AI scraping has become its own media business

A shadow industry of data middlemen is turning publishers’ work into fuel for AI agents—and forcing media companies to rethink what ‘outputs’ really mean [...]

How to pair AirPods with any device

AirPods work most smoothly with Apple hardware, but they also connect reliably to Android phones, Windows laptops and other Bluetooth devices. The pairing process depends on the platform in use althou [...]

Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editors skewer the idea

Wikipedia is backing off AI article summaries… for now. Earlier this month, the platform trialed the feature in its mobile app. To say they weren't well-received by editors would be an understa [...]

Virgin Media O2 reveals £700m network transformation plan to boost reliability across the board

Virgin Media O2 is boosting its networks across the UK with existing fibre networks and satellite connections. [...]

Virgin Media offers Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses or £125 bill credit with new broadband and TV packages

A fantastic new deal from Virgin Media offers free Meta Smart Glasses, no setup fee, and fast fibre broadband. [...]

Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked: The Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds 4 and more

Mobile World Congress is right around the corner, but Samsung got out ahead of many rivals that will be showing off new handsets at that event by running the latest edition of Unpacked on Wednesday. A [...]

Best Black Friday TV deals for 2025: Save hundreds on sets from Samsung, LG, Sony and more during the biggest sales event of the year

Generally speaking, there are two ideal periods to buy a TV: the late spring stretch when new models are announced and last year’s sets are heavily discounted to clear out inventory, and the holiday [...]

Reddit, Yahoo, Medium and more are adopting a new licensing standard to get compensated for AI scraping

With web publishers in crisis, a new open standard lets them set the ground rules for AI scrapers. (Or, at least it will try.) The new Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard creates terms that partici [...]

CNN is the latest media company to sue Perplexity

CNN is the latest media company hauling Perplexity into court. [...]