Month: May 2026

[ad_1] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued streaming service Netflix, alleging that the company collects users’ and children’s data without their consent while making the platform addictive. The complaint alleges that Netflix built a “behavioral-surveillance program of staggering scale” that “requires getting Texans and their children glued to the screen and then extracting every … Read More “Texas Sues Netflix for Alleged Data Collection of Children Without Consent” »

[ad_1] Are you the best Wordle player you know? Nail that daily puzzle in a couple of tries every day without a miss? Consider grabbing two well-read friends and teaming up to compete on a new Wordle TV game show coming to NBC in 2027.  NBC has signed on for a televised game show based … Read More “Wordle Heads to Television With a New Primetime Game Show on NBC” »

[ad_1] OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them. Daybreak uses the Codex Security AI agent that launched in March to create a threat model based on an organization’s code and focus on possible attack paths, validate likely vulnerabilities, and then automate the detection of the … Read More “OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos” »

[ad_1] General Motors has laid off more than 10% of its IT department, or about 600 salaried employees — in a deliberate skills swap: clearing out workers whose expertise no longer fits and making room for some with AI-focused backgrounds. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it had conducted layoffs; they were first reported by Bloomberg … Read More “GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills” »

[ad_1] Tired of using your laptop’s touchpad on the go? A German website has shared images that appear to be marketing materials for a future folding mouse developed by Logitech. The device isn’t named in any of the seven images posted on WinFuture, which include product shots and photos of people using the device at … Read More “Logitech’s Rumored Folding Mouse Is Like a Little Flip Phone” »

[ad_1] Popstar Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for featuring an image of her on the packaging of its TVs without her permission. The Grammy-winning British singer filed her complaint with the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday, asking to be awarded “no less than $15 million” in damages. “Ms. Lipa … Read More “Samsung Featured Dua Lipa on Its TV Packaging. Now, She’s Suing for $15M” »