One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker
That hacker is Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old who holds both American and Estonian citizenship. Finnish police grabbed him on April 10 as he tried to board a flight to Japan out of Helsinki. He was recently extradited to the United States, where six counts covering conspiracy, computer intrusion, and fraud...
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The Supreme Court just ruled that police need a warrant to use phone location data
Geofence warrants work differently from traditional investigations. Instead of starting with a suspect, police define a specific place and time, then ask a company to provide data on all devices in that area. From there, investigators narrow the list and may request identifying details for certain users.
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Nvidia's RTX 3060 returns to store shelves at its original 2021 price
Newegg is now listing the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC for $329.99 – its original launch price. VideoCardz writes that the listing was created on July 2 and published on July 5.
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Researchers built a tiny diving suit for cyborg cockroaches to survive underwater
These systems have already been tested in search-and-rescue scenarios and for inspecting infrastructure, but only in dry conditions. That's because insects like cockroaches rely on oxygen from the air, which limits where they can go. In real disaster sites, especially after flooding, that's a major drawback.
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Sony clarifies that it will still make PlayStation discs after 2028, just not for new games
The clarification comes from a private message sent to PlayStation developers and publishers, first reported by Game File. Sony told partners they will still be able to place re-orders for existing disc games after the January 2028 deadline.
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Tesla launches a longer six-seat Model Y to replace the Model X for many buyers
Tesla has taken this approach before. Instead of launching brand-new cars, the EV giant has focused on new versions of the Model Y and Model 3 to support demand. Tesla rolled out the longer Model Y L in China last year, where it lifted sales even as local rivals like...
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Intel Nova Lake-S midrange CPUs could be bringing AMD's X3D cache trick to more affordable chips
According to the post, each processor combines 6 "Coyote Cove" P-cores, 12 "Arctic Wolf" E-cores, and 4 LP-E cores. That mix suggests a design that balances compute throughput with background and low-power tasks, rather than just piling on more performance cores.
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Bending Spoons bought Vimeo, Evernote, and AOL instead of chasing AI, it just had a $25.7 billion IPO
The Milan-based firm raised $1.68 billion in its Nasdaq debut this week, with shares climbing 40% above the IPO price. The stock closed at $40.50, up from $29, giving the company a market value of about $25.7 billion. That's a significant jump from roughly $14.5 billion in 2025, following a...
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Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it's already been bypassed using a photo
Google is working on a new kind of challenge to improve its reCAPTCHA system, using biometric identification to confirm that the user is indeed human. The new method is officially named "hand gesture verification" (HGV), and, according to early testing, is mostly useless. Even worse, HGV might pose a significant...
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Microsoft's new EU disclosure shows exactly how tech giants separate profits from where the work happens
Microsoft said nearly 40% of its pretax income was booked in Ireland, even though only about 3% of its global workforce is based in the country. In Germany, by contrast, the company reported less than half of 1% of its global profits. Across Europe as a whole, excluding Ireland, Microsoft...
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