Reddit CEO confirms plans to introduce paywalls for exclusive content later this year
Current subreddits won't be affected
YouTube by the numbers: uncovering YouTube's ghost town of billions of unwatched, ignored videos
What 18 trillion YouTube guesses uncovered about the platform
The big picture: Google remains tight-lipped about many details surrounding YouTube's inner workings. And that's a problem, according to experts, given the platform's massive global reach and influence. But now, thanks to an innovative research approach, we're getting some of the first concrete figures from the platform.
Uber sues DoorDash, alleging anti-competitive practices in food delivery war
Uber claims customers say they feel as if they have a "gun to their head"
Happy birthday to You(Tube): Google's video-sharing platform turns 20
YouTube has forever changed how we share and consume video
YouTube is the new television: More people now watch on TV than mobile
As YouTube celebrates 20 years, it's TV for the streaming age
How to defend against ransomware: Essential mitigation strategies
Key strategies every business should implement
Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign
Jeep says the "glitch" has been fixed
Google Maps renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America following Trump's executive order
Only for US users, though
Musk dismisses TikTok acquisition rumors, says he prefers to build companies from scratch
MrBeast expressed relief
Zotac fights scalpers by selling GeForce RTX 50 GPUs direct via Discord channel
Discord community gets exclusive shot at scarce RTX 5080 and 5090 cards
Donald Trump quietly drops lawsuit over 2021 Twitter ban after Capitol riot
Meta paid $25 million to settle a similar lawsuit last month
Used Seagate drives sold as new traced back to crypto mining farms
A hot potato: A widespread scandal involving used Seagate hard drives fraudulently sold as new has continued to escalate, with new evidence suggesting that the drives originated from Chinese cryptocurrency mining farms. The drives, many of which had logged 15,000 to 50,000 hours of prior use, were reportedly altered to appear unused before re-entering the retail supply chain.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel takes a dig at Meta's history of copying Snapchat
Spiegel says he's now "VP Product @ Meta," jabbing at Zuckerberg's imitation strategy
Trolling 101 Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has taken a public jab at Mark Zuckerberg and Meta, updating his LinkedIn profile with an unexpected addition to his job titles. Alongside "loving husband and father of four boys," he now lists himself as "VP Product @ Meta." This tongue-in-cheek update clearly references Meta's history of replicating features that Snapchat first introduced.
Unexpected fees shock U.S. consumers as Trump ends $800 duty-free imports from China
Temu, Shein, and shoppers hit hard by new import tariffs
YouTube rakes in record $10.4 billion from ads even as users grumble about aggressive strategy
Political advertising was a big driver behind the surge
Meta used pirated books to train its AI models, and there are emails to prove it
New email evidence could turn Meta's "fair use" defense upside down
Openreach is testing 50Gbps broadband in the UK using Nokia kits
Commercial offerings rated for this kind of symmetric speed aren't expected anytime soon
AT&T users will now see why businesses are calling before they answer
The feature is currently available only on Android devices
Rookie robocallers impersonate FCC, accidentally target actual FCC employees
Massive $4.5 million fine for the service provider that facilitated the calls
Gigabyte is offering access to a $300K supercomputer for free, but there's a catch
In a nutshell: Gigabyte has an intriguing offer for those who need access to a supercomputer. Through its Giga Computing subsidiary, the company offers qualified users the opportunity to test drive one of the world's most advanced supercomputers for free. Of course, as with all "free" offers, there is a catch.
ChatGPT web search is now open to everyone – no login required
The first true challenger to Google in decades?
USPS suspends shipments from China and Hong Kong, impacting Shein and Temu orders (Update: decision now reversed)
After Trump ended the de minimis exemption
ByteDance's OmniHuman-1 may be the most realistic deepfake algorithm yet
Check out these examples
WTF?! Machines' ability to generate fake videos of people has become alarmingly impressive. ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, just showed off a new AI system called OmniHuman-1 that can create deepfake videos almost indistinguishable from reality to the average person.
What Nintendo is doing to fight bots and scalpers during the Switch 2 launch
TL;DR: Probably not enough