Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quit…
Massive data center proposals are often developed in secret. Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent.
Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from fossil fuels.
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.
Protests broke out outside Rockstar North’s Edinburgh office and Take-Two Interactive’s London headquarters, as demonstrators accused the company of “union busting”.
By fusing SpaceX and xAIâwhich acquired X last yearâElon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.
As the European Commission prepares a new Digital Fairness Act (DFA) to tackle addictive design of social media and other harmful digital practices, new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) reveals intense lob…
Today the W3C standards organization announced a new working group to advance the ActivityPub and Activity Streams standards. The Social Web Foundation, as a W3C member organization, will be partic…
Donald Trump disclosed financial transactions for Q1 2026 with a total value of at least $220 million, including purchases of Paramount, WBD, Netflix, Disney and Comcast stock.
A 19-year-old influencer is suing the dating app Meete, alleging the company misappropriated her TikTok videos and used geofencing to target "friends with benefits" ads to men in her own college dormitory.
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A Chinese startup has unveiled an AI-powered collar that claims to translate animal sounds into human language, a concept that has inevitably sparked many questions.Priced at $149.99 (£110) on its website, Hangzhou-bas…
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Bethesda has announced its long-awaited list of updates and additions to Starfield, which fans have been anticipating as the game's 'version 2.0' moment.
Windscribe VPN has alleged that local authorities in the Netherlands seized one of its servers without a warrant, sparking concerns about procedural overreach and potential implications for user privacy. The incident wa…
Young adults are more likely than older Americans to believe that AI will create economic gains that benefit everyone, but they are also more likely to worry that AI will replace jobs they depend upon