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The BBC is launching a paywall in the US

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. The BBC wants to make people in the US pay for its content. The public broadcaster announced on Thursday that it will start offering US-based users an $8.99 per month (or $49.99 per year) subscription for “unlimited” access to news stories, feature reports, and the BBC News channel livestream. Users in the US will still get free access to “select”

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Meta admits wrongly suspending Facebook Groups but denies wider problem

Meta admits wrongly suspending Facebook Groups but denies wider problem 36 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser and Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Meta says it is "fixing" a problem which has led to Facebook Groups being wrongly suspended - but denied there is a wider problem with its platforms. In online forums, Group administrators say they have received automated messages stating, incorrectly, that they had violated policies so their Groups had been deleted

New Gemini Live tricks make your calendar and notes easier to access

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini Live can now interact with other Google apps during flowing conversations. It can add or edit entries in Calendar, Keep, and Tasks, and fetch live location in Maps. Captions in Gemini Live are also rolling out more widely. Gemini is inching closer to being the intelligent virtual assistant Google touts it to be. Google recently flipped the switch for a set of controls that allow Gemini to access information from other Google apps in real time.

AccessOwl (YC S22) is hiring an Elixir Engineer to connect 100s of SaaS

TL;DR: Senior Software Engineer specializing in Elixir while using AI daily, seeking a fully remote role within ±3 hours of CET (Berlin). You thrive on solving real problems, are eager to grow, and want to work closely with a small, tight-knit team to transform how companies worldwide manage their SaaS tools. 💶 If this role isn't for you but you know someone great, share a referral with us. If we end up hiring them and they are out of the termination period, you'll get €3000 (first half when hi

Hacker 'IntelBroker' charged in US for global data theft breaches

A British national known online as "IntelBroker" has been charged by the U.S. for stealing and selling sensitive data from victims worldwide, causing an estimated $25 million in damages. The indictment, revealed today by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, accuses Kai West, a 25-year-old British man, of using the handle "IntelBroker" in a years-long campaign to steal and sell data from government agencies and networks, companies, and critical infrastructure. As se

British hacker 'IntelBroker' charged with $25M in cybercrime damages

A British national known online as "IntelBroker" has been charged by the U.S. for stealing and selling sensitive data from victims worldwide, causing an estimated $25 million in damages. The indictment, revealed today by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, accuses Kai West, a 25-year-old British man, of using the handle "IntelBroker" in a years-long campaign to steal and sell data from government agencies and networks, companies, and critical infrastructure. As se

All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

A federal vaccine panel entirely hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gathered for its first meeting Wednesday—and immediately announced that it would re-evaluate the entire childhood vaccination schedule, as well as the one for adults. The meeting overall was packed with anti-vaccine talking points and arguments from the new panel members, confirming public health experts' fears that the once-revered panel is now critically corrupted and that Kenned

Cargo Ship Carrying Flaming EVs Sinks Off the Coast of Alaska

If you were waiting on a new car, the Domino’s Pizza Tracker equivalent for vehicle orders might be stuck at the “Delivery” spot for a while. A cargo ship carrying a fleet of electric vehicles, hybrids, and gas-powered vehicles sank, according to the New York Times, after catching fire while crossing the Pacific. The Morning Midas, a ship sailing under a Liberian flag and managed by international shipping firm Zodiac Maritime, went under about 360 nautical miles from the coast of Alaska, accord

Information has been permanently deleted, for small values of permanently

As part of a periodic purge of unused online accounts, I deleted my account from a company ten months ago. Let’s call that company Contoso. I received a confirmation that said, “Your personal information and items associated with your account have now been deleted. This action is permanent and cannot be reversed.” Yesterday, I got an email from Contoso informing me that they have updated their Privacy Policy. So I guess their “confirmation” of “permanent” and “irreversible” deletion of my pers

Fairphone Gen 6 is here with a modular design that gives you even more freedom

Supplied by Fairphone TL;DR Fairphone has announced the Fairphone Gen 6 smartphone. The phone maintains a repairable, modular design, but now has accessories that attach to its back. The Fairphone Gen 6 has a recommended price of ~$695, while a deGoogled version will be available in the US for $899. Fairphone has made a name for itself over the years thanks to its repairable designs, long update policies, and sustainable approach to smartphone manufacturing. We’ve been expecting a new phone

The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swappable accessories

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. Fairphone has announced its latest repairable smartphone, nearly two years after introducing the last upgrade. The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and 9 percent lighter than its predecessor, but it includes a larger 4,415mAh battery — easily replaceable by removing just seven screws — that will power the phone for up to 53 hours on a full charge. It’s

PSA: Google’s Find Hub network lacks pairing lock, making tracker theft surprisingly easy

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Unlike AirTags, Bluetooth tags compatible with Google’s Find Hub don’t have a pairing lock. The trackers can easily be factory reset and paired with a new Android device. Reddit users spotted that the issue affects multiple brands, with Chipolo confirming the flaw. Google recently rebranded its Find My Device network as Find Hub, but an issue users are just discovering suggests that it still lacks a key security feature. Redditors have realized that F

Mosyle announces AccessMule to solve a major blind spot in SMB security

One of the most common blind spots in small business security is access management for various company resources. Today’s IT teams are moving fast (and often understaffed), solving customer problems, and juggling shifting responsibilities as the business grows and evolves. Many SMBs also don’t have a dedicated IT team. They might be fixing things by committee or just trusting that vendors have these problems solved. Behind the scenes, there’s usually little visibility into who still has access t

Google brings historical Street View imagery to Google Earth

Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth. Until now, you’ve only been able to access historical Street View imagery on Google Maps. Google says the launch will allow people to explore from even more viewpoints, whether it’s a bird’s eye view or at street level. Google is introducing the update to commemorate Google Earth’s 20th birthday. The launch comes as there was a social media trend last year that saw people visiting Google Maps to

Raleigh One e-bike launches with VanMoof DNA

The Raleigh One e-bike is now official after The Verge first published details of it last week. It was developed for the Accell Group’s Raleigh brand with help from VanMoof’s cofounders, Ties and Taco Carlier, according to my sources. The announcement never mentions their involvement, which could be viewed as good or bad — good if you view the brothers as innovators, bad if you got burned during the VanMoof bankruptcy or the turmoil that preceded it. I think everyone can agree, however, that th

Excalidraw+ Is Now SoC 2 Certified

TL;DR: Our SOC 2 Journey We got tired of endless security questionnaires, so we got SOC 2 certified to make things smoother for everyone. The process: Used Vanta to connect our services and fix compliance gaps Wrote a ton of policies Implemented zero-trust production access Upgraded our tech stack (Nx, Infisical, monitoring, VPN, etc.) Did penetration testing Evaluated all vendors Result: Passed SOC 2 Type I 🎉 In progress: Type II Next: maybe GDPR, maybe ISO 27001 (depends on demand)

Still upset about last summer’s Spotify price bump? These lawmakers are on the case

Tech Team / Android Authority TL;DR Last year Spotify introduced audiobook access and raised pricing for Premium plans. While there was still a music-only Basic option, these senators don’t think consumers were made adequately aware. They also accuse Spotify of orchestrating the whole change to lower its payouts to musicians. Streaming services raising their prices is just as inevitable as death and taxes, and year after year, we slowly end up paying more and more for that access. While we m

Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Set Off a Wave of Disinformation After Iran Bombing

President Donald Trump and his most vocal supporters have been using disinformation, fake videos, and mental gymnastics to try to spin the US military’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites as a complete and total victory that signals the end of a war instead of the beginning. On Saturday night, with the B-2 stealth bombers that dropped a dozen GBU-57 “bunker buster” bombs on the Fordow underground nuclear facility just beginning their flights back to the US, Trump declared the mission a comp

Trump Mobile Draws Attention to Purism's $1,999 Liberty Phone

The Trump Organization drew headlines last week when it announced the launch of Trump Mobile, a cell service with plans to release a gold T1 phone in September. One of its selling points, according to the website, is that the T1 phone is "Proudly made in America," though that does not appear it will be the case when the phone launches, among other issues. An independent phone maker based in San Francisco, however, has been working on the closest thing to a smartphone made almost entirely in the

184 million passwords leaked across Facebook, Google, more: What to know about this data breach

Moor Studio/Getty Images While it's not as large in scale as the latest data breach that leaked over 16 billion passwords, another incident has exposed passwords and other sensitive information across some of the most popular services on the internet. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler revealed his discovery of a massive online database containing more than 184 million unique account credentials, in a report published late last month. Usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for a host of

Cross-Account and Cross-Region Backups with AWS Backup (and Friends)

Reading Time: 30 minutes In today’s edition of “don’t trust LLMs”, we learn that despite what AI tells you, AWS Backup doesn’t support Cross-Account and Cross-Region backups. It supports Cross-Account copying and Cross-Region copying, but apparently not together. As part of Masset’s Data Protection and Disaster Recovery policies, we determined that having backups separated by both region and OU account was a good idea. This follows fairly closely to AWS’s recommended best practice of using a s

Show HN: I'm a doctor and built a responsive breathing app for anxiety and sleep

** App of the Day, March 2025 ** – Apple ** Featured in Mashable, TechCrunch, ItsNiceThat and WePresent ** Feel happier & healthier with Lungy — the breathing app that recognizes and responds to your breath, helping you feel calmer and more relaxed. Developed by doctors, Lungy has been featured in 40+ countries, is trusted by over 100k users. It was reviewed as “The Most Beautiful Breathing App” - find out why by trying Lungy today! It’s simple: breathe into your iPhone and watch how y

Every Parent Should Know These 3 iPhone and iPad Parental Controls

As a parent of three young kids with limited screen time, the prospect of handing them their very own iPad or iPhone sends me into an anxiety-induced spiral. The prospect of having to micromanage screen time (and the overstimulated meltdowns that follow), plus trying to protect them on social media and against all the other horrors lurking online, is enough to make me want to swear off screens altogether. But I'm also a realist and know I can't fend off screens forever. In fact, their peak devic

Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI

Tech companies are hellbent on pushing out ever more advanced artificial intelligence models — but there appears to be a grim cost to that progress. In a new study in the science journal Frontiers in Communication, German researchers found that large language models (LLM) that provide more accurate answers use exponentially more energy — and hence produce more carbon — than their simpler and lower-performing peers. In other words, the findings are a grim sign of things to come for the environme

My A11y Journey

23 years ago I was in a bad place. I'd quit my first attempt at a PhD for various reasons that were, with hindsight, bad, and I was suddenly entirely aimless. I lucked into picking up a sysadmin role back at TCM where I'd spent a summer a year before, but that's not really what I wanted in my life. And then Hanna mentioned that her PhD supervisor was looking for someone familiar with Linux to work on making Dasher , one of the group's research projects, more usable on Linux. I jumped.The timing

My A11 Journey

23 years ago I was in a bad place. I'd quit my first attempt at a PhD for various reasons that were, with hindsight, bad, and I was suddenly entirely aimless. I lucked into picking up a sysadmin role back at TCM where I'd spent a summer a year before, but that's not really what I wanted in my life. And then Hanna mentioned that her PhD supervisor was looking for someone familiar with Linux to work on making Dasher , one of the group's research projects, more usable on Linux. I jumped.The timing

184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more leaked in massive data breach

JuSun/Getty Images Yet another data breach has exposed passwords and other sensitive information – but this one is a whopper. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler revealed his discovery of a massive online database containing more than 184 million unique account credentials, in a report published late last month. Usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for a host of applications and websites, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, among others, were stored in