Verizon has started enforcing a 365-day lock period on phones purchased through its TracFone division, one week after the Federal…
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FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss
The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday. US…
Google temporarily disabled YouTube's advanced captions without warning
YouTubers have been increasingly frustrated with Google's management of the platform, with disinformation welcomed back and an aggressive push for…
NASA’s Artemis II rocket rolls to launch pad, but key test looms ahead
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big…
The first new Marathon game in decades will launch on March 5
It's been nearly three years now since Destiny maker (and Sony subsidiary) Bungie formally announced a revival of the storied…
OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’
OpenAI plans to focus on "practical adoption" of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar.…
How much can a city take?
I live in Minneapolis. I grew up not far from here, in a suburb of St. Paul; after stints on…
Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh
Mac power users waiting on new high-end MacBook Pro models may have been disappointed last fall, when Apple released an…
Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial…
You need to listen to the cosmic horror-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale
It's relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I…