Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into online fast fashion retailer Shein. The probe will examine whether the company violated state laws related to labor practices and product safety. According to a release , Paxton's office wants to know if Shein uses toxic or hazardous materials and whether it misleads consumers about product safety and ethical sourcing. The Texas investigation will also look into privacy concerns and data collection at Shein, which isn't the ..

Though you can buy things on the internet any day of the year, Cyber Monday just hits different.

Seagates 6.9TB platters demonstrate unprecedented hard drive density, setting the stage for drives up to 69TB before commercial release.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Flock, the automatic license plate reader and AI-powered camera company, uses overseas workers from Upwork to train its machine learning algorithms, with training material telling workers how to review and categorize footage including images people and vehicles in the United States, according to material reviewed by 404 Media that was accidentally exposed by the company. The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage ..

Researchers in Spain investigated what kind of noise shells used by Neolithic societies made.

Ibu negara Indonesia, Jakarta kini secara rasmi menjadi bandar dengan jumlah penduduk paling ramai di dunia dan ia memintas Tokyo. Menurut laporan Prospek Urbanisasi Dunia 2025 yang diterbitkan oleh Jabatan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi dan Sosial PBB bulan ini, Jakarta mempunyai 42 juta penduduk. Di tangga kedua ialah bandaraya Dhaka, Bangladesh dengan 37 juta penduduk dengan []

New research shows anacondas have stayed the same massive size for 12 million years.

AWS and Google Cloud reveal new open specification for network interoperability.

The new fee starts Feb. 1, 2026.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion online on Cyber Monday, Adobe Analytics said, capping a strong Black Friday weekend marked by splurges from wealthier consumers and deal-hunting by lower-income households. Read full story

Apple has tapped AI researcher Amar Subramanya, a longtime Google exec who was most recently corporate vice president of AI at Microsoft, as its new VP of AI. The company also announced that current AI exec, John Giannandrea, will retire in 2026. Subramanya, who Apple describes as a "renowned AI researcher," spent 16 years at Google, where he was head of engineering for Gemini. He left Google earlier this year for Microsoft . In a press release, Apple said that Subramanya will report to Craig ..

io9 spoke to the 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' director about his plans for his trademark franchise.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Apple on Monday named veteran researcher Amar Subramanya as its vice president of AI, replacing John Giannandrea. Read full story

One of Vladimir Putin's favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Monday it is testing ultra-fast delivery of household essentials and fresh groceries in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia, as the company doubles down on efforts to grow its domestic footprint. Read full story

AWS wants to help your business end the pain of tech debt much quic

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Shoppers spent $17.3 billion online on Cyber Monday, Salesforce data showed, capping the Black Friday weekend. Read full story

CNBC's Jim Cramer explained how stocks related to AI are starting to trade separately.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has taken a stake in Thrive Holdings as part of a partnership to embed artificial intelligence into traditional industries such as accounting and IT services, the companies said on Monday. Read full story

Three Austrian nuns in their 80s who escaped a care home and reclaimed their old convent are refusing the church's offer to stay because it requires them to quit Instagram, stop speaking to the press, and avoid legal counsel -- conditions they call a gag order. Their standoff with church authorities has now escalated to the Vatican as the nuns continue posting to their 185,000 followers. NPR reports: Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey ..

MongoDB reported third quarter earnings after the bell that beat analyst estimates.

Apple's AI chief is stepping down after experts say the company has fallen behind its peers when it comes to investing in AI data centers, chips and models.

Thrive will use the AI-maker's tech in its managed services and accounting businesess Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. OpenAI says that it has taken an undisclosed ownership stake in Thrive Holdings, the management- focused offshoot of private equity heavyweight Thrive Capital, which itself is a major investor in the ChatGPT maker.

James Cameron is pushing back hard against the rise of AI-generated actors like Tilly Norwood, calling them a threat to the soul of cinema.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Shopify said it had fixed certain issues related to logging in to the online shopping platform that impacted thousands of customers and several small businesses on Cyber Monday. Read full story

Upgrade your PC with Microsoft Office 2021 Professional and Windows 11 Pro for $39.97 in one bundle.

The 'Evil Dead' legend and the 'Get Out' Oscar winner will co-produce a feature directed by newcomer Dylan Clark.

"The car-sharing company, first launched in the U.S. in 2000, has been active in the UK since 2010 and has just under half a million members," writes Slashdot reader guesstral. "'I'm writing to let you know that we are proposing to cease the UK operations of Zipcar,' wrote Zipcar UK's general manager, James Taylor, in an email to members today. He went on to say that Zipcar will temporarily suspend new bookings after December 31, pending the outcome of a consultation with its 71 staff members." ..

Justices want Cox to crack down on piracy, but question Sony's strict demands.

Adakah anda pelanggan CelcomDigi dan tidak boleh mengakses aplikasi sejak semalam? Anda bukan satu-satunya pengguna yang mengalami isu ini kerana sejak aplikasi dikemaskini semalam, semua pelanggan telah di log keluar. Isu di sini ialah kini aplikasi tidak berfungsi dan proses log masuk semula tidak boleh dilakukan. Butang memintas OTP tidak berfungsi. Log masuk menggunakan sistem []

OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets.

Broadcom's custom chips are no threat to Nvidia, according to the latter's CEO.

This little projector has never been this cheap before. Get it while it's hot!

Amazon's Cyber Monday sales are live. Here are the best deals on Echo speakers, Fire TVs, and Kindles.

The RTO policy only applies to Instagram and not to Meta's other family of apps, like Facebook and WhatsApp.

Instagram is doing something weird with hashtags. M

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: South Korean e-commerce platform Coupang over the weekend said nearly 34 million Korean customers' personal information had been leaked in a data breach that had been ongoing for more than five months. The company said it first detected the unauthorized exposure of 4,500 user accounts on November 18, but a subsequent investigation revealed that the breach had actually compromised about 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea. The breach ..

People are desperate to get the Gemini for Home upgrade on their Google-made smart speakers.

Some of the best MacBooks, Chromebooks, and gaming laptops I've reviewed this year have steep discounts for Cyber Monday.