2026-07-24

Meta wins dismissal of WhatsApp privacy suit as judge questions whistleblower detail

A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite its end-to-end encryption promises, ruling that the complaint lacked sufficient detail about the basis for its whistleblower claims. The suit, filed in January by plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, and South Africa, accused Meta and WhatsApp of […]<br /> This s [...]

2026-07-24

Microsoft is rewiring itself for the AI era, on offence and defence

Microsoft is remaking its own stack for the AI era, on both offence and defence. This week it moved on two fronts. It began pulling OpenAI’s models out of its most-used apps to cut costs. And it set a date to kill the text-message login, blaming a wave of AI-powered phishing. The two announcements look […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

Avatar: Seven Havens finally has a trailer and a release date of October 9

The post-apocalyptic tale takes place after the events of The Legend of Korra. [...]

2026-07-24

Your phone may not be as waterproof as you think — here's why IP68 can be misleading

Don't just jump straight into a pool with your phone, you savage. [...]

2026-07-24

Shokz' new OpenDots Air aren't flashy, but after a month of testing I can confidently say they're the best clip-style open earbuds for most people

The Shokz OpenDots Air miss some flashy features of their flagship siblings, but the low price and reliability makes them a solid buy [...]

2026-07-24

Claude Opus 5 arrives with near Fable performance at half the price

Anthropic's latest Claude upgrade targets developers and enterprises with stronger coding, better reasoning efficiency, prompt-cache-friendly tool changes, and near-Fable performance at Opus pricing. [...]

2026-07-24

Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine

Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations. [...]

2026-07-24

Tesla’s self-driving software is selling faster than ever, and it still needs a human driver

Tesla now has nearly one and a half million active Full Self-Driving subscribers after adding 200,000 users in the second quarter, the largest single-quarter gain on record. CFO Vaibhav Taneja told analysts that 55 percent of North American deliveries in Q2 had FSD activated at the time of purchase, a quarter in which Tesla delivered […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

Claude Opus 5 matches Fable on coding at half the price, and Anthropic says it is the most aligned model it has ever shipped

Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, a model that matches or exceeds its flagship Fable 5 on most coding and knowledge-work benchmarks at half the token price. The model is the fourth Anthropic has shipped in under two months, following Fable 5 in early June, Sonnet 5 at the end of June, and now […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]