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British Columbia clamps down on money laundering with new Gaming Control Act
British Columbia has announced a new Gaming Control Act for 2026, seeking to clamp down on money laundering and fraud. Coming into effect on April 13, 2026, British Columbia’s Gaming Control...
India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall its state-run 'cybersecurity' app
India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi "security" app. After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a...
This new Honeywell Home smart thermostat can answer your Ring doorbell
The X8S is a premium thermostat that supports Matter and works as a video doorbell intercom. Resideo’s newest thermostat looks like a compelling alternative to Nest or Ecobee if you’re looking for a...
Why Homeowners Are Paying More Attention To Contractor Credentials
Homeowners used to assume a handshake and a business card meant the person standing in their driveway was qualified. That confidence has been fading. People are more cautious now, not out of fear,...
An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores
Horses, a first-person narrative horror game, was banned from the Epic Games Store just hours before it was set to launch on December 2nd. Then, a day after launch, the Humble store banned it as...
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today.
Prepare to grease those elbows for wrestling AI browsers into submission. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge All I wanted was a pair of New Balances. I was done trusting stylish influencers who...
A leading kids safety bill has been poison pilled, supporters say
Last year, the House of Representatives was the place where a leading kids online safety bill came to die. On Tuesday, a powerful House committee positioned itself as the place where that bill could...
Welcome to the December issue of The Highlight
In Bogotá, Colombia, care work — often overlooked and unpaid — eats up more than 35 billion hours of labor per year. It’s a burden which falls disproportionately on women, and can leave little time...
Zillow removes climate risk scores after agents complain about sales
Zillow has dropped its climate risk score program just one year after it started, according to a report by TechCrunch. It has removed climate risk scores from over one million listings after real...
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
Billionaire Elon Musk — who’s long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories — has spent the past day spreading and...