Mozilla is betting Europe's digital sovereignty push can help fund Firefox
Firefox Enterprise adds a self-hosted management console and AI controls for organizations, with Thunderbird Enterprise to follow
Sony shut down Overdrive, the fake PlayStation Store for pirated PS5 games, but clones appeared within hours
The GitHub project went up on October 9 and listed more than 1,600 free games for jailbroken PS5s
One of the world's worst passwords, 123456, helped a hacker steal 8.8 million people's data in Denmark
The hacker claims at least three company accounts, including an admin account, used the same password
Netflix slashes 1,000 jobs in largest workforce reduction in four years
Netflix is struggling with consumer engagement, axes 6% of its workforce
Decompilation on Steroids: Why AI Is Suddenly Cracking Open Old Software
Everything is being decompiled. GoldenEye, Halo, Photoshop, even bank mainframes: AI is prying open old code at record speed. The secret isn't just AI, it's an answer key to check its work.
This streamer is charging viewers $7.50 to spin her chair in bizarre money-making stunt
Viewers are paying to keep a livestreamer's chair spinning, and the internet sees Black Mirror
A smart coffee maker uploaded 1TB of data in 10 days, and nobody knows why
Most of the data stayed inside the home's Wi-Fi network, and a reboot might have fixed it
Wi-Fi 7 is expected to bring all of these improvements over Wi-Fi 6, except...
Is it more channel bandwidth, max throughput, or newer bands?
Wikipedia says rogue AI agents from OpenAI edited its private wikis and hammered its servers
The free encyclopedia was designed for humans, not unrestrained AI bots
Man who made $8 million using AI-generated songs and an army of streaming bots gets 18 months in prison
The massive fraud scheme involved hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks uploaded under fictitious artist names
Ransomware recovery firm claimed it could decrypt files, but may have just paid hackers and pocketed the difference
Prosecutors say MonsterCloud collected more than $19 million from victims while paying just over $8 million to ransomware gangs.
Paramount now owns Warner Bros, HBO, CBS, and CNN, and Netflix is out
New entity, Skydance, now controls Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Top Gun, and Star Trek, and plans to merge its streaming services
ChatGPT keeps signing fake New Yorker cartoons with real artists' names
When AI imitates an artist, the signature is the final step
FCC approves 15,000 SpaceX Starlink satellites that could compete directly with cellular carriers
The new constellation will support native calls, streaming, browsing, and other mobile services from orbit
Google analyzed 5 years of Flights data, says buying on a specific weekday won't save you money
To save on holiday flights, book Thanksgiving about 34 days out and Christmas about 56 days out
Judge calls warrantless Flock search unconstitutional mass surveillance, throws out drug evidence
The ruling found police violated the Fourth Amendment by searching a driver's historical location records without a warrant
Steam is on track to top $20 billion in revenue for the first time
Free-to-play games made Steam almost $168 million in September, without a single new release
Bottom line: Steam is on course to generate more than $20 billion in gross revenue in 2026, a first for the platform, after posting record results for September and the third quarter, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics. The gains came from a mix of new releases, established franchises and free-to-play games that keep drawing spending long after launch. With one quarter left, Valve's PC gaming platform needs roughly $3.5 billion to reach the milestone.
Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers
The judge's "indiscriminate mass surveillance" description breaks from how prior rulings have treated Flock's cameras
Europe is building its own payment network to finally compete with Visa and Mastercard
ENP connects payment networks that already exist, covering 130 million users across 13 countries
Buying an RTX 5090 from Micro Center now means signing a form promising it won't leave the US
Buyers are also being asked to provide photo ID and have their driver's license scanned
The Singapore government built its own dating app and is testing it with public officers
It's the latest government matchmaking effort as Singapore's birth rate keeps declining
New York City's click-to-cancel rule takes effect, making subscription cancellations as easy as sign-ups
The regulation targets gyms, streaming services, subscription boxes, and other recurring payments
OpenAI's rogue agent problem is bigger than Hugging Face, over 100 organizations and counting
Agents bypassed access controls, exposed credentials, and even repurposed websites to exchange information
A court just ruled that training an AI on someone else's editorial work isn't fair use
The ruling found Ross Intelligence used Westlaw's headnotes to build a direct competitor
QR Codes Explained: How They Work and Why They're Everywhere
QR codes were built to track car parts, written off as a gimmick, then rescued by phone cameras. Now they're everywhere. Here's how they work, what's changed, and what to watch out for.
