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Researchers say the findings raise questions about what happens to our brains and patterns if we depend too much on AI. 4 min read Using generative AI for a few minutes to solve a complex math problem or draft an email may be a quick and easy way to get
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Friday is the last day for your encrypted Instagram DMs. After May 8, the platform will no longer support the feature, it announced in a help post. Instagram said in March that it would stop offering end-to-end encryption to its roughly 3 billion users worldwide. At the time, Meta said
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You might use a VPN yourself, but have you considered giving one to your AI agent? It might be more important than you think. 3 min read A VPN, or virtual private network, is an important tool for privacy and security. It works by hiding your IP address from public
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In my nearly 15 years of evaluating portable Bluetooth speakers, I've encountered wireless speakers in a variety of shapes and sizes, including larger boom-box style party speakers that blast out sound capable of powering a fiesta. But for the folks looking for a travel-friendly wireless speaker that won&
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* 43 percent of Americans blame data centers as a major reason for rising power bills.That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Similar numbers of both Republicans and Democrats also cite data centers, which are quickly becoming a bipartisan issue, as a major reason for higher costs.
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Discovery of the Copy Fail Linux kernel exploit sparked widespread discussion and concern around Linux kernel security earlier this month, and that was for an exploit that had mostly already been patched by the time the public was made aware of it. Unfortunately, a similar follow-up Linux Kernel exploit has
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Cloudflare on Thursday joined a growing list of tech companies — including Meta, Microsoft, and Google — that have reported increased revenue alongside and massive layoffs, attributing both trends to their use of AI. Cloudflare, which provides internet security and performance services to millions of websites worldwide, announced it was cutting its
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Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division has seemingly turned on a dime under the leadership of new CEO Asha Sharma. One of the big shifts has been to nix the “this is an Xbox” campaign that sought to make anything and everything into "an Xbox." However, the company is
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Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday. The automaker’s battery subsidiary, Cellforce Group, is perhaps the highest-profile casualty. The division had already been through a “realignment” in August after Porsche dropped plans to make its
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Extortion using footage from smart glasses is officially a real thing, as demonstrated by an eerie incident in London. A woman says a man wearing camera‑equipped smart glasses approached her near a shopping center and secretly recorded her as they conversed. She did not notice any phone or an
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May 8, 2026 2:12 PM In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall, certain models of Elon Musk’s embattled pickup could experience a sudden, unexpected wheel separation, thanks to the wrong grease and loose nuts. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images Last year, nearly all Cybertrucks had to be recalled because
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May 8, 2026 2:18 PM ‘Orbs,’ ‘Saucers,’ and ‘Flashes’ on the Moon: Pentagon Drops New UFO Files The Defense Department has released a new trove of declassified documents about government UFO sitings. Courtesy U.S. Department of War The Pentagon released a batch of much-anticipated files about unidentified anomalous
