Scammer uses AI to pose as Brad Pitt, tricks woman into sending $850,000
The fake Pitt claimed he needed money for kidney cancer treatment
Tech workers can earn thousands recommending strangers for jobs
Underground referral market emerges as job hunters seek edge
New York implements $15 broadband law for low-income households
ISPs must offer $15-$20 broadband plans to eligible customers
20% of online job listings are misleading or never result in employment
Editor's take: Conventional wisdom suggests that a tool as powerful as the Internet should make finding employment exponentially easier for job seekers. Yet, unsurprisingly, humanity has managed to complicate it.
Australian Open tennis tournament replaces players with Wii Sports-like avatars to stream live matches
The avatars come with giant heads and even bigger (tennis) balls
Automattic retaliates against WP Engine with a significant reduction in free WordPress support
The feud around the web's most popular CMS is worsening
Amazon shuts down Prime 'Try Before You Buy' program in favor of new AI features
No more trying clothes before you buy them
Activision keeps frighteningly granular data on your Call of Duty gameplay - here's how to see it
A stats goldmine exposing crazy match details
Zuckerberg slams Apple for not "inventing anything great in a while"
He also said Meta's profits could double without Apple restrictions
Chrome extensions are abusing Google's lousy security policies to come first in search results
Leveraging manipulative tactics to push extensions
Which search engine almost bought Google in the 1990s?
Did you know, Google co-founder Larry Page attempted to sell the search engine for $1.6 million?
Telegram's pivot to a law-abiding platform: fulfilled requests of user data have skyrocketed
Arrest of CEO Pavel Durov has clearly had an impact on Telegram's modus operandi
Zuckerberg's free speech push for Facebook and Instagram replaces fact checkers with community notes
You'll be able to say pretty much whatever you want on Meta's platforms
A hot potato: It seems that Meta is going to become a lot more like X, at least when it comes to what you can say on the company's platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the suspension of the fact-checking program, a reduction in the amount of censorship, and the recommendation of more political content across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Getty and Shutterstock announce $3.7B merger to dominate stock photos
AI-generated imagery could upend the stock photo industry
Microsoft's latest search trick: making people believe they are using Google instead of Bing
Facepalm: Despite being the world's second-largest search engine, Bing continues to hold a minuscule market share compared to Google. Microsoft is clearly dissatisfied with this disparity and is making every effort to drive even a modest increase in user traffic, even if it borders on being unethical.
Google searches for "free VPN" skyrocket in Florida after porn ban goes live
As expected, the ban seems easy to bypass
Neutered: Federal court strikes down FCC authority to impose net neutrality rules
The Supreme Court's Chevron ruling played a key role in the decision
Orbit is Mozilla's wild attempt to turn AI into a privacy-focused summarization service
Mozilla wants to harness LLMs' power for a greater good
Chrome Manifest V3 blamed for security risks as EditThisCookie extension becomes a victim
Google removed the EditThisCookie Chrome extension, but this malicious copycat remains
Cutting the cord again? Americans are spending less on streaming as fatigue and options grow
How much do you spend on streaming services each month?
Apple TV+ is free to stream this weekend
All-access pass for the entire catalog of award-winning shows