anjney Midha says DeepSeek won’t stop AI’s GPU hunger
46TechCrunch / 7h
Midha says R1 won't stop AI from spending billions.It means they will do more with the compute power they can obtain. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





How to Use Tasks in ChatGPT
How-To Geek / 7h
If you have a ChatGPT subscription, you have access to a model that can create scheduled tasks within the ChatGPT app. You can do far more than simply turn ChatGPT into a glorified reminder app, however; Tasks have plenty of helpful uses.





The Cast of Companion on the Horrors and Cuteness of AI Robots
100+Gizmodo / 7h
Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Harvey Guillén, Lukas Gage, and Megan Suri star in the sci-fi thriller, in theaters now.





Trump Admin Orders Deletion of Information About Climate Change From Government Websites
200+Futurism / 7h
The US Department of Agriculture under Donald Trump is taking a bold new stance toward climate change: out of sight, out of mind. A new report by Politico reveals a concerted effort to scrub any mention of "climate change" from the USDA website. On Thursday, a memo circulated instructing site managers to "identify and archive or unpublish any landing pages focused on climate change," according to





Another Healthcare Data Breach Compromised a Million Patients' Information
Impact (Enterprise TA0040)•
Lifehacker / 7h
The healthcare sector is one of the most common targets for hackers and cyber criminals, and yet another data breach has put the personal data of more than a million patients at risk. Community Health Center (CHC), a nonprofit healthcare provider in Connecticut, has disclosed that hackers gained access to its system in October and stole sensitive health and personal information belonging to 1,060





The Neo Geo Brought the Arcade Home in the 90s, Now We Need It Again
How-To Geek / 8h
With the current state of the console gaming world, I can't help but feel there's something missing. There used to be more competition, and there was such a thing as an extremely premium console: the Neo Geo. So where's the modern equivalent?





The Best Gadgets of January 2025
Gizmodo / 8h
CES 2025 brought us tons of fun gadgets, but January also offered new Samsung Galaxy S25 phones and Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs.





United’s Mixed Message: SEC Filing Says ‘Not Buying JetBlue’—Yet Silence On Asset Deals Raises Eyebrows
View from the Wing / 8h
United Airlines has filed an SEC 8-K saying that they are not in negotiations or discussions (and have not been recently) regarding a merger or acquisition. Continue reading ...





Deal alert: Points and miles travel deals for February 2025
70The Points Guy / 8h
Editor’s note: Some of the below offers may be targeted. This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. From bonus points on your next hotel stay to generous sales of airline miles, we’re always looking for travel deals that help you earn more points and miles and redeem them for maximum value. In other words, we want to help you book the vacation of your dreams. Rec





MLCommons and Hugging Face team up to release massive speech dataset for AI research
TechCrunch / 8h
MLCommons, a nonprofit AI safety working group, has teamed up with AI dev platform Hugging Face to release one of the world’s largest collections of public domain voice recordings for AI research. The dataset, called Unsupervised People’s Speech, contains more than a million hours of audio spanning at least 89 languages. MLCommons says it was […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For person





The Virgin of the Quarry Lake Is a Dreamy, Grimy Meditation on Teenage Rage
100+Gizmodo / 8h
Laura Casabé's horror-tinged coming-of-age drama screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.





Quartz Just Published an AI-Generated Article That Absolutely Butchers the Situation With Boeing’s Stranded Astronauts
Futurism / 8h
Earlier this month, as Aftermath f irst reported , the G/O Media-owned business news website Quartz quietly started churning out a huge number of AI-generated news articles. Surprise: its news bot is already publishing outrageous errors. For example, the publication's AI-powered "Quartz Intelligence Newsroom" byline pushed out an article yesterday confidently declaring that NASA astronauts Suni W





‘Hundreds’ of companies are blocking DeepSeek over China data risks
93TechCrunch / 8h
Some companies are blocking DeepSeek over concerns their data will end up with the Chinese government. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





This Chrome Extension Hides Google's AI Junk
Lifehacker / 8h
It's hard to escape AI these days. Apple just made Apple Intelligence opt out , and Google Workspace users are now seeing big, hard-to-dismiss Gemini buttons all over their apps. The world's biggest tech companies are doing their best to sell you on a generative AI future, but even when you can't turn AI off, there are steps you can take to fight back. Even outside of Workspace, Google is one of





OpenAI's Newest Reasoning Model Is Rolling Out
Lifehacker / 8h
OpenAI is officially rolling out its latest model, o3-mini, starting today, Friday, Jan. 31. The company shared the news in a blog post on its website , just over a month after officially announcing the model during its "12 Days of OpenAI." As with each refreshed generative AI model, o3-mini is an improvement over o1-mini—but not by as much as you might think. OpenAI says the two models perform t





Acer Is Making Phones Again
How-To Geek / 8h
We have countless brands of Android phones, but as many as there are right now, countless others have vanished over the years. One of them is Acer. The company is successful in the PC ecosystem, but it has now decided to try phones again, at least in some markets.





Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google's Pixel 4a phones still out there? Google has not really said. Now that many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing drastically reduced battery life after an uncommon update for an end-of-life phone , they are facing a strange array of options with no path back to the phone they had. Google's " Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program ," announced





OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
54Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Over the last week, OpenAI's place atop the AI model hierarchy has been heavily challenged by Chinese model DeepSeek . Today, OpenAI struck back with the public release of o3-mini, its latest simulated reasoning model and the first of its kind the company will offer for free to all users without a subscription. First teased last month , OpenAI brags in today's announcement that o3-mini "advances





5G connectivity on your smart ring or Meta's future Ray-Bans? This eSIM solution smaller than a grain of rice makes it possible and could pave the way to an 'app store' of networks
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
Infineon's OC1230 is less than 4mm^2, smaller than a grain of rice You can fit nearly 40 of them in one nano SIM, the smallest physical SIM card on the market Infineon says it could fit in wearables like smart glasses or rings Infineon Technologies has unveiled the world’s smallest GSMA-compliant eSIM solution - with dimensions of just 1.8 x 1.6 x 0.4 mm, the OPTIGA Connect Consumer OC1230 is sma





What to Know About Collision Avoidance Systems on Planes
NYT > Technology / 9h
Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington.





NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Smashes Spacewalking Record While ‘Stranded’ in Space
40Gizmodo / 9h
The record-breaking spacewalk set a new women's record for total spacewalking time and saw the astronauts finally remove faulty radio communications hardware, among other tasks.





Report: Apple is stopping work on a pair of smart glasses that would have connected to the Mac
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
Apple's reportedly shelved plans for a pair of smart glasses that connected to the Mac According to Bloomberg, the glasses would have had "advanced projectors" for layering AR elements The smart glasses would have required a tether to the Mac If there’s one thing for sure about 2025, it’s that the smart glasses sector is heating up with plenty of rumors about future Meta glasses that stretch beyo





Apple Kills Augmented-Reality Glasses Project
300+Gizmodo / 9h
Apple is lacking vision for where to go following the Vision Pro tanking.





DeepSeek might not be such good news for energy after all
46MIT Technology Review / 9h
In the week since a Chinese AI model called DeepSeek became a household name, a dizzying number of narratives have gained steam, with varying degrees of accuracy: that the model is collecting your personal data ( maybe ); that it will upend AI as we know it (too soon to tell—but do read my colleague Will’s story on that!); and perhaps most notably, that DeepSeek’s new, more efficient approach mea





10 Affordable Used Sports Cars That Rival the Porsche 911
How-To Geek / 9h
In the world of speed, there is one nameplate that consistently sets the benchmark for performance. Since its inception, every sports car has thrived to reach the level of success that the Porsche 911 has garnered itself. However, not everyone can afford such a premium sports car.





Missing Your Family or Friends? 7 Creative Ways Tech Can Bring Them Closer
How-To Geek / 9h
Distance can feel like a wall, especially when the people who matter most are miles away. Sharing meals, swapping gifts, and making memories together seem out of reach. But thanks to a little help from technology, these are some creative ways that I bond with my loved ones.





Netflix Cancels Sandman in Wake of Neil Gaiman Allegations
500+Gizmodo / 9h
The adaptation of Gaiman's fantasy DC Comics series will conclude with the upcoming season 2, after Gaiman was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.





Quick Points: How to earn Marriott elite status through credit cards
The Points Guy / 9h
Elite status in your favorite hotel loyalty program can make your stays more comfortable, convenient and rewarding with perks like bonus points, room upgrades, free breakfast, late checkout and more. You may know that you can receive elite hotel status by holding the right cobranded credit card . Enroll in complimentary Marriott Bonvoy status as a perk of the following cards (terms apply): Silver





Guo’s Conviction Partners adds Mike Vernal as GP, raises $230M fund
TechCrunch / 9h
When in mid-2022 Sarah Guo left Greylock to launch her own AI-focused fund, Conviction Partners, she indicated that she was tagging the word “Partners” to the firm’s name because she would eventually bring on other GPs. Now, more than two years later, Guo is being joined by Mike Vernal, who was a partner at Sequoia […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





Add F*cking to Your Google Searches to Neutralize AI Summaries
300+Gizmodo / 9h
Google will probably close this loophole soon enough.





10 Movies About Architects to Watch After ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Megalopolis’
Lifehacker / 9h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The final months of 2024 saw the release of two major cinematic works, each laser focused on design and architecture. While very different films (that is, one Oscar-nominated , one Razzie-nominated ), each is monumental in its own right. First came Francis Ford Coppola's decades-in-the-making sci-fi drama Megalopolis , following a visionary archit





This Free Browser Extension Lets You Bookmark Bluesky Posts
Lifehacker / 9h
Bluesky has steadily been replacing X (formerly Twitter) for me, but I've really missed the ability to bookmark posts for future reference. While X still has Twitter's old bookmarks feature, the only way to save a Bluesky post is to like it, since you can access a list of your liked posts on your profile page. That's not always convenient—what if you dislike something, but want to be able to find





February’s Lego Releases Ask Where the Hell You’ve Been, Loca
98Gizmodo / 9h
After a blockbuster start to the year, Lego's February is much quieter—save for one highly anticipated set.





Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to duck a deposition in an OpenAI copyright lawsuit
TechCrunch / 9h
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to avoid being deposed in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, according to new court filings. In response, lawyers for the plaintiff — the Authors Guild — have filed a motion to compel testimony from Amodei and his Anthropic co-founder, Benjamin Mann. Authors Guild’s lawyers claim that Amodei and Mann, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal u





Samsung Files Patent to Ditch Bluetooth in Galaxy Buds
55Gizmodo / 9h
Imagine if the Galaxy Buds used Ultra-Wideband to playback audio instead of Bluetooth? It could be so much more seamless.





Windows 11 Is Getting Google Photos-Like Search for OneDrive Photos
How-To Geek / 10h
There are a lot of reasons why I've been faithful to Google Photos, and Google Drive in general, over other cloud services. Particularly the ability it has to sort and search through all my photos over the years. Now, Microsoft is baking similar functionality right into Windows 11's search.





How Is the Internet Different From the Web?
How-To Geek / 10h
Most people use the terms "web" and "internet" interchangeably, and, for the most part, that doesn't make much of a difference. However, the truth is that the web and the internet are two related, but entirely different things and the web might not be around forever.





OpenAI's o3-mini Arrives With an Unexpected Feature—Free Access
How-To Geek / 10h
Less than one week after DeepSeek's "Sputnik moment," OpenAI is releasing its o3-mini reasoning model to the public. This is the first OpenAI reasoning model that is not tied to a subscription—you can use it for free.





Mark Zuckerberg removed tampons from mens restrooms. Meta employees put them back.
22Mashable / 10h
In an apparent effort to curry favor with then-President-elect Donald Trump, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered the removal of tampons from all men's bathrooms in company offices. This decision wasn’t about cost-cutting or efficiency — it took effort, served no practical purpose, and sent a clear message about the company’s shifting priorities. Since Trump’s victory, Zuckerberg has overseen a serie





CFPB fines fintech Wise, alleging it charged deceptive fees
TechCrunch / 10h
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has hit U.K.-based remittance company Wise with about a $2 million fine for what it described as “a series of illegal actions.” Those actions include advertising inaccurate fees and failing to properly disclose exchange rates and other costs, the CFPB alleges. Specifically, the agency claims that the fintech company […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights





Jeff Bezos’s Company (Amazon) Is Suing Washington State to Block His Newspaper (The Washington Post) From Reporting
200+Gizmodo / 10h
Things are getting a little confusing when it comes to the billionaire's various investments.





Should you get your own Amex Platinum or be an authorized user on someone else’s account?
The Points Guy / 10h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. One of the most popular premium credit cards is The Platinum Card® from American Express . While it has a high annual fee (see rates and fees ), it can offer a ton of value for the right kind of traveler. It costs $195 for each additional Platinum cardmember you add to your account (see rates and fees ). N





Meta Said to Explore Incorporating in a Different State
NYT > Technology / 10h
The owner of Facebook and Instagram is incorporated in Delaware, but is considering a change. Its corporate headquarters would remain in Silicon Valley, people with knowledge of the matter said.





NASA Satellites Show How California’s Wildfire Crisis Was Years in the Making
Gizmodo / 10h
A perfect storm of atmospheric rivers and drought since 2022 gave way to a sea of flammable brush.





Apple will pay $20M to settle Watch battery swelling suit, ‘denies wrongdoing’
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Apple has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over battery swelling on the Apple Watch. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2019, the suit alleges that the problem affected the first four Apple Watch models. Battery swelling is pretty much what it sounds like: […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





How Understanding I-Frames and Hitboxes Can Make You Better at Gaming
How-To Geek / 10h
If you've spent any time reading posts online by serious, hardcore gamers you've likely seen the terms "i-frames" and "hitbox" bandied about. If you felt too nervous to ask what the heck any of that means, I've got a quick noob-friendly explanation that might just make you die less often in both online and single-player games.





Tesla promises more affordable EVs and could start its Robotaxi service in June – but I've heard this all before
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
Unsupervised Full Self-Driving will launch in Austin, Texas in June Musk says more affordable models will see Tesla return to growth Sound familiar? Tesla's CEO has promised all of this before Tesla’s quarterly earnings calls are always entertaining affairs, with the company’s CEO seemingly using them as a platform to wildly promise things that, more often than not, fail to materialize. The most





GoPro pushes update to its entry-level Hero camera, adding 4:3 video for social clips
Engadget / 10h
GoPro is rolling out a software update for its entry-level Hero camera that allows users to shoot 4:3 video in 4K. This is great for the kinds of clips that populate social media sites like TikTok, as the footage is taller. The update is available for free via the company’s GoPro Quik app on iOS and Android. Obviously, the new aspect ratio is intended for social media content, but shooting in 4:3





What's New on Prime Video in February 2025
Lifehacker / 10h
Prime Video's original content lineup in February has a little something for everyone, starting with a new comedy series executive produced by the late Normal Lear. Clean Slate (Feb. 6) stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox—who also created and produced the show—as a father-daughter duo working on reconciliation when Cox's character returns home to Alabama as a proud trans woman. Later in the mont





DeepSeek's AI Would Like to Assure You That China Is Not Committing Any Human Rights Abuses Whatsoever Against Its Repressed Uyghur Population
74Futurism / 10h
China's DeepSeek, which threw Silicon Valley into chaos this week, makes no qualms about sending all of your sensitive data straight to the Chinese government. It's also no secret that the hedge fund-owned startup is closely abiding by the country's extreme censorship rules. The company's AI chatbot is consistently distorting reality — in sometimes hamhanded ways — to ward off any criticism aimed





The Future of Doctor Who May Well Depend on Its Upcoming Ratings
96Gizmodo / 10h
Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor has a second season of adventures on the way—but so far there's no Christmas special set for 2025.





Meta turns to solar — again — in its data center-building boom
TechCrunch / 10h
The announcement comes as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintains the company’s ambitious AI strategy, which will require hefty capital investments in data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





New United Airlines Filing Signals Headquarters Move To Denver—Is Chicago On the Way Out?
49View from the Wing / 10h
A year ago United filed a “large development review” plan with the City of Denver that did include adding 12 flight simulators for pilot training, but also allow for a new corporate campus that would support 5,000 employees , enough to move all the workers at the current Chicago Willis Tower headquarters. They've now revealed more details about how the land at 17671 E. 64th Avenue east of Pena Bo





Here’s How DeepSeek Censorship Actually Works—and How to Get Around It
25Wired / 11h
A WIRED investigation shows that the popular Chinese AI model is censored on both the application and training level.





OpenAI’s o3-Mini Is a Leaner AI Model That Keeps Pace With DeepSeek
28Wired / 11h
On the heels of DeepSeek R1, the latest model from OpenAI promises more advanced capabilities at a cheaper price.





Nvidia GeForce Now on Vision Pro Highlights the Bigger Problem With Apple and Gaming
100+Gizmodo / 11h
Streaming games with GeForce Now on a $3,500 Vision Pro is beautiful, but expensive, though it would be so much better if not for Safari.





Stablecoins are finding product-market fit in emerging markets
TechCrunch / 11h
Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries. But as Starlink scaled, it faced a major hurdle: accepting payments in developing markets, where traditional banking infrastructure is unreliable, slow, and prone to blocking transactions. Many local banks across Africa, Latin America, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. A





Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system
100+Ars Technica - All content / 11h
A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has reportedly been seeking access to federal payment systems. "The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems," The Washington Post rep





Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me
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There have been a lot of films and television series exploring sentient AI, consciousness, and identity, but there's rarely been quite such a unique take on those themes as that provided by Love Me , the first feature film from directors Andy and Sam Zuchero. The film premiered at Sundance last year, where it won the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, and is now getting a theatrical





This investor wants you to sign an NDA to build Legos together
TechCrunch / 11h
Investor, former GitHub CEO, and all-around Tech Guy™ Nat Friedman has posted a strangely enticing offer on X. His post reads, “Need volunteers to come to my office in Palo Alto today to construct a 5000 piece Lego set. Will provide pizza. Have to sign NDA. Please DM.” Thanks to the investigative reporting of my […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





OpenAI's o3-mini is here and available to all users
20Engadget / 11h
OpenAI’s latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its "reasoning" models available to free users of ChatGPT. If you want to try it yourself, select the "Reason" button under the message composer to get started. According to OpenAI, o3-mini is faster and more accurate tha





The International DeepSeek Crackdown Is Underway
39Gizmodo / 11h
Italy, Taiwan, and others are already raising security concerns over the Chinese AI model and issuing bans.





Sam Altman’s ousting from OpenAI has entered the cultural zeitgeist
TechCrunch / 11h
The lights dimmed as five actors took their places around a table on a makeshift stage in a New York City art gallery turned theater for the night. Wine and water flowed through the intimate space as the house — packed with media — sat to witness the premiere of “Doomers,” Matthew Gasda’s latest play […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





Park Hyatt Los Cabos at Cabo Del Sol is now taking reservations for July 2025
48The Points Guy / 11h
One of the hotels making an appearance on our upcoming list of the most hotly anticipated hotels of 2025 is Mexico’s Park Hyatt Los Cabos at Cabo Del Sol . The hotel will be perched on the rocky cliffs above the Sea of Cortez in the exclusive seaside enclave of Cabo Del Sol, and it’s set to open this summer. PARK HYATT LOS CABOS Back in October, we reported that the hotel had started taking reser





Rising Temperatures Are Turbocharging City Rat Populations, Scientists Warn
46Gizmodo / 11h
A new study of cities across the globe has found a link between climate change and larger increases in the urban rat population.





The Estate of Superman’s Co-Creator Is Trying to Stop James Gunn’s Movie From Releasing Internationally
100+Gizmodo / 11h
A new lawsuit may hinder the DC Studios release in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.





OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest ‘reasoning’ model
TechCrunch / 11h
OpenAI on Friday launched a new AI "reasoning" model, o3-mini, the latest in the company's o1 family of reasoning models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





The 'Now Bar' Is Samsung's Take on iOS' Live Activities
Lifehacker / 11h
The grand Samsung Galaxy S25 unveiling was also the first time anyone got a good look at One UI 7, Samsung's take on Android 15 —it's now available on the Galaxy S25 handsets, and will be making its way to older models as well in the coming months. Among the many new features the software update ushers in, one of the most useful is the Now Bar. The Now Bar works a bit like the Live Activities sho





OpenAI releases its new o3-mini reasoning model for free
88MIT Technology Review / 11h
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it’s rolling OpenAI’s reasoning model o1 out to its Copilot users, and now OpenAI is releasing a new reasoning model, o3-mini, to people who use the free version of ChatGPT. This will mark the first time that the vast majority of people will have access to one of OpenAI’s reasoning models, which were formerly restricted to its paid Pro and Plus bundles. Reaso





Amazon Music Unlimited just got a price hike – giving you no reason to choose it over Spotify or Apple Music
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 11h
Amazon is hiking prices for its Music Unlimited plans. The Music Unlimited individual plan without Prime is now the same price as Spotify. There's a bigger case to be made for another streaming service. If you currently get your music fix courtesy of Amazon Music Unlimited , we have some bad news: whether you’re a Prime member or not, it’s about to get more expensive to listen to your favorite so





Get ready for The Big Game with these great deals on Roku devices
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The Big Game is just over a week away, so you know what that means: It's time to start planning the watch party. And if you want to be the best host possible, you're going to want a pretty stellar TV and streaming setup. Also, order a few pizzas. SEE ALSO: What's new to streaming this week? (Jan. 31, 2025) That can quickly become an expensive task, though, so you'll want to take advantage of some





Tech Execs Plead for Great Firewall of America to Protect Them Against Scary Chinese AI
100+Futurism / 11h
Scaredy Cats The release of DeepSeek's low-cost R1 model has precipitated an existential crisis in Silicon Valley , whose executives are now begging the government to protect their AI companies from the horrors of the free market. While some tech leaders are outwardly praising DeepSeek's achievements, others are in the same breath demanding even tighter export controls on Nvidia's AI chips to pre





A new Chrome browser highjacking attack could affect billions of users - here's how to fight it
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Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 11h
A new highjacking attack targets Chrome browsers It could steal all your browser data and even from your OS There are several ways for users to fight back Whether you believe it to be the best web browser , Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most popular search engine by a landslide. For that reason, it remains a popular target for hackers as well. And now, a massive new threat is on the horizon, w





Kash Patel Says He Never Promoted QAnon. Here Are All The Times He Did
400+Wired / 11h
Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.





Paramount Reportedly Ready to Pay Off Trump Lawsuits to Get Merger Approval
96Gizmodo / 11h
Paramount is trying to complete a major merger, which will need the approval of President Trump's Justice Department.





DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot
300+Wired / 11h
Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one.





YouTube Is Testing Insane 4x Playback Speeds on Videos
How-To Geek / 12h
Some videos drag on for too long, which is why different video playback speed options exist—YouTube lets you increase a video's speed by up to 2x. Now, though, the platform is testing out a wild new playback speed: 4x.





You Can Use Multiple Accounts on a Steam Deck but It Might Not Be a Good Idea
How-To Geek / 12h
You can share your Steam Deck with other members of your household, and you can add each member’s Steam account. It’s easy to set up, but the process isn’t without its issues.





Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo
32TechCrunch / 12h
What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households? Well, if you’re the Swiss canton (“state”) of Basel-Stadt, you buy the domain that contains the typo, and create a redirect to the correct URL. As Swiss news […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





A look at the unbelievable Nvidia GPU that powers DeepSeek's AI global ambition
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Nvidia's H800 was launched in March 2023 and is a cut-down version of the H100 It is also significantly slower than Nvidia's H200 and AMD's Instinct range These artificial constraints have forced DeepSeek's engineering to innovate It was widely assumed that the United States would remain unchallenged as the global AI superpower, particularly after President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of P





Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts
TechCrunch / 12h
Microsoft says that it’s creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build. Microsoft AI, which encompasses Microsoft’s Copilot, Bing, and Edge products, is becoming core to Microsoft’s growth strategy […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights r





Elon Musk’s Goons Are Trying to Gain Access to the Government’s Payment Systems: Report
500+Gizmodo / 12h
The system sent $5.4 trillion in payments last year.





Get four Apple AirTags for $70, plus the rest of this week's best tech deals
Engadget / 12h
It's time for another edition of Engadget's weekly deals roundup where we bring together worthwhile tech deals from the past week. If you're in the market for home entertainment gear, you're in luck thanks to Super Bowl-adjacent sales. Even if you don't care about the repeat clash between the Eagles and Chiefs , you can still save up to 25 percent on Sonos speakers and get discounts on a number o





Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention
TechCrunch / 12h
A startup called Graze, which lets you build your own feeds for the Bluesky social network, has caught investors’ attention. In addition to offering tools to easily build, customize, publish, and manage Bluesky feeds, Graze will soon allow feed creators to monetize their efforts with advertising, sponsored posts, and subscriptions. In other words, Graze has […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reser





WeDoSolar pivots to B2B after stake acquired by Chinese solar giant
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Last year wind and solar energy overtook fossil fuels to provide 30% of the EU’s electricity. With that in the background, startups in the solar space have been riding a generational change in how we get our power. In 2022 we covered how a small B2C European startup planned to bring solar to homes via […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.





Thousands of datasets from Data.gov have disappeared since Trumps inauguration. Whats going on?
Mashable / 12h
Since President Trump was sworn into office , almost three thousand datasets have disappeared from Data.gov, the U.S. government's repository of open data. According to 404 Media , online archivist communities discovered since Trump took office on Jan. 21, the number of datasets on Data.gov has decreased to 305,564 from 307,854 datasets. Screenshots of Data.gov's homepage archived in the Wayback





Jesse Eisenberg used ChatGPT to understand his anxiety over ordering a bagel
20Mashable / 12h
Think of actor Jesse Eisenberg speaking and, well, you're likely thinking of him nervously hemming and hawing, a ball of anxiety and neuroses. Anxiety is pretty much his brand. Eisenberg is so curious about answers about his anxiety that he's apparently turned to AI . In a recent interview, while promoting his Oscar-nominated film A Real Pain , he said he asked ChatGPT to help him understand why





Chase IHG One Rewards Credit Card Eligibility Explained
One Mile at a Time / 12h
Chase and IHG have three co-branded credit cards currently open to new applicants. There’s often confusion about who is eligible for these cards (based on which cards you currently have), so in this post, I want to cover the basics of what you need to know to get approved for these cards. Chase IHG Rewards credit card basics To start, let’s cover the annual fees and welcome bonuses available on t





Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time
90Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Dell is calling much of its workforce back into the office five days a week starting on March 3. The technology giant is framing the mandate as a business strategy, but there’s reason to believe the policy may drive employee turnover. Business Insider detailed an internal memo today from CEO and Chairman Michael Dell informing workers that if they live within an hour of a Dell office, they’ll hav





Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame
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Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford Performance 2025 event. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHARLOTTE, NC—It's amazing how much more raucous you can make a car feel simply by deleting every semblance of creature comfort. That's the basic idea of the Mustang Dark Horse R, a track-only flavor of the Mustang for the dedicated Must





“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
300+Ars Technica - All content / 12h
If you search Google for a way to turn off the company's AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can't be directly disabled in Google Search. But if you instead ask Google how to turn off "fucking Google AI results," you'll get a standard set of useful web suggestions without any AI Overview at the top. The existence of this "curse to disable Googl





Elon Musk Finally Admits That Teslas Don't Have What It Takes for Full Self-Driving
89Futurism / 12h
Honest Elon After repeatedly insisting for over a decade that Tesla was on the verge of legitimate full self-driving (FSD) — and selling cars with pricey computing hardware, based on the promise that they'd increase in value once the feature became reality — CEO Elon Musk has finally admitted that it's not happening with the vehicles' current hardware. During the electric carmaker's latest quarte





February Is Here for Lovers of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books
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Start turning pages on these 47 new releases from Edward Ashton, Heather Fawcett, James Rollins, Cory Doctorow, and many more.





These Sennheiser Earbuds Are at Their Lowest Price Right Now
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’ve been eyeing premium wireless earbuds but don’t want to shell out big bucks, this deal on the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 might catch your attention. Originally priced at $279.95, they’re now going for $99.99 on Woot—but only for eight days or until sold ou





How to Mute Words and Phrases on Your Bluesky Feed
27Lifehacker / 12h
If you were looking for a respite from X , but Threads didn't work out for you , you might have ended up at Bluesky . Sure, Mastodon is great in theory, but it doesn't have nearly as many users talking in one place. And as a single app, Bluesky is simply easier to use. Bluesky also feels like an app that has learned (or is still learning) from the mistakes of its peers. It has superior built-in m





Tesla Robotic Cleaning of Robotaxi Will Save 20% of Robotaxi Operation
Next Big Future / 13h
Tesla has released a video showing robotic cleaning of the Tesla Cybercab. This will greatly improve the economics of robotaxi. Farzad and others have estimated cleaning as a potentially big cost of Tesla Robotaxi operations. If cleaning with robots drops the cost of robotaxi operations to $100 per month for 3400 miles of operation then ... Read more





RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record
77Wired / 13h
During his confirmation hearings this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would promote vaccines as HHS secretary, despite a long history of promoting anti-vax positions.





Travel to Bright Falls with $20 off the Alan Wake II Deluxe Edition
Mashable / 13h
SAVE $20: As of Jan. 31, get Alan Wake II Deluxe Edition for PlayStation 5 for $59.99, down from its usual price of $79.99. That's a discount of 25%. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Alan Wake II Deluxe Edition $59.99 at Amazon $79.99 Save $20.00 If you've been searching for a great game to play, there's certainly no shortage. But if you want the cream of the crop, we can always recommend som





The Sonos Beam Gen 2 is now $100 off at Amazon
Mashable / 13h
SAVE $100: As of Jan. 31, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 is available at Amazon for $399, down from $499. That's a 20% discount. Opens in a new window Credit: Sonos Sonos Beam Gen 2 $399.00 at Amazon $499.00 Save $100.00 PSA: You don’t have to go to the movies to be at the theater. With the right soundbar, you can transform your living room or bedroom (no judgment) into a home theater that’s so good your n





I Love ChatGPT But These Problems Drive Me Insane
How-To Geek / 13h
I love ChatGPT. I turn to it many times a day and find it one of the most useful tools I've used. For the most part, ChatGPT does what I want and is incredibly helpful. However, there are some major problems that can make it extremely frustrating to use.





Eufy Pinky-Promises Its AirTag-Like Android Trackers Are Coming Soon
How-To Geek / 13h
It used to be that Android didn't have a proper competitor to AirTags, but with the rollout of the Find My Device network, there's been a slow flood of genuinely great Android trackers. Still, Eufy has kept us in the dark about its upcoming Find My Device trackers, but we now have some clarification about them.





WhatsApp claims that 100 journalists and activists were the targets of Israeli-made spyware
36Engadget / 13h
WhatsApp has claimed that some users were “possibly compromised” by spyware, according to a report by The Guardian . The Meta-owned messaging app went on to allege that nearly 100 journalists and activists were targeted in the attack. Additionally, the platform says it has “high confidence” that the Graphite spyware came from Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel that was recently acquir





Zeekr's new EV has a 'Golden Battery' that charges from 10-80% in just nine minutes – making it the world's fastest
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 13h
The 7X SUV is among the first EVs to receive Zeekr’s latest battery tech Fast-charging can add over 300 miles of range in minutes Journalists have been experiencing the rapid top-ups first hand Zeekr revealed details of its next-generation ‘Golden Battery’ technology late in 2023, when it promised 500km (around 310 miles) of range in a mere 15 minutes. Well, that battery technology has now been f





Kate Hudson really does look like the new Ted Lasso in Netflix’s trailer for sports comedy series Running Point
29Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 13h
Netflix has released a trailer for Running Point Kate Hudson stars as the president of a US basketball team The sports comedy has faced criticism for reportedly copying Ted Lasso It's hard to imagine how any sports comedy could emulate the success of Ted Lasso . Well, Netflix looks to be hoping to do just that by swapping soccer for basketball in the new trailer for sports comedy series Running P





Things to consider before switching to a corporate credit card
The Points Guy / 13h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Small-business credit cards can help you carefully manage your company’s expenses while earning valuable cash back or travel rewards. As your profits and employee headcount increase, you may start to outgrow the cards you originally started with. Today, we’ll examine what to consider when switching to a co

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