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A former lobbyist for Meta is now in charge of the EU's chief regulator for big tech firms, according to reporting by The Irish Times. Niamh Sweeney has been named commissioner of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is one of the largest EU data protection authorities.
Prior to this, she worked at Meta for six years. Sweeney was director of European public policy at WhatsApp and head of Irish public policy at Facebook for many of those years. She becomes the third active commissioner of the regulato
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iQOO has been teasing the iQOO 15 since last month, and today, the brand announced that the iQOO 15 will be unveiled on October 20 at an event in Shenzhen, China, which will begin at 7 PM local time. Additionally, iQOO also revealed the color options of the iQOO 15. The smartphone will be available in four colors in China, including a model with a color-changing back cover. iQOO 15's... Read more ›
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David He from Black Ant Capital said Chinese companies should set their eyes on the US early on. Read more ›
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Big Tech companies don't want new players entering their league, said Thrive Capital's Vince Hankes. Read more ›
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Jensen Huang, who immigrated to the United States when he was nine, said his family would not have been able to afford Trump's new H-1B visa fee. Read more ›
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To the former health leaders, it seems pretty clear: Kennedy is a threat to the nation. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Days after deploying National Guard troops to Chicago against the wishes of local leaders, President Donald Trump is calling for the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, […] Read more ›
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ABB has agreed to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group and change its reporting structure as part of the process. Zurich-based ABB, a technology company in electrification and automation, announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp for an enterprise value of $5.375B (nearly €4.62B). The ... Read more Read more ›
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We're just about due for the next-generation Apple silicon chip, which will kick off a new wave of Mac refreshes. The M5 chip is expected to make an appearance in some new products before the end of the year, but most Mac refreshes will happen in 2026. We've rounded up current rumors on when we might see updates for Apple's notebook and desktop machines. MacBook Pro The MacBook Pro could... Read more ›
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Facial recognition meets your front door, and not everyone's thrilled about it. Read more ›
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Who will fill the chief executive role once Tim Cook decides to retire? Here are a few people reportedly being considered. Read more ›
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The plaintiffs said that social media companies have a created a "youth mental health crisis" and encouraged risky behaviors like "subway surfing." Read more ›
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I got tickets to see Joshua Hong in concert with his band, Seventeen. Spending $40 to rent Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for a day seemed like a good plan. Read more ›
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Sanders released a report this week that said AI could eliminate nearly 100 million jobs over the next decade. Read more ›
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Trading near $123,000, Bitcoin’s rise has become a mirror for the market’s uncertainty, part trust and part froth, with QCP calling it a “credibility hedge” while Glassnode and CryptoQuant debate whether the rally’s conviction hides complacency. Read more ›
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Google's been restricting Gemini on hardware with unlocked bootloaders for some time, but is finally explicit about it. Read more ›
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The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience. Read more ›
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Google TV could detect if you haven't used your remote for a while. And here's why. Read more ›
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Time is running out—don’t miss Amazon's fall 2025 Prime Day sale deals on WIRED-tested favorites like Kindles, laptops, Apple Watches, robot vacs, and more. Read more ›
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Following Apple's removal of ICEBlock from the App Store, an app used to report on the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 404 Media reports that Google is also removing similar apps from the Play Store. In a statement to Engadget, Google said "ICEBlock was never available on Google Play, but we removed similar apps for violations of our policies." Google says that it decided to remove apps that... Read more ›
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There's a long list of reasons US stability is now teetering between "Fyre Festival" and "Charlie Sheen's 'Tiger Blood' era." Now you can add cybersecurity to the tally. A crucial cyber defense law, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), has lapsed. With the government out of commission, the nation's computer networks are more exposed for… who knows how long. Welcome to 2025, baby. CISA 2015 promotes the... Read more ›
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It’s been quite the week for Xbox news. A lot of people are still coming to terms with Microsoft's veritable gut-punch of announcement that the price of a Game Pass Ultimate subscription is about to soar by 50 percent. And if that has already pushed you into washing your hands with Xbox altogether, it looks like Microsoft may soon attempt to tempt you back by giving away its cloud gaming... Read more ›
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California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday that grants rideshare drivers in the state the right to unionize. It's the second state to grant organizing rights to rideshare drivers, who are independent contractors, following the passage of a similar law in Massachusetts in 2024. There are over 800,000 rideshare drivers in California, and the bill that was just signed into law "establishes a clear legal framework for union certification,... Read more ›
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Amazon Prime Day is officially here and bringing all-new low prices on some of our favorite speakers. That includes the Beats Pill, one of our picks for best portable Bluetooth speakers. Right now, you can get the Beats Pill for $80, down from $150. The 47 percent discount brings the speaker to $18 less than its July Prime Day price. Notably, like in July, only the Kim Kardashian branded version... Read more ›
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A court in the Netherlands has ordered Meta to change Facebook and Instagram's timelines, after finding that the element ran afoul of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). As reported by Reuters, the Dutch court said that the company needs to provide users with simpler options — namely ones that don't rely on an algorithm. "People in the Netherlands are not sufficiently able to make free and autonomous choices... Read more ›
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Google's Chief Scientist of Quantum Hardware the Nobel Prize in Physics alongside former Google employee John Martinis, and University of California, Berkeley professor John Clarke. This is the second year in a row that current or former Google employees have been awarded the prestigious prize: In 2024, a former Google vice president was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel... Read more ›
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OpenAI has disclosed that a now-banned account originating in China was using ChatGPT to help design promotional materials and project plans for a social media listening tool. OpenAI says that this work was purportedly done for a government client. The tool was a "probe" that could crawl social media sites like X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and YouTube for specific political, ethnic or religious content as defined by the operator.... Read more ›
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The story of the Rabbit R1 is a cautionary tale. The AI gadget stole CES 2024, thanks in large part to its cutesy design and Rabbit's promise that it could do nearly everything a smartphone could without being a distraction. At least that was the pitch. When it finally arrived a few months later, with buggy software and a laundry list of features that simply didn't work, the backlash was... Read more ›
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Google has failed to convince the Supreme Court to block the injunction requiring the company to make major changes to the Play Store after it lost its case with Epic Games. The Verge and Reuters have reported that the Supreme Court has denied the company's request for a partial stay on the injunction while it prepares to appeal. In a tweet, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said that developers "will be... Read more ›
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