Jon Snow

Windows Latest

Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces if you allow it

Microsoft's OneDrive Photos appears to be yet another photo editor and viewer for Windows 11 that nobody asked for.

CyberInsider

EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T

A former Apple engineer alleges he was fired after refusing AT&T requests for device identifiers without customer releases. Apple denies wrongdoing.

Starmer's Under-16 Social Media Ban Masks UK Surveillance

Tyranny masquerading as child safety needs you to feel guilty before you feel suspicious. Downing Street is counting on it.

Yahoo Finance

Meta gave 6 executives options worth up to $921M each, then cut 8,000 jobs after a record $56.3B quarter

Despite a solid Q1, many Meta employees have found themselves jobless.

Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.

The applause for scrapping digital ID arrived before anyone checked what survived it.

NBC Bay Area

San Jose passenger claims a Waymo drove off with his luggage at the airport

A South Bay man claims a Waymo driverless taxi drove off with his luggage in the trunk after dropping him off at the San Jose Mineta Airport.

Windows Latest

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows

New Outlook takes 10 seconds to show an email after clicking a Windows 11 notification. Outlook Classic does it instantly. Here's why.

Mastodon

bbc.com

Why tech firms are raising PC and console prices - and blaming AI for chip costs

Xbox consoles, Nintendo's new Switch 2 and Valve's Steam Deck are just some of the gadgets seeing price hikes in recent months.

'Ban on Meta Smart Glasses possible' in Germany

canitplaycrisis

Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc

Even physical games ran into problems.

Etsy forces EU citizens to upload ID and biometric data to the mass surveillance company Persona, otherwise you can't sell

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Windows Latest

WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1.2GB of RAM doing nothing

WhatsApp for Windows is a slow, RAM-hungry web wrapper. With Microsoft committed to WinUI, there's no excuse not to build a native app.

Variety

Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit

Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta's AI systems.

Reuters

SpaceX demolishes IPO records

Elon Musk’s company is soaring to the top of the initial public offering leaderboard.

Mastodon

Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users

The company that decides whether you're a bot now also requires you run its software to prove otherwise.

Signal Messenger

Signal Messenger: Speak Freely

Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

Insider Gaming

Injustice 3 in the Works at NetherRealm Studios, It's Claimed

NetherRealm Studios is reportedly working on the third game in the DC Comics fighting franchise, Injustice. Injustice 3

Is AI Profitable Yet?

International Business Times UK

'Nobody Is Safe': FL Man Sues After AI Facial Recognition Wrongly Tags Him Child Luring Suspect in Shocking Police Blunder

A Florida man sues law enforcement after being wrongfully arrested due to a faulty AI match, highlighting the dangers of unregulated AI in policing.

iFixit

Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro

Is the Trump phone actually made in America? Our deep-dive teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is basically a gold-painted, rebranded HTC U24 Pro.

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