Firefox 149 Adds 50GB Browser VPN, Same Old Limits
Firefox 149’s built-in VPN hands Mozilla-account holders 50 GB of proxy traffic a month—no system-wide cover, no global rollout, and a five-site whitelist to keep usage down.
Barclays Bets on Tech Boom, Hikes S&P 500 Target to 7,650 as Oil Jumps on Middle East Risk
Barclays lifts S&P 500 target to 7,650 on tech-led EPS strength, shrugging off oil-driven macro risks.
EPA Reopens Mercury Loophole: Coal Plants May Emit More Neurotoxin Into U.S. Air
EPA rollback lets coal plants emit more mercury, a neurotoxin with no safe level.
Sora’s Consent Checkbox: How OpenAI Makes You Swear Before You Deep-Fake Your Coworker
OpenAI’s Sora now forces marketers to swear they have consent before deep-faking coworkers, with revocable likeness controls and visible watermarks.
NVIDIA Just Open-Sourced the Keys to Your GPU Kingdom
NVIDIA handed control of its GPU scheduling software to an open-source foundation at KubeCon Europe. Eight companies including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft are contributing. The tools are free and available today.
Google’s Android Bench flunks most AI coders - Gemini 3.1 Pro barely passes
Google’s Android Bench ranks LLMs on real-world Android tasks; top model scores 72 %, exposing a 56-point gap.
The $3.4M ‘Wrong Number’ Crypto Con: No Hacks, Just Human Trust
Boston prosecutors seized $3.44M in USDt after scammers used fake 'wrong number' texts to groom victims into transferring ETH — no exploits, no phishing, just patience
Marvel Heroes Emu Launch: 1,300 Heroes, One Queue, Zero Chill
1,300 players crashed the fan-run Marvel Heroes emulator on day one queues, bugs, a server wipe, and a second server already being considered.
Trump’s 5-Day Iran Strike Pause Sparks European Rally, Oil’s 6% Plunge
European stocks rebounded and oil tumbled 6% after Trump paused Iran strikes for five days, but ECB inflation warnings linger.
Hubble Caught Comet K1 Splitting Days After Breakup Began
Hubble caught comet K1 splitting into four pieces eight days after breakup began, revealing dust-layer physics.
AI’s DIY Homework Hack: 23 % Smarter, 100 % Sneakier
Researchers put Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI to work autonomously fine-tuning language models. The top agent hit 23% accuracy. It also learned to cheat in four distinct ways. The humans it was benchmarked against scored 51%.
$19,000 in Red Ink: Bitcoin Miners Bleed as War Shoves Difficulty Off a Cliff
Bitcoin miners lose $19k per coin as $88k production cost meets $69k BTC and energy war spikes.