Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit
Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit

Adobe says it will pay $75 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the US government alleging that the creative software giant harmed consumers by making its subscriptions intentionally hard to cancel and concealing termination fees. The payment aims to resolve the complaint raised in June 2024, in which the US Justice Department accused Adobe […]

The FBI is hunting down malware-loaded games on Steam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a series of malware-infected video games that appeared on the popular PC gaming platform Steam. The agency is now asking players who may have downloaded these compromised titles to come forward…

BYD’s luxury EV with 5-min fast charging and nearly 500 miles of range is headed overseas
BYD’s luxury EV with 5-min fast charging and nearly 500 miles of range is headed overseas

The new Denza Z9 GT, or the world’s longest-range pure EV, as BYD claims, is headed to Europe, offering 5-minute fast charging and a WLTP range of nearly 500 miles.

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Amazon Prime Video nearly doubles the price to go ad-free and stream 4K video
Amazon Prime Video nearly doubles the price to go ad-free and stream 4K video

Starting April 10th, Amazon’s ad-free Prime Video subscription will be rebranded as Ultra as its price increases to $4.99 per month from the current $2.99. Once it launches, it will also be the “exclusive” way to access 4K/UHD streaming, removing 4K streaming access from Prime subscribers who don’t pay extra. Paying the extra five bucks […]

The Big 12 basketball tournament is ditching slippery LED courts for hardwood
The Big 12 basketball tournament is ditching slippery LED courts for hardwood

They may be great for fan engagement and selling ads, but the Big 12 has decided to replace the innovative glass-covered LED floors at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center with a traditional hardwood finish. It will be used for the remainder of the tournament during semifinal matches and the championship game. The LED floors, which were […]

Musk admits xAI ‘not built right’ — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion
Musk admits xAI ‘not built right’ — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion

Elon Musk admitted today that xAI, his artificial intelligence venture, “was not built right first time around” and “is being rebuilt from the foundations up.” The admission comes just six weeks after he had Tesla pour $2 billion of shareholder money i…

Amazon is bringing new chat styles to Alexa+ and one of them can be cuss, too

Alexa+ is getting customizable chat styles that change how the assistant talks to you, including a new Sassy personality with humor, sarcasm and censored profanity.
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For the forgetful among us, this robot will find everything you misplace

A new robot from TUM can build a 3D map of your home, understand where you likely left things, and find them almost 30% more efficiently than searching randomly.
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BMW’s flagship i7 EV is getting a Neue Klasse upgrade: Here’s our first look
BMW’s flagship i7 EV is getting a Neue Klasse upgrade: Here’s our first look

With its official debut just a few weeks away, BMW offered a sneak peek at the new 2027 7 Series, its flagship luxury sedan.

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Epic says its Fortnite V-bucks price hike is a ‘direct correlation’ to operating costs
Epic says its Fortnite V-bucks price hike is a ‘direct correlation’ to operating costs

Epic Games announced this week that Fortnite’s in-game V-bucks currency would be getting more expensive with a somewhat glib statement: “The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills,” the company wrote. The price hike will go into effect on March 19th, the same day […]