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US government takes 10 percent stake in Intel in exchange for money it was already on the hook for

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The US is investing $8.9 billion into Intel, but most of the funds come from money that the government was supposed to pay the embattled chipmaker anyway. In an announcement on Friday, Intel said the federal government will fund its investment using the remainin

Cybersecurity firm Netskope files to go public on the Nasdaq

Sanjay Beri, chief executive officer and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. Cloud security platform Netskope will go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "NTSK," the company said in an initial public offering filing Friday. The Santa Clara, California-based company said annual recurring revenue grew 33% to $707 million, while revenues jumped 31% to about $328 million in the first half of the year. But Netskope i

Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

This was a tough decision, having used Gmail since 2007/2008. However, I had to draw the line and stop giving Google my data for free. The problem with email is that everything is transmitted in plain text. Technically, Google can store every message you receive and know everything, and U.S. agencies can request access to that data (this include also EU citizens under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks). For someone like me, who cares about privacy and runs as much as possible

A Beloved 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Character Just Made Her Fighting Game Debut

Lucy, a supporting character from the Netflix show Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, is now available as a guest character in the fighting game Guilty Gear Strive. There isn't much backstory as to how Lucy wound up in the Guilty Gear universe other than that she was in a deep dive on the net and wound up somewhere else. Lucy is a high-mobility character with ranged attacks thanks to her whip (called a monowire, familiar to cyberpunk veterans). Her hacker's toolkit allows her to apply debuffs to her oppon

APT36 hackers abuse Linux .desktop files to install malware in new attacks

The Pakistani APT36 cyberspies are using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India. The activity, documented in reports by CYFIRMA and CloudSEK, aims at data exfiltration and persistent espionage access. APT 36 has previously used .desktop files to load malware in targeted espionage operations in South Asia. The attacks were first spotted on August 1, 2025, and based on the latest evidence, are still ongoing. Desktop file abuse Altho

Ether surges, trading close to its record again after Powell speech teasing rate cuts

The second-largest cryptocurrency was last higher by 12% at $4,738.91, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, ether nearly touched its 2021 all-time high of $4,866.01, before falling as low as the $4,000 level this Tuesday. The price of ether rebounded to near-record levels on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts and investors returned to risk-on mode. The moves came during Powell's annual address from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. "With policy in restrictive t

Got a scary T-Mobile text about your account? Here’s what it really means

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile sent a text about “Authorized Users” that some customers mistook as a fraud warning. It was confirmed to be a mass informational campaign, not an unauthorized purchase attempt. It’s not the first eyebrow-raising SMS from the carrier this month. If you’re on T-Mobile, you might be starting to get a bit concerned about the carrier’s comms strategy. Following a security-related text from the carrier earlier this month that looked scammy but was real

YouTube Music just copied one of Spotify's best features - what's new

YouTube Music / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways YouTube Music is 10, and it's introducing new features. Taste Match will work just like Spotify Blend. The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks. YouTube Music is 10, and it's dropping some new features to celebrate. Also: How to download YouTube videos for free - 2 ways, including my favorite In a blog post about its 10th birthday, YouTube revealed

Away from Gmail, Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

This was a tough decision, having used Gmail since 2007/2008. However, I had to draw the line and stop giving Google my data for free. The problem with email is that everything is transmitted in plain text. Technically, Google can store every message you receive and know everything, and U.S. agencies can request access to that data (this include also EU citizens under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks). For someone like me, who cares about privacy and runs as much as possible

9to5Mac Daily: August 22, 2025 – TechWoven, more new Apple product rumors

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Returning to the Big Screen Next Year

Go ninja, go ninja, go ninja, go, indeed. After a surprisingly successful theatrical re-release of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film this past weekend, Fathom just announced that it’s bringing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze back to theaters in March 2026. Yes, you will be able to see Vanilla Ice performing “Ninja Rap” on the big screen once again. In addition, Fathom is extending the run of the original film through August 28. So, if you missed

Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Yesterday, Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of the launch. Silksong is a full sequel to the excellent Hollow Knight and is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam, so it’s likely going to be very popular when it’s finally availabl

The translucent Beats Studio Buds Plus are half off

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Noise-canceling earbuds are great productivity tools, blocking out noisy roommates and busy coffee shops so you can focus on studying or work. While there are a number of great options these days, few are as eye-catching like the translucent Beats Studio Buds Plus. And right now, you can buy the stylish wireless earbuds for just $84.99 from Woot — a 50 percent discount and the best price we’ve seen outside o

If You've Breathed Wildfire Smoke, Scientists Just Found Something Horrifying

Image by Getty / Futurism Studies Have you gone outside recently and smelled an acrid odor, perhaps accompanied by a hellish orange sky? Check the news, and you were likely downwind of massive wildfires like those in the Canadian province of Manitoba or the Florida Everglades— an increasingly regular event as millions of people find themselves in the path of noxious smoke, sometimes from a country away. Wildfires are becoming more common than ever amid the ravages of climate change — and thos

Netflix's Splinter Cell: Deathwatch animated series arrives on October 14

Ubisoft still isn’t giving us a new Splinter Cell game, but Sam Fisher fans are at least getting an animated TV adaptation very soon. At this week’s Anime NYC convention, Netflix revealed a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Splinter Cell: Deathwatch and confirmed that the series will come to the service on October 14. Written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad and starring Liev Schreiber as an older — but still decidedly badass — Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch was first announced back

Sonos headphones and speakers are up to 25 percent off for the back-to-school season

No matter how old you get, the back-to-school season will always bring a desire to shop. So, sales at this time of year are always more than welcome — especially when they're on some of our favorite devices. Such is the case with the 10 percent discount currently available on the Sonos Era 100. Our choice for midrange smart speaker is down to $179 from $199 as part of a larger sale on the Sonos website. The same price is available on Amazon, as are some more deals on Sonos products. Sonos debu

FFmpeg 8.0

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Download Converting video and audio has never been so easy. $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi Discover more August 23nd, 2025, FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman" A new major release, FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman", is now available for download. Thanks to several delays, and modernization of our entire infrastructure, this release ended up being one of our largest releases to date. In short, its new features are: Native decoders: APV

At This Point, It’s Impossible to Know What the Trump Phone Looks Like

It's been over two months since Trump Mobile announced the T1 Phone was being “Made in the USA” designed “with American values in mind,” and it seems that anyone deciding to preorder it still can’t be sure exactly what phone they might receive. In posts on X and Instagram on Wednesday, the Trump Mobile account encouraged followers to place their preorder, promising them that “the wait is almost over.” This was joined by an image that looks nothing like the one of the T1 phone that's currently o

Google Drive now offers in-browser video editing

Google is now offering a way to edit videos right in Drive via Google Vids in a compatible browser. Whenever you're previewing a video in Google Drive, you may see an "Open" button in the top right of the screen. Clicking this opens the clip in Google Vids, where you can trim the video, add text and music and make other changes. Veo is available in the app too. After you open a file in Vids, a new file is created, and you'll have to save or export that if need be. Google for Education has a fre

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update In April of this year we announced Thunderbird Pro, additional subscription services from Thunderbird meant to help you get more done with the app you already use and love. These services include a first ever email service from Thunderbird, called Thundermail. They also include Appointment, for scheduling meetings and appointments and Send, an end-to-end encrypted filesharing tool. Each of these services are open source, repositories are linked down below. Th

Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’

In Brief A former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s network after leaving the company. Davis Lu, 55, was convicted of installing a “kill switch” on the network of his former employer by planting malicious code designed to crash its servers in the event that he was fired. The kill switch was activated when the company terminated Lu’s employment and deactivated his credentials, causing the kill switch, “IsDLEnabledinAD” — referrin

My development team costs $41.73 a month

My development team costs $41.73 a month Two years ago, I appeared on Contributor, a podcast hosted by Eric Anderson of Scale Venture Partners. I was there to talk about rqlite, the open-source database I maintain. Our conversation ended with this thought from me: I think the economics of software are about to change enormously with what we’re seeing from LLMs. I think we have no idea what’s coming…there has been a profound shift in how software is going to be developed over the next five yea

I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours

This process, called forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, has since helped solve hundreds of murders and sexual assaults. Still, while the technology is potent, it’s incompletely realized. It operates via a mishmash of private labs and unregulated websites, like FamilyTree, which give users a choice to opt into or out of police searches. The number of profiles available for search by police hovers around 1.5 million, not yet enough to find matches in all cases. To do my bit to inc

Trump Mobile’s latest T1 phone teaser fails to hide an epic Photoshop blunder

Trump Mobile TL;DR Trump Mobile is now advertising a new design for its upcoming T1 smartphone. If it looks familiar, that is because the team has now picked up the Galaxy S25 Ultra to showcase the design. Funnily, the image now used by Trump Mobile hides a logo from casemaker Spigen, suggesting the former lifted off media from the latter’s catalog. Trump Mobile can’t stick to a single phone design for its trumpeted phone, which is set to launch in the US next month. After recently showcasin

5 ways Mercedes F1 harnesses data and the latest tech to perfect race day performance

NurPhoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Steve Riley, head of IT operations and service management at Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, gave ZDNET a tour of his racing team's state-of-the-art technology campus in Brackley, UK, and reflected on the impact digital and data have on the sport. "Technology is more crucial in Formula One than ever," he said. "Any sort of manufacturing fu

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