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Key Takeaways 23andMe is facing a financial crisis and may be sold or privatized, potentially putting the genetic information of over 15 million people at risk. The company can sell your data if an acquisition occurs, as mentioned in their privacy policy, and the data isn’t protected by HIPAA. There is still time to download … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Global AI deal volumes reached 1,245 during Q3 2024, a level not seen since Q1 2022 reflecting how confident and resilient investors are about investing in AI. With a 24% year-over-year growth, global AI deals far … Read more

This year’s Black Friday may be the most competitive shopping season yet, with the biggest retailers and carriers battling it out to serve you the best phone deals. If you’re doing some early holiday shopping (or just missed out on Prime Day sales last month), we’re already seeing aggressive offers from Samsung, Google, Motorola, and, … Read more

A new update for Instagram posted earlier today could fix one of the most frustrating problems for creators. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, announced a new filtering update on Instagram for creators’ inboxes. Instagram users with a creator-designated account can now filter message requests in their inbox based on its sender in a similar … Read more

See at Apple M4 Mac Mini: From $599 Save 3% when you use Apple Card, plus trade-in offers See at Apple M4 Mac Mini Pro: From $1,399 Save 3% when you use Apple Card, plus trade-in offers So you’ve decided that it’s time for a new Mac, but which should you choose? The lineup has … Read more

The holiday season is upon us and your favorite streaming services are happy to let the festivities begin. Welcome to io9’s latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we … Read more

Michal Kosinski is a Stanford research psychologist with a nose for timely subjects. He sees his work as not only advancing knowledge, but alerting the world to potential dangers ignited by the consequences of computer systems. His best-known projects involved analyzing the ways in which Facebook (now Meta) gained a shockingly deep understanding of its … Read more

It’s been almost a year and a half since the Succession finale aired, and Kieran Culkin still hasn’t seen it. “I was in Poland shooting this movie when the last three episodes were airing, and I couldn’t sign into my Max account,” the star, who played Roman Roy, tells Stephen Colbert in the Late Show … Read more

Hyundai is one of several automakers working to make hydrogen-powered electric vehicles a thing, and a good first step is making sure they’re not ugly. I think the designers hit the target with the “Art of Steel” design language used in the Initium concept SUV revealed this week at an event in Korea. It seems … Read more

Part of the mythology of Silicon Valley is the committed founder driving the company to a blockbuster IPO. In reality, startups are 16 times more likely to get acquired. It’s not an outcome that’s frequently discussed, either.  “It’s one of these things that a lot of people don’t really talk about. In Silicon Valley, we … Read more