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
Biden considers closing "loophole" allowing duty-free shipments from Shein and Temu
Shein and Temu's competitive edge from ultra-cheap wares could dull
What now? Ransomware victim pays hacker, but decryption key fails
Hazard ransomware is good at encrypting files, less so at decrypting them
Russia is willing to spend some $660 million to bolster internet censorship
The system mainly targets VPN services that Russians use to access the internet
Lawmakers ask FTC to determine if AI generated article summaries are anti-competitive
Data collection has never been as powerful or lucrative as it is right now
A hot potato: Currently, the AI industry is the Wild West. There are very few laws on the books that govern the market. This lack of formal regulation has led to AI firms operating on the honor system, promising to effectively self-regulate, but democrats in the US Senate believe the self-regulation experiment has failed. They're now asking trade regulators to see if they can find any antitrust violations, especially in AI-generated content summaries.
Google has started to delete inactive Gmail accounts, but it's easy to avoid
All in the name of enhanced security
FBI says Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto scams only in the last year
A 45% increase from 2022 from nearly 70,000 victim complaints
Wireless system WaveCore penetrates concrete walls without drilling
The system achieved a 4 Gbps connection through a 12-inch concrete wall
Mozilla keeps Firefox alive on legacy Windows versions with extended support
Firefox users on Windows 7 / 8 get another six months of updates
Analysis of thousands of channels reveals Telegram is flooded with criminal networks
Drug dealers, scammers, white nationalists, and toxic content thrive on the platform
OnlyFans creators earned record $5.3 billion in 2023, platform sees massive growth
Billionaire owner pockets $472 million as OnlyFans profits soar
YouTube gives parents enhanced tools to monitor teens' online activity
Mutual control based on a "trust, but verify" principle
Verizon set to acquire Frontier in $20 billion deal that'll expand fiber footprint to 31 states
Verizon will soon have a fiber presence in 31 states
Man charged with streaming his AI-generated music billions of times using bots, generating $12 million
Crime does pay, until you're caught