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‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “...
Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI
Firefox is getting a drastic visual overhaul with a redesigned Settings section that will make it easier to find and use privacy settings, including the switch...
In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuine...
Who gets to own the Luigi Mangione story?
On Monday morning, a judge overseeing the New York state case on the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO ruled that some evidence collected by police could not...
Philips’ new display has a screen on both sides
Its name might be dull and uninspired, but the Philips 24B2D5300 Business Monitor brings a novel feature I've never seen on a display before: screens on either...
One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement
After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kent...
Bungie gives up on Destiny
Bungie is moving on from Destiny 2. The studio announced Thursday that it's releasing the last major update for the game on June 9th as its focus "turns towards...
Sonos’s pint-sized Roam 2 speaker is 25 percent off for Memorial Day
If your summer plans involve spending any time outdoors, whether on the trail or at a pool party, a good portable Bluetooth speaker can go a long way. The lates...
The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential
I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one. One of the first to take the plunge is Polyend...
Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis
Uber is putting its own autonomous vehicles back on the road as part of its new AV Lab project to collect data for its dozens of robotaxi partners. The cars wil...
This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens
The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design - an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a...
The cost of the smart home is going up
Selling the smart home has been hard. Even Amazon has lost money in the space, despite putting hundreds of millions of Echo devices in people's homes. Google ha...