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Norways state gambling operator has been ordered to pay a NOK 1 million ($105,000) fine after regulators concluded it fell Norway fines Norsk Tipping $105K over anti-money laundering failures The post Norway fines Norsk ...

More than a million people around the world reported the popular video site had gone dark. Just in time for Olympics coverage!

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement Tuesday to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsuits allegi...

Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of interest. The version 8.9...

Donald Trump is reportedly paying closer attention to proposals that would restrict teenagers' access to social media, encouraged by examples from countries such as Australia and France.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: In 1987, economist and Nobel laureate Robert Solow made a stark observation about the stalling evolution of the Information Age: Following the advent of transistors, micr...

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

Report warns delayed rollouts could widen capability gap as new standards emerge North American and Asian markets are enjoying the benefits of a transition to 5G Standalone (SA) mobile networks, but much of Europe lags b...

Tesla has stopped using the term Autopilot to sell its cars in California, thereby avoiding a 30-day sales and manufacturing ban in the state. If youll recall, a California administrative law judge ruled in December that...

CEO lauds security researchers, insists they're not 'inputs' HackerOne has clarified its stance on GenAI after researchers fretted their submissions were being used to train its models.

PM Modi tells citizens AI will lift them up, not take their jobs Giant Indian industrial conglomerate Adani has said it will spend up to $100 billion on AI datacenters to equip the nation with sovereign infrastructure, b...

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, the first upgrade to its mid-tier AI model since version 4.5 arrived in September 2025. The new model features a "1M token context window" and delivers a "full upgrad...

Police are arresting 1,000 suspected paedophiles every month as the threat of child sex abuse worsens, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.

Nothing is worse than trying to clear heavy snow with a shovel, so if you are ready to invest in a snow blower, here's what Consumer Reports recommends.

Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a high-profile jury trial over social media addiction. In an appearance that was described by NBC News as "combative," the Facebook founder reportedly said that Meta...

A new report points to a 2026 release for a Meta fitness watch. But the real reasons for its arriving have to do with glasses, too.

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to forecast where some of the worlds most dangerous scorpions are likely to be found. By combining fieldwork in Africa with advanced computer modeling, the team discovered tha...

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Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in a landmark Los Angeles trial examining whether Meta and other social media firms can be held liable for designing platforms that allegedly addict and harm children. NBC News reports: It&#...

If you like smart B-movies with savage action, this 2018 sci-fi revenge thriller is a must. It is inventive, ruthless, and shockingly well made.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered a downtown Los Angeles courthouse in largely the same way as all the attorneys, reporters, and advocates who'd come to watch his landmark trial testimony, but with one notable differe...

The extremely clever and customizable Mania MFZ pinhole camera system PetaPixel reported on in late 2024 has entered full series production following a Kickstarter campaign and is available to all photographers. Each cam...