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Stoiber and her colleagues at EWG keep an eye on the consumer-grade water filtration systems available in the US. The organization’s tests have found that common pitcher filters from brands such as Brita and Berkey do not all remove PFAS…

Google will hold its annual developer conference on May 20-21. As usual, the big event will be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, and kickoff is scheduled for 10AM PT time (5PM UTC). Google CEO Sundar Pichai…

Almost three-quarters (74%) of IT security directors in regulated industries in the US and UK believe detection-based security technologies are outdated and inadequate. This surprising finding comes from Everfox’s latest CYBER360 report, a survey of 1000 IT and security leaders…

Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook for workouts, while delivering upgraded sound, better…

A brief history of Musk vs. Altman The beef between Musk and Altman goes back to 2015, when the pair partnered (with others) to co-found OpenAI as a nonprofit. Musk cut ties with the company in 2018 but watched from…

BYD is set to equip all of its electric vehicles (EV) with advanced self-driving tech, the company noted earlier this week. The Financial Times spotted the announcement at a livestreamed event held at BYD’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, earlier this…

POCO is making a habit of churning out class-leading budget phones on a yearly basis. Last year’s X6 Pro combined great hardware with an unbeatable value, and POCO is doing the same with the X7 Pro. The phone has a…

Feb 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 63 security flaws impacting its software products, including two vulnerabilities that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 vulnerabilities, three are…

The extraction shooter Outlawed is almost here, and Okami Studio is offering a first look at its gameplay through a technical playtest on Steam. Outlawed throws players into a high-stakes urban battleground, where they’ll battle rival gangs, navigate challenging environments,…

On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and a consortium of outside investors, per a letter…