Americas News
Stealing cable has evolved: the new face of TV piracy
- Technology
- Janko Roettgers
- Feb 4, 2026
Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles...
Anthropic says ‘Claude will remain ad-free,’ unlike ChatGPT
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 4, 2026
Anthropic has announced that it won't be bringing ads to its AI chatbot Claude, in sharp contrast to confirmed plans from OpenAI to allow advertising in ChatGPT. To hammer the point home further, the...
Sen. Warren wants to know what Google Gemini’s built-in checkout means for user privacy
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 4, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Google for more information about its plans to build a checkout feature into its Gemini AI chatbot. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Warren expresses c...
Adobe actually won’t discontinue Animate
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Feb 4, 2026
Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans to discontinue or remove a...
Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too ‘woke’
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Feb 4, 2026
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's attempt to buy a large part of Warner B...
AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Feb 3, 2026
Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching...
China bans hidden car door handles, which can trap people after crashes
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Feb 3, 2026
- US
China has introduced new regulations, starting in 2027, requiring all car doors to open manually from both sides. Electric door handles can malfunction in a crash or battery failure.
Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 3, 2026
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Di...
Slopaganda goes West
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- Feb 3, 2026
After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administration responded by flooding the state with...
Borderlands 4 for Switch 2 is on ‘pause’
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Feb 3, 2026
Development on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is on "pause," according to a statement from a Take-Two spokesperson given to Variety. "We made the difficult decision to pause developmen...
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
- Technology
- Jason Parham
- Feb 3, 2026
In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at root of the loneliness epidemic...
The four best Super Bowl TV deals we found
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- Feb 3, 2026
The Super Bowl is not only one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it’s also one of the best times of year to find a deal on a big TV. For major events in particular, a large TV makes sense b...