Cable TV providers ruined cable—now they’re coming for streaming
In an ironic twist, cable TV and Internet provider Comcast has announced that it, too, will sell a bundle of video-streaming services for a discounted price. The announcement comes as…
The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end
Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko Billy Restey is a digital artist who runs a studio in Seattle. But after hours, he hunts for rare chunks of bitcoin. He does it…
4 high-end features Windows laptops still have over MacBooks
Apple’s MacBook lineup has exploded over the last several years, with its Silicon chipsets offering class-leading performance and efficiency. The MacBook Pro, in particular, is faster than many Windows laptops,…
Microsoft plans to make the next Call of Duty a day-one release on Xbox Game Pass
In context: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently confirmed the company's ambition to bring Activision Blizzard games to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. The Xbox division will likely formalize…
TikTok Is Testing 60-Minute Videos to Compete with YouTube
TikTok announced that it’s experimenting with hour-long videos. Only a handful of users have access to this feature right now, and there’s no official public release date for it. If/when…
Reddit shares jump after OpenAI ChatGPT deal
OpenAI and Reddit reach deal that will give ChatGPT access to content on the social media platform. Source link
Why Billionaire Frank McCourt Thinks He Can Save TikTok
Billionaire Frank McCourt has long argued that the internet needs to be radically changed on an infrastructural level in order to reduce its toxicity, misinformation, and extractive nature. Now, he’s…
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
An interim artificial intelligence (AI) safety report has highlighted the lack of universal agreement among AI experts on a range of topics, including both the state of current AI capabilities…
“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups
Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's biggest blunders ever: Google's Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally deleted a giant customer account for no…
Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about them. On Wednesday, the SEC adopted changes to Regulation…