During its Q2 2026 earnings call, Meta said its latest Reels ranking update, the largest one to date, drove a 15-basis-point increase in Instagram sessions. The number of "reshares" has also increased significantly, suggesting the app is doing a better job of surfacing content users actually want to see. Read...
Seagate aims to launch 50TB HAMR hard drives in 2027
According to Seagate CFO Gianluca Romano, the US company is on track to achieve a storage density of more than 5TB per platter. In layman's terms, Seagate should soon be able to sell individual HDDs containing ten 5TB+ platters, resulting in more than 50TB of storage capacity on a single......
Perplexity brings its Personal Computer AI agent to Windows
Perplexity's Personal Computer is now available on Windows after debuting on macOS earlier this year. The new desktop experience can work across your local files, apps, Microsoft 365, and the web, allowing it to automate tasks, create documents, and streamline everyday workflows. Read Entire Article
Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported
According to official FBI data, US internet users reported losing around $20.9 billion to all types of online scams and cybercrimes in 2025 alone. Losses grew by 25% year over year, but they still represent only a fraction of a much broader – and far more troubling – picture. CFA......
Man convicted in terrorism trial over 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
A man has been convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
US-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls again
The stop-start fighting between the United States and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies
Howard University president says more than 200 students readmitted after mass unenrollment
Howard University's interim president says over 200 of the more than 500 first-year incoming students who were unenrolled for the fall semester have been readmitted to the school
Man gets 6-month sentence for ramming car into Jewish group’s NY world headquarters
A man has been sentenced to just over six months behind bars for ramming his car into the world headquarters of the Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch in New York City
Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard
The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son
The EU might weaken its landmark climate law — the ‘most impactful’ in the world
The European Union’s cap-and-trade system has long been considered the gold standard for market-based emissions-reduction policies, and it’s influenced similar efforts from California to South Korea. Since 2005, it’s helped reduce the EU’s industrial carbon emissions by about 50 percent, and a recent working paper called it the “most impactful...