Facebook’s total number of users has declined — a first for the social media platform that has experienced seemingly never-ending growth since it debuted 17 years ago. Facebook lost about half a million global daily users in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the previous quarter, according to... Read more

Mac malware known as UpdateAgent has been spreading for more than a year, and it is growing increasingly malevolent as its developers add new bells and whistles. The additions include the pushing of an aggressive second-stage adware payload that installs a persistent backdoor on infected Macs. The UpdateAgent malware... Read more

As 2022 slowly unravels, we’ve begun to ponder the lessons learned from working from home. A more isolated work rhythm resulting from the Home Office has undoubtedly thrown team workplace collaboration off-kilter due to a more significant lack of face-to-face communication with other members. Furthermore, with team members dispersed... Read more

Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile added 2.9 million phone subscribers in 2021, the carrier said during its fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday and forecast its midband 5G network would reach 300 million people by 2023. In three months ending Dec. 31, T-Mobile added 844,000 postpaid customers, a subscriber category prized by carriers... Read more

It’s nearly Super Bowl Sunday, which means it’s a good time to consider upgrading your home theater setup. TVs and soundbars go on sale throughout the year, but Black Friday and the period right now are when you can expect to see some of the steepest discounts. So if... Read more

Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. Gran Turismo 7 is all about cars. That may sound like an obvious statement for a racing game, but series... Read more

California has big climate ambitions. In 2018, the state committed to a goal of switching to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045, and the Los Angeles City Council voted last week to ban new oil and gas drilling and phase out existing wells in the region, which has one... Read more

Enlarge / Starlink Premium antenna. Starlink Starlink has started taking orders for a premium service with a bigger antenna that delivers download speeds of up to 500Mbps, and it costs five times as much as the standard service: $2,500 for the hardware and $500 per month for Internet access.... Read more

Those sweet LED turn signals could have water problems, according to Toyota. Tim Stevens/Roadshow Toyota is recalling 41,544 Venza Hybrid 2021 models over concerns that a short circuit in the vehicle’s electrical system could lead to dim or nonfunctional rear turn signals and, consequently, hazard lights. The issue specifically... Read more

P4x says he has largely automated his attacks on the North Korean systems, periodically running scripts that enumerate which systems remain online and then launching exploits to take them down. “For me, this is like the size of a small-to-medium pentest,” P4x says, using the abbreviation for a “penetration... Read more