2025-05-04

Nintendo is suing the accessory brand that flaunted Switch 2 mockups ahead of its reveal

Nintendo is going after the company that showed off unauthorized mockups of the not-yet-announced Switch 2 at CES 2025. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, Nintendo accuses accessory maker Genki of trademar [...]

2025-05-03

Kids under 13 will soon get supervised access to Google Gemini

Google Gemini is adding nannying to its chatbot skillset. According to a New York Times report, Google will make Gemini available to users under 13, so long as they’re under a parent-managed Google [...]

2025-05-03

Iberian blackout points to grid growing pains — not green energy failure

Spain and Portugal have largely restored power after Monday’s unprecedented blackout — the worst in recent European history. The fallout has put the region’s reliance on renewables under fire. S [...]

2025-05-03

Doctor Who ‘Lucky Day’ review: Pete, I owe you an apology

Spoilers for “Lucky Day.”<br /> When the writers for this season of Doctor Who were announced, one name in the roster put me instantly on edge. Pete McTighe may have a distinguished filmogra [...]

2025-05-02

Opinion: Scaling UK tech is a geopolitical imperative

Amid the economic malaise that followed the 2008 financial crisis in the UK – record unemployment, sluggish growth, tight fiscal consolidation – a game-changing policy drive was beginning to take [...]

2025-05-02

TikTok fined $602 million for illegally sending European user data to China

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok owner ByteDance €530 million ($602 million) for breaching the European Union's privacy laws. The regulator said TikTok sent European [...]

2025-05-02

Are We in a Recession Yet? From Memes to Metrics, Here's How to Know

Cultural and social recession indicators tell us something about the economy that official data doesn't. [...]

2025-05-02

Hackers have gained access to the membership data of UK retailer Co-op

A hacking group called "DragonForce" has gained access to Co-op's membership data, the UK retailer and insurance provider shared in a press release. DragonForce actually contacted the B [...]

2025-05-01

AI is fueling the biggest financial scams ever—cyber safety experts are fighting back

The recent Bybit hack has highlighted an alarming trend: cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging AI alongside advanced social engineering techniques. [...]