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Source: The Verge A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that allows customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. But before you get indignant about greedy tech companies suckering customers into blithely handing their hard-earned cash over to robots, it appears that the new function is just…
Source: The Verge Though nobody says “vampire,” in Sinners’ new trailer twin brothers Elijah and Elias (Michael B. Jordan) know that there’s something demonic going as they return to their hometown down in the South. It’s not just that the town is full of superstition and white men like Remmick (Jack O’Connell) who don’t take…
Source: The Verge Google Play will now display verification badges on approved VPNs as a way to “highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety,” the company announced on Tuesday. The new badge will appear on a VPN app’s details page and within search results, proving that it meets specific standards outlined by Google. To…
Source: The Verge Education software platform PowerSchool has started sending breach notifications to victims of a December 2024 cyberattack, but has yet to share how many people were affected or what exactly happened, reports BleepingComputer. PowerSchool, which has has more than 18,000 customers worldwide and serves over 60 million students, suffered a breach on December…
Source: Venture Beat A group of gaming influencers/streamers in the Evolved talent management network have raised $97,000 in donations for victims of the Los Angeles fires. Just as the fires have been quelled by rain (and now led to the risk of mudslides), the streamers have raised money for the Habitat for Humanity’s LA Recovery…
Source: The Verge It took about a month for the finance world to start freaking out about DeepSeek, but when it did, it took more than half a trillion dollars — or one entire Stargate — off Nvidia’s market cap. It wasn’t just Nvidia, either: Tesla, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft tanked. DeepSeek’s two AI models,…
Source: Venture Beat Snowflake SnowConvert has already been used to convert over 2 billion lines of code and over 46 million database objects. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Nvidia is launching its next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards tomorrow, and it looks like there will be low stocks of both cards. After rumors of the RTX 5090 being in short supply for retailers and card manufacturers, Nvidia has now admitted it believes “stock-outs may happen.” “We expect significant…
Source: Venture Beat The Movement Network Foundation, the organization dedicated to fostering innovation and advancing the adoption of MoveVM technology, is firing up its mainnet for blockchain apps including games. The group announced today the deployment of Movement Developer Mainnet, advancing its public mainnet journey. This phase continues the momentum from December’s initial mainnet release…
Source: The Verge X is one step closer to finally launching its payments platform. According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the X Money service will debut “later this year” with Visa announced as its first partner. In her announcement, Yaccarino says the service will support “secure + instant funding to your X Wallet via Visa…
