YouTube Starts Banning Channels Again. Is the Arbitrary Ban Machine Back On?
Recent terminations of Bitcoin educators, fitness creators, and others raise old questions about selective enforcement by the Google-owned video platform
A Known Security Flaw Was Left Unfixed. Hackers Took FBI Agents' Home Addresses.
The FBI says a contractor never installed a patch that was already written. Thousands of employees had personal files stolen anyway.
Already Fading: Apple’s New $1,199 iPhone Looks Worn Out of the Box
Burgundy and Black iPhone 18 Pro owners say the color around the cameras is washing out. Silver and Glacier buyers are not seeing the same problem.
Meta Built Sunglasses That Talk Back, And That May Be the Next Computer
The Silicon Valley giant nobody asked to watch the world just made glasses people might actually wear. "VR" was a flop, these may not be.
Beyond Superintelligence: Origin, Lineage, and the Crucial Distinction of Machine Intelligence
To Successfully Coexist, Humans and Machines Must Distinguish Earthly Engineering from the Divine
Judge Finds Google Illegally Locked Up Web Advertising, Rejects DOJ Plan to Force a Breakup
Google keeps its AdX exchange and must instead open auctions to rivals, share bid data, and accept six years of monitoring.
Senate Kills Clarity Act, Leaves Wall Street and Silicon Valley in Charge
A 49-50 cloture vote ends years of lobbying. Regulators, banks, and campaign season now write the rules.
Microsoft’s Giant September Patch Broke Remote Desktop, Excel, and USB Audio
A record security dump from Redmond left offices scrambling, then the company had to rush out emergency fixes.
Silicon Valley’s News Apps Stack the Deck with Political Bias: 68% Left, 5% Right
Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo push left-leaning stories by the thousands while conservative outlets barely get a look as midterms near
Police Sound the Alarm on Meta’s Camera Glasses
Internal memos from New York to California treat Ray-Ban Meta glasses as a security risk that can film jails, officers, and patrol routines without anyone noticing.
Texas Republicans Turn Against Data Centers
Voters in red counties are forcing a harder look at Silicon Valley’s Texas expansion
Hackers Are Hijacking WordPress Sites Through a Popular Page Builder
A patched Elementor Pro bug is already being used to drop webshells and seize control of websites.
Major AI Chatbots Fail at Once as Users Report Widespread Errors
Big Tech’s favorite tools failed together. That should worry anyone who treats them like public utilities.