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Developers took 19% longer to finish tasks using AI tools

Google will merge ChromeOS and Android into a unified platform, according to Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem at Google. "We're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops these days and what they're getting done," Samat said during a recent interview.

OpenAI is following Perplexity and is working on its own AI-powered browser codenamed "Aura."

The ‘H/W Quick Erase’ function, which fries the flash memory, should probably have a more forbidding name.

Finally, I can get my eyeballs as close to TikTok as humanly possible.

BulletVPN has announced its abrupt closure, but users of the VPN service can get a free subscription with an alternative provider.

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AI police tool is designed to avoid accountability, watchdog says.

Ukrainian firm TENETA introduces the MITLA, a lightweight anti-drone device designed to intercept enemy drones using a rapid-deploying net.

France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday, amid growing global concern about the impact of social media on children's mental health.

A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.

Like YouTube, Meta says it won't penalize users who are engaging with other people's content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.

China wants to launch the world's first hyperloop within a decade.

Google recently disabled uBlock Origin and other extensions for Chrome users with no apparent option to restore them. The good news is that you can still make uBlock Origin work. Here is how.

Opinion: Mozilla's management is a bug, not a feature

The Iranian Embassy in India has issued a warning about fraudulent social media accounts impersonating official Iranian entities. These fake accounts are disseminating false information, including claims about Iran reconsidering the Chabahar port agreement with India. The embassy asserts that these accounts aim to undermine the relationship between Iran and India.

Google Gemini for Workspace can be exploited to generate email summaries that appear legitimate but include malicious instructions or warnings that direct users to phishing sites without using attachments or direct links.

Chinese AI startup Moonshot releases open-source Kimi K2 model that outperforms OpenAI and Anthropic on coding tasks with breakthrough agentic capabilities and competitive pricing.

Russia and Belarus intend to develop their own artificial intelligence model built on “traditional values” that would be “understandable” to citizens of both countries.