Instead of publishing the findings or commissioning further research, Meta's leadership shut the project down. Internal correspondence, cited in a lawsuit brought by US school districts, reveals that the company questioned the study's validity, attributing its results to prevailing negative press about social media. Read Entire Article
New PUBG spin-off game is a tactical extraction shooter, and you can try it next month
While the original PUBG helped ignite the battle royale craze nearly a decade ago, Black Budget is charting a different path. This time, Krafton is building a tactical extraction shooter centered on "exploration and discovery" instead of pure survival and combat. The game takes place on the mysterious island of......
Microsoft finally admits File Explorer is slow, now it’s testing a preload fix
Microsoft has finally acknowledged it has a major performance problem with one of the core components of the Windows 11 GUI. File Explorer is now a shell of its former self, with users lamenting its poor performance, frequent bugs, and inconsistent interface decisions imposed by the AI-and-cloud-obsessed corporation over the......
Pornhub calls on Apple and Google to build device-based age verification APIs
Last week, Pornhub sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft, urging them to adopt device-level age verification. As governments in the United States and the United Kingdom tighten rules on adult content, site-by-site identification checks push users toward workarounds instead of keeping minors off porn websites. Read Entire Article
UK’s DragonFire laser proves combat readiness with high-speed drone kills
The UK Royal Navy recently confirmed that the DragonFire laser has achieved a significant new milestone, targeting and destroying high-speed drones. Compared to traditional weapons, the energy-based system can provide a truly impressive cost-cutting benefit. It is also highly accurate and doesn't leave any ammunition shells behind. Read Entire Article
Roblox Studio turns drag-and-drop creativity into full-blown games
Roblox Studio lets anyone build games using its intuitive editor, drag-and-drop tools, and Lua scripting. With a huge library of built-in assets, templates, and real-time testing make it accessible for creators of all skill levels. Read Entire Article
Solo Bitcoin miner defies astronomical odds to claim block worth $270K
According to CoinDesk, the lowly miner had a one in 180 million chance of solving a Bitcoin block on any given day. At roughly 6 TH/s, the miner accounts for just 0.0000007 percent of the Bitcoin network's total hash power. Read Entire Article
Windows just turned 40: What was the original project name of Windows 1.0?
The graphical user interface for MS-DOS circa 1985 Read Entire Article
Infosys co-founder hikes 70-hour workweek call to 72 hours, praises China’s 996 model
Murthy has long been a controversial figure over his call for young Indians to work 70-hour weeks if they want to succeed and help the nation's economy. He doubled down his stance last year, saying he'd "take it to his grave." Murthy also said he didn't believe in work-life balance,......
Potential presidential candidates are less coy about 2028 plans: ‘Of course I’m thinking about it’
There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions