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Microsoft will pay extra power costs to run data centers, so Americans don't have to
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its US data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential surge in power prices.
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How LINE Messenger chats helped seal a Taiwan court affair verdict
A Taipei tech chairman was ordered to pay $32,500 after a Taiwan court ruled that his LINE Messenger chat records proved an affair that seriously violated spousal rights.
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X knocked out – Elon Musk's platform is down
X, a social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk, is experiencing issues as users across the globe report outages on Downdetector.
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Tech companies owe the Irish DPA over €4B in fines, but hardly anyone pays
Companies in the technology sector, as well as political and commercial organizations, have to pay over €4 billion in fines to the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland’s privacy and data protection authority (DPA). However, collecting these fines is easier said than done.
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Will Trump’s 25% Iran tariffs push up prices on China-made tech?
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a sweeping 25% tariff targeting countries that do business with Iran – a move that, despite lacking any implementation details, could drive up the cost of phones, laptops, and other everyday tech made in China.
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From factory mistake to meme mascot – the rise of China’s cry-cry horse
As China gears up to celebrate the Year of the Horse, a design and production error with a stuffed animal has taken the internet by storm.
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Inside Iran’s internet blackout: slow messages, broken VPNs, and digital exhaustion
Iran’s internet blackout has left over 90 million people cut off from digital communication, as protests escalate and the government throttles connectivity. Messages fail, VPNs break, and citizens are forced to scramble for fleeting ways to stay in touch.
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Era officially over: Elon Musk’s X suspends old Twitter handle
It’s probably been coming but Elon Musk just deleted another piece of X’s history. The platform has suspended the @twitter handle, replacing its profile with a standard notice saying that the account violated the app’s rules.
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UK launches investigation into Grok as Malaysia and Indonesia block access
Grok has been banned in Malaysia and Indonesia over the chatbot producing sexualized deepfakes.
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Tim Cook’s newly revealed payday revives Silicon Valley exit talk
This week’s pay disclosure keeps Apple CEO Tim Cook among the highest-paid executives in corporate America, reigniting debate over California’s proposed billionaire tax and a potential Silicon Valley exodus.
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The Cosmic Report: a weekly UAP and space news digest
From final screams to orbital service stations – it has been a week of cosmic contradictions. In this week’s UAP (UFO) and space news digest, here’s what moved the needle.
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Manage My Health starts notifying affected practices after major cyber breach
Manage My Health, an online patient portal widely used by general practices in New Zealand, has started notifying affected practices of a cyber incident that impacted around 125,000 of its 1.8 million users.
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Senate Democrats urge Apple, Google to remove X over AI-generated sexual images
Three Senate Democrats have called on Apple and Google to remove X and its chatbot Grok from their app stores over the generation and spread of explicit non-consensual images of women and children.
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Putin’s internet shutdown cost Russian economy $12B in 2025
A new report suggests that an “unprecedented internet blackout” in Vladimir Putin’s Russia has cost the country’s economy almost $12 billion in 2025. Experts call this infrastructure-level censorship.
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Pay to be heard: China’s “instant reply providers” are selling comfort on demand
Customers yearning for low-stakes communication are turning to “instant reply providers” on social media in China to vent their frustrations.
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Astronaut medical issue on ISS forces early return for space station crew
A "serious medical condition" with a crew member aboard the International Space Station has led NASA to bring the astronaut and three crewmates back to Earth months earlier than planned, the first such emergency return in the orbiting laboratory's 25-year history, senior space agency officials said Friday.
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Iranian citizens under full-on digital blackout as protests enter 12th day
The internet has been shut down across Iran, leaving millions of citizens in a full-on digital blackout as the Islamic Republic attempts to quell nationwide protests.
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UK sets aside £210M to improve cyber security in public services
The United Kingdom has announced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, which aims to boost the country’s cyber resilience.
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Cyberattack hits Jaguar Land Rover’s sales numbers hard
The recent cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is reflected in the company’s financial results. Wholesales in the third quarter of last year are down 43.3%, and retail sales have plummeted by 25.1%.
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You risk watching child abuse material when using unverified porn sites
Nearly half of porn users in the UK have admitted to watching content on sites that evade age verification checks, leaving them vulnerable to viewing illegal material.
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