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Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages
We've all gotten a scam text about a nonexistent parking ticket or a fake package delivery, but hopefully you'll start seeing fewer of them. Microsoft says it helped dismantle a marketplace for...
Your flu shot can’t wait
Some parts of the country are seeing levels of flu activity typically associated with late fall or early winter. | Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images This story appeared...
Your flu shot can’t wait
Some parts of the country are seeing levels of flu activity typically associated with late fall or early winter. | Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images This story appeared...
The problem with the US surrogacy system
For some couples, surrogacy is a miracle: an opportunity to have a child even if they’re unable to conceive one naturally. But it’s also big business. Not only is surrogacy expensive — think six...
Sony is taking on DJI with its new ECM-W5 wireless microphone kit
It'll cost you though.
The AI race is back on
Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust. Google seemed hopelessly far...
Ohio Sets Oct. 16 Deadline for Robinhood Sports Contracts
The Ohio Casino Control Commission has renewed its cease-and-desist order against Robinhood Derivatives, giving the company until Oct. 16 to comply over sports-event contracts and putting its...
Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy...
As a TV enthusiast, I was hoping for more from the Apple TV 4K
The new Apple TV 4K and remote look just like the old ones and mostly have the same features. It's been four long years since the last Apple TV 4K was released, and in that time there have been lots...
YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs
YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos. It doesn't sound...