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MKBHD faces backlash for driving at 95mph in 35mph zone in a sponsored video

A hot potato: What do Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, Linus Sebastian, and now Marques Brownlee have in common? They were all universally loved YouTube stars who later became embroiled in controversy. In the case of Brownlee, who recently faced criticism over his wallpaper app, the TechTuber is now being slammed for posting a video fully sponsored by DJI in which he drives a sports car at 95 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone, speeding past a sign warning drivers to slow down for children.

Streamer faces $7.5 million lawsuit from Nintendo over alleged piracy, leaking unreleased games

UserBenchmark faces backlash over Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, suggests 13600K and 14600K instead

Facepalm: It's fair to say that the UserBenchmark website does not have the best reputation among PC hardware fans. It seems to have a particular dislike of AMD, as illustrated by the recent review of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The CPU has been so successful that it's sold out in most places, but UserBenchmark claims this is merely the result of AMD's aggressive marketing rather than real-world performance, and suggests that you buy an Intel i5-13600K instead.

Elwood Edwards, the voice behind AOL's iconic "You've Got Mail" message, dies at 74

Nvidia adds 100-hour monthly playtime cap on GeForce Now; $10 tier gains 1440p and ultrawide support

After $50 million Trump wager payout, France moves to ban Polymarket betting platform

OpenAI just bought the Chat.com domain name for ChatGPT for over $35 million, plus shares

Australia plans sweeping social media ban for children under 16

Microsoft Rewards offers $1 million grand prize in latest sweepstakes to users of Bing, Edge

Bread over Bitcoin? Hacking group asks for $125,000 ransom to be paid in baguettes

The first ever "rickroll" occurred on 4chan, disguised as a trailer for which popular video game?

X rolls out changes to block button, allowing users to view accounts that blocked them

ChatGPT now has its own web search engine

Ransomware attacks hit record levels in 2024 despite law enforcement crackdowns

Google rolls out Gemini AI features across Maps, Earth, and Waze

It's 2024, and Ubisoft has just launched an NFT game

Firefox 132 adds 4K video support and enhanced privacy features

Comcast says Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 pushed internet traffic to record highs - shame about those data caps

Eurojust, FBI, and other agencies join forces to take down two major data-stealing malware rings

Russia fines Google $20.5 decillion for blocking YouTube channels

Gmail is rolling out "Help me write" AI tool

Instagram faces backlash for lowering quality of low-engagement videos

Opera says it will continue to support old Chrome extensions, including uBlock Origin

The startup behind Arc is building yet another web browser

Google is working on an AI agent that can move your mouse, take over your browser

WTF?! There's still a lot of pushback against generative AI from most of the public. Not only are there concerns about the technology taking jobs and plagiarising, but many worry about control being taken out of humans' hands. Google and other companies' solution, it seems, is to create AI agents that can take over your PC, moving the mouse cursor, browsing the web, and entering text.