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If your Facebook account appears to have automatically followed President Donald Trump this week, you aren’t the only one. Even so, Meta claims this isn’t as sinister as it appears, and is in fact the result of routine operations. Facebook and Instagram users have accused Meta of artificially boosting Trump’s follower count by forcing people … Read more
Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s iconic play, is being reimagined as an interactive video game with a neo-noir vibe — and it’s being developed in part by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The game, titled Lili, is a “screen life thriller video game” where you’ll have access to a modern-day Lady Macbeth’s personal devices, according to a press … Read more
An Indian tribunal on Thursday suspended restrictions that would have barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with its parent company Meta, delivering a significant victory for Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire in its largest market by users. The ruling by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal temporarily lifts a five-year ban imposed by India’s antitrust … Read more
Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event today, and we got the first look at the Galaxy S25, GAlaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. Aside from these new phones, Samsung announced a whole host of AI features, a new chipset at the heart of the S25 series, and a surprise fourth variant of the … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last fall, Russia slapped Google with a dizzyingly high fine in response to blocking sanctioned Russian YouTube channels. While Google already shut down its Russian operations, the company sought legal protections by filing lawsuits in international courts. This week a UK court has ruled in Google’s favor, blocking enforcement … Read more
Consumer spending on apps is projected to reach $150 billion globally in 2024, up 13% from the prior year. According to Sensor Tower’s annual “State of Mobile” report, it’s being fueled by a 200% surge in spending on generative AI apps like ChatGPT and Gemini, which collectively drew $1.1 billion. TechCrunch reports: If this rate … Read more
Making quantum computers is really very difficult. The quantum bits, or qubits, are made up of superconducting circuits operating at thousands of a Kelvin above absolute zero, or individual atoms, or photons. Aside from the challenges of engineering at those extremes, there is the whole matter of the rest of the universe having a very … Read more
We’re only three weeks into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be the year of Internet of Things-driven DDoSes. Reports are rolling in of threat actors infecting thousands of home and office routers, web cameras, and other Internet-connected devices. Here is a sampling of research released since the first of the year. Lax security, … Read more
Apple launched the original Mac mini 20 years ago today, kickstarting a trend of small but powerful computers. The Mac mini was originally designed as a gateway for users to enter the Apple ecosystem without the expense associated with the company’s higher-end offerings of the time, such as the Power Mac G5 and iMac G5, … Read more
Sega now has its own account, similar to existing systems for Xbox, PlayStation, and Blizzard. And like those other systems, it gives users free perks — starting with a costume for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Sega revealed the system in a notice on its website that laid out the rules and regulations, … Read more