DirecTV and Dish plan merger to survive streaming era, pending regulator approval
DirecTV is paying $1 for Dish, while assuming $9.8 billion in debt
Amazon partially prevails in FTC antitrust lawsuit, but the battle continues
The trial will be split into two parts, a decision Amazon opposed
Starlink dishes found on Russian military drones after being shot down
A suicide drone with advanced networking capabilities
Europe fines Meta $106 million for storing user passwords in plaintext
Meta has been fined a number of times for violating the GDPR
Don't be fooled: Sextortion scam uses your home photos, but has no real leverage
They are bluffing, the EFF says
NIST standards proposal looks to retire outdated requirements like mandatory password resets
Rules regarding the use or limitation of specific characters are also on the chopping block
"Goodbye Meta AI" message is a hoax, yet hundreds of thousands have fallen for it
When will people learn?
Automattic and WP Engine go to war, the latter gets banned from using WordPress.org resources
The "bastardized simulacra" (Mullenweg words) of WordPress can no longer access WordPress.org servers
Firefox's upcoming "cookie-less" tracking comes under fire by Austrian privacy watchdog
"It's a shame that an organization like Mozilla believes that users are too dumb to say yes or no"
California governor demonstrates wishy-washy stance on digital consumer rights
Signs law to ease subscription cancelation, while vetoing a bill to allow consumers to opt-out of data collection
Max taps Google's AI for enhanced closed captions
AI-generated closed captions will be faster and cheaper to produce
The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it designed to do?
Computer scientists at Cambridge University deployed the first ever webcam in 1991.
X is changing the block function, allowing blocked users to see public posts
And people are not happy about it
WordPress co-founder calls WP Engine a "cancer," claiming they're profiting off "confusion"
Matt Mullenweg also urges customers to switch to other hosting providers
YouTube Premium is hiking prices across Europe, Asia, and South America
US prices remain unchanged, at least for now
Modders negate God of War Ragnarök PSN requirement after a brief review bombing
It only takes two DLL files to play PSN-free
YouTuber claims another channel used AI to clone his voice without consent
Jeff Geerling's voice was allegedly stolen for some tutorial videos
Microsoft Edge will show you which extensions are slowing you down, impacting performance
The experiment should start rolling out to Edge Canary soon
World's first transparent 5G antennas turn windows into base stations
Stealthy antennas hiding in plain sight
In brief: It's been over five years since 5G started its worldwide rollout, bringing low-latency super-speed internet to hundreds of millions. But building out those 5G networks has been a challenge. The higher frequency signals don't travel as far, so more base stations are required compared to 4G. With prime real estate in limited supply, Japanese telecoms had to get creative.
Google's advertising monopoly is threatening the future of the open web
Experts warn that a Google victory would continue to stifle smaller online businesses
German investigators successfully tracked suspects inside the Tor network
Tor Browser developers say the program is still safe to use
International law enforcement shuts down cybercrime communication platform Ghost
A major blow to digitally-adapted organized crime
LinkedIn under fire for training AI models with user data behind the scenes
The service started to abuse users' data before making its actions public
Communities is a Discord-like space for YouTube creators
A great way to boost interaction between creators and subscribers, while keeping people on YouTube
HaLow protocol establishes new Wi-Fi range record of 9.9 miles
More than five times the previous 1.8-mile record