The PlayStation Network is experiencing issues right now. Its network status page was updated at 7PM Eastern time with a warning that you may not be able to log in, access and edit your accounts, no matter what console you use. We’re also unable to log into the network on our computer or our phone. … Read more
Over the last few weeks, there’s been massive disruption in the labor market with President Donald Trump’s administration moving to freeze federal aid and lay off tens of thousands of federal workers. That’s on top of a flurry of executive orders, threats of trade wars, the start of mass deportations and stock market volatility. But … Read more
In a tale that is practically as old as time in internet standards at this point, there is a sense of inevitability that any big new thing—movie, TV show, game, or otherwise—is in want of its own little plastic army of big-headed, occasionally bobble-headed Funko Pop! Vinyls. Marvel Rivals, and its roster of hero designs that … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control over a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. In some cases, any deviations in the manner in which the data is being used may … Read more
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old engineer, is the first of Elon Musk’s DOGE crew to lose their job. Elez resigned from his post at Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal uncovered that Elez had published racist statements on an anonymous account that once bore his name. … Read more
This week, Silicon Valley came barrelling into Washington, D.C., in the form of fresh-faced engineers supposedly running the government. A bombshell Wired report said that Elon Musk had quietly selected at least six engineers, the oldest of which is reportedly 24, to help him run his Department of Government Efficiency. The secrecy of the group, … Read more
What you need to know Motorola’s Razr Plus 2025 was reportedly spotted running through a benchmark test in a Geekbench listing. The test shows that the Razr Plus 2025 features the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 2 Prime Oryon cores. Older rumors suggest Motorola could launch its next flagship foldable a little earlier than before … Read more
TL;DR Leaked renders of the OPPO Find N5 showcase its ultra-thin foldable design. The device is expected to launch internationally not just as the Find N5, but also as its OnePlus counterpart, the Open 2. The foldable is rumored to feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor but details on pricing and an exact release date … Read more
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google has edited Gemini’s AI response in a Super Bowl commercial to remove an incorrect statistic about cheese. The ad, which shows a small business owner using Gemini to write a website description about Gouda, no longer says the variety makes up “50 to 60 percent of the world’s … Read more
While the decline in payments during the second half of 2024 is significant for being the largest ever in Chainalysis’ data, the number of ransomware attacks and volume of payments has fluctuated and declined before. Notably, researchers saw a marked decrease in activity in 2022, a year in which Chainalysis placed total ransomware payments at … Read more