Google has ended its six-year attempt to redefine online advertising privacy standards. The decision, announced by Google Vice President Anthony Chavez, effectively closes the chapter on one of the company's most ambitious efforts to balance digital advertising with user privacy. Read Entire Article
Microsoft breaks, then quickly fixes Windows Recovery Environment bug that bricked USB input devices
Now that Microsoft's OS division is focused almost exclusively on Windows 11, users would rightfully expect the Redmond corporation to deliver a largely bug-free experience. Yet every new cumulative update introduces additional issues for a platform that should reliably power hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. Read Entire Article
X tests new way to keep users engaged when clicking links
Social media platform X is testing a change to how it displays links on iOS, aiming to keep users engaged without leaving the app. Currently in limited testing, the update keeps the like, reply, and repost options visible even when users open external webpages within X. Read Entire Article
Zotac’s latest mini PC packs a desktop-grade RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU
Zotac's new SFF PC features an Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 255HX paired with up to 96 GB of DDR5-6400. Two M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD slots accommodate primary and secondary local storage needs, but it's the graphics setup that's the real head-turner here. Read Entire Article
Hackers compile personal data on 22,000 US officials using stolen Salesforce records
404 Media, which first reported on the doxing of officials from the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, and the Department of Justice, has verified portions of the newly obtained material. Records reviewed by the publication included personal details of current and former employees from the......
Supreme Court to consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights
US and Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House
Authorities say remains found in Philadelphia are of missing woman Kada Scott
Prosecutors in Philadelphia say remains found buried in a wooded area behind an abandoned school are those of a 23-year-old woman who’d been missing for about two weeks
Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of a US strike in the Caribbean committed any crime
The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean has been released by prosecutors in Ecuador
What to know about the recovery efforts in Alaska following ex-Typhoon Halong
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete