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In context: Radiofrequency identification (RFID) has become ubiquitous in the digital age. It is used in stores to make no-touch purchases with our credit cards or phones. Car rental agencies have started implementing it so customers can return their vehicles by simply parking them and walking away. Casinos even use RFID tags to authenticate their […]

In context: Tomb Raider is one of the most iconic franchises in video game history. It’s the reason that the 1996 classic was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2018. Whether it needed a remastered version is debatable, but it got one from a developer best known for his cross-platform Tomb

WTF?! The biggest games today can cost more than movies, stretching well beyond the hundred-million-dollar mark. It also takes several years or more from the start of development to the final product being launched. So the idea of a self-taught programmer making a series of ‘games’ that took 30 minutes each to create and generated

What just happened? As ransomware gangs go, none are as well-known or notorious as LockBit. But the most prolific ransomware group in the world has just had its website taken over and operations disrupted by law enforcement agencies from 12 countries in a joint operation. LockBit’s website is currently showing a banner that states it

What just happened? Reddit is putting user-created content to work. The social news aggregator reportedly signed a contract earlier this year that grants a large AI company permission to train its models using the platform’s subject matter. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Reddit has been sharing the news with prospective investors ahead

A hot potato: In 2019, Spotify filed a complaint with the European Union, alleging that Apple was stifling competition in the music streaming industry through its App Store payment policies. After five years, Brussels appears poised to take action against Cupertino for violating EU antitrust laws. According to unnamed sources cited in a recent Financial

Facepalm: Wyze Labs is a startup founded by former Amazon employees, specializing in wireless cameras and other smart home products. However, one of the most concerning and underdeveloped aspects of Wyze’s business is the operational security of its consumer products. Wyze customers recently began experiencing a peculiar issue with their smart cameras. According to several

Forward-looking: Companies are rushing to add more AI smarts into their phones, but this technology is still mostly used for tasks like photo editing and translation processes. The end goal might be a phone that doesn’t need any apps at all, and a prototype of such a device will be shown later this month. There

The big picture: Roku recently announced it now has more than 80 million active user accounts, which it says is a major marker of its growth and scale amid the continued shift in how people watch television. A closer look at the numbers, however, reveals that growth has been slowing each year since 2020. Further

Doh! It’s not unheard of for a company to play it loose in a benchmark test, but the fallout can be embarrassing when they get caught. Intel finds itself in this situation, as SPEC reports that the chipmaker allegedly used a custom-designed compiler for thousands of its benchmarks. When third parties benchmark IT products, everyone