Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent
Music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music have become the primary way people listen to music, which can be...
Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support
You don’t notice good video compression—until it’s not there. For years, people have streamed high-resolution video without thinking about the...
Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
The writing was on the wall, and now it’s on Amazon’s website. Newly released Fire Sticks will not support the...
Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
President Trump on Thursday announced his third nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dr. Erica...
Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake”
A 25-year-old Tennessee man avoided prison time after pleading guilty to accessing government systems with stolen login credentials and boasting...
Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
The rising costs of RAM and other computing components are pushing up the price of Meta’s Quest VR headsets, which...
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of...
Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time
Intel’s Core Ultra laptop CPUs have been its flagships ever since it retired the older generational branding scheme and the...
New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone
A Chinese ship has tested a new device capable of slicing through submarine data cables thousands of meters beneath the...
Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media
The Federal Trade Commission pressured three advertising firms into settlements that will likely result in more ad spending on conservative...