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Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • Apr 15, 2026

When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a "disaster" for cybersecurity and a "privacy nightmare." After the...

Snap is laying off 16 percent of its staff as it leans into AI

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Apr 15, 2026

Snap is laying off roughly 16 percent of its global workforce in a cost-cutting effort to chase improved profitability with the help of AI. The cuts will impact around 1,000 full-time employees, accor...

Spotify now sells printed books

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Apr 15, 2026

Spotify is rolling out some new updates for book lovers, expanding audiobook listening features and allowing users to buy physical publications through the platform. Readers in the US and UK can now p...

Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost. 

  • Technology
  • Robert Hart
  • Apr 15, 2026

Apple quietly threatened to kick Elon Musk's AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January over its failure to curb the surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, according to NBC News. It was...

Tax season was supposed to bring big refunds. So far they're less than expected

  • Business
  • Stephan Bisaha
  • Apr 15, 2026
  • US

The average refund so far is $350 more than last year at this time, despite projections that it would be closer to $1,000 due to Republican-led tax changes as part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Godzilla Minus Zero stomps through New York in first teaser trailer

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Apr 14, 2026

*insert Godzilla screeching sound* Here's the very first look at the next big kaiju feature. Godzilla Minus Zero will continue the story of 2023's Godzilla Minus One, which returned the franchise to t...

Microsoft’s finally giving up on its massive Surface Hub touchscreen displays

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Apr 14, 2026

Microsoft is reportedly ending production of its Surface Hub 3 collaborative office display and canceling plans for a Surface Hub 4, according to Windows Central. The extra-large digital whiteboard th...

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Apr 14, 2026

The United States' foreign router ban didn't make a whole lot of sense, and today may not change that. The FCC has just granted Netgear a conditional approval to import its future consumer routers, ca...

Dozens of 4K Blu-rays are included in Amazon’s three for $33 sale

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Apr 14, 2026

Amazon has switched on its semi-regular three for $33 sale for a large batch of 4K Blu-ray movies. As usual, there are too many to list individually, though it’s a comprehensive mix of old and new fli...

Prime Video is bundling Apple TV Plus and Peacock for a limited time

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Apr 14, 2026

Amazon is offering Prime Video subscribers a way to get Apple TV Plus and Peacock Premium Plus at a discount. With a new bundle, subscribers can access all content from both services directly through...

Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE

  • Technology
  • Gaby Del Valle
  • Apr 14, 2026

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, saying the tech giant fails to notify users bef...

The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world

  • Technology
  • Lauren Feiner
  • Apr 14, 2026

Before allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home, the 20-year-old accused attacker wrote about his fear that the AI race would cause humans to go extinct, The San Francisco...