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Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructuring

The tumbling continues. When Xbox announced sweeping layoffs in July as part of a brutal “reset” for the gaming brand, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said part of the pre-existing problem in the gaming unit was “teams, studios…

Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI

Led by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, None of Your Business (noyb) claims the proposal to alter the data protection legislation “in the context of AI” amounts to an abandonment of data protection principles. In September…

Do USB extenders really work and are they safe to use?

The less convenient answer is that the term "USB extender" can mean anything from a passive cable to an active repeater or a CAT/fiber extender. They all extend the USB connection, but don't necessarily preserve the same…

Amazon Leo is bringing Elon-free satellite internet to Uzbekistan

Amazon is bringing Leo, its satellite internet service, to Uzbekistan . The company is teaming up with a regional ISP called Uztelecom to "power satellite connectivity in remote and hard-to-reach" parts of the country.…

I talked to Google Gemini Live for an hour; the lag was never the problem

At best, they feel like talking to a phone representative or someone from tech support. We turn to them when we have a problem, and they help us through it. The tech that's supposed to fix all of this No more…

TikTok’s US joint venture joins Lantern child safety programme and pledges $2M to NCMEC

The member is TikTok USDS Joint Venture, a majority-American-owned company formed in January to operate TikTok in the US. ByteDance retained a 19.9% stake, and Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX each hold 15%. Lantern…

UK cops arrest 2 EvilTokens suspects, Microsoft seizes 50 phishing kit websites

EvilTokens is a notorious Microsoft device-code phishing kit that emerged in February, and, within months of launching, had been used by criminals to compromise 12,000 email inboxes across more than 10,000 organizations…

Christopher Nolan's Memento to receive 4K Blu-ray release with Dolby Vision

Nolan’s sophomore feature Memento (2000) is being restored in 4K by independent Australian distributor and restoration specialist Umbrella, and will be available in Dolby Vision HDR in Collector and Standard editions. A…

Who signed off on that AI agent? Nobody? Thought so.

In July, news emerged that an autonomous swarm of OpenAI agents running in a sandbox broke out of it , of their own accord. Tasked with solving some challenges on an internal security benchmark, they worked out how to…

Noble Carbon will show how it’s making EV charger installs painless at TechCrunch Disrupt

The worry is reasonable. One study found that upgrading things like electrical panels (that box in the garage or basement that delivers power throughout a home) can more than double charger installation costs. Rather…