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Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage
FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in bac...
Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see
Threads now lets users in the US adjust what is recommended in their feed by writing "Dear Algo" in a post and explaining what they're looking for. The feature...
Ableton Live is adding audio streaming for real-time musical collaboration
Ableton is rolling out the Live 12.4 Beta with a number of new features, but the headliner is Link Audio, which enables real-time collaboration between devices...
Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline
The best methods we currently have for detecting and labelling deepfakes online are about to get a stress test. India announced mandates on Tuesday that require...
TikTok launches Local Feeds in the U.S.
TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's launching "Local Feeds," an opt-in feature that uses precise GPS location data to create a feed of localized content, si...
Lifx’s two-pack of Matter-enabled smart color bulbs is down to $20
Let’s give it up for companies that are making affordable smart bulbs. Lifx is one, having recently released a two-pack of A19 / E26 LED bulbs at CES 2026 capab...
Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversatio...
Reanimal wants to devour you
The woods in Reanimal are full of surprises. You will encounter human cadavers that slither like snakes, gigantic talking pigs, and, at one point, a forlorn, su...
Diesel’s wired earbuds look exactly like wired earbuds from Diesel
Despite evidence to the contrary, not only are wired earbuds alive and well, they're enjoying a resurgence. Brands like Belkin and even respected headphone make...
The Switch 2’s GameShare multiplayer turns this horror game into an unexpected comedy
GameShare, a multiplayer feature that's exclusive to the Switch 2, is a neat concept that so far has mostly been used in pretty standard ways. It lets you use o...
How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project
Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta's biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction h...
Pokémon Pokopia turns the world into a relaxing, human-free paradise
Though catching monsters and making them fight have always been core elements of the Pokémon brand, spinoffs like the Pokémon Snap and Detective Pikachu series...