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Breaking technology news for readers in the United States, filed the day it happens. We cover Apple, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia alongside the security breaches, privacy rulings and antitrust cases that decide what your devices are allowed to do, and every story is checked against primary sources before it runs. Model releases and app news sit in AI & Software, handsets in Mobile.
John Ternus used his first earnings call to warn that memory costs are “unprecedented.” We broke down Apple’s numbers, the price increases it has already made, and what could come next.
AI data centers were on the ballot this week, and voters mostly said no. We looked at what’s really driving electricity bills and what a Democratic Congress can and can’t do about Stargate.
Apple’s new Dating and Relationships descriptor gives any app with romantic AI companions an 18+ rating. Here’s the real timeline, which apps it hits, and what parents should change.
Sony is pointing PS5 owners to Back Market, which pays up to $400 cash for a used console. We compared it with GameStop, Xbox’s Best Buy offer and the PS5’s rising price.
Uber says just four rides came through AI agents during its busiest week of October, out of roughly 320 million trips and orders. Here is what that says about the agentic web, and why the hype is running ahead of the habit.
Google told schools that students lose Search unless the school opts in to its AI tools. After a political firestorm, Google clarified. Here is what was announced, who pushed back, and what schools can actually do.
Finance influencer Mark Tilbury says buying GTA 6 “actually saves you $5,000.” We broke down his cost per hour math, compared it with movies and nights out, and added the costs he left out.
A group calling itself the Capytistas says it will publish more than 150 billionaire-linked home addresses, starting with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Here’s who they are, how they found the addresses, and what it says about everyone else’s privacy.
A viral TikTok is pushing people to switch on WhatsApp’s two-step verification after a mom’s account was hijacked. Here’s how the takeover scams work, how to turn the PIN on, and the one attack it won’t stop.
NASA’s 3,200-pound Swift observatory is re-entering Earth’s atmosphere on November 4 after 22 years in orbit. Here’s where pieces could land, what the 1 in 2,100 risk figure really means, and what astronomy loses.