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Asus ROG Strix gaming laptop teased

Asus teases launch date for new Nvidia RTX 5000 ROG Strix laptops with RGB overload

Asus has added an official launch date for its previously-revealed RGB-laden ROG gaming laptops coming to CES 2025. The new ROG laptop will apparently feature an RGB strip all around the lower casing, along with large ROG Strix br...

Julian van der Merwe, 23 Dec 2024 20:59

Danish YouTuber Madskillzzhc completely withdraws from the WoW community due to death threats as a result of his anti-bot activism. (Image source: DallE 3)

WoW content creator receives death threats after bot hunting

Danish YouTuber Madskillzzhc's dedicated fight against bots in World of Warcraft has come to a sudden and alarming halt. After receiving serious death threats and having his personal information exposed, the veteran content creato...

Marius Müller, 21 Dec 2024 13:41

MKBHD crowns Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra as the smartphone of the year. (Image source: MKBHD)

Galaxy S24 Ultra wins MKBHD's smartphone of the year award, iPhone continues to reign supreme in camera performance

Popular YouTube personality Marquess Brownlee, aka MKBHD, has announced the winners of the 2024 edition of his annual smartphone awards. Some of the winners were expected, while others relatively surprising. Regardless, Samsung Ga...

Sambit Saha, 20 Dec 2024 21:41

The Cybercab is undoubtedly futuristic, perhaps even a tad too much. (Image source: Tesla)

Tesla design lead reveals why the Cybercab is yellow in color

Tesla's Cybercab features a plethora of controversial design choices, all the way from its wheels, to its dihedral door mechanism. The company's chief designer has now shed light on the reasoning behind one such aspect of the car ...

Sambit Saha, 20 Dec 2024 21:41

The US Supreme Court will hear TikTok's challenge to country ban (Image Source: TikTok)

The US Supreme Court to hear TikTok's challenge to country ban

TikTok filed an emergency motion earlier this month to delay its looming ban in the US until the Trump government is in office and The Supreme Court could hear its case. The US top court has now agreed to hear TikTok's plea.

Rohith Bhaskar, 19 Dec 2024 13:16

Elon Musk is apparently planning a particularly purist webmailer that could be called "X Mail" and compete with Gamil. (X (formerly Twitter) / Google)

X Mail – Elon Musk talks about simplified Gmail competitor

Rumors about a Gmail alternative from X have been circulating for a while. Recently, Musk hinted in discussions on his social media platform that a webmailer is in the works, designed to be exceptionally minimalist and user-friend...

Marius Müller, 18 Dec 2024 14:40

Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service says Russia targeted elections with cyberattacks (Image Source: Photo by Val Vesa on Unsplash)

Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service says Russia targeted elections with cyberattacks

The Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) has claimed that the annulled presidential elections were the victim of Russian cyberattacks. Russia has denied the claims.

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 12:27

Meta fined €251 million over 2018 Facebook security breach (Image Source: Timothy Hales Bennett on Unsplash)

Meta fined €251 million over 2018 Facebook security breach

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €251 million for a 2018 Facebook security breach affecting 29 million users. Hackers exploited Facebook's View As feature, which lets users see a public view of their profiles. ...

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 11:27

BBC says Facebook suppressed news from Palestine outlets (Image Source: Photo by dlxmedia.hu on Unsplash)

BBC says Facebook suppressed news from Palestine outlets

BBC has claimed that Meta purposely increased the moderation of Palestinian user comments on Instagram and Facebook and harmed the ability of Palestinian journalists to reach an audience.

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 10:11

Apple trials Genmoji on Mac with 15.3 developer beta (Image Source: Apple)

Apple trials Genmoji on Mac with 15.3 developer beta

Apple's new developer beta macOS 15.3 includes Genmoji, which uses AI to create custom emojis. Genmoji can be added to the emoji palette on the keyboard for easier access.

Rohith Bhaskar, 17 Dec 2024 12:26

Pumble was down for about an hour (Image source: Pumble.com w/edits)

Update | Discord alternative Pumble not working for some users

On Sunday, December 15 at 2:10 PM GMT, the business-oriented Pumble messaging/conferencing platform became unresponsive to go dark a short while later. It took Cake about an hour to make Pumble work again. Things appear to be back to normal as of 3:20 PM GMT (07:20 AM CST). Update: Still no word from the company

Sergey Tarasov, 16 Dec 2024 17:46

BYD employees sure do seem interested in the Cybertruck, if the video is anything to go by. (Image source: @ahlnlj)

Cybertruck spotted near BYD facility in China raises reverse-engineering speculation

A Tesla Cybertruck was recently spotted at a BYD facility in China, which has seemingly piqued a lot of people's interest. The Cybertruck has been nothing short of a lightning rod for debate, but there is no denying that the EV is...

Sambit Saha, 13 Dec 2024 18:04

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is a beastly 16-core Zen 5 CPU, cooling which is no small task. (Image source: Bilibili)

Passively cooled AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hovers at 95 degrees without any performance drop, but there is a catch

Asus recently shared a video demonstrating its ProArt PA401 case, featuring a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU cooled passively using a Noctua NH-P1 cooler. The system managed to run without any noticeable performance downgrades, although there ...

Sambit Saha, 12 Dec 2024 20:51

BMW's social media account deleted it's praise for Tesla's FSD after Tesla playfully replied to the same. (Image source: Tesla - Edited)

BMW calls Tesla's FSD V13.2 'very impressive' - and then deletes its tweet

On X/Twitter, BMW's social media account briefly called Tesla’s FSD v13.2 'very impressive' in a now-deleted tweet. Tesla responded playfully, but was this a mistake or just plain old competitive rivalry?

Anubhav Sharma, 11 Dec 2024 18:55

TikTok files an emergency injunction against the US ban (Image Source: Photo by visuals on Unsplash)

TikTok files an emergency injunction against the US ban

TikTok has announced that it has filed an emergency injunction to delay the upcoming US ban in January 2025. The social media platform lost an appeal that sought to block the bill that demanded ByteDance sell the platform or face ...

Rohith Bhaskar, 10 Dec 2024 10:19

California wants mental health warning labels on social media platforms (Image Source: Generated with Dall-E 3)

California wants mental health warning labels on social media platforms

A new assembly bill has proposed legislation mandating mental health warning labels on social media platforms. The bill, AB 56, will require social media platforms to disclose the mental risks to people who spend more than three h...

Rohith Bhaskar, 10 Dec 2024 08:51

The free version is powered by Grok-2 model. (Image Source: X / Kristen Spradlin)

X users can now try out Grok AI assistant for free

You can now try out Grok without subscribing to X Premium. The free version is powered by Grok-2 model and lets users ask up to 10 queries per 2 hours.

Kristen Spradlin, 08 Dec 2024 18:28

Australia's under 16 social media ban confirmed for late 2025 (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

No more social media for Australians under 16 starting in late 2025

Instagram, X, Snapchat, Facebook, and other key players in the social media market will be affected starting at the end of next year, when teenagers younger than 16 will not be allowed to use this kind of online platform. The comp...

Codrut Nistor, 29 Nov 2024 00:01

Google and Meta think the Australian social media bill should be delayed (Image Source: Generated with Dall-E 3)

Google and Meta think the Australian social media bill should be delayed

Google and Meta have urged the Australian government to wait for a trial for the proposed age-verification systems in their social media bill. The controversial bill proposes stringent age-verification systems that may include bio...

Rohith Bhaskar, 26 Nov 2024 10:29

No show, no fine; Elon Musk escapes SEC's Twitter buyout investigation sanctions (Image source: Cocuzo on Wallpapers.com)

Elon Musk escapes sanctions as US judge rejects SEC request

A US judge ruled against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which sought to sanction Elon Musk. The SEC went to court after Musk missed his testimony for the regulator's investigation into X's (formerly Twitter) buyo...

David Odejide, 23 Nov 2024 17:16

Bluesky says it won't train AI on user content (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Bluesky says it won't train AI on user content

Bluesky, the Twitter/X alternative that has seen a surge in users following the US election, says it won't train its AI model on user content. The social media platform said it used AI for content moderation.

Rohith Bhaskar, 16 Nov 2024 08:34

TikTok Symphony Creative Studio now available to all advertisers. (Image source: TikTok)

TikTok opens Symphony Creative Studio access to all advertisers

Symphony Creative Studio users can create AI-generated videos and avatars with ease by simply providing raw video clips or speech scripts. The tool can also translate videos into multiple languages with AI-voice cloning to reach t...

David Chien, 16 Nov 2024 08:18

Brad “Cafrozed” Dennis, the PI who was tracking down the person responsible, acted as a vengeful ex-husband online to infilitrate Discord servers and Telegram groups. (Image source: Konstantin Savusia/Shutterstock)

Teen could face decades in prison as FBI cracks massive swatting operation via Discord, Telegram, and YouTube

An 18-year-old from California, US has pleaded guilty to a nationwide swatting operation involving over 375 fake bomb and shooting threats. The FBI used digital evidence from platforms like Telegram and Discord to track him down.

Anubhav Sharma, 14 Nov 2024 19:28

Threads to get ads in early 2025 (Image source: Meta)

The party's over: Ads allegedly coming to Threads in 2025

With 100 million users in less than a week since its introduction, Threads became the fastest-growing consumer app, surpassing ChatGPT, the previous record holder. Now on its way to reach 300 million users, Instagram's sibling is ...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Nov 2024 18:56

X rivals Threads and Bluesky see an influx of US users after election night (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

X rivals Threads and Bluesky see an influx of US users after election night

Threads and Bluesky have become the new harbor for US citizens fed up with Elon Musk's X. The social media platform's increasingly right-wing stance has driven many users from the platform to alternatives.

Rohith Bhaskar, 12 Nov 2024 09:42

A free version of X's Grok is available in certain regions (Image Source: x.AI)

A free version of X's Grok is now available in certain regions

A free version of X's Grok chatbot is being tested in select few countries. Several users have reported that your X account has to be at least seven days old, and there has to be a phone number linked to access the chatbot.

Rohith Bhaskar, 12 Nov 2024 08:46

The ultimate electric dedan face-off: $250,000 Lucid Air takes on $111,000 Tesla Model S Plaid. (Image source: Edmunds Cars via YouTube)

Tesla Model S Plaid gets crushed by Lucid Air Sapphire in U-styled drag race

Tesla's Model S Plaid is quite the beast when it comes to electric sedans, handily defeating gas-powered supercars in drag races. However, is it good enough to keep up with Lucid's $250,000 Air Sapphire? Edmunds Cars attempts to f...

Sambit Saha, 11 Nov 2024 19:49

The Buckshot Roulette Dealer (Image Source: Buckshot Roulette -edits)

Behind Buckshot Roulette: Mike Klubnika shares the creative force behind his macabre hit title

Since the highly anticipated multiplayer mode was released, Mike Klubnika has taken to Reddit to indulge his many fans of Buckshot Roulette. Here are a few interesting questions and answers from his latest Reddit AMA.

Stephen Pereyra, 08 Nov 2024 06:15

TikTok forced to shut down its offices in Canada (Image source: DALL·E 3-generated image)

TikTok offices in Canada ordered to close due to national security risks

Since the Canadian government considers the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc. by ByteDance Ltd. an endeavor that poses a national security risk, the business will be disolved. However, while TikTok offices in Canada a...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Nov 2024 20:10

Australia proposes a social media ban for children under the age of 16 (Image Source: Mariia Shalabaieva on Unsplash)

Australia considering a social media ban for children under the age of 16

Australia has proposed a ban on social media for children under 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that firms must follow regulations or face fines.

Rohith Bhaskar, 07 Nov 2024 09:11

Meta will use AI-powered age prediction to identify teens on Instagram (Image Source: Meta/Instagram)

Meta details plans on AI-powered age identification for Instagram

Meta plans to use an AI-based age prediction tool to identify teens on Instagram. The tool, internally called "adult classifier", will categorize Instagram users into two groups - under or above 18 years old.

Rohith Bhaskar, 05 Nov 2024 12:40

Reddit homepage (Image source: Own)

Reddit is finally out of the red, with almost $30 million profit in third quarter

After nearly two decades online, Reddit is finally profitable. In the third quarter, the company recorded a massive 68% increase in revenue alongside 47% more daily users. The figures are $29.9 million and 97.2 million users. Obvi...

Codrut Nistor, 31 Oct 2024 01:11

Giphy partners with TikTok. (Image source: Giphy)

TikTok partners with Giphy to upgrade DMs with AI-powered gif-picker

TikTok has announced that it will soon enhance the way users express themselves with .gifs that come up as a result of AI-generated suggestions. The animated images in question will all come courtesy of Giphy thanks to a new agree...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 29 Oct 2024 19:30

Meta is reportedly building an AI search engine (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons/Petar Adžaga)

Meta is reportedly building an AI search engine

Meta is reportedly building an in-house AI-powered search engine for its Meta AI chatbot. The bot currently uses Google and Bing to answer questions about current events.

Rohith Bhaskar, 29 Oct 2024 08:22

Instagram videos with low views get low-quality encoding as well (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Instagram ties video quality to view count

A user report that was later confirmed by Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, shows that some videos on this service look blurry due to the fact that video quality is directly tied to the amount of views it receives. According to him,...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Oct 2024 12:16

Tim Cook's message to an Apple employee regarding her grandmother. (Image source: Twitter)

In a heart-warming act of humanity, Apple helped save an employee’s grandmother from the chaos in Ukraine

In a recent tweet, a former Apple employee claimed that the tech behemoth conducted a full-scale operation to extract people, including her grandmother, from the turmoil in Kharkiv in 2023. Turns out, Tim Cook really is the master...

Sambit Saha, 26 Oct 2024 21:41

The highest-end Xiaomi SU7 Max sports a whopping 101 kWh battery. (Image source: Xiaomi)

Ford CEO showers Xiaomi SU7 with praises in recent podcast appearance

Ford's CEO had nothing but praises for the Xiaomi SU7. In a bid to gauge Ford's EV competiton, CEO Jim Farley imported the SU7 from China, and has been loving it so far.

Sambit Saha, 26 Oct 2024 20:54

In the latest episode of LTT's podcast, Linus admits that he is partly responsible for the exploitation in the Republic of the Congo (Image source: Linus Tech Tips)

Linus Tech Tips admits personal responsibility for exploitation of Congo

Linus of Linus Tech Tips admitted today that he bears some personal responsibility for the exploitation of Congolese children in cobalt and lithium mines. He made the statement in his latest video podcast by partially agreeing wit...

Marvin Gollor, 26 Oct 2024 12:32

Meta is laying off employees this year as well (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

New Meta layoffs affect several departments, including those in charge of WhatsApp and Instagram

After parting ways with over 20,000 employees in 2022 and 2023, Meta continues to cut jobs. This time, the number of people laid off is smaller, but this new downsizing does not miss Reality Labs and departments in charge of popul...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Oct 2024 11:09

TikTok is shifting towards AI for its content moderation strategy. (Image source: Visuals on Unsplash)

TikTok turns to AI, replacing nearly 500 human moderators

TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, which includes 500 in Malaysia alone. The company is shifting its focus to AI-driven content moderation amid regulatory pressure and efforts to improve platform safety.

Anubhav Sharma, 12 Oct 2024 10:37

Discord banned in Turkey (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Discord now banned in Turkey following court order

Turkey has now banned Discord after they denied the authorities' request to share private user information. The court decision was caused by "child sexual abuse and obscenity" suspicions pointing at some users of the platform. The...

Codrut Nistor, 09 Oct 2024 18:54

TikTok has been under constant fire in the US for a long time now. (Image source: TikTok)

TikTok sued by multiple states in the US over harmful impact on minors

Over a dozen US states have sued TikTok, alleging it harms youth mental health through addictive features like endless scrolling, pushing minors into excessive use, and easing exploitation via live-streaming.

Anubhav Sharma, 08 Oct 2024 18:43

YouTube (and Google) have agressive data tracking practices, but there are ways to keep one's YouTube data in house. (Image Source: OpenArt.ai)

No YouTube tracking: Is it worth it (or practical) to host your own YouTube front end?

CheckMag Google is notorious for tracking people across websites, and this extends to almost every service it offers, including Android and YouTube. If you are on a quest to escape Google's aggressive data practices, you might want to cons...

David Devey, 05 Oct 2024 12:03

It looks like the days of avoiding MediaTek SoCs for their lacklustre performance may be behind us. (Image source: SamMobile on YouTube)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra vs. Tab S9 Ultra: MediaTek tramples Qualcomm — efficiency questions loom

The new MediaTek-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra has officially trumped its Snapdragon forbear in performance benchmarks with a significant margin, but incomplete data raises questions about efficiency and battery life.

Julian van der Merwe, 04 Oct 2024 22:34

YouTuber and engineer James Bruton has built a rideable AT-AT from Star Wars using mainly 3D-printed components. (Image source: YouTube / James Bruton)

YouTuber 3D-prints a Star Wars AT-AT sturdy enough to ride

YouTuber and engineer James Bruton has managed to build an AT-AT that is large and stable enough for a human to ride on. He mainly used 3D-printed components for this. Bruton documented the construction process and published it on...

Marius Müller, 02 Oct 2024 17:41

In his post, Elon Musk stated that it is "High time this happened". (Image source: Reuters)

Blocked users can now view your public posts on X, Elon Musk announces

Elon Musk announced an update to the block feature on X (formerly Twitter), allowing blocked users to still view public posts from those accounts. Accounts with private posts should remain unaffected.

Anubhav Sharma, 24 Sep 2024 14:06

The iPhone 16 Pro Max lost to the Samsung S24 Ultra in battery-life test. (Image source: Apple, Samsung)

Samsung S24 Ultra smokes iPhone 16 Pro Max in battery life test

In a recent battery life test that mimicked real-life usage conducted by a prominent YouTube channel, the iPhone 16 Pro Max was outperformed by Samsung's S24 Ultra by quite a prominent margin. However, the new iPhone 16 variants d...

Sambit Saha, 20 Sep 2024 21:52

Dead internet theory becomes reality in SocialAI (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

SocialAI brings the dead internet theory to life

Although described as a social network, SocialAI is in fact more like "a space for reflection, support, and feedback," as mentioned by Michael Sayman, its creator. What makes it special is that all interactions it facilitates put ...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Sep 2024 00:00

Instagram "Teen Accounts" coming soon (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Instagram to actively look for teens pretending to be adults by early 2025, downgrade their accounts

As the concerns regarding the toxicity of social media for teens increase and more studies prove them legit, Instagram decides to turn normal accounts into "Teen Accounts" for users aged under 18. They will be automatically set as...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Sep 2024 21:17

Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro features a more powerful GPU, along with an even more powerful price tag. (Image source: Sony)

Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro PC equivalent would cost a 'fair bit more', says Digital Foundry lead editor in interview

Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter, in a recent interview, stated that the PC-equivalent for the PlayStation 5 Pro console would cost a 'fair bit more'. This is hardly a surprise, since the whole point of a gaming console is to ...

Sambit Saha, 14 Sep 2024 21:56

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