GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

The Best Mattresses for Heavy People in 2025, According to CNET Sleep Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-12 06:00:00

With five-plus years of mattress testing experience, we use our different sleeping positions and body type perspectives to offer well-rounded, honest reviews. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Nobody wants a flat, saggy mattress. Not only do they not feel good, but an unsupportive mattress can cause pain. There are plenty of better mattresses out there for those

Topics: bed firm heavy mattress sleepers

Shop Amazon

xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-12 08:34:41

After months of backlash over alleged pollution concerns, xAI has finally secured an air permit covering some of the methane gas turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On Wednesday, the Shelby County Health Department granted xAI an air permit that allows it to power 15 gas turbines while adhering to a range of restrictions designed to minimize emissions. Expiring on January 2, 2027, the permit requires xAI to install and operate the best available contr

Topics: department health permit turbines xai

Shop Amazon

HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-02-12 11:32:44

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now It’s been a little more than a month since Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, an offshoot of Hong Kong-based High-Flyer Capital Management, released the latest version of its hit open source model DeepSeek, R1-0528. Like its predecessor, DeepSeek-R1 — which rocked the AI and global business communities with how cheaply it was trained and how wel

Topics: deepseek model r1 r1t2 tng

Shop Amazon

Microsoft investigates ongoing SharePoint Online access issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-12 12:53:43

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident causing intermittent issues for users attempting to access SharePoint Online sites. Part of the Microsoft 365 suite, SharePoint Online is a cloud-based collaboration and document management platform that allows users to create websites, store and share documents, and collaborate on content over the Internet. As the company announced earlier today in an incident alert published in the message center, users are seeing "Something went wrong" errors

Topics: incident microsoft online sharepoint users

Shop Amazon

GOP Budget Bill Reduces Student Loan Repayment Options and Limits Borrowing. What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-12 21:30:03

Republican lawmakers have proposed major changes to student loans, which would affect current and future borrowers. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/CNET Congress is one step closer to passing federal student loan changes in the Republican-led "One Big Beautiful Bill." The Senate narrowly passed its version of the budget bill earlier this week, and it is now back in the House. If the House does decide to pass the bill as is -- and there could be more amendments, so nothing is final -- borrower

Topics: borrowers loan plan repayment student

Shop Amazon

DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-14 02:14:41

An ex-ransomware negotiator is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly working with ransomware gangs to profit from extortion payment deals. The suspect is a former employee of DigitalMint, a Chicago-based incident response and digital asset services company that specializes in ransomware negotiation and facilitating cryptocurrency payments to receive a decryptor or prevent stolen data from being publicly released. The company claims to have conducted over 2,000

Topics: bleepingcomputer company digitalmint investigation ransomware

Shop Amazon

Phishers built fake Okta and Microsoft 365 login sites with AI - here's how to protect yourself

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-02-14 12:32:32

Peter-verreussel/Getty Images As AI evolves to successfully take on business, personal, and even medical use cases, its capabilities also increasingly make it a security threat. On Tuesday, researchers at identity validator Okta published a report that found hackers are using v0, an AI website creation tool from Vercel, to create "phishing sites that impersonate legitimate sign-in webpages" using text prompts. Hackers replicated Okta's own login page and other sites, including Microsoft 365, s

Topics: ai okta phishing report sites

Shop Amazon

5 Android phones you should buy instead of the Nothing Phone 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-14 15:00:04

Well, folks, it’s here: the Nothing Phone 3. Nothing’s “true flagship” smartphone is official, and it’s certainly an attention-grabber. The new Glyph Matrix on the back of the phone houses fun games and tools in the miniature LED circle, Nothing’s funky hardware design is in full force, and the spec sheet leaves little to complain about. Triple 50MP cameras on the back, including an ultrawide sensor and a periscope telephoto camera? Check. A 5,150mAh battery with 65W wired charging? Yep. A big

Topics: android camera oneplus phone pixel

Shop Amazon

The EU's border security software is reportedly full of holes

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-14 22:20:33

The software used by EU border security forces to prevent undocumented immigrants and suspected criminals from travelling in the region is allegedly riddled with holes and vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) is an IT system and database shared between most EU states for law enforcement and public security purposes. And according to a new collaborative report between Bloomberg and investigative non-profit Lighthouse Reports, SIS II — which has b

Topics: eu ii report security sis

Shop Amazon

Let’s Talk About the Ending of ‘Ironheart’

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-14 22:00:37

The final half of Marvel’s Ironheart has premiered, and it’s got quite a bit going on. Like other MCU shows, it offers some tantalizing hints for the future and offers interesting spins on what’s come before. Our finale, “The Past is the Past,” opens with a flashback to the botched heist Parker and John pulled together, as seen in episode four. We watch Parker try to escape his father Arthur’s estate, and as he’s about to be caught, he’s saved by a guy in a hood. The guy, played by Sasha Baron

Topics: marvel mephisto natalie parker riri

Shop Amazon

Scientists Uncover Exercise Lifehack: Go to Bed

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-14 22:00:38

As if you needed another reason to envy—or loathe—morning people. Research this week shows that people who go to bed early are more likely to be physically active than those who crave the night. Scientists at Monash University in Australia led the study, which objectively examined people’s sleeping and exercise habits. Compared to late-night and typical sleepers, people who went to bed early tended to perform more physical activity the following day, they found. The findings also suggest that t

Topics: activity people physical researchers sleep

Shop Amazon

The Sets of ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Look, Well, Fantastic

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-02-14 22:45:37

The decision to set The Fantastic Four: First Steps in a retro, 1960s-inspired world couldn’t have come easy. For one, it meant the entire film would take place in a multiverse away from the traditional Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also, it meant the production would have to build all of these sets from the ground up. We still don’t know much about the multiversal madness of Fantastic Four, but in a new video just released by Marvel, we do know about its sets. Director Matt Shakman, along with pr

Topics: fantastic know marvel steps world

Shop Amazon

Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations of 100k increase

news.ycombinator.com Alex Harring 2026-02-15 00:40:33

People visit booths set up by the City of Sunrise and their police department at the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair at the Amerant Bank Arena on April 30, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June, payrolls processing firm ADP said Wednesday, in a possible sign that the economy may not be as sturdy as investors believe as they bid the S&P 500 back up to record territory to end the month. Private payrolls lost 33,000 jobs in June, the ADP report sho

Topics: 000 adp economists jobs report

Shop Amazon

Apple Watch Ultra 3 release date: When to expect the new model

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-15 08:09:53

It’s been almost two years since a brand new Apple Watch Ultra model launched, but that drought is almost over. Apple Watch Ultra 3’s release date is fast approaching, here’s when to expect the new model. Apple Watch Ultra 3 expected to launch in September Last year, Apple did not launch a new Ultra model. Instead, it just released a new satin black titanium finish for the Ultra 2. But reporting from various sources indicates this is the year for a brand new model. Apple Watch Ultra 3 is exp

Topics: apple new september ultra watch

Shop Amazon

Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-15 08:56:21

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

Topics: ai crunchyroll episode fans subtitles

Shop Amazon

Here’s why you should probably steer clear of Samsung’s online-exclusive colors

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-15 12:17:11

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung reportedly requires authorized service centers to color-match replacement parts, including internal components. As a result, users with Samsung-exclusive colorways have faced unexpected repair delays due to limited part availability. This raises concerns about the practicality of choosing Samsung-exclusive finishes. Samsung typically releases exclusive colors for its flagship devices, which are available only through its official web store. T

Topics: exclusive galaxy replacement samsung user

Shop Amazon

Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-15 12:16:01

More than 40 fake extensions in Firefox’s official add-ons store are impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets from trusted providers to steal wallet credentials and sensitive data. Some of the extensions pretend to be wallets from Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, and MyMonero, and include malicious code that sends stolen information to attacker-controlled servers. Fake wallet extensions on the Firefox add-ons store Source: BleepingComputer Researchers at Koi

Topics: bleepingcomputer extensions fake firefox malicious

Shop Amazon

Breaking Down the 'Ironheart' Season Finale's Big Marvel Reveal and Post-Credits Scene

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-15 11:21:25

After two weeks on Disney Plus, Ironheart aired its season finale during a three-episode drop on Tuesday night. Though the show didn't serve as a vehicle for Riri Williams' introduction into the Marvel universe, it's brought in new and not-so-new characters that we recognize from the comic books and greater MCU -- even if some of them were only present in spirit. The penultimate episode saw Riri, Ezekiel/Joe and Parker confront their daddy issues in their own ways, with the latter putting a gun

Topics: hood mephisto natalie parker riri

Shop Amazon

Microsoft will lay off 9,000 employees, or less than 4% of the company

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-02-15 12:40:04

In Brief Microsoft is planning to lay off 9,000 employees, impacting less than 4% of its global workforce, according to a report by CNBC. Microsoft continues to beat expectations in its quarterly earnings; in its most recent report, the company grew its net income by 18% year over year, amounting to a total of $25.8 billion. However, the company has continued to reduce its headcount — this is one of many rounds of layoffs to have already occurred this year. Microsoft has said that these cuts

Topics: amazon company microsoft report year

Shop Amazon

I replaced my Whoop band with this budget fitness strap (and ditched the subscription)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-16 05:40:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit Helio Strap is available now for $99. As a smartwatch alternative, the strap offers virtually all the same health tracking features via the robust Zepp app, with over a week of battery life. The fabric strap isn't made of exceedingly high quality materials, but luckily can be easily replaced. View now at Amazfit Amazfit, makers of such smartwatches as the Bip 5 and the new Balance 2, just released its new Helio Strap, a fitness tracker that has all the core f

Topics: app helio just sleep strap

Shop Amazon

Let's Talk About the 'Ironheart' Finale and Post-Credits Scene

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-16 02:00:03

After two weeks on Disney Plus, Ironheart aired its season finale during a three-episode drop on Tuesday night. Though the show didn't serve as a vehicle for Riri Williams' introduction into the Marvel universe, it's brought in new and not-so-new characters that we recognize from the comic books and greater MCU -- even if some of them were only present in spirit. The penultimate episode saw Riri, Ezekiel/Joe and Parker confront their daddy issues in their own ways, with the latter putting a gun

Topics: hood mephisto natalie parker riri

Shop Amazon

'Ironheart': When to Watch the Final 3 Episodes of the Marvel Series

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-16 17:00:09

Ironheart, the newest Marvel TV series following Riri Williams after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is set to wrap up tonight. Dominique Thorne was initially introduced as the character in the Ryan Coogler-directed blockbuster. Riri is a brilliant teenage MIT student who created a vibranium detector that caught the attention of the CIA, Wakandans, and, um, a water-dwelling god. Ironheart's first three episodes are now streaming on Disney Plus. Pulled from the pages of Marvel's comic books, the

Topics: black disney episodes iron ironheart

Shop Amazon

Play Fortnite? You can claim part of Epic's $245 million settlement payout - for one more week

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-02-17 03:38:00

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images More than 500,000 Fortnite players are in line to receive a cash payment from Epic Games after the Federal Trade Commission ruled that the game maker tricked customers into making unwanted purchases. Some people have already received payments, but there's still an opportunity for new claims. Also: Apple's $95 million Siri settlement claims are ending soon - how to secure your payout The $245 million settlement, first announced two years ago, accused th

Topics: charges claim epic file payments

Shop Amazon

Play Fortnite? You can get part of Epic's $245 million settlement payout - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-02-17 12:01:00

NurPhoto / Getty Images More than 500,000 Fortnite players are in line to receive a cash payment from Epic Games after the Federal Trade Commission ruled that the game maker tricked customers into making unwanted purchases. Some people have already received payments, but there's still an opportunity for new claims. Also: Apple's $95 million Siri settlement claims are ending soon - how to secure your payout The $245 million settlement, first announced two years ago, accused the publisher of us

Topics: charges claim epic file payments

Shop Amazon

Why a OnePlus ban could ruin Android phones in the US as we know them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-18 03:00:26

Ryan Haines / Android Authority OnePlus 13 OnePlus has seen better days in the US, but it’s still one of the best alternative brands in the market. Between the cutting-edge hardware and competitive pricing, these Android phones are great rivals to Samsung and Google’s devices. However, two US lawmakers have reportedly asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether OnePlus phones are sending data to China. This isn’t just potentially bad news for OnePlus; it could also have awful ramifica

Topics: ban charging oneplus phones samsung

Shop Amazon

El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 12:00:02

The Mexican Sinaloa cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses against drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, according to a Justice Department report spotted by Ars Technica. The hacker used relatively sophisticated data collection techniques and weaknesses in the FBI's cybersecurity to identify the witnesses, the report states. According to the highly redacted report, which is based in part on testimony from an "individua

Topics: fbi hacker report used uts

Shop Amazon

Apple Music lets you see your most played songs from the past decade now - here's where

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-02-18 12:15:00

Apple / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Apple is launching a new version of its annual Replay playlist called Replay All Time. Interestingly, instead of only tracking the tunes you've streamed most in the past calendar year, it goes all the way back to when you first subscribed. Also: iOS 26 just solved one of my biggest pain points with Apple Music So, if you've been an Apple Music user since the service first launched, you should see a consolidated view of your decade-long listening habits. Th

Topics: apple music playlist replay time

Shop Amazon

Show HN: ToplingDB - A Persistent Key-Value Store for External Storage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 10:07:59

ToplingDB: A Persistent Key-Value Store for External Storage ToplingDB is developed and maintained by Topling Inc. It is built with RocksDB. See ToplingDB Branch Name Convention. ToplingDB's submodule rockside is the entry point of ToplingDB, see SidePlugin wiki. ToplingDB has much more key features than RocksDB: SidePlugin enables users to write a json(or yaml) to define DB configs Embedded Http Server enables users to view almost all DB info on web, this is a component of SidePlugin Embedd

Topics: dev rocksdb sideplugin topling toplingdb

Shop Amazon

Mexican Drug Cartel Hacker Used Surveillance Tech to Target FBI Informants for Execution

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-02-18 05:45:45

Sometimes the surveillance state gets turned against itself. That seems to be what resulted in the unfortunate demise of a number of FBI informants, who were tracked by a hacker working for the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, according to a recent report published by the U.S. Justice Department. According to the 47-page report issued by the Justice Department Inspector General, titled “Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance,

Topics: city hacker mexico report surveillance

Shop Amazon

Apple Music just dropped 10 years of your favorite jams into one playlist - how to listen

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-02-19 00:00:19

Apple / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Apple is launching a new version of its annual Replay playlist called Replay All Time. Interestingly, instead of only tracking the tunes you've streamed most in the past calendar year, it goes all the way back to when you first subscribed. Also: iOS 26 just solved one of my biggest pain points with Apple Music So, if you've been an Apple Music user since the service first launched, you should see a consolidated view of your decade-long listening habits. Th

Topics: apple music playlist replay time

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

The Best Mattresses for Heavy People in 2025, According to CNET Sleep Experts

xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

Microsoft investigates ongoing SharePoint Online access issues

GOP Budget Bill Reduces Student Loan Repayment Options and Limits Borrowing. What You Need to Know

DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

Phishers built fake Okta and Microsoft 365 login sites with AI - here's how to protect yourself

5 Android phones you should buy instead of the Nothing Phone 3

The EU's border security software is reportedly full of holes

Let’s Talk About the Ending of ‘Ironheart’

Scientists Uncover Exercise Lifehack: Go to Bed

The Sets of ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Look, Well, Fantastic

Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations of 100k increase

Apple Watch Ultra 3 release date: When to expect the new model

Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

Here’s why you should probably steer clear of Samsung’s online-exclusive colors

Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

Breaking Down the 'Ironheart' Season Finale's Big Marvel Reveal and Post-Credits Scene

Microsoft will lay off 9,000 employees, or less than 4% of the company

I replaced my Whoop band with this budget fitness strap (and ditched the subscription)

Let's Talk About the 'Ironheart' Finale and Post-Credits Scene

'Ironheart': When to Watch the Final 3 Episodes of the Marvel Series

Play Fortnite? You can claim part of Epic's $245 million settlement payout - for one more week

Play Fortnite? You can get part of Epic's $245 million settlement payout - here's how

Why a OnePlus ban could ruin Android phones in the US as we know them

El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone

Apple Music lets you see your most played songs from the past decade now - here's where

Show HN: ToplingDB - A Persistent Key-Value Store for External Storage

Mexican Drug Cartel Hacker Used Surveillance Tech to Target FBI Informants for Execution

Apple Music just dropped 10 years of your favorite jams into one playlist - how to listen

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising