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X’s Head of Product, Nikita Bier, announced a change to the platform’s creator payouts on Tuesday, but according to Elon Musk, the change isn’t going live just yet.Bier shared a post announcing that in determining payments, X “will be giving more weight to impressions from your home region.” The motivation appears to be discouraging engagement farming via political posts, with Bier adding that, “While we appreciate everyone’s opinion on American politics, we hope this will disincentivize gaming the attention of US or Japanese accounts.”The pending change could be an effort to address an issue that was highlighted in November when…

Dell has overhauled its commercial PC lineup with four new Pro notebooks: Pro Premium, Pro 7, Pro 5, and Pro 3. The devices are thinner and lighter than their predecessors, pack Intel and AMI processors, and finally ditch the old Latitude branding for a cleaner, number-based naming scheme.  Dell Which laptop is actually built for you? The Dell Pro Premium is the executive pic. It is up to 7% thinner, the lightest of them all, and wears a classy magnesium alloy chassis in a dark gray finish. The notebook offers an optional tandem OLED display and comes with an 8MP…

Privacy might be a top-of-mind concern for most people when it comes to smart glasses, but it’s not the only thing on the radar for regulators. According to a report from Bloomberg, the Meta Ray-Ban Display has hit roadblocks in Europe thanks to new rules on repairability and AI. Chief among those obstacles is the battery inside Meta’s display-equipped smart glasses, which does not currently meet the European Union’s (EU) requirements for repairability. As it stands, batteries inside Meta’s smart glasses are not replaceable or removable, which is a big no-no under relatively new regulations in Europe that dictate all…

Adam Breeden/ZDNETWith the recent news that Sony is handing control of the Bravia TV brand to TCL in 2026, retailers are offering discounts to clear the way for the new models scheduled to arrive in 2027. And if you’ve been eyeing the Bravia 8 II as an upgrade to your living room or home theater, you can grab the 65-inch model for over $1,400 off during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. Also: The best Sony TVs you can buyI got to check out the Bravia 8 II in the ZDNET testing lab, and was very impressed with the picture quality. While you’ll…

Dozens of cities and counties across the US have introduced local moratoria on data center development in response to local pushback. At least a dozen state legislatures—in Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming—have introduced state-level moratoriums this year.But Sanders’s bill marks a significant departure from many of these pieces of legislation. The new bill focuses not only on the environmental and community impacts of data centers, but on AI safety as a whole. Since his announcement in December, Sanders has been outspoken about the potential dangers AI poses to society,…

Andrew Ashur, the founder and CEO of window cleaning robot startup Lucid Bots, likes to joke that his company is the antithesis of the robotics industry right now. While many companies are trying to build humanoids or tout demos of their robots dancing and doing flips, Lucid Bots’ drones are out in the field making traditionally unsexy and dangerous work, like cleaning windows, safer and more efficient. “The sad truth is most are still selling a lot of hype and headlines, and we sell performance on the job site that shows up in our customers, profits, and losses,” Ashur told…

The best Super Mario games are ones I find myself coming back to again and again. I’m not sure I want to count how many copies of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World I own across various Nintendo platforms, but it’s worth it because of just how satisfying it is to replay those classic levels, like revisiting a favorite album. They’re simple enough that you can jump in easily, but with a level of depth that means I’m always discovering new things. And over the last few years I’ve added Super Mario Bros. Wonder to that list, a…

A new report says some version of the long-awaited new, AI-powered Siri will debut on June 8 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the same time iOS 27 is also scheduled to be shown to the public. One possible version detailed in the report makes it sound like phones with the new Siri features will provide an overall Siri-heavy experience. It sounds like Apple is considering making this AI-powered Siri ubiquitous, like the Gemini features that show up across Google’s Search, Gmail, and Google Docs products. The report comes from sources leaking anonymously to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is…

Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment/Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysTasklet is billed as a chatbot-style AI agent authoring, hosting, and deployment tool.A knack for interfacing with any system, API or not, could be its unique superpower.Once your integrations are in place, Tasklet can build UIs on top of them in minutes.By now, most people I know — friends, family, and colleagues — have experienced AI in some way, and many are generally impressed with its utility. There’s also a healthy amount of skepticism to go along with those positive impressions. As skeptics go, I’m a harder…

After a relatively quiet few months, Amazon is bringing back another of its famously invented shopping holidays. The Amazon Spring Sale is on its third year, and it’s on now through March 31. Like during last year’s event, Amazon is promising customers thousands of deals across various daily, themed categories.Of course, as we’ve seen in the past with Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, the true discounts on good products will likely be buried among junk deals on shoddy wares. The WIRED Reviews team tests gear all year long, and we fact-checked discounts on the products we actively recommend…