Meta Horizon Worlds dilancarkan lima tahun lalu sebagai dunia metamesta yang perlu diselami menggunakan set kepala Meta Quest. Impian Mark Zuckerberg ialah merealisasikan dunia Ready Player One ke dunia sebenar dengan Horizon Worlds menjadi portal kepada dunia-dunia maya berbeza seperti planet di dalam filem arahan Steven Spielberg ini. Tetapi metamesta kini bukan lagi tumpuan Meta []

$300 a month buys you a backdoor that looks like legit software Researchers at Proofpoint late last month uncovered what they describe as a "weird twist" on the growing trend of criminals abusing remote monitoring and management software (RMM) as their preferred attack tools.

Formula 1 has been receiving star treatment from Apple for awhile, and now the racing series will literally be getting even bigger. Apple is partnering with IMAX to show five races from the 2026 season. The Miami Grand Prix on May 3, the Monaco Grand Prix on June 7, the British Grand Prix on July 5, the Italian Grand Prix on September 6 and the United States Grand Prix on October 25 will be aired live at select IMAX theaters in the US. Apple landed a five-year deal for the US broadcast rights ..

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Apple TV has signed a distribution agreement with EverPass Media to bring the streamer's live sports content to businesses such as bars, restaurants, hotels and gyms, the commercial sports content provider said on Thursday. Read full story

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices is set to provide a $300 million loan guarantee for startup Crusoe to buy its AI chips and deploy them in an Ohio data center, the Information reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the deal. Read full story

In case there was any doubt new Galaxy Buds are coming next week, Samsung subtly confirmed it in an Unpacked landing page.

Meta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha Ryan, Meta's VP of Content, Reality Labs. While the decision runs counter to Meta's original plan to own an immersive virtual world that could serve as the future home for all online interaction, it fits with the recent cuts it made to its costly Reality Labs division, and Mark Zuckerberg's public commitment to focus the company on AI ..

Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday that Amazon.com must face lawsuits brought by families with relatives who took their own lives by consuming sodium nitrite they bought on the online retailer's platform. Read full story

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Netflix has ample cash and could bump up its offer for HBO Max owner Warner Bros Discovery if competing bidder Paramount Skydance increases its own offer, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Read full story

Minecraft: Java Edition is switching its rendering backend from OpenGL to Vulkan as part of the upcoming Vibrant Visuals update, aiming for both better performance and modern graphics features across platforms like Linux and macOS (via translation layers). GamingOnLinux reports: For modders, they're suggesting they start making preparations to move away from OpenGL: "Switching from OpenGL to Vulkan will have an impact on the mods that currently use OpenGL for rendering, and we anticipate that ..

A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBIand still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-tainted pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death.

Feb 19 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled her proposal to allow commercial robotaxi services in smaller cities outside New York, a spokesperson for the governor said on Thursday. Read full story

Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.

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Version 5.19.2 is available now.

"AI Injury Attorneys" target the chatbot design itself.

The IRS's IT division has reportedly lost 40% of its staff and nearly 80% of its tech leadership amid a federal "efficiency" overhaul, the agency's CIO revealed yesterday. The Register reports: Kaschit Pandya detailed the extent of the tech reorganization during a panel at the Association of Government Accountants yesterday, describing it as the biggest in two decades. ... The IRS lost a quarter of its workforce overall in 2025. But the tech team was clearly affected more deeply. At the start ..

Hardware photos are a welcome break from the endless renders.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions about his social-media company's efforts to secure ever more of its users' time and attention at a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday. In sworn testimony, Zuckerberg said Meta's growth targets reflect an aim to give users something useful, not addict them, and that the company doesn't seek to attract children as users. [...] Mark Lanier, a lawyer for the ..

I just hope Microsoft delivers on the promises of greater stability and faster performance for the OS.

"The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

Google is rolling out Gemini 3.1 Pro as a preview starting today.

After the comment in a email leaked, Ring insists its Search Party feature isn't going to expand into human surveillance.

'Wired' magazine writes about a Silicon Valley 'gay mafia' with some unusual imagery. The internet does its thing.

CISA tells Honeywell CCTV users to patch now - or risk hackers hijacking their devices.

The next desktop chips from AMD are said to refresh the core configs of the Ryzen brand in a major way. Finally stepping away from 8-core CCDs, "Ryzen 10000" is said to bring 12-core chiplets that should enable a new 24-core dual CCD flagship option. The base config is reportedly 6 cores, so budget buyers shouldn't worry.

Technology is a double-edged sword in the $399 Rubik's Cube-inspired toy.

A bare-bones Chinese app called "Are You Dead?" -- whose entire premise is that solo-living users tap daily to confirm they're still alive, triggering an alert to an emergency contact after two missed check-ins -- has rocketed to the top of China's app store charts and gone viral globally without spending a dime on advertising. The app wasn't built for the elderly, as many assumed; its creators are Gen-Z developers who said they were inspired by the isolation of urban life in a country where ..

MediaTek reduced employee bonuses for H2 2025 amid RAM and storage shortages affecting smartphone chipset shipments and overall revenue performance.

The company fell short of analysts estimates for revenue and gross merchandise sales in the fourth quarter.

Analysts noted improvement in the company's unit economics, especially in new areas like grocery and retail.

Slay the Spire 2 will launch in early access next month. This sequel to the hugely popular 2019 roguelike deckbuilder hits early access on Steam beginning March 5, 2026. Along with releasing the teaser trailer above, developer Mega Crit shared some details about its goals for this phase ahead of the game's official release. " Slay the Spire requires a lot of player feedback so we can balance content, add quality of life features, and make sure the game runs without issues," the developers ..

Figma's revenue grew 40% year over year to $303.8 million during the period.

Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman NASA has released the findings from its investigation of the ill-fated crewed Boeing Starliner mission of 2024, and while it still isn't sure of the root technical causes, it's admitted that trusting Boeing to do a thorough job appears to have been a mistake.

New Motorola Edge 70 Fusion evidence suggests it will have this chip.

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includesTrumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under- the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer.