The Department of Transportation under President Donald Trump is moving to reverse more of the climate policies that had been enacted by President Joe Biden. Under a proposed rulemaking by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks in model year 2031 will be reduced to an average of 34.5 miles per gallon, down from the standard of 50.4 miles per gallon that was part of Biden's plans to encourage more adoption of electric vehicles ..

Steve Harrington's favorite snack, Peanut Butter Boppers, are back for a limited time.

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Fintech firm Marquis is notifying U.S. banks and credit unions after an August ransomware attack allowed hackers to access files containing customer data, according to a company filing on Tuesday. Read full story

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Wednesday it is rolling out a dedicated news tab on its Prime Video streaming service, which will become available to all U.S. customers for free by the end of the year. Read full story

Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met with chip giant Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday to discuss export controls, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read full story

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has hired Alan Dye, Apple's longtime head of user interface design, a spokesperson for Apple confirmed on Wednesday. Read full story

404 Media's Claire Woodcock writes: As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library. Some libraries are now intentionally using iconic Blockbuster branding to recall the hours visitors once spent looking for something to rent on Friday and Saturday nights. John Scalzo, audiovisual ..

NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Citadel, the hedge fund founded by billionaire Ken Griffin, has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered tool that aims to help investors conduct research on stocks fas

Salesforce said its Agentforce artificial intelligence business is generating over $500 million in annualized revenue.

NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The funding needs of the top five U.S. technology firms could reach almost $100 billion in 2026, Meghan Graper, global head of debt capital markets at Barclays, said on Wednesday at a Reuters NEXT panel. Read full story

First AI came for our jobs. Now, our memory? The lure of AI spending was too much for Micron to ignore. On Wednesday, the US chipmaker announced it's abandoning its Crucial memory and storage lineup to bolster its supply of enterprise-focused chips, including those used in AI systems.

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTMLno authentication needed.

The former Marvel star is in talks to join Robert Pattinson in the 2027 Matt Reeves DC film.

The first of BMW's clean-sheet "Neue Klasse" EVs hits it out of the park.

BMWs first car on its new EV platform has finally arrived. But will a big range, thumping charging tech, and a new driving brain that aims to deliver the ultimate ride be enough to beat China?

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Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.

Alan Dye, Apple's Vice President of Human Interface Design, has been poached by Meta, Bloomberg reports . The designer played a pivotal role in the look and feel of Apple's products since Jony Ive left the company in 2019 , and now hell be taking his talents to Meta. Dye will reportedly work under Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth as the head of a new studio that will oversee the design of hardware, software and AI products. The studio will also include former Apple designer Billy ..

Alan Dye, who was part of the redesign of Apple's software interface called Liquid Glass, is taking his talents to Meta.

The U.S. House shelved the GAIN AI Act, blocking a rule that would have forced AMD and Nvidia to put U.S. buyers ahead of China for advanced GPUs, though Beijing's own limits blunt the impact.

Bungie and Sony Interactive Entertainment appear to have settled the plagiarism scandal that rocked Marathon before the game was indefinitely delayed in June 2025. Fern Hook, an artist who goes by the name Antireal online, posted on X that her issues with Bungie using her work without credit in Marathon have been resolved to her "satisfaction." Marathon 's distinct art style is one of its charms, but as Hook claimed on X and Bungie later confirmed , a portion of the assets and textures featured ..

Gartner found only 20% of customer service leaders have cut human agents because of AI The worlds smallest digital violin is playing for AI chatbots, which are having a hard time elbowing out their human counterparts for jobs in customer service, according to a Gartner study.

Apple celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities with an incredible video that reminds us that we're all just average human messes.

New hardware details and benchmark entries reinforce Intels shift toward next- generation Xeon 6 systems aimed at demanding workstation and server environments.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: Five months after releasing a plan to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, the Trump administration is turning to robots. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been meeting with robotics industry CEOs and is "all in" on accelerating the industry's development, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity to share details. The administration is considering issuing an executive order on ..

Missed out on Cyber Monday? Auk Mini's stylish herb garden makes a great gift, and its discount is still live.

In a lot of social media use, the algorithm is an intangible entity, silent and all-powerful in controlling what we see in our feeds. And like supplicants to a deity, sometimes we may find ourselves calling into the void, hoping to receive aid from that mighty being. Seems that for Threads users, at least, those prayers have been heard. Many people on the Threads platform have taken to writing posts with the phrase "dear algo," politely asking the network algorithm to show them more of what ..

Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg You don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader (or even a first grader) to commit potential copyright infringement using AI tools. One IP attorney watched over the weekend as his young son built a bedtime story generator that used copyrighted characters without permission.

Alexa Plus is taking the lead on Gemini when it comes to connecting you with entertainment.

18 years ago, a sneaky bacteria infiltrated some of the cleanest places on Earth. Scientists finally know how.

Samsung has been testing One UI 8.5 for a while, though not everything is going to plan. But now we have a detailed list of what to expect from the next major update. Tarun Vats has posted a leaked changelog for One UI 8.5. There will be improvements to DeX, e.g. the size and position of app windows will be remembered. The battery will get a new, more detailed info screen with remaining time, charging status and daily usage reports for the past week. Adding to this is the improved Power Saving ..

These are the Chrome extensions Google thinks you can't live without.

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you supercharge your browser with AI.

iOS 26 includes new group chat features like typing indicators, polls, Apple Cash, customizable chat backgroun

Finish reading this, then patch A maximum-severity flaw in the widely used JavaScript library React, and several React-based frameworks including Next.js allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable instances. The flaw is easy to abuse, and mass exploitation is "imminent," according to security researchers.

Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access harmful content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.