Image: The Verge Microsoft is making security its number one priority for every employee, following years of security issues and mounting criticisms. After a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board recently concluded that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul,” […]
Day: May 3, 2024
Into the Shadows with ‘Eric’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Riveting Thriller on Netflix
This May, Netflix introduces us to a new kind of darkness with its latest series, “Eric”, starring the immensely talented Benedict Cumberbatch. Set in the evocative backdrop of 1980s Manhattan,…
The Morning After: Peloton’s grim post-pandemic reality
Peloton had a great pandemic. It’s a weird thing to say, but the company’s premium exercise equipment (expanding from bikes to treadmills and even weight-training tech) were the hot workout-from-home products. That boom made some people (not normal, sensible people) suggest we were never going […]
Would You Still Use Google if It Didn’t Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.
Ubisoft’s first-person shooter XDefiant is launching on May 21
Tom Clancy’s XDefiant is almost upon us. Ubisoft is releasing the free-to-play first-person shooter on May 21 for the Xbox Series X|S, the PS5 and PC through Ubisoft Connect. The developer is kicking things off with the preseason version of the game, which is scheduled […]
Engadget Podcast: Kill the Rabbit (R1)
The Rabbit R1 is finally here, and it’s yet another useless AI gadget. Sure, at $199 with no monthly fee, it’s a lot cheaper than the $699 Humane AI Pin. But the R1 is slow, hard to use, and doesn’t actually do much. The much-promised […]
Google says Epic’s Play Store demands are too much and too self-serving
Epic Games won its antitrust lawsuit against Google in December when a federal jury found that the latter violated US antitrust laws with regards to how it runs the Play Store. A few months later, the gaming developer submitted its list of demands, which if […]
Google dubs Epic’s demands from its antitrust win ‘unnecessary’ and ‘far beyond the scope’ of the verdict
The new filing, along with Epic’s proposal, will help to inform Judge James Donato in a hearing scheduled on May 23 about what actions to take next to put Google’s power in check. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Would You Still Use Google if It Didn’t Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.
EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter Thursday. Concern […]


