Day: September 11, 2025

Two former Meta employees allege that the company ignored child safety in its multibillion-dollar metaverse investment and erased evidence instead of addressing the problem. They testified about these claims this week before the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy and Technology. Read Entire Article

In April 2024, the Federal Communications Commission imposed nearly $200 million in fines on several major wireless carriers, including Verizon Communications, for selling access to sensitive location data to third-party aggregators. These aggregators, in turn, provided the information to unauthorized parties, including bounty hunters and bail-bond companies, putting consumers at......

Starting with the A19 Pro, Apple's flagship SoC in the iPhone 17 Pro Max scored 3,895 points in the single-core test and 9,746 points in the multi-core test on Geekbench 6. These figures represent a 10 – 15 percent improvement over the A18 Pro's 3,479 single-core and 8,568 multi-core scores....

The Shenxing Pro Super Long Life & Long Range Battery is said to offer up to 758 km of range per charge (around 471 miles) and is based on the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure. It is worth noting that WLTP estimates differ from what the EPA uses in...

Microsoft first announced plans to retire the Visual Basic Scripting language in 2023, giving developers and organizations ample time to prepare. The company is now reiterating that VBScript deprecation is imminent, which could significantly affect custom automation solutions integrated with Office applications. Read Entire Article

Speculation about a Spotify HiFi tier began nearly a decade ago, and in early 2021 the company pledged that lossless streaming would arrive "later this year." By mid-2024, internal interface leaks suggested it was nearly ready... only for more delays to follow. That history left many Premium users skeptical when......

While practical DNA storage remains elusive, a team of Chinese researchers has developed a DNA cassette tape that could theoretically store every music track ever recorded. Xingyu Jiang, a professor of biomedical engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Guangdong, China, collaborated with a colleague to combine......

YouTube Product Manager Ritz Campbell said that over the coming weeks, creators across the US will have the ability to leverage the new feature. Within moments of a new video going live in English, viewers in other countries like India or Brazil will be able to watch it in their......

Borderlands 4 refines the series with larger maps, improved combat, and sharper humor and set pieces. Reviewers note that while it suffers from occasional difficulty spikes and some performance issues, it largely delivers a fun, chaotic looter-shooter that fans will enjoy. Read Entire Article

OpenAI has struck a landmark deal with Oracle to buy $300 billion in computing power over five years, highlighting both the explosive rise of AI and the growing financial risks around it. People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the contract – one of the largest......