Threads appears to be winning the Twitter succession war
Daily downloads have doubled or even tripled X's for three months
Criminals hijacked more than 8,000 trusted domains, sent millions of malicious emails
The campaign has reportedly been operational since at least 2022
Nvidia GeForce Now will start showing ads to free tier users
But only while you're waiting in a queue, not during gameplay
Class action suit filed over license plate data, allegedly violating the privacy of millions of California drivers
The defendant says its actions did not violate any California law
LockBit ransomware group bounces back a week after law enforcement had disrupted hacking operation
LockBit claims sensitive details of Donald Trump's court cases prompted the operation
Number of data breaches falls globally, triples in the US
The US has overtaken Russia as the most-breached country
Why it matters: A recent study investigating data breaches throughout 2023 reveals a total of 299.8 million accounts were compromised across the year. While this figure is alarmingly high, it represents an 18% reduction from the 366.7 million breached accounts in 2022. Despite this global decrease, the situation in the United States has worsened, with the number of breaches tripling, positioning it as the world's most frequently targeted country.
Yemeni Houthi rebels suspected of damaging underwater Red Sea cables responsible for 17% of global internet traffic
The group previously threatened an attack
Supreme Court set to decide major First Amendment cases for online speech
Monday will be a big day for people and platforms alike
In context: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving opposing state-level rulings regarding censorship of online speech. The hearing raises critical First Amendment issues, and the high court's decision could radically change the future of online discourse.
Mark Zuckerberg seeks to avoid personal liability in social media addiction lawsuits
Zuck: Just because I'm boss doesn't make me liable
Google confirms it is definitely not killing off Gmail after hoax goes viral
But Google Pay is shutting down
Anti-piracy warnings have the opposite effect on men, new study says
Meanwhile, educational warnings had no effect on either genders
Avast fined $16.5 million by FTC for selling user browsing data to advertisers
Avast harvested customers' data while promising them privacy
Apple secures iMessage against threats from quantum computers
Signal was the first mainstream messaging app to offer post-quantum security
Reddit signs lucrative AI content licensing deal with Google in anticipation of IPO
Valued at around $60 million per year
YouTube continues to dominate the streaming pack, Netflix takes second spot
January was a record-setting month for streaming in the US
OpenAI could be developing a search product to rival Google
It will reportedly be part of ChatGPT's premium tier
OpenAI introduces Sora, a text-to-video generator that can create realistic 60-second 1080p clips
Some creations are better than others
80% of influencers don't properly disclose products they are paid to advertise
Many also conduct trade activities without proper registration
Beware: AI girlfriends are little more than data-harvesting nightmares
Your digital date is a devil in disguise
Chromium developers are working on a browser API for micropayments
TL;DR: Online micropayment systems, involving very small sums of money, have been proposed since the 1990s, but they have been unsuccessful so far. Chromium engineers are attempting to resurrect the concept through a new standardized API, though there is still a lot of work to be done.
Bitcoin surpasses $51,000, reaching $1 trillion market cap for first time since 2021
*Looks nervously at graphics card prices*
Mark Zuckerberg says the Meta Quest 3 is a "better product" than Apple Vision Pro... period
The Vision Pro costs $3,500, while the Quest 3 starts at $500
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
Google launched a lawsuit against a scammer last year
Amazon removes Dolby Vision and Atmos from Prime Video unless you pay to go ad-free
And without telling anyone