Tech
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Judge weighs whether to block Florida's social media ban for minors
A federal judge is weighing whether to block a Florida law from going into effect that would ban social media accounts for children under 14 and...
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Microsoft to close down Skype
Microsoft is shuttering Skype, marking the end of the once-dominant voice and video chatting service after two decades.
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Lockheed Martin shows off scaled drone defense system
U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin unveiled a new layered defense system aimed at detecting and destroying drone swarms.
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Google Chrome users warned to delete 16 popular extensions due to ‘malicious’ threat risk
The extensions affect functionality involving screen capture, ad blocking, emoji keyboards and more.
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Sam Altman’s OpenAI launches GPT-4.5 with fewer ‘hallucinations’ as AI race heats up
Sam Altman’s OpenAI released GPT-4.5, an upgraded version of the artificial intelligence model that powers ChatGPT, to select users on Thursday.
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How to stop getting a ton of unwanted phone calls
Unwanted phone calls are out of control. Whether it’s a robocall trying to sell you something or spam calls from scammers, it’s enough to make you...
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Musk walks back criticism of Verizon network, shifts blame to L3Harris
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk redirected his criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration's aging system to L3Harris Thursday, after discovering that...
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Microsoft retiring Skype after 20 years — as platform failed to keep up with Zoom, Slack
Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the software giant said.
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Google’s Sergey Brin says 60 hours per week in the office is ‘sweet spot’ for AI workers
Sergey Brin is urging employees working on AI to spend at least 60 hours per week in the office as Google faces heated competition from OpenAI,...
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'Panic Room: SteelBook Edition' 4K Ultra HD movie review
Director David Fincher's claustrophobic thriller "Panic Room." reemerges after nearly a quarter century of home theater DVD hibernation through a...
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Verizon becomes latest company to face probe by FCC boss over DEI policies
Verizon is awaiting FCC approval for its $9.6 billion purchase of Frontier Communications.
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Mark Zuckerberg axes ‘roughly 20’ Meta employees who leaked company info to media
The firings come weeks after a frustrated Zuckerberg complained about leaks.