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A joint investigation found that at least five popular VPN apps on the App Store and Google Play have ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese company with military links. Apple has since removed two of the apps but has not confirmed the status of the remaining three, which 9to5Mac notes have "racked up more than a million downloads." The five apps in question are Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder VPN, Snap VPN, and Signal Secure VPN (not associated with the Signal messaging app). The Financial Times reports: At lea
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Veteran actor Bette Midler says she's sold her Tesla, which she called "a symbol of racism, greed and ignorance." Read more ›
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The unedited 1977 theatrical cut of the first Star Wars film will headline the BFI's Film on Film Festival this summer. Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO has been one of Trump's most outspoken cheerleaders — but Musk is not a fan of the tariffs that have shaken global markets. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's wealth fell to $298 billion on Monday. Over the weekend, the Tesla CEO spoke out against President Donald Trump's tariffs. Read more ›
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A new report from Reuters has shed light on how Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is employing tech in its processes, including the alleged use of artificial intelligence to monitor communications. The initiative is said to be keeping an eye out for chatter that's considered hostile toward Musk or President Donald Trump. Some managers at the Environmental Protection Agency have reportedly been told that DOGE is deploying AI... Read more ›
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Trump's return has affected the news media and entertainment business in major ways. Here's a breakdown. Read more ›
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CEO Larry Fink of BlackRock talks about succession plans and his changing perception of New York City during an interview. Read more ›
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I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include Grand Teton and Acadia. Read more ›
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Adam Mosseri spoke on a podcast about Instagram's priorities around creators and how reach works on the app. Read more ›
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Elon Musk, seemingly keen to repair some of his gamer cred after he admitted to account boosting, streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2 during a flight as a part of an “airborne continuity test” of his Starlink internet service. But during the stream, he was bombarded by messages from viewers bullying him for his […] Read more ›
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As Trump angers everyone from Canada to China, Americans are growing afraid to travel abroad — and it could get worse. Read more ›
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Can an AMD RX 9070 GPU equal an RX 9070 XT? Yes, it sounds preposterous, but it’s (kind of) true – if these modders are to be believed. Read more ›
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We went on a day trip to the famous town in Austria, Hallstatt, but were so overwhelmed by crowds and overtourism that we soon changed plans. Read more ›
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I drove a 2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid and was impressed by its V8 powertrain, cool cabin tech, and incredible driving dynamics. Read more ›
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Apple today announced that five additional games will be added to the Apple Arcade library at the beginning of next month. Accessible through the App Store, Apple Arcade is a subscription-based service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro, all free of ads and in-app purchases. In the U.S., Apple Arcade costs $6.99 per month and is bundled with... Read more ›
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Anker this week kicked off a new Earth Day sale, offering savings on popular wall chargers, iPhone charging stands, portable batteries, SOLIX solar power stations, and more. This sale includes discounts at both Anker and on Amazon. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.... Read more ›
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Bill Gates, who famously dropped out of Harvard to found Microsoft, previously said his kids would inherit less than 1% of his total wealth. Read more ›
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The highly-anticipated follow-up to Hollow Knight will release on both Switch and Switch 2. Read more ›
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While the recently rumored Edge 60 Stylus still isn't official, today Motorola unveiled another stylus-endowed device: the 2025 edition of the Moto G Stylus mid-ranger, a staple in the company's roster by now. The new Moto G Stylus boasts a 6.7-inch 1220p pOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate and 3,000-nit peak brightness, a 50 MP main camera using Sony's Lytia LYT-700C sensor with OIS, a 13 MP ultrawide with... Read more ›
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Microsoft is pushing businesses to shift away from perpetual Office licenses to Microsoft 365 subscriptions, citing collaboration limitations and rising IT costs associated with standalone software. "You may have started noticing limitations," Microsoft says in a post. "Your apps are stuck on your desktop, limiting productivity anytime you're away from your office. You can't easily access your files or collaborate when working remotely." In its pitch, the Windows-maker says Microsoft... Read more ›
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Substack has announced it will legally support foreign writers lawfully residing in the U.S. who face government targeting over their published work, partnering with the nonprofit FIRE to expand its existing Defender program. The Verge reports: In their announcement, Substack and FIRE mention the international Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents last week. Her legal team links her arrest to an opinion piece she co-wrote for the... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader CyberSlugGump shares a support article from AT&T, writing: On June 17th, AT&T will stop supporting email-to-text messages. That means you won't be able to send a text message to an AT&T customer from an email address. You can still get in touch with AT&T customers using SMS (text), MMS, and standard email services. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: [...] The study, led by researchers at Brown University, found that the wealthiest Americans lived shorter lives than the wealthiest Europeans. In fact, wealthy Northern and Western Europeans had death rates 35 percent lower than the wealthiest Americans, whose lifespans were more like the poorest in Northern and Western Europe -- which includes countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.... Read more ›
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Scientists "demonstrated a promising step toward using a person's own immune cells to fight gastrointestinal cancers" at America's National Institutes of Health (or NIH), reports the Washington Post. But the results were published in Nature Medicine on Tuesday — "the same day the agency was hit with devastating layoffs..." The treatment approach is still early in its development; the personalized immunotherapy regimen shrank tumors in only about a quarter of... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide and threatening that more are to follow. Launched in 2021, KidFlix allowed users to join for free to preview low-quality videos depicting child sex abuse materials (CSAM). To see higher-resolution videos, users had to earn credits by sending cryptocurrency payments, uploading... Read more ›
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A joint investigation found that at least five popular VPN apps on the App Store and Google Play have ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese company with military links. Apple has since removed two of the apps but has not confirmed the status of the remaining three, which 9to5Mac notes have "racked up more than a million downloads." The five apps in question are Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder... Read more ›
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U.S. stock markets suffered their worst day since the Covid pandemic after Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs, triggering a global selloff and wiping out $470 billion in value from tech giants Apple and Nvidia. From a report: The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow dropped 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively. [...] Meanwhile, the US dollar hit a six-month low, going down at least 2.2% on... Read more ›
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The Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, "But as Starliner's thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go..." Starliner had flown to within a stone's throw of the space station, a safe harbor, if only they could reach it. But already, the failure of... Read more ›
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"The third James Bond novel was published on this day in 1955," writes long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger. Film buff Christian Petrozza shares some history: In 1979, the market was hot amid the studios to make the next big space opera. Star Wars blew up the box office in 1977 with Alien soon following and while audiences eagerly awaited the next installment of George Lucas' The Empire Strikes Back, Hollywood was... Read more ›
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