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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy

Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers who were accused of pirating songs. The subscribers "were the subject of RIAA or third party copyright notices," said a court order that approved the agreement between Altice and the plaintiff record companies. Altice is notifying each subscriber "of Altice's intent to disclose their name and contact information to Plaintiffs pursuant to this Order," and telling the

USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers

The widespread layoff of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown vital research into disarray, according to former and current employees of the agency. Scientists hit by the layoffs were working on projects to improve crops, defend against pests and disease, and understand the climate impact of farming practices. The layoffs also threaten to undermine billions of taxpayer dollars paid to farmers to support conservation practices, experts warn. The USDA layoffs are part of the Trump admi

The best sleep trackers of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

The Oura Ring 4 is a competitive sleep tracker, with insights into sleep efficiency, restfulness, readiness, latency, and more. I've been using the Oura Ring for a while now, and it has not only given me deeper insight into my sleep but also supplements those data points with explanations behind the numbers. Oura claims to accurately track sleep cycles, total sleep time, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and movement. These features have been enhanced with the rollout of the fourth-ge

Apple iPhone 16e (2025): Specs, Price, Release Date

Apple has launched a new iPhone, but what was expected to be a new iPhone SE announcement this morning has turned into a completely new product line: the iPhone 16e. This isn't exactly a follow-up to the iPhone SE from three years ago, though it officially replaces it. Also gone is the iPhone 14, meaning Apple's iPhone lineup now consists of the iPhone 16e, iPhone 15, and iPhone 16 series. Apple announced the new device online without much fanfare. The iPhone 16e is available for preorder start

OPPO’s Find N5 is ready to challenge your foldable expectations

TL;DR OPPO introduces the Find N5, the thinnest book-style foldable around measuring just 8.5mm thick closed. Fully expanded, the phone offers an expansive 8.12-inch internal screen, with OPPO’s least prominent crease to date. While the Find N5 is being made available internationally, those plans don’t include US sales. Foldable smartphones penetrated the mainstream years ago, but there’s still plenty of room for manufacturers to innovate. The allure of having a tablet-sized screen ready to u

The Oppo Find N5 is an impressive, very thin foldable with a giant battery

Oppo is back with a new foldable, and the Find N5 is a technically impressive balance of thinness and power. Skipping over the whole unlucky number four thing (this is technically the fourth iteration of the Find foldable), the company claims its latest book-style foldable is the world’s thinnest at 8.92mm. That's not a lot thicker than a typical flagship phone. Despite that, the Find N5 has a 6.62-inch outer display and an 8.12-inch inner screen which, Oppo says, features multiple durability im

Can you really get Windows and Office for free? These hackers say yes

rob dobi/Getty Images A group of developers who call themselves Massgrave have successfully hacked Microsoft's activation tools for Windows and Office. The collective has uploaded a set of PowerShell scripts to their repository on GitHub, where anyone can download and use the tools to activate any edition of Windows or any perpetual-license Office edition without paying Microsoft's licensing fees. The most recent update includes a module that the group claims will allow users to install Window

Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise

Unlike VPNs with a “no-logs” policy, Obscura is provably private by design. Even “no-logs” VPNs see both your identity and your internet activity, meaning you have to blindly trust their pinky-promise for privacy. This is exactly why some privacy-conscious folks will tell you not to use a VPN at all. Obscura is different – we never see your decrypted internet packets. It’s simply impossible for us to log your internet activity, even if we were compelled to, or if our servers were compromised.

I Tested the Oppo Find N5, and This Is What a Foldable Should Feel Like

The Oppo Find N5 appears to have achieved what foldables have long strived for, at least from a design perspective: It's ridiculously thin and feels like a normal phone when closed, with the added perk of a spacious, (almost) crease-less internal screen that's easy to navigate. Oppo's latest foldable, unveiled Thursday, is being marketed as "the world's thinnest book-style foldable when closed." And indeed, it measures only 8.93mm thick when closed – which, for reference, is just slightly thick

Adidas Promo Codes & Deals: 30% Off

No matter how my style may change, I always consider Adidas the ultimate shoes for effortlessly cool people. With celebrity endorsements from pro athletes like David Beckham to music icons like Pharrell and Bad Bunny, Adidas has cemented itself firmly in the current zeitgeist. Although most known for classic sneaker styles like Sambas (beloved by skaters and boys I had crushes on in high school), Adidas also has always-stylish apparel, slides, running shoes, and more. WIRED has Adidas promo code

9 Best Smartwatches (2025): Apple, Wear OS, Hybrid & Kids' Watches

Other Smartwatches to Consider The number of smartwatches on the market is staggering. I’ve tested models from Tag Heuer, Citizen, Montblanc, and many other fashion brands, but most of them are simply too expensive for what you get. Here are a few options I like. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra for $650: The 47-mm Galaxy Watch Ultra (7/10, WIRED Review) is the company's Apple Watch Ultra and Garmin competitor, and it's a solid first entry i

Oppo Find N5 review: the final evolution of foldables

Oppo’s Find N5 feels like the end game for foldable phones. Not because it’s make or break for a segment of the phone market that never quite took off like manufacturers hoped it would, but because I simply don’t know where we go from here. There’s scarcely room to make the phone thinner without ditching USB-C entirely; battery life, performance, and even cameras are now on par with other flagship phones; and this time, Oppo even managed to fit wireless charging and water resistance in, too. Thi

Google Lens powering new Screen Search in Chrome for iOS

Google is more deeply integrating Lens visual search into Chrome for iOS with a new Screen Search capability that takes after Circle to Search on Android. Meanwhile, Google Lens can now recognize more unique images. Chrome on the iPhone and iPad already has an instance of Lens that lets you take a picture or analyze a screenshot. You can now “Search Screen with Google Lens” as you’re browsing the web or watching a video. Instead of manually taking a screenshot, you’ll find that new shortcut in

Apple Podcasts Connect will go down for up to eight hours next week

Heads up, fellow podcasters. Apple has announced some scheduled downtime for Podcasts Connect next week. The downtime is planned for next Saturday morning. Apple shared the following today: On March 1, starting at 6:00 a.m. PST, Apple Podcasts Connect will be unavailable for up to eight hours. Access to Apple Podcasts Connect and Analytics will not be available during this time. Hopefully, this scheduled maintenance improves processing speeds for members-only content on the back end. If you’v

Run structured extraction on documents/images locally with Ollama and Pydantic

Welcome to VLM Run Hub, a comprehensive repository of pre-defined Pydantic schemas for extracting structured data from unstructured visual domains such as images, videos, and documents. Designed for Vision Language Models (VLMs) and optimized for real-world use cases, VLM Run Hub simplifies the integration of visual ETL into your workflows. Image JSON { "issuing_state" : " MT " , "license_number" : " 0812319684104 " , "first_name" : " Brenda " , "middle_name" : " Lynn " , "last_name" : " Sample

Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these nanosized particles could have serious health implications. When you hear or see the words ‘air pollution,’ you most likely think of things like factories and car exhaust. That’s pollution that is out there – outside your house. But have you thought about how you’re contributing to air pollution inside of

FREE: Blink giving away doorbells and cameras if you pay for a 1-year subscription

Roger Fingas / Android Authority All of these offers are available straight from Amazon, which happens to own the Blink brand. Again, you can only get these free products if you pay for a whole year of the Blink Plus subscription up front, which costs $100. Is the Blink Plus subscription worth it? Since you’re basically only paying for the Blink Plus subscription, it’s worth investigating whether it’s worth your $100 bucks. We would say it definitely is if you were already considering getting

Google Meet’s scrollable captions let you catch up after zoning out in calls

TL;DR Google Meet is adding the ability to scroll live captions and translated captions. Users will be able to scroll through the last 30 minutes of conversation. The rollout is currently in progress. Google Meet is getting a handy new function related to captions. If you use the service, you’ll now be able to scroll through live captions and translated captions. In a new blog post, Google announced it is adding the ability to scroll through live captions, as well as translated captions. Pre

Amazon's Prime Video Appears to Have Left AI Slop in the Public Description of an Oscar-Winning Al Pacino Film

Amazon's Prime Video on-demand streaming service appears to be using generative AI to write up public movie summaries — and the results are embarrassing, with what looks like AI slop getting copy-pasted into the description of an iconic film. A viral image on Bluesky shows the description of the Oscar-winning 1975 drama "Dog Day Afternoon," starring Al Pacino, which includes the suspicious phrase: "Unfortunately I do not have enough information to summarize further within the provided guideline

Phishing attack hides JavaScript using invisible Unicode trick

A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political action committee (PAC). Juniper Threat Labs that spotted the attack reports that it took place in early January 2025 and carries signs of sophistication such as the use of: Personalized non-public information to target victims, Debugger breakpoint and timing checks to evade detection, Recursively wrapp