After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever. But this is still a transitional era. While we’re encouraged by the stronger third-party app options, the market is still fragmented. Wear OS 5 is here for Samsung’s Galaxy … Read more
On behalf of our HR teams, | want to acknowledge the resilience and dedication you have continued to demonstrate, especially over the past few months as we have pursued our legal challenge of the TikTok ban in the US. As we await the decision by the US Supreme Court ahead of January 19, we know … Read more
The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they paid to promote their product.” … Read more
Instead of wallowing in misery about potentially losing access to their favorite short-form video app, many TikTokers are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media platform also called Xiaohongshu. I’ve decided to spend some time on the platform myself, and it looks like so-called “TikTok refugees” are excited about interacting with a community mainly comprised … Read more
Regarding the surveillance issue, TikTok admitted that it had inappropriately accessed data belonging to US users, including journalists from Forbes and the Financial Times, as part of an effort to find leakers. TikTok and ByteDance said they fired everyone involved in the operation. As I previously reported, the initiative was led by TikTok’s hyper-aggressive internal … Read more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new measure on Friday that could protect your Robux from scammers and hackers. The proposed rule would interpret terms in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, or EFTA, which has traditionally been used to protect consumers from unauthorized debit transactions, to include some virtual currencies supplied by gaming and … Read more
Other Game Controllers We Have Tested There are several other mobile controllers we tested that just missed out on a place above or failed to make the grade. Photograph: Simon Hill Gamesir X3 Pro for $80: This replaces the X3 and stretches open to cradle virtually any Android phone (or the iPhone 15 range) in … Read more
A device capable of intercepting phone signals was likely deployed during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, WIRED has learned, raising critical questions about who authorized its use and for what purpose. The device, known as a cell-site simulator, was identified by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights advocacy organization, after … Read more
The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers and ranchers that are now taking on climate-smart agricultural practices. Will that climate action, that distributed climate action, continue to expand? The last thing is how good are we at building the stuff we need … Read more
The Biden administration’s solicitor general, Elizabeth B. Prelogar, argued that Congress had every right to enact a ban, saying that the Chinese government could spy on Americans, in addition to their contacts, through the app. “It’s about trying to close off a vulnerability that a foreign nation’s adversary could exploit,” she said. Outside the courtroom, … Read more