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Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too ‘woke’
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's...
AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will u...
China bans hidden car door handles, which can trap people after crashes
China has introduced new regulations, starting in 2027, requiring all car doors to open manually from both sides. Electric door handles can malfunction in a cra...
Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a...
Slopaganda goes West
After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administrati...
Borderlands 4 for Switch 2 is on ‘pause’
Development on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is on "pause," according to a statement from a Take-Two spokesperson given to Variety. "We made th...
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real...
The four best Super Bowl TV deals we found
The Super Bowl is not only one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it’s also one of the best times of year to find a deal on a big TV. For major events...
Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says
On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an...
Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing
Microsoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers. That way, AI companies ca...
Apple’s Xcode adds OpenAI and Anthropic’s coding agents
Apple is building OpenAI and Anthropic's AI-powered coding agents directly into Xcode. New integrations in Xcode 26.3 will give developers the ability to call u...
Back seats aren't as safe as they should be. A crash test is trying to help
Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a problem one vehicle safety group is tryi...