Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence Researchers Say There’s a 5% Chance That AI Will Cause Human Extinction Thousands of researchers were asked to give predictions about AI, and many had concerns about human extinction. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News The Xbox Already Looks Like a Toaster, Now It Is One The $40 Xbox Series S Toaster will emblazon a big ‘X’ symbol on your bread if you’re looking to make an Xbox BLT. By Kyle Barr Published January 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. It’s the beginning of the end in Google’s plan to kill cookies forever. By Thomas Germain Published January 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCESCES 2024 Dell’s Is Betting Big on AI With Its New XPS Laptops The new XPS laptops will come with a dedicated Copilot key. By Dua Rashid Published January 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsPrivacy and Security 23andMe to Data Breach Victims: It’s Your Fault! As droves of pissed off customers attempt to sue the genomics giant, it's disavowing responsibility and turning the blame back on them. By Lucas Ropek Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Twitch Is Being Weird About Nudity Again A new policy update from Twitch says you can’t stream if it looks like you might be nude, adding to a growing list of what streamers can wear. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCESCES 2024 Roku Claims New Pro Series 4K TVs Will Optimize Your Settings With AI The Roku Pro Series TVs will be release later this year for less than $1,500. By Florence Ion Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTech Policy Starbucks App Traps Users in ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Shaken Espresso, Says Consumer Advocate A complaint filed to Washington’s AG alleges Starbucks’s mobile app uses “dark patterns” to trick users into spending more money on beverages. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News Buckle Up: Driverless Cars Can’t Get Traffic Tickets In California Human drivers have to follow the rules of the road in California. Apparently, Cruise and Waymo get special privileges. By Thomas Germain Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCESCES 2024 Samsung’s New Robot Vacuum Is Scarily Intelligent Probably the only other cleaner this determined is my mom. By Dua Rashid Published January 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News What to Expect at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2024: S24 AI Chatbot and More What's in store for Samsung's Galaxy S24 series? The rumors may have already revealed it all. By Florence Ion Updated January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsGaming 13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Beat Tetris on NES Streamer Blue Scuti has surpassed artificial intelligence by becoming the first known human to crash Tetris By Levi Winslow Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTech Policy Montana and North Carolina Lawmakers Just Came for Pornhub, So Now You Can’t Users in certain US states can no longer access Pornhub, as the platform refuses to tolerate new laws around age restrictions. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News Meta Quest 2 Won’t Easily Stream to TVs Anymore, But at Least It’s Half the Price Now The older VR headsets now start at $250, and refurbished units are even cheaper. At the same time, Meta is limiting access to Chromecast, for some reason. By Kyle Barr Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCrime Chinese Teen Rescued After Being ‘Cyber Kidnapped’ You've heard of cyberstalking and cyberextortion but are you ready for cyber kidnapping? By Lucas Ropek Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews How a Group of Train Hackers Exposed a Right-to-Repair Nightmare Polish hackers were hired to un-brick a train. Then the legal threats came. Now they're steering the right-to-repair movement right into Poland's train yards. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit Facebook introduces a confusing new setting as the walls close in on Zuckerberg’s data machine. By Thomas Germain Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCryptocurrencies Federal Prosecutors Drop Sam Bankman-Fried’s Second Trial Nearly half of SBF’s 13 criminal charges have been dropped, and it seems he’ll only ever be tried for seven of them. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech News Vizio Agrees to Pay Out $3 Million and Stop Advertising Bogus ‘Effective’ Framerates You might be owed a bit of money if you bought a Vizio TV in 2014 claiming a 120Hz or 240Hz ‘Effective Refresh Rate.’ By Kyle Barr Updated January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Elon Musk’s X Is Worth 71% Less Than He Bought It For, Says Fidelity Investors marked down the value of X in November, the same month advertisers fled Elon Musk’s free speech platform due to antisemitic content. By Maxwell Zeff Published January 2, 2024 | Comments (0)