Meta and Google’s deal is under scrutiny. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Facebook parent company Meta and fellow tech giant Google are under scrutiny in Europe yet again. The EU and UK on Friday launched a parallel investigation into the companies, which will look into concerns that together they hampered... Read more

Someone at a robot company once told me a story about one of its bomb disposal machines. The soldiers who had been using the robot in Afghanistan were dismayed after it returned from repairs. They said that the robot’s shiny new parts and casing—lacking the bullet holes and blast... Read more

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. It comes down to simple physics and cost: In cloud computing, high availability and sub-second response times are nearly impossible, or at least unfeasibly expensive. This drawback has given rise to edge computing, which moves computing resources... Read more

Death is just a poorly calculated leap away. FromSoftware Almost everything in Elden Ring will try to kill you — mercilessly, repeatedly, in creative and often unavoidable ways. More often than not, they’ll succeed. And once you get past the inevitable rage and frustration, you’ll probably love it. In... Read more

“If you put up this whole interview,” Donald Trump said during a podcast livestream on Wednesday afternoon, “let’s see what happens when Instagram and Facebook and Twitter and all of them take it down.” Trump named the wrong platforms; the podcast, Full Send, a mildly Rogan-esque bro-fest, was streaming... Read more

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. New rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would force a prompt disclosure of major cyberattacks are expected to drive a dramatic improvement in security posture among U.S. companies, cyber industry executives told... Read more

Federal prosecutors extradited two suspected ransomware operators, including a man they said was responsible for an intrusion that infected as many as 1,500 organizations in a single stroke, making it one of the worst supply chain attacks ever. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, was arrested last August as he crossed from... Read more

Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman in The Batman (2022). Jonathan Olley/DC Finally, the newest Batman has hit the block, which means it’s time to pit it against its caped crusader counterparts. A Dark Knight even darker than Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, The Batman is a noir detective story that respects what came... Read more

The Federal Reserve says it hasn’t decided whether to pursue a digital currency but notes that a CBDC “could provide households and businesses a convenient, electronic form of central bank money, with the safety and liquidity that would entail; give entrepreneurs a platform on which to create new financial... Read more

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Activision said today that it is recruiting developers to make a mobile version of Call of Duty: Warzone. It comes as no surprise that mobile is on the short list of... Read more