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Many critical systems are still being maintained, and the cloud provides some security cover. But experts say that any lapses in protections like patching and monitoring could expose government systems.

When Congress eventually reopens, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be moving toward a vote. This gives us a chance to see the priorities of the Secretary of Defense…

Over a week after channels first vanished, there’s no sign of a deal between Disney and YouTube TV, with a...

Texas is suing Roblox, alleging the company misled parents about safety, ignored online-protection laws, and allowed an environment where predators could target children. Texas AG Ken Paxton said the online game platform is "putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children," al...

Shareholders voted this week to approve the package, which would make Musk the world's first trillionaire if Tesla reaches certain milestones.

The quantum computing chessboard just got reset as the government releases list of which companies have 'feasible' approaches to the tech.

Collins Dictionary has named "vibe coding" its 2025 word of the year -- a term coined by Andrej Karpathy for when a user makes an app or website by describing it to AI rather than writing programming code manually. The term, which is confusingly made up of two words, was "one of 10 words on a shortl...

Among many Democrats, Musk's payday stirred anger about a divide that risks cementing wealth and power at the top of American life

OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to expand the 35% tax credit established under the Chips Act — the 2022 law designed to boost U.S. semiconductor production– to apply to AI data centers, according to a letter dated on October 27 posted online by the company . The company wants the government to make the tax credit available to other components of the chip supply chain, including grid

Known for its secret formula of sunspots and lunar cycles, the Maine-based classic couldn’t weather modern media storms.

Thankfully, the Stop Killing Games movement isn’t stopping this time. YouTuber Ross Scott kicked the movement off in 2024 to generate political action around the disappearance of games that p…

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.

Calvin Butler, the chief executive of Exelon, one of the nation’s largest utility companies, is trying to keep the lights on.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Facebook Dating, which debuted in 2019, has become a surprise hit for the company. It lets people create a dating profile free in the app, where they can swipe and match with other eligible singles. It has more than 21 million daily users,...

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Look under almost every element of Trump's foreign policy, and you'll find minerals.

Take-Two Interactive has again delayed the launch of "Grand Theft Auto VI" and expects to release it on November 19 next year, extending the wait for the gaming industry's most-anticipated title.

There’s more sports available online than ever, but as YouTube TV’s Monday Night Football blackout shows, being a sports fan has never been more complicated.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said late Wednesday that the AI startup is not seeking a government backstop for its infrastructure commitments, clarifying previous comments she made on stage during the Wall Street Journal's Tech Live event. From a report: At the event, Friar said OpenAI is looking to create...

iOS 26 has a convenient new Apple Passwords feature that I’ve found myself needing periodically over the past year since the app launched.

Amazon is introducing an AI tool that will automatically translate books into other languages. This should be useful for authors who self publish.

Rising manufacturing costs for next-generation 2-nanometer chips intended for the iPhone 18 could test Apple's long-running formula of advancing performance without hiking iPhone prices year-over-year.

The FBI is subpoenaing a web domain registrar for information on the mysterious owner of the snapshotting site Archive.today.

While artificial intelligence agents continue to generate mixed results, depending on how much assistance customers get from their AI vendors, some of them have gained a new skill: negotiating software contracts.Over the past year, data management startup Cribl has been using an AI agent from ...

Venture capitalist David Sacks, who is serving as President Donald Trump's AI and crypto czar, said Thursday that there will be "no federal bailout for AI." From a report: "The U.S. has at least 5 major frontier model companies. If one fails, others will take its place," Sacks wrote in a post on X. ...

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Users still running the old HomeKit framework now have a few extra months to update to the new Apple Home architecture.

According to a YouTube TV executive, Disney has been "unnecessarily aggressive" in negotiations and has an "antiquated" view.

Meta internally projected that 10% of its revenue last year, or $16 billion, came from ads promoting fraudulent products or schemes, Reuters reported. These include ads for fake products, sextortion schemes or crypto scams. Reuters cited an internal document prepared in December 2024 which estimated that Meta shows users 15 billion ads each month that show clear signs of promoting fraud of

SpaceX is buying another $2.6 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from telecommunications firm Echostar, building on a separate $17 billion deal announced in September. Echostar said Thursday it will receive $2.6 billion in SpaceX stock in exchange for the spectrum, which will help the Elon Musk-led company accelerate its efforts to offer service directly to mobile phones from its