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Filed on Friday in the US District Court in San Francisco, the lawsuit accuses Meta and its executives of making false claims about the security and privacy of WhatsApp chats, which the company has long marketed as fully encrypted and inaccessible even to Meta itself.
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“I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” a lawyer representing Donald Trump’s government told a federal judge on Tuesday. Julie Le, the lawyer, who was temporarily detailed to the US Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, was assigned to 88 federal court cases in under […] Read more ›
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After layoffs, over 1,000 people have donated to a GoFundMe for Washington Post staffers impacted, including several notable names. Read more ›
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Overwatch 2 had a problem. It's a problem a lot of live service games have, to be fair. It wasn't particularly exciting any more. It had a chance at launch a few years ago to excite people, to create a wave of momentum to surf thereafter, but it floundered, beset as it was with identity problems and a misguided obsession with PvE, which sounded lovely on paper but never really... Read more ›
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Hot on the heels of AGDQ in January, Games Done Quick is hosting its second speedrunning event of the year, Back to Black 2026, starting tomorrow, February 5. The four-day event is organized by Black in a Flash and is raising money for Race Forward, a nonprofit that works across communities to address systemic racism.Back to Black is timed to the start of Black History Month and highlights the deep... Read more ›
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A single security lapse can undermine even the strongest password manager. A recent event shows why you should pay attention to who handles your passwords. Read more ›
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Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could survive an existential threat posed by AI. The answer: It's unclear and will lead to volatility. From a report: After a broad selloff on Tuesday that saw the S&P 500 software and services index fall nearly 4%, the sector slipped another 1% on Wednesday. While software... Read more ›
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You wouldn't know it to hear it, but decorated video game actor Jennifer Hale - famously the voice of Mass Effect's Commander Shepard - is the person providing the meows of new Overwatch hero Jetpack Cat. Read more Read more ›
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Blizzard is running a series of showcases for several of its major franchises and on Wednesday, it was time for Overwatch to step up to the plate. That’s Overwatch, by the way, and not Overwatch 2. The studio is formally nixing the number from the game's name. "Overwatch is more than just a digit: it's a living universe that keeps growing, keeps surprising, and keeps bringing players together from around... Read more ›
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A recent death in New Mexico has tragically highlighted the dangers of drinking raw milk. Read more ›
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When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs massive improvements, but at least you can see us struggle to make it better in real-time and with transparency," Musk wrote. "No other social media companies do this." While it's true that X is the only... Read more ›
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Overwatch 2 will henceforth be known as Overwatch, Blizzard has announced, as it outlines a major new plan that will revolve around free, annual, expansion-like releases for the game. The first of these - The Reign of Talon - arrives next week, on Tuesday, 10th February. Read more Read more ›
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Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and a few new characters, including Overwatch’s first Black female hero. After canceling planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game’s developers […] Read more ›
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“I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user. Read more ›
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PowerGPU said on X that "SSD and other part prices have gone up again," warning its customers that it will raise prices again by next week. Read more ›
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Apple today provided the release candidate (RC) version of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.3 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the launch of the third beta. The RC is the version of macOS Tahoe 26.3 that will be provided to the public as long as the final testing phase uncovers no major bugs. Developers can download the macOS Tahoe 26.3 update by opening... Read more ›
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Who among us hasn't broken a promise made to their own mother as a career move? Read more ›
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James Cameron's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' scored two Academy Award nominations: Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design. Read more ›
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AI chip startup Cerebras Systems said Wednesday has raised about $1 billion in a new funding round that values the company at $23 billion including the new investment. The Information first reported in January that the startup was in fundraising talks at a $22 billion valuation before the new ... Read more ›
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Google says the network was being used by cybercriminals to secretly route their activity through unsuspecting users’ devices, creating “invisible tunnels” that masked their true identity online. Read more ›
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The recent report highlights that Amazon's latest wave of layoffs will also affect India. The job cuts are likely to be concentrated in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its retail operations. Read more ›
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In yet another layoff wave, Oracle is reportedly planning to cut around 30,000 jobs. According to the reports, the company might also sell its healthcare software, Cerner to fund in-house AI data-centre. Read more ›
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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have been shown the green light to buy more than 400,000 H200 chips in total. Other tech companies are now waiting in the queue to get similar approvals from the government Read more ›
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Rep John Moolenar wrote a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said documents obtained by the committee from Nvidia showed the achievement came after extensive technical assistance from the chipmaker Read more ›
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A new report has found that Grok AI was just one of the apps, which was capable of undressing photos. Dozens of such apps are still available on Apple and Google app stores. Read more ›
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UK watchdog on Wednesday proposed that websites should be allowed to stop the usage of Google AI overviews feature as AI-generated summaries discourage clicks to publishers' original pages, reducing traffic to their sites and in turn cutting their advertising revenue. Read more ›
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A new leak predicts that while smartphone prices are expected to rise, Apple may not increase the price of its next-gen iPhone. The iPhone 18 is anticipated to follow the same price tag as the iPhone 17. Read more ›
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The Indian-origin acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Madhu Gottumukkala shared cybersecurity related documents on ChatGPT, triggering automated security alerts leading to internal review. Read more ›
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The launch of the Specs unit comes as the success of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses positions eyewear as an early frontrunner in the race for gadgets powered by artificial intelligence. Read more ›
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