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Meta settles another social media addiction case just before trial
Snap is now the only defendant in the case. Snap is now the only defendant in the case.
Snap is now the only defendant in the case. Snap is now the only defendant in the case.
A significant number of patients in the US lie to their doctors to get antibiotics they likely don't need, according to two new studies. While that may not be a startling revelation, the studies drills down on the phenomenon, finding that the lies patients tell are generally bad ones—and yet, they work almost all the time. In the two linked studies published Friday in JAMA Network Open, a team of…
Something in the real estate market just got a little less spooky this holiday season. Out of all residential properties in the U.S., the number of homes abandoned during the foreclosure process dropped to 3% in the last quarter, an improvement from 3.3% measured over the same time period last year. The data comes from the real estate analytics firm ATTOM’s latest Vacant Property and Zombie Forecl…
A good and creative costume will only go so far this Halloween. Now instead of just the costume, TikTok users are focusing on its reveal. The trend follows a simple template: Users appear wearing normal clothes and no makeup with text reading “costume loading.” A quick transition later, users reveal their extravagant costumes and costumes to viewers. Unlike most trends, which are tied to a specifi…
The beta feature makes it easier to stay on top of reports and account strikes. The beta feature makes it easier to stay on top of reports and account strikes.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg : Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have a collective $3T+ in AI spending commitments over the coming years, including Alphabet's $1T and Meta's $800B — The five largest players in the data center race have committed more than $3 trillion in spending over the coming years …
Like a real-life episode of "Suits," the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now an AI firm has entered the picture.
In our experience, when it comes to business laptops you can't really go wrong with a Dell. But while the likes of the XPS dominate the high-end, I'm not convinced most professionals need a machine like that. For remote and hybrid workers the Dell 15 laptop for $900 (was $1200) at Best Buy , is an easy pick for productivity that doesn't compromise on power for general office work, emails, video ca…
Traders are running scared this Halloween weekend as a combustible mix of market forces have sparked a selloff in major technology stocks and cryptocurrencies. Weak earnings reports from AI hyper-scalers including Amazon and Google, along with a historic hack on crypto exchange Binance, have left investors in high-growth assets feeling like they have nowhere to turn. As of this writing, the tech-h…
Financial Times : Chainalysis says Binance hackers used automated money-laundering patterns not seen before; Elliptic: almost all of the $6.3B was taken in the first 30 minutes — North Korean hackers' attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale — The largest financial theft in history took no more than 30 minutes.
EcoFlow has been a consistent top-performer in our tests, with one model earning the top spot in our guide to portable power stations. High-capacity, durable build, and reliable output are all strong with this line. So, the EcoFlow Delta 3 Classic with 45W solar panel for $479 (was $598) at Best Buy is an easy recommendation. If a power outage leaves you without heat controls, internet, or a worki…
As AI tools and agents have continued their march across all aspects of digital life, many companies are trying to use LLMs to improve the experience of purchasing goods and services on the Internet. Thus far, though, a vanishingly small number of people seem to be taking advantage of those capabilities, at least when it comes to using the popular food delivery app DoorDash with an outside AI agen…
Plenty of CEOs are bullish on AI and have urged their employees to embrace it enthusiastically. A more unusual approach is to deride your workers as losers for not using AI enough. A new investigation this week from 404 Media shows how one CEO is reportedly not just pushing AI, but practically bullying his employees into using it to work more quickly. At Proton—the company behind the encrypted ema…
Patturaja Murugaboopathy / Reuters : Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle returned just 9.3% of cash to shareholders in the first three quarters of 2026, a 15-year low amid AI spending — The biggest US technology companies generated record amounts of cash in the first nine months of 2026, yet returned the smallest share …
If you want a laptop that doubles as a tablet for notes, streaming, and sketching without paying premium prices, the OmniBook X Flip delivers a lot for the money. The 2K touchscreen laptop comes equipped with a Core Ultra 5 226V chip that supports up to 40 NPU TOPS for general AI tasks. The 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, and 512GB SSD that makes it ideal for work, study, and downtime. Now, as part of Best Buy's…
Claude / @claudeai : Anthropic renames its $100 per month Max 5x plan as Max and the $200 per month Max 20x plan as Ultra, and removes the 5-hour limit for verified Ultra accounts — We're renaming our Max plans: Max 5x → Max Max 20x → Ultra Max is still $100/month, and Ultra is still $200. If you're a subscriber, there's nothing you need to do. We're also removing the 5-hour limit…
Speaking on-stage at the company's recent AI World conference, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison declared AI could eventually make everyone "healthier and wealthier". Apparently unfazed by the technology's impacts on humanity, Ellison does acknowledge that governments need to have a shift in mindset to adapt to this new future. In a Q&A during the conference's hotly anticipated final keynote, Elliso…
There is an uneasy feeling these days when surfing the web that the internet has irrevocably changed. Log on to social media and you’re wading through a sea of influencers psy-opping you into buying stuff you don’t need. Scroll through LinkedIn and you can barely tell whether a post was written by a human or generated by Claude to rack up clicks and likes. Everywhere you look, the internet feels a…
Despite good initial hardware, the Googlebook OS still needs a lot of work. Despite good initial hardware, the Googlebook OS still needs a lot of work.
The Apple Mac mini M6 may be catching all the headlines right now, but I still think for most people looking for a stylish and powerful mini PC, the Mac mini M4 is the optimal choice. It might lack the extra oomph of the M6, but for daily office tasks and content creation, it's way better value. Case in point. The Apple Mac mini M4 is currently $650 (was $799) at Best Buy . If you want a fast, com…
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch : Google says its Suncatcher prototype data center satellite is online after an October 1 launch, with Gemma 4 generating a haiku about being in space — Google Suncatcher's prototype space data center is online and communicating with the ground after launching earlier this month alongside …
I don't know about you, but I'm sort of the gadget-man of the family. The tech-head. The makeshift IT consultant that gets called upon whenever there's an issue with technology. If you fall into the same category (or you never want to call on your family IT support again), I'd definitely recommend checking out the Google Nest Wifi Pro 6e Wi-Fi mesh router for $100 (was $200) at Best Buy . The half…
It was supposed to be for one night only. (Or a one-night stand?) But Black Bear has announced Wicker 4DX is getting an extension in theaters for an added week. What does that mean? Well, for one, basketheads — as fans of the romance film have been dubbed — have many more chances to experience the motion-enhanced theater experience. And yes, that means sharing in the Fisherwoman's (Oli…
When it comes to our testing, Geekom has a strong track record in mini PCs. The range runs from high-performance machines for content creation and heavy workloads to compact machines built for general office duty, browsing, streaming, and other undemanding tasks. The Geekom Air12 Lite, currently $269 (was $599) at Best Buy , falls into the latter camp. If you need a small, cheap PC for a kitchen c…
Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), allowing the on-board Gemma 4 model to follow through on a prompt to create a haiku about being in space: Blue marble below Data streams in silent grace Starlight feeds my core. ✨ Google says it tried out ot…
Margaux MacColl / Resilience Media : Salesforce acquires Rune, which makes AI military logistics software, sources say for $375M in cash and stock; Rune raised $30m from a16z and others — Salesforce is acquiring defence tech startup Rune Technologies for $375 million in a combination of shares and cash, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Instagram 's pitch to longform video creators now reportedly comes with a paycheck, and for some, it could reach half a million dollars. The platform has offered select creators deals worth up to $500,000 to post longer videos through its new Features format, Business Insider reported Oct. 29, citing people familiar with the agreements. Some offers are worth $50,000, while others reach six figures…
Only a quarter of Android phones have even made it to Android 16.
Cognizant formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. It will focus on software engineering, updating old systems and customer service. The move comes 11 days after Cognizant put 18,000 staff behind Google’s Gemini. Cognizant has formed a group of more than 25,000 staff to […] This story continues at The Next Web
The Boulies EP200 isn't the fanciest office chair to ever pass through our testing grounds. But it is one of the most reliable value picks you can get - far superior. It's been our office furniture editor's daily driver for home-working for since February 2025, and it's as good as the day he got it. It is, he said "the archetypal office chair for most people." Now, as part of the company's early B…
Crater counts tell us that most of the Martian surface is more than 3 billion years old, but pieces of Mars we have on Earth tell a different story. The three main classes of Martian meteorites—shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites—are all 2.4 billion years old or younger. Until now, only two genuinely ancient Martian meteorites were known: Allan Hills 84001, found in Antarctica, and a jumbled…
AI-generated code security improved for the first time in a year, with vulnerability rates dropping from 44% to 38% Top models performed better at preventing common flaws like XSS, but still struggled with complex security reasoning Researchers stress AI-generated code still requires independent security testing and verification before deployment Computer code generated by frontier AI models has g…
Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.
Google's subsidiary Tuike Finland cleared and drained 330 hectares of forest at Muhos for a data center site The company failed to get the necessary environmental impact assessments completed before carrying out the felling A preliminary police investigation is now taking place, based on 'ambiguities and shortcomings in the drainage and water management', although the results of this won't be kno…
Fairphone Fairbuds 2: Two-minute review I don’t like Fairphone’s products because they’re more environmentally-friendly and repairable than anything else on the market (though they’re all definitely perks). I like them because they always offer something a little different to make them recommendable as some of the best wireless headphones by their own merits. Last year’s Fairbuds XL 2025 over-ears…
Intego is one of our favorite Mac antivirus tools. When we tested it out earlier in the year, it easily delivered software that was "powerful enough to offer you peace of mind," while still being very easy to use. With the company promising to scare off cyberthreats this Halloween, the Intego One Advanced two-year plan is now $78 (was $130) . With 40% off, that works out at $3.25 a month. In the U…
Tech stocks are taking a big hit on the stock market today, and they really only have themselves to blame. Just look at Google and Reddit's plummeting stocks. On Thursday, Google stock experienced its largest single-day drop ever , and Reddit is on track to have its worst-ever day on Friday. Other tech stocks are also down Friday. As of this writing, Intel is down 30 percent. NVIDIA is down almost…
Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.
We're seeing the first round of 'early' Black Friday deals this week as retailers look to ease into the end-of-year madness. Both Amazon and Best Buy have some genuinely worthwhile listings right now, but a real highlight is the Google Pixel 11 for $699 (was $899) . This is a record-low price for Google's latest flagship, which is only a few months of as of writing. Up until now, we've seen $100 d…
In an announcement released Thursday, Fujifilm said it will invest roughly 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its production capacity fivefold for an unlikely beneficiary of the AI era: magnetic tape. Fujifilm attributes the surge in archiving demand to the spread of generative AI, which the company remarked is producing "exponential growth" in data needs worldwide. The 5x increase in…