Layoffs at Block
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Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year.
Samsung exec confirms you can blame RAM — and other materials — for the Galaxy S26’s higher pricetag
The Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus are “more of the same for more money,” my colleague Allison Johnson reported this week. Now, Samsung is confirming what we previously only suspected: RAMageddon is partly to blame. Samsung’s Won-Joon Choi, the…
This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.
America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice
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FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages
The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children’s online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors’ personal data in order to verify their ages. “Age…
Qualcomm won’t be announcing Windows gaming handhelds at GDC after all
In January, Qualcomm hinted to The Verge that it might finally bring its powerful Arm-based Snapdragon processors to Windows gaming handhelds at the 2026 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco – just in time to challenge Nvidia’s own first Arm…
Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code – here’s how it works
Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.
Why scammers call you and say nothing – and how to respond safely
There’s a reason scammers don’t say anything when they call you, at least not right away. Here’s how to deal with these sneaky calls.
Your Google Chat history can now be searched by Gemini – how it works
The new Workspace feature could save you from scrolling through days’ worth of messages.