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Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie

Want to lie about the 2020 election? Right this way, sir.

Tesla Retreats From Threats to Sue Cybertruck Resellers

Elon Musk walked back language to sue Cybertruck resellers for $50,000 just days after the agreement was introduced.

Google's Keyboard Cap…Cap Actually Types, and You Can Make One Yourself

The Gboard CAPS are the latest head-turning device designed by the Google Japan team.

Meta May Ship Far Fewer Quest 3 Headsets than Quest 2

Mark Zuckerberg’s company is reportedly laying off members of its Reality Labs division, pointing to more struggles for Meta's metaverse ambitions.

Google's Chrome Browser Could Soon Help You Hide Your IP Address

It’s not exactly a VPN, and it will only work with Google-owned domains to start, but it could offer users more ways to hide their activity online.

Signal Says It Has No Evidence Supporting Reports of a Zero-Day Bug

Rumors have been circulating that the encrypted chat app has a bad vulnerability. There's no evidence to support that, execs say.

Your Favorite PBS Cooking Shows Now Share a Dedicated FAST Channel

Get tasty inspiration for your next meal or holiday dinner party with PBS Food, now available on Amazon Freevee, Plex, and Roku.

Peacock Is Adding The Exorcist: Believer to Your Christmas Stocking

The sequel hits the streamer almost exactly 50 years after the original Exorcist premiered in December 1973.

Save Up to $1,000 off The Frame TV from Samsung's Black Friday Sales

Holiday Sellout Risk: The Meta Quest 3 VR Headset Is Available Right...

Donald Trump Jr. Tweets That His Dad Died, Says He Was Hacked

Trump Jr.'s account trash-talked North Korea, Joe Biden, and Logan Paul.

Twitter 'Nickel and Dimed' Feds for Trump's Personal Data

Twitter's lawyers sparred with the government over notifying Trump about the data request.

No, TikTok (Probably) Isn't Anti-Israel

Prominent Republican lawmakers jumped on shoddy analyses appearing to show overwhelming pro-Palestinian bias on TikTok. The truth is more complicated.

New Google Trial Docs May Explain Why Search Sucks So Bad Now

New documents in the Google antitrust trial show how tension between product and advertising teams could lead to degraded experiences for consumers.

The Worst YouTube Apology Videos of All Time

Colleen Ballinger's ukulele song, Sienna Mae Gomez's interpretive dance, and Jeffree Star's voguing are only the tip of the iceberg.

‘Race Records’ to AI Drake: How Tech Produced Key Moments in Hip-Hop

Beginning with looping a sample on a turntable in 1973, hip-hop’s evolution into the present day has technology baked into its DNA.

Sony Pulls Plug on X/Twitter Integration on PS4 and PS5

Elon Musk posted on X that he will "look into" this.

Atari Moves Closer to Retro Gaming Throne With Digital Eclipse Acquisition

The company behind remakes and reimaginings like The Cowabunga Collection and The Blizzard Arcade Collection says it can still make the games it wants.

Cruise Recalls Robotaxis Following a Dragging of Pedestrian

Cruise is fixing the way its driverless vehicles respond to an accident with a software update.

Waze's Crash History Alerts Warn Drivers If They're on a Dangerous Road

The app uses traffic and elevation data to gauge which roads are the most treacherous at different times of the day.

H&R; Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer Data

“H&R; Block, Google, and Meta ignored data privacy laws, and passed information about people’s financial lives around like candy,” one attorney said.

British Museum Asks Public for Help Locating Stolen Artifacts

An antiquities dealer was reportedly rebuffed by the British Museum in 2021 after he warned the British Museum that artifacts were stolen.

I Interviewed a ChatGPT Powered Hologram Bot | AI Unlocked

Move aside Zoom, there’s a new video chat service combining hologram and AI tech.

Sam Altman Is So Back at OpenAI, but Its Board Is So Not Back

OpenAI’s CEO returns to the helm alongside Greg Brockman. The new board is less AI doom, more economic boom.

Crypto Bros Report Burning Eyes and Skin at Bored Ape Bacchanal

Attendees at a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT event say they had to go to the hospital and the burns are believed to be related to UV light from the video screens.

SBF Is Headed to Prison But FTX Will Haunt the Crypto Community For Years

As its top executive heads to prison, FTX is sharing its customers' data with the federal government.

FTC Alleges Amazon Used a Price-Gouging Algorithm

Jeff Bezos’s e-commerce giant allegedly manipulated prices to the tune of $1 billion, but Amazon refutes that was the true purpose of 'Project Nessie.'

Amazon's Takeover of Roomba-maker on Course for Approval by February

EU regulators are concerned Amazon's deal with iRobot is anti-competitive for the worldwide marketplace of robot vacuum cleaners.

Apple Settles for $25M on Illegal Hiring Discrimination Allegations

Apple agreed to pay penalties and back pay over allegations it had used worse recruitment tools for U.S. citizens and residents.

Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple's Blue Text Bubbles

Yes, even Google appears to be tired of green texts on the iMessage app.

Instagram Apologizes for Putting 'Terrorist' In Palestinian Users' Bios

Meta says the problem was fixed last week. It's the platform's latest struggle in moderating content around the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

Meta Plans to Grow Threads By Ramming Its Posts to Facebook

Meta introduced a similar carousel into Instagram feeds this past August, and its been an insufferable experience using the platform ever since.

Google Witness Spills How Much Apple Gets From Safari Search Revenue

Google’s main litigator visibly cringed when he heard an economic professor reveal how much Google pays to be Apple’s dominant search engine.

Google Sues Hackers Exploiting AI Hype With Alleged Bard Scams

If you get a Facebook ad to download Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, you’re probably about to get hacked.

Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes

Microsoft now allows users to disable automatic date conversion, which means scientists no longer have to worry about using alternative names for genes.

Microsoft Shuts Down the Windows 7 to Windows 11 Pipeline

You can no longer get free access to Windows 10 and 11 if you’re upgrading from Windows 7 or 8, though you can still go from 10 to 11.

Samsung Announces the Galaxy SmartTag2

The SmartTag2 will be available on October 10 and offers a number of upgrades.

Samsung Launches 'Food,' an AI-Driven Recipe App

Samsung's Food app will bring users 160,000 tailored recipes across more than 100 countries using the database from its Whisk app.

Elon 'Back to the Office' Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands

The billionaire owner and CEO Linda Yaccarino dialed in from out of town, vaguely touting new features that will roll out in the coming months.

One Year On: The 12 Worst Moments of Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

From cutting reproductive care to climate misinformation running rampant, Twitter under Elon Musk has been a shitshow from start to its one-year anniversary.