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Save up to 75% in the PlayStation Store Black Friday sale — I've picked my 16 favorite deals on Control Resonant, Silent Hill 2, Dispatch, 007 First Light, Cairn, and more

The action is a little rough around the edges, but I can look past that when every other moment I'm wowed by some mind-bending new environment or ingenious set piece that establishes it as one of the most unique games…

‘It feels like malware’: This Chrome extension redirects your web searches to monetized results and was promoted by a VPN with 50 million downloads

In the case of Planet VPN, this may be achieved via Planet Search — a Chrome extension that re-routes users' internet searches through intermediary platforms before they reach monetized Yahoo search results. Planet…

NHTSA investigates if Waymo robotaxis are still running school bus stop signs

Several months after Waymo issued a voluntary software recall on its robotaxis for running red lights and stop signs from stopped school buses, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation…

Think twice before using a webcam cover on your MacBook

And while macOS has privacy features to prevent others from spying through your webcam, some people opt for cheap webcam covers to completely block the lens. The reasoning behind this hasn't changed much since our 2016…

Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process

The idea behind TK is to make it easier to turn ideas into written words by incorporating an AI assistant into the editor itself, allowing users to ask for help by typing “@TK” followed by their request or prompt. In…

Exclusive: Skyfall AI launches Steve-001 to run 3 businesses it acquired

A growth agent assigned the deployment to an engineering agent, which sent it straight back. The cycle continued because neither agent took responsibility, and one did not have the access needed to make the change.…

Google killed Android Auto on phones, but a free app brought it back

Now, you might say that I can use Google Maps on my phone, and that's fair enough. However, there are plenty of occasions where a bespoke in-car experience makes sense. It gives me one-tap access to the map and lets me…

Is Schrödinger’s cat both dead and alive? No, it’s just haunted by its past

This isn’t unusual: I drink the same smoothie every weekday morning. At some point in the past, I discovered I particularly liked it and made it a habit. It is a simple example of something that makes intuitive sense –…

Meta is expanding AI age detection for Instagram teen accounts

Meta is expanding its use of AI age-estimation systems globally to place more Instagram users around the into teen accounts. The company has been using this tech in the US, European Union and Brazil to estimate a user's…

Centuries before TikTok, this 1579 bestseller gave readers their daily dose of ‘brain rot’

Then a dog lovingly devoted to its owner. Immediately in tow there are methods to repair broken glass and remove acne, a tip for weight loss, a cake recipe and an astrological reading of your future. But this is not your…