From CNET: DuckDuckGo is going after YouTube ads. The privacy-focused company announced Wednesday that its free DuckDuckGo browser now blocks most video ads, including ads that run before and during YouTube videos. The new YouTube ad-blocking feature is turned on by default for iPhone, Windows and...
From Tom's Hardware: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics, the Chinese parent company of Lexar, announced that it’s expecting a net profit of $1.36 to $1.62 billion (or 9.2 to 11 billion yuan) for the first half of 2026, smashing its year-ago profit of just $2.2 million. This represents an incredible jump...
From TechCrunch: Claude Cowork — Anthropic’s Claude Code-style agent for general knowledge work — is coming to your phone.
Claude Cowork launched as a desktop app in January, but starting Tuesday it is available on web and mobile for Max subscribers. With the update, users can start a task from...
From PC Mag: It’s only been six months since Starlink received US regulatory approval for a gigabit speed upgrade, but SpaceX is already developing a next-generation Starlink constellation meant to be far larger, at 100,000 satellites, and offer even faster speeds.
On Monday, the company filed an...
From TechCrunch: Netflix is again experimenting with new types of content on its streaming service, as the binge model has grown dated. After expanding its service to include live content, video games, and, more recently, video podcasts, the streamer is now adding video content from publishers such...
From CNET: Amazon Leo is ready to begin limited internet service later this year, but it's far behind Starlink -- several thousand satellites behind.
Amazon launched 29 more satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, bringing its total to 396 and positioning the company to begin offering internet...
From TechCrunch: Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears that AI will replace people at companies.
The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest, with Xbox losing 1,600 staffers today...
From Tom's Hardware: Controversy due to AI data center buildouts generally centers around their massive power usage and draining of local water reserves, but noise is a third torment to nearby residents, and one that is arguably much harder to correct. Residents of Sturtevant, slightly south of...
I find people who work in PR, or public relations, roles to be built different. I just started my job at a summer camp for one of the universities in my area. The lead coordinator of the camp has a perfect image of what I expect someone in PR to be like. He is always smiling and using vocabulary like "touch base". As I observed him, I started wondering if I could ever succeed in a job like that. I prefer to speak informally and act freely, within...
Have you ever heard of the quarter life crisis marathon? For those of you who are not familiar, there seems to be a phenomenon where people in their late 20s or early 30s start running marathons as an antidote for their quarter life crisis. This seems to be a healthy outlet for those combating whatever issues may be in their life. Why am I talking about this? Apparently, I have hit my quarter life crisis a bit early and have begun my running...
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