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2025 Was the Year the Vibes Were Off
AJ Dellinger Dec 29
Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agent’s Unsolicited ‘Act of Kindness’
Tom Hawking Dec 29
Draft Chinese AI Rules Outline ‘Core Socialist Values’ for AI Human Personality Simulators
Mike Pearl Dec 28
‘This Will Be a Stressful Job’: OpenAI Is Hiring for a Position That Sounds Horrifying
Mike Pearl Dec 28
Disney to Pay $10 Million After Feds Say It Broke Kids’ Privacy Rules on YouTube
Bruce Gil Dec 30
Attackers Caused So Much Havoc Inside Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Shut Down the Whole Game
Mike Pearl Dec 28
The U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Is Reportedly in Polygraph-Fueled Chaos
Mike Pearl Dec 22
Hacker Group Extorts Pornhub Over Premium User Data
AJ Dellinger Dec 17
Texas Sues TV Makers, Claiming They Can Collect Images of What Viewers Are Watching
Matt Novak Dec 17
Illegal Downloads of ‘One Battle After Another’ Contain Dangerous Malware
Matt Novak Dec 15
Binance Still Processed $144 Million in Suspicious Crypto Payments After Plea Deal: Report
Kyle Torpey Dec 22
Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40 Billion Crypto Collapse as Victims Testify to Destruction He Caused
Kyle Torpey Dec 12
Convicted Crypto Wallet Developer Warns Miners Will Be Next in Bitcoin Crackdown
Kyle Torpey Dec 11
Polymarket User Accused of $1 Million Insider Trade on Google Search Markets
Kyle Torpey Dec 6
We Now Know What You’ll Be Charged if You Puke in a Tesla Robotaxi
Zac Estrada Dec 28
Comparisons Between Waymo and Tesla Miss How Strange the Robotaxi Race Is
Mike Pearl Dec 26
Waymo Has to Pay People $22 to Close Stuck Robotaxi Doors
Mike Pearl Dec 25
Elon Musk Reportedly Insisted on Troubled Tesla Doors After a Warning
Zac Estrada Dec 24
Waymo and Santa Monica Will Go To Court Over Public Nuisance Allegations
Zac Estrada Dec 24
Waymo Released a Revealing Postmortem on Its San Francisco Blackout Meltdown
Mike Pearl Dec 23
More Deals
Amazon Drops Fire TV Soundbar Plus to All-Time Low to Wrap Up 2025 Inventory (Built-In Subwoofer, 3.1-Channel, Dolby Atmos)
Mint Mobile Makes 5G Home Internet Affordable at $30/Month With T-Mobile Power
Sony Is Offloading Its ANC Headphones as the Latest WH-1000XM6 Crashes to a Record Low After XM5 Deals
JBL’s Final Clearance on Portable Party Speaker, Partybox 310 Drops to Its Lowest Price
Amazon Goes Full Liquidation Mode on Mini PCs as the Ryzen 5 GMKtec G10 Hits All-Time Low, Now 3× Cheaper Than the Mac mini
After AirPods Pro, Apple Starts Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Clearance at a Record Low
Anker USB-C Hub (7-in-1) Drops Back to a Black Friday Low With Limited Availability for Last-Minute Deals
DJI Clears Out Mic Mini Bundle at 53% Off After Drone Deals, Now the Cheapest Lavalier Microphone Set (2 TX, 1 RX, Charging Case)
HP’s 15.6″ Laptop Takes Another Price Cut Overnight at 71% Off, Marking the Final Stage of Clearance
Forget Overpriced Storage, WD_Black 2TB SSD Crashes Below $0.13 per GB (Powered by SanDisk)
Insta360 Offloads Action Cameras as the Newest X4 Air Starter Bundle Hits Its Cheapest Price Against DJI and GoPro
Sony Is Offloading Its ANC Headphones as the Latest WH-1000XM6 Crashes to a Record Low After XM5 Deals
Brittany Vincent Dec 30
JBL’s Final Clearance on Portable Party Speaker, Partybox 310 Drops to Its Lowest Price
Brittany Vincent Dec 30
Amazon Goes Full Liquidation Mode on Mini PCs as the Ryzen 5 GMKtec G10 Hits All-Time Low, Now 3× Cheaper Than the Mac mini
Brittany Vincent Dec 30
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