Countries ramp up defenses against cyberattacks amid global tensions

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manua

How tariffs could change the way Americans buy video games

In a time where tariff price hikes are invading seemingly every element of life, diving into a video game could offer a welcome reprieve, both spiritually and fiscally. Digital video games do not require materials, shipping, or manufacturing costs, a

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, this time with a focus on mental health

Remember the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” of 2014? Over a decade later, it’s back—but this time, the focus is mental health.

If you were living under a rock in 2014, the challenge involved participants pouring ice water over themselves, posting the

FTC sues Uber over misleading Uber One subscribers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber Technologies, accusing it of signing up some Uber One subscribers without their knowledge and making deceptive claims about the service.

The service costs $9.99 a month and offers discounts on fees associated with Uber’s ride-hailing and food-delivery apps.

Uber falsely claimed that users would save about $25 a month through the service and deceived them abou

Big Tech enters earnings season bruised by Trump administration turmoil

As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House nearly 100 days ago.

Since President

One of Pope Francis’ last prayer intentions urged people to ‘look less at screens’

Weeks ahead of his death, Pope Francis dedicated this month’s prayer intention to new technologies and the hope that it can serve “every person, especially the weakest.” 

“How I would like for us to look less at screens and look each other in the eyes more,” Pope Francis said in a &embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2

TikTok’s beloved Dubai chocolate is breaking the pistachio supply chain

Remember when TikTok went nuts for “Dubai chocolate”? Well, that fervor is now causing an international shortage of pistachios.

The trend took off in 2023 when food reviewer Maria Vehera posted a video unwrapping and eating the high-end chocolate bar. The chocolate (called “Can’t Get Knafeh of It” in a nod to the traditional Arab dessert) was originally launched in 2021 by boutique Em

Google’s high-stakes hearings begin as DOJ pushes to break up tech giant’s monopoly

Google will confront an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a

Instagram is testing AI to flag teen users and enforce safety settings

Instagram has begun testing AI-powered technology designed to proactively identify accounts it suspects belong to teens—even if the user has listed an adult birthdate—and place them under special “Teen Account” settings.

This move is part of Meta’s broader effort to strengthen parental controls following criticism over the impact its platforms have on young users.

“The digital world continues to evolve and we have to evolve with it,” Instagram said

Broadcom is betting big on ethernet to disrupt AI workloads and data centers

Behind the curtain of generative AI breakthroughs and GPU hype, a quieter transformation is taking place. Data center architecture and its prowess have become a fierce battleground as AI models expand in size and demand ever-greater compute power. Today, AI’s performance, scalability and cost are all tied to the choice of network fabric. Broadcom, once known for its dominance in networking and semiconductors, is back on the rise as one of the most cons


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