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X sues New York over hate speech disclosure law

Social media company X has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York over a law governing hate speech. The social network's Global Government Affairs account posted about the suit, claiming the law's required disclosures infringe on First Amendment protections for free speech. The Stop Hiding Hate Act, which is slated to take effect this week, would require social media companies to report on how they define and moderate content including hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, harassm

UK Watchdogs Fine 23andMe $3.1M for Data Security Violations

UK regulators on Tuesday fined 23andMe 2.31 million pounds ($3.1 million) for data privacy violations stemming from the company's massive data breach in 2023. The Information Commissioner's Office says the genetic testing company, which has since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, failed to put in place "appropriate" security measures to protect the personal information of its UK users, compromising that data in the breach. The UK fine comes after a joint investigation by the

Nintendo will take your Switch 2 offline forever if you use a Mig flash cartridge

Some Switch 2 owners have received the error code 2134-4508, which results in their consoles being permanently banned from accessing any of its online services, as spotted by IGN. It’s not a ban hammer from sucking at Mario Kart World, thankfully for me, but one that’s targeting consoles that have used a Mig – a microSD card-equipped Switch cartridge that can be filled with copies of games. Running games on the Mig requires you to download them from others who have dumped files off of cartridge

AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance

Amazon Web Services is set to announce an update to its Graviton4 chip that includes 600 gigabytes per second of network bandwidth, what the company calls the highest offering in the public cloud. Ali Saidi, a distinguished engineer at AWS, likened the speed to a machine reading 100 music CDs a second. Graviton4, a central processing unit, or CPU, is one of many chip products that come from Amazon's Annapurna Labs in Austin, Texas. The chip is a win for the company's custom strategy and puttin

Apple Watch Series 10 now available at discount via Apple’s refurbished store

Apple’s refurbished store has added several new products recently, and the latest could prove popular: the Apple Watch Series 10 is now available. Currently only 46mm Apple Watch Series 10 is available refurbished Apple’s refurbished store provides the opportunity to buy products directly from Apple that have been certified for resale. These products include a standard Apple warranty, return policy, and other perks. Last week the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black titanium was added to the store a

UK Watchdogs Fines 23andMe $3.1 million For Data Security Violations

UK regulators on Tuesday fined 23andMe 2.31 million pounds ($3.1 million) for data privacy violations stemming from the company's massive data breach in 2023. The Information Commissioner's Office says the genetic testing company, which has since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, failed to put in place "appropriate" security measures to protect the personal information of its UK users, compromising that data in the breach. The UK fine comes after a joint investigation by the

X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win

Last year, X won its fight to block a California law requiring social media companies to report on efforts to remove hate speech and other kinds of content the state deemed harmful. Now, X has sued to stop New York from enforcing a law that it claims is a "carbon copy" of California's—which resulted in a settlement blocking the California law after a court ruled it likely violated the First Amendment. In a complaint filed Tuesday, X revealed that the New York lawsuit came after New York lawmak

Nintendo is cracking down on Switch 2 mods, bans target reprogrammable cartridges

Facepalm: Besides offering a substantial hardware upgrade and exciting new features, the Switch 2 is also shaping up to be a decidedly anti-modding platform. The new console includes robust anti-piracy measures, and users are already starting to feel the effects on their accounts. Multiple reports confirm what many suspected from the start: Nintendo is actively working to block "easy" modding attempts and prevent potential piracy on its new console. Nintendo certainly isn't losing money on Swi

Canva expands from design into analytics with acquisition of MagicBrief

From left, Cliff Obrecht, Canva's co-founder and chief operating officer, and George Howes, co-founder and CEO of MagicBrief, pose for a photo at the Cannes Lions festival in Cannes, France, in June 2025. Canva has grown into a $32 billion startup through its popular design tools used for easily creating images, marketing material and presentations. Now the company, with its 12th acquisition, is buying its way into the analytics market. Canva said on Tuesday that it's buying MagicBrief, whose

Best early Prime Day deals 2025: 30+ sales on tech products live now

When is Amazon Prime Day? Amazon Prime Day will run from Tuesday, July 8, to Friday, July 11, 2025. The annual two-day sale was extended to four days in 2025. How long will Prime Day last? Amazon Prime Day will last four days, running from July 8-11, 2025. That's two days longer than the years prior. Where will Prime Day take place? Amazon announced that its July Prime Day event will return in over 20 countries, including Ireland for the first time. Prime Day 2025 will return to the followi

Programming Language Design in the Era of LLMs: A Return to Mediocrity?

The most exciting part of Programming Languages (PL) research for me has always been in Programming Language Design. By carefully crafting a language with a syntax and semantics tailored for a specific domain, PL designers can provide an interface for end users that seamlessly aligns with the sensibilities and intuitions of practitioners, allowing users to focus on the "interesting" parts of a problem and tackle larger and more complex problems. Instead of writing a verbose sequence of API cal

Real-time action chunking with large models

Published June 9, 2025 Email [email protected] Kevin Black, Manuel Y. Galliker, Sergey Levine Unlike chatbots or image generators, robots must operate in real time. While a robot is “thinking”, the world around it evolves according to physical laws, so delays between inputs and outputs have a tangible impact on performance. For a language model, the difference between fast and slow generation is a satisfied or annoyed user; for a vision-language-action model (VLA), it could

Overwatch 2 Season 17 Adds Map Voting and Rounds Out Stadium's Roster

The next season of Overwatch 2 is pretty packed with content compared to other odd-numbered seasons, and developer Blizzard is going all-out with its investments into Stadium mode and player choice for the game. Season 17 is chock full of charming retro vibes, featuring a mythic skin for D.va, the resident gamer hero, an 8-bit Reinhardt skin and new heroes for Stadium, the most important mode in Overwatch. A new map is also arriving for one of the game's most underutilized core game modes, alt

ChatGPT's Voice Feature Makes It Feel More Human Than Ever

After years of dealing with voice assistants that constantly misheard me or cut me off mid-sentence, I didn't expect much when I tapped the little wavelength icon to try ChatGPT's Voice Mode. I figured it would be another feature that sounded cool but fell flat in real use. But this one surprised me. Voice Mode doesn't just spit out answers. It actually feels like a real conversation. It picks up on pauses, mumbled thoughts, and even those filler words like "uhhh" without breaking the flow. Whe

Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

After Mattel and OpenAI announced a partnership that would result in an AI product marketed to kids, a consumer rights advocacy group is warning that the collaboration may endanger children. It remains unclear what shape Mattel's first-ever AI product will take. But on Tuesday, Public Citizen co-President Robert Weissman issued a statement urging more transparency so that parents can prepare for potential risks. Weissman is particularly concerned that ChatGPT-fueled toys could hurt kids in unkn

Nintendo is already banning Switch 2 flashcart users

Facepalm: Besides offering a substantial hardware upgrade and exciting new features, the Switch 2 is also shaping up to be a decidedly anti-modding platform. The new console includes robust anti-piracy measures, and users are already starting to feel the effects on their accounts. Multiple reports confirm what many suspected from the start: Nintendo is actively working to block "easy" modding attempts and prevent potential piracy on its new console. Nintendo certainly isn't losing money on Swi

Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

As announced in 2021, Honda has been pursuing research and development in the field of space technologies while viewing it as a place to take on challenges to realize the “dreams” and “potential” of people worldwide while leveraging its core technologies. Honda has the aim to enable people to transcend the constraints of time, place or ability and make people’s daily lives more enjoyable. Examples of Honda initiatives toward creating new value in the ultimate environment of outer space include r

This 1-800 number will generate ChatGPT images, if for some reason you need that

The discourse around artificial intelligence has all been about pursuing the bleeding edge, pushing the tech into the future as fast as possible. So maybe it should be refreshing that OpenAI's latest announcement feels almost quaintly analog. Starting today, users can tap into the company's image generation by texting 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp. The post on X announcing this new option for using the ChatGPT AI chatbot specifies that the feature is "now available to everyone." I'm not sure what p

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Early animated Disney character This article is about the character. For works with the title, see Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography Fictional character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie[8][9][10]) is an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938. Twenty-seven animated Oswald shorts were produced at the Walt D

LG’s C4 OLED TV has dropped to a new low price

It’s official: Amazon’s Prime Day event is just three weeks away, and it’s possible we’ll see a number of great TV deals during the four-day event. But if you’d rather not wait and see, LG’s C4 OLED TV has hit a new low price, starting at $699.99 ($800 off) for the 42-inch model at Amazon and Best Buy. Some larger configurations like the 77-inch model are on sale too, with the 77-inch model going for $1,799.99 ($1,899 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. Given how similar the last-gen models are to the

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June’s Game Pass additions include Remedy co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak

Microsoft’s Game Pass is having a very impressive 2025 where the quality and cadence of releases is concerned, and things are showing no signs of slowing down as we settle into the summer months. Highlights of the June lineup include co-op FPS FBC: Firebreak, which joins the service today, Sloclap’s highly-anticipated soccer game, Rematch, and a trio of Warcraft remasters. Let’s start with probably the most significant addition. Back in May, Engadget’s Jessica Conditt got to play Remedy’s FBC:

ChatGPT search just got smarter - but can it replace Google for you yet?

Dmitry Kovalchuk/Getty Watch out, Google. OpenAI has beefed up its ChatGPT search tool to try to win over more people. And it may be working. In a new support article published last Friday, OpenAI described a recent upgrade designed to improve the quality and performance of its search option. In general, ChatGPT search has been enhanced to provide more comprehensive and up-to-date responses. Based on its own testing, OpenAI said that users preferred the new search process over the previous exp

For Almost Free, PopSockets and Anker Come Together With This Easy-to-Hold Magnetic Phone Charger

Save 50% on the PopSockets x Anker MagGo 5,000mAh portable magnetic battery charger over at Best Buy. This collaboration between PopSockets and Anker is a match made in heaven. If your phone is new enough that it supports magnetic wireless charging, then you can pick up this Anker MagGo 5,000mAh portable magnetic battery charger that has an integrated PopSockets grip on the back. Right now, Best Buy has it discounted down by 50%. It’s normally $70, but you can score one in either black or clear

You Can Now Generate ChatGPT Images by Texting a 1-800 Number on WhatsApp

ChatGPT's image generator tool now takes requests at 1-800-CHATGPT. The feature, announced by OpenAI on Monday in a post on X, allows anyone with a WhatsApp account to text that phone number and make a request for an AI-generated image using a plain-language prompt. In a CNET test, the ChatGPT hotline was able to create an old-school corded telephone image with the ChatGPT logo on it in about two minutes. The 1-800 number also accepts ChatGPT requests that aren't for images. If you don't have

Satechi’s new SSD enclosure matches the Mac Mini

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Satechi has announced a new SSD enclosure with an aluminum design that matches the black and silver finish and dimensions of Apple’s Mac Mini M4, but thinner so it can perch atop the tiny desktop computer or be used as a matching stand. But since it connects using an included braided USB-C cable, the enclosure is compatible with any device that s

Sitecore CMS exploit chain starts with hardcoded 'b' password

A chain of Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) vulnerabilities allows attackers to perform remote code execution (RCE) without authentication to breach and hijack servers. Sitecore is a popular enterprise CMS used by businesses to create and manage content across websites and digital media. Discovered by watchTowr researchers, the pre-auth RCE chain disclosed today consists of three distinct vulnerabilities. It hinges on the presence of an internal user (sitecore\ServicesAPI) with a hardcoded pa

Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimental Reusable Rocket

As announced in 2021, Honda has been pursuing research and development in the field of space technologies while viewing it as a place to take on challenges to realize the “dreams” and “potential” of people worldwide while leveraging its core technologies. Honda has the aim to enable people to transcend the constraints of time, place or ability and make people’s daily lives more enjoyable. Examples of Honda initiatives toward creating new value in the ultimate environment of outer space include r

OnePlus Watch 3 Review: The Best Battery Life of Any Android Smartwatch

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Editor's note, June 16, 2025: OnePlus released a smaller 43mm version of the OnePlus Watch 3 in silver stainless steel. This review has been updated to reflect the new addition to the lineup. Editor's note, March 4, 2025: We've updated our score for the OnePlus Watch 3 from 8.5 to 8.8 to reflect that OnePlus extended its Wear OS update cycle to three years

Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

Earlier this week, the makers of the popular Mig Flash cartridge, which allows users to play Switch games loaded via an SD card without modifying the console itself, issued a firmware update enabling the cards to run original Switch games on the Switch 2. Since then, though, multiple Mig Flash users are reporting that they've seen their Switch 2 consoles banned from Nintendo's online servers, even in cases where the devices were only used to run backups of legitimate games the users purchased th

The Nissan Leaf Is Back and Looking to Make Up Lost Ground

Finally, after 15 years, we have a new 2026 Nissan Leaf coming. As befits the “truckification” of global car markets, it’s no longer a compact hatchback. Now it’s a compact SUV—or, more accurately, a crossover utility vehicle built on passenger-vehicle underpinnings. The new Leaf will offer a range of up to 303 miles, Nissan says, from a 75-kilowatt-hour battery pack powering a 160-kilowatt (214-horsepower) motor that produces 261 pound-feet (354 newton-meters) of torque. That motor drives the