The Apple Watch SE 3 was one of the best smartwatches we tested in 2025, and you can still pick up the 40mm GPS model for its Cyber Monday price of $199 ($50 off) at Amazon and Walmart. The 44mm GPS model is also matching […]
Day: December 4, 2025
Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos
I’m starting to understand where Google’s visual AI model gets its name, because after playing around with it for a couple of days, that’s how I’d sum it up: bananas. The images it generates are so realistic it’s bananas. I feel like I’m going bananas […]
The EU is probing Meta over WhatsApp’s AI chatbot restrictions
The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Meta over antitrust concerns with AI restrictions in WhatsApp. The probe aims to “prevent any possible irreparable harm to competition in the AI space” according to the EU, and follows Meta announcing changes to WhatsApp’s terms […]
Pentagon Report Reveals Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Group Chat Blunder Risked U.S. Personnel Safety – 12/4/2025, 4:24:32 PM
Here are the latest world news stories as of December 4, 2025: United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Under Scrutiny: Sources tell ABC News that a Pentagon Inspector General report…
Russia bans Roblox over ‘LGBT propaganda’ and ‘extremist’ content
Russia is restricting access to Roblox after the country’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused it of promoting extremism and “LGBT propaganda,” according to reports from Reuters and Meduza. As reported by Meduza, Russian lawmakers began raising concerns about Roblox days after The Guardian published a report […]
Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.
Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.
Tool Outage Halts Access to Latest World News Feeds – 12/4/2025, 8:28:31 PM
News from today cannot be provided because tool access is temporarily unavailable, and up-to-date headlines require those external feeds for accuracy. Without that access, any attempt to describe “latest” world…
ChatGPT Allegedly Fuels Stalker Believing He’s “God’s Assassin,” DOJ Reports
Now I have comprehensive information about this case. Let me create an 800-word WordPress post about this incident. Original source: Ars Technica – ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed…
NASA Taps University of Alabama for $37M Lunar Freezer System to Preserve Moon Samples
NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract to University of Alabama at Birmingham In a significant milestone for lunar exploration and sample preservation, NASA has announced the awarding of the Lunar…
Spotify wants to be the next big video service
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Get ready for a lot more video content on Spotify. Sometime later this month, the service will start incorporating music […]