In brief: Those who value their digital privacy are always looking for new ways to block companies, hackers, or government agencies from spying on their online activities. If you're one of those individuals, Mozilla has some good news for you today: the organization has begun to rollout encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based Firefox users.

The rollout will take place over the course of several weeks to ensure stability, but once it's finalized, all Firefox users running the latest version

Highly anticipated: After 15 years of work, Crowbar Collective's Black Mesa is almost finished. Well, according to the company's owner, it will never really be finished, but at least it will finally get its version 1.0 badge soon. The game will exit Early Access next month.

Black Mesa finally has an official release date. Adam Engels of Crowbar Collective confirmed the game would be ready on March 5.

“As I write this, I am realising that we plan to FINISH Black

In brief: Customer support horror stories are a dime a dozen but occasionally, you hear of one in which a company goes above and beyond to accommodate its customers. This is one of those rarities.

SoraNews24 points to a story published in the February 21 edition of Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s top national newspapers. Per the site’s translation of this Twitter post , 70-year-old Kuniko Tsusaka recounts a time when her 95-year-old mother had fallen ill

What just happened? The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the organization responsible for establishing standards for the USB interface, has announced that Samsung's Galaxy S20 family of smartphones are the first devices to achieve "Certified USB Fast Charger" status.

Certified USB Fast Charger status comes with a few requirements, which Samsung has fulfilled. To meet the certification, a given device must support the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) feature of the USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 specification.

In brief: Republican Senator Josh Hawley thinks Big Tech is "totally untrustworthy" as it hides deep connections with China. He invited Apple and TikTok to a congressional hearing scheduled for March 4, but neither of the two want to participate.

TikTok is still in hot water due to its suspected ties with the Chinese government, but this is now also true of Apple. According to a report from The Washington Post, Senator Josh Hawley has asked the two companies to participate in a hearing that will take place in March and

What just happened? Online travel giant Expedia has committed to a restructuring effort designed to simplify the company’s businesses and improve operational efficiencies. As is often the case with these sorts of matters, the revamp involves a somewhat significant number of job cuts.

Per GeekWire, Expedia will eliminate 12 percent of its workforce, or around 3,000 jobs. The cuts were later confirmed to CNBC by a company spokesperson.

In the short term, the job cuts will cost the company between $135

In context: What is more annoying than a new gaming console that is not backward compatible? A game company that takes advantage of that to sell you a game that you already bought so you can play it on that console. It is something that we have somewhat gotten used to, but it may be changing if Microsoft's Smart Delivery takes hold.

CD Projekt Red announced via Twitter that it has an Xbox Series X upgrade of Cyberpunk 2077 in the works. It also said that when it'

What just happened? Intuit, the financial software giant responsible for products like TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint, on Tuesday announced plans to acquire personal finance company Credit Karma for $7.1 billion in cash and stock.

Credit Karma was founded in 2007 as a personal finance management platform where consumers can check their credit scores and reports, prepare their taxes and find unclaimed money such as insurance payouts or refunds. To date, Credit Karma has over 100 million members in the US, Canada and the

In brief: It’s been an amazing few years for CD Projekt. The Polish company, parent of The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red, has experienced massive growth in recent times, and now holds the distinction of being the second most valuable gaming company in Europe with an $8 billion market valuation.

As noted by Reddit users , the firm’s valuation has jumped around $1.2 billion in a month. That puts the company behind one other European game studio: France’s Ubisoft, which