Amid Trump attacks and weaponized sanctions, Europeans look to rely less on US tech
European governments are looking to move away from U.S. tech and reclaim their digital sovereignty at a time of unpredictability and volatility in the United States.
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The price gap between Waymo and Uber is narrowing
Data collected and analyzed by Obi suggest a shift is underway.
If you live in the UK, you probably won’t be able to visit Pornhub anymore
Pornhub parent company Aylo will restrict access from U.K. users, rather than comply with age verification mandates, which the company said it believes have not succeeded in promoting online safety.
TikTok says it’s still working to recover its U.S. infrastructure
TikTok says some of the glitches continue but it’s making “significant progress” in recovering its U.S. infrastructure.
WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyber attacts
Days after Meta was sued over alleged false privacy claims surrounding its chat app WhatsApp, the company has rolled out a new setting to protect users against cyber attacks. The feature, called Strict Account Settings, adds restrictions like automatically blocking media and attachments from unknown senders, and silencing calls from unknown numbers. Under this setting, link previews […]
TikTok US is mostly back up and running
As we moved into the third day of the TikTokalypse, the app appears to have finally stabilized in the US, as we verified that it’s possible to consistently publish new videos and even have other people watch them. That hasn’t been a simple task since the service started having problems early Sunday morning, but on […]
The promise and peril of a new online shooter
The routine is familiar by now. A new online shooter with bright, colorful graphics launches and rockets up the charts despite the fact that you maybe haven’t even heard of it. Or maybe it just has a really forgettable name. But everyone seems to be talking about it, and it’s free, so you figure you […]
Google Search now lets you ask AI Overviews follow-up questions
Google is making Search less about links and more about AI. The company is upgrading its AI-powered search features, adding Gemini 3 to AI Overviews and letting users ask follow-up questions “seamlessly” to make sure Search can answer “whatever’s on your mind,” a move that feels closer to using an AI chatbot than a search […]
Android phones are getting more anti-theft features
Google says Android devices will get new security features, like stronger authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools.
Google now lets users jump from AI Overviews into AI Mode conversations
The tech giant also announced that it’s making Gemini 3 the new default model for AI Overviews globally.