From The Verge: Almost two years after EU regulators first accused Meta of “abusive practices” that gave the tech giant unfair market advantages, the European Commission has fined Meta €797.7 million (around $840 million). The combination of forcing Facebook users to be exposed to Marketplace and...

From PC Mag: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company evacuated one of its new chip factory construction sites in Kaohsiung, Taiwan after an unexploded bomb was found, according to news outlets and a statement from the chip maker.

The bomb has corroded, signifying it may be quite old, and weighs...

From PC World: Open AI is reportedly preparing the launch of a new AI agent, codenamed ‘Operator’, which can perform tasks for users, such as writing code or booking travel.

According to sources familiar with the project, the tool is planned to be released in January as a research version and via...

From CNET: Google brought out a really lovely kid-focused alternative to the Apple Watch earlier this year, called the Fitbit Ace LTE. Its one downside was its weird, locked-down approach to LTE calls and messaging, which prevented contacting siblings. Google's fixing this today, thankfully, along...

From PC Mag: Tesla's unmistakable Cybertruck has been recalled for the sixth time this year—this time, over its drive inverter.

Tesla filed the issue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Nov. 5, explaining that the recall is because "a fault in the drive inverter may...

From PC World: November’s Patch Tuesday has finally come, and with it Microsoft has eliminated 89 security vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft apps and services. Four of those vulnerabilities are classified as “critical” and all but one of the remaining vulnerabilities are “high risk...

From PC World: Windows Latest reports that the taskbar in Windows 11 may soon get a new feature for recommending content to you.

We still don’t know exactly how these new recommendations are going to work in the taskbar, nor what exactly will be recommended, but we can speculate. The first signs of...

From Tom's Hardware: Hana Micron, a South Korean firm specializing in assembly, testing, and packaging (ATP) of semiconductors, is expanding its presence in Vietnam after some of its customers requested the company move production away from China. Because of this, Reuters reports, the company is...

From TechCrunch: President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Elon Musk will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, the acronym of which spells out DOGE, Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, and owner of X, will lead the department alongside...

From Tom's Hardware: Valve has finally totally dropped Windows 7 and 8 compatibility with its latest Steam client update, meaning the last holdouts using these operating systems will need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 (or switch to Linux or Mac) to continue gaming. According to the Steam Client...