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Surfshark is one of the youngest major VPNs, but it's grown rapidly over the last seven years. Since 2018, it's expanded its network to 100 countries, added a suite of apps to its Surfshark One package and experimented with advanced touches like servers that constantly rotate your IP address.
Formerly a budget VPN, Surfshark is still pretty affordable but the cost of a one-month subscription is way too high. These days, it's more interested in innovation than affordability. Its features may not always be c
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The Trump administration is signaling that a government shutdown on Wednesday could lead to more firings. Democrats say its an intimidation tactic. Read more ›
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Tom Homan, the White House border czar, allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives during a sting operation last year, according to MSNBC. The payment was made after Homan implied that he could help the agents secure government contracts in a second Trump administration. In layperson’s terms, this is […] Read more ›
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Microsoft is blocking the Israeli military’s access to cloud and AI services that have been used in the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced the decision in an internal memo to employees on Thursday, after The Guardian and others reported last month that the Israeli government stored recordings […] Read more ›
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It’s cool how the cover display on flip foldables enables main camera selfies, right? Well, these two don’t fold but they can do the same trick – the Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max have full-width secondary displays on their backs with a number of creative ideas on how to use them. Xiaomi 17 Pro The Xiaomi 17 Pro is the second small flagship that the company unveils today –... Read more ›
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Apple today opened a new store in the United Arab Emirates, at the Al Jimi Mall in Al Ain. Apple Al Jimi Mall Apple Al Jimi Mall is the company's fifth store opening this month around the world, alongside Apple Hebbal and Apple Koregaon Park in India, Apple Downtown Detroit in the United States, and the rebuilt Apple Ginza in Japan. The store in Al Ain features an Apple Pickup... Read more ›
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A mom canceled her Disney+ subscription over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. She used "Hamilton" to explain it to her kids and hesitates to reactivate. Read more ›
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Production has begun on the long-awaited 'Star Wars' sendup's sequel—and it's still finding fun ways to poke at the galaxy far, far away. Read more ›
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Lumafield's CT scan analysis of 1,054 lithium-ion 18650 batteries found 33 cells from low-cost and counterfeit brands contained a serious manufacturing defect called negative anode overhang, which increases risks of internal short-circuiting and battery fires. All defective batteries came from the 424 units sourced from budget brands on Amazon and Temu. The defect rate reached nearly 8% among low-cost cells, climbing to 12-15% for certain counterfeit brands claiming impossible 9,900... Read more ›
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Starbucks announced it would close 1% of its corporate stores. Business Insider learned its flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle is among them. Read more ›
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WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. Read more ›
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Spotify has announced a set of policy changes surrounding AI-generated music and spam on its streaming platform. The company is helping to develop an industry standard for AI disclosure in music credits, alongside DDEX. It will be strengthening its approach to AI-assisted spam, such as unauthorized vocal clones, as well as uploaded music that fraudulently delivers music to another artist's profile. The new disclosures will encourage artists to share what... Read more ›
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Jimmy Kimmel has responded to President Donald Trump's comments about the late night host's return to air after ABC's suspension. Read more ›
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vivo recently confirmed that its upcoming Android 16-based OriginOS 6 will be available globally on vivo and iQOO smartphones. The new OriginOS will replace FuntouchOS, and now the company has revealed its global launch date. The Chinese brand has scheduled the OriginOS Global launch for October 15, where it’s expected to share details on the software’s international rollout and availability. Meanwhile, vivo will introduce OriginOS 6 in China on October... Read more ›
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Warsaw-based DevSkiller, a platform for skills intelligence and workforce development, announced the rebranding to SkillPanel. According to the company, rebranding aligns the company’s brand with its vision of becoming the most comprehensive platform for skills visibility, insights, and action. What does SkillPanel do? Led by Jakub Kubrynski, SkillPanel provides HR and L&D leaders with the ... Read more Read more ›
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Coming out of stealth mode, Laussane-based semiconductor cooling startup Corintis has today announced that it has raised a €20 million Series A to address the cooling bottleneck faced by computer chips in the age of AI – raising €28.5 million in total. The round was led by BlueYard Capital with participation from Founderful, Acequia Capital, Celsius ... Read more ›
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I still can't figure out how to think about Ghost of Yōtei. And, honestly, its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, even four years on. I enjoy these games - I enjoy these kinds of games, even. I'm a sucker, if you'll forgive the pun, for the Sucker Punch style of open world. A kind of Diet Assassin's Creed: even lighter; even shallower; even simpler to grasp and follow around, sword in... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, which adds a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications. It's not a one-time fee either: Companies will have to pay $100,000 a year for any employee it brings over to the US on the visa for up to six years. The Secretary of Homeland Security will restrict approval for visa applications unless accompanied by the fee, though the rule "allows case-by-case... Read more ›
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The Secret Service says it thwarted a telecommunications cyber-op in New York City. On Tuesday, the agency announced that it seized a network of SIM servers. It was capable of jamming cell towers, conducting DDoS attacks and enabling encrypted communications. The discovery came ahead of world leaders gathering for the UN General Assembly this week. The network, reportedly discovered in August, was extensive and sophisticated. It included over 300 SIM... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, which adds a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications. But according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, it won't be an annual fee as the administration initially said it would be. During the signing at the Oval Office on Friday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said multiple times that the fee would be applied per year. In a follow-up X post... Read more ›
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When Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta's latest smart glasses at the company's Connect 2025 keynote, he encountered two glitches that prevented him from properly demonstrating some of the devices' features. Now, Meta's Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth, said in an AMA on Instagram that they were demo failures and not actual product failures. The first glitch took place in the middle of a live demo with a cooking content creator, who... Read more ›
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The FTC and seven states sued Ticketmaster owner Live Nation on Wednesday. The lawsuit accused the company of knowingly allowing brokers to buy tickets in bulk. Ticketmaster allegedly then let them resell the tickets at a significant markup on its own second-hand market. The FTC claims Ticketmaster was aware that resellers routinely bypassed its security measures for these purchases. The company profits three times from resales. It collects fees at... Read more ›
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A few months after the release of Grok 4 and an extremely problematic antisemitic meltdown of its chatbot, xAI is already trying to move on with its latest AI model. Elon Musk's xAI announced the release of Grok 4 Fast, a faster, more efficient reasoning model compared to its recent predecessor. According to xAI, Grok 4 Fast offers similar performance to Grok 4 while using 40 percent fewer thinking tokens... Read more ›
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WhatsApp is now rolling out message translations on its iOS and Android apps. Starting today, Android users will be able to translate messages between six languages: English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic. On iPhone, there's support for translation between the following languages (i.e. all of the ones supported by Apple's Translate app): Arabic Dutch English French German Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Chinese Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish... Read more ›
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The inevitable has happened and Disney+ has once again announced that prices will be going up for its streaming service. Whether it's because of the ever-increasing costs or because of the company's recent teetering toward censorship or because you simply aren't using it, you may decide it's time to take a break. Here's everything you need to know about canceling your Disney+ subscription.How to cancel via web or mobileThe simplest... Read more ›
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The upcoming Football Manager 26 will include the officially licensed Barclays Women’s Super League and National Women’s Soccer League, among other women's competitions, marking the first time that women’s soccer has featured in the long-running management sim. This means you’ll be able to select a women’s team to manage, complete with accurate player imagery, club logos and kits. The debut of women’s soccer was actually announced way back in 2021,... Read more ›
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Amazon is pivoting its grocery operations in the UK, announcing that it will close 14 of its Amazon Fresh stores in the country. The remaining five Amazon Fresh locations in the UK will be converted to the Whole Foods Market brand. Rather than the brick and mortar shops, Amazon said it will focus on online grocery deliveries within the region. In 2026, the company said it expects to add perishables... Read more ›
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