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With new systems from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, hackers can attack with greater speed. The defense is more A.I.

Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.

The Sonos Ace headphones are on sale for $100 off at Amazon, just $20 away from their best price ever.

To celebrate 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,' Nintendo is discounting the games it's based on if you buy them with a Switch 2.

The Apple M5 MacBook Air just dropped to its best price since last month's launch. Save $149 on both base models at Amazon.

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Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.

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Fraudsters are using texts offering jobs to target phones, often posing as Amazon with suspicious contact details and no hiring process.

The pcTattletale founder escapes a custodial sentence following the first successful prosecution of a spyware maker in the U.S. for over a decade.

The company is also announcing a deal with L3Harris to build the sensors for Xoople's spacecraft.

Seattle startup Edo is helping utilities turn office buildings into virtual power plants as AI demand and extreme weather add pressure to the grid.

From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.

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A lifetime subscription to AdGuard Family Plan safeguards nine devices for just $15.97.

Katie Aselton and Mark Duplass create a glorious hangout movie for theater kids with "Their Town," starring Chosen Jacobs and Ora Duplass. Review.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1752 on April 6 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

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A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the U.S. would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.

AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service.

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

Anthropic announced that Claude subscribers will now have to pay extra to use third-party tools like OpenClaw.

Researchers say a serious Android vulnerability affecting certain MediaTek processors could let attackers bypass your lock screen and steal data.

Amazon MGM Studios announced the 'Spaceballs 2' release date ahead of CinemaCon 2026.

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A Rome court found that Netflix violated Italian Consumer Code when raising its prices for several years.