Senate passes sweeping online child safety measures amid free speech concerns
Critics worry that the duty of care established for tech companies could be weaponized
Microsoft urges congress to enact laws against deepfake misuse
A legal framework is essential, says Microsoft's president
Internet disruptions across France after fiber optic cables cut in suspected sabotage
Arson attacks had targeted France's national rail network days earlier
New haptic feedback standard vows to bring a sense of touch to the internet
Feel the Bit: A recently released standard aims to solve the technology issues related to haptic feedback sent through the internet, bringing a whole new sense to network-powered applications. As with streaming, compression will be instrumental in achieving this ambitious goal.
Google apologizes after 15 million Chrome users lost access to their passwords
Google Password Manager was borked for almost 18 hours
UK scientists achieve unprecedented 402 Tbps data transmission over optical fiber
They broke their own 319 Tbps record set in March
What just happened? A few months ago, scientists at Aston University in the UK broke a world record for data transmission speed. They have now surpassed their previous work, achieving a new benchmark. The team accomplished this feat by constructing the first optical transmission system that uses six wavelength bands. The development could revolutionize internet connectivity, enabling faster data transfers at cheaper price points – provided that ISPs pass on the savings to customers.
Senators urge FTC to investigate carmakers selling drivers' location and speed data
"Companies should not be selling Americans' data without their consent"
Twitter/X is feeding your data to Grok AI by default – here's how you can opt out
Sparking backlash from users and regulators alike
OpenAI unveils prototype search engine "SearchGPT"
A new AI tool or the next Google challenger?
NASA streams 4K video from aircraft to space (and back) at blistering speeds using laser tech
900 Mbps is faster than what the average US household enjoys
Bing is rolling out generative search to counter Google's awful AI overviews
Hopefully it won't hallucinate as much as Google
Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns
Going "scorched-earth" on the entire industry to curb the illegal businesses
Apple Maps is now available on the web
Beta available on Safari, Chrome and Edge, with more features coming later
Cybersecurity company Wiz walks away from Google's $23 billion buyout offer
What will it do instead?
Yandex, the Russian search and internet giant, has been sold for $5.4 billion
The new EU-based company will invest heavily in AI, cloud, and Nvidia GPUs
Google pivots on user privacy, will now keep third-party cookies in Chrome
It is a marked departure for Google, which had been planning to eliminate these trackers for years
US Space Force is set to install 24 satellite jamming stations capable of disrupting Russian or Chinese communications
Department of Defense says they are "responsible" weaponry
Leaked images show Jack Black as Minecraft's Steve in upcoming movie
The images have since been pulled from social media for copyright infringement
The internet reacts to the CrowdStrike IT disaster that crashed computers worldwide
Botched update already has a fix, but it's not so easy to deploy across enterprise systems
Billions of URLs using Google's link shortener will stop working in 2025
A troublesome change for both users and developers
Chrome will start showing full-page warnings for "risky" downloads soon
Chrome wants to know why you want to download a potentially risky file
Costs associated with ransomware attacks are skyrocketing
Ransomware attacks cost both time and money
Mozilla introduces experimental API in Firefox to help advertisers without tracking users
Facepalm: The latest release of the Firefox web browser brought a new feature designed to please both privacy-conscious users and advertisers. However, it is bound to do the opposite, pinning one more controversy onto Mozilla's stated mission to take back the web from Big Tech.
Experts worry about the future of database tech after Oracle's disappointing MySQL release
The American giant is seemingly more interested in selling its own cloud gear