From TechCrunch: Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices, and a decentralized protocol that doesn’t lock users into the choices of a billionaire CEO. But one question mark hanging over Bluesky is how the platform will eventually make money...

From PC Mag: National Public Data, the Florida-based company behind a major leak of Social Security numbers, has officially shut down, according to the data broker’s website.

“It is with sincere regret that we inform you that National Public Data, after two decades serving the data industry, has...

From Forbes: Redwood City-based Electronic Arts (EA) announced on Thursday it has pledged more accessibility-centric patents and open-sourced more technologies. There are six audio and sound technologies and a photosensitivity analysis plugin—and 23 in total—which are intended to “open gaming for...

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar Enterprise, a new division of Lexar Americas, announced today that its range of OEM products is now available through DigiKey. With this strategic partnership with DigiKey, Lexar Enterprise is prepared to offer its comprehensive line of memory and storage products to...

From The Verge: Instagram is adding some new features to broadcast channels that give platform creators more ways to directly interact with their followers. Meta announced that creators can enable “Replies” in their broadcast channel limited group chats, allowing participants to respond to messages...

From PC Mag: The invite-only encrypted messaging service known as Matrix was intercepted and taken down on Tuesday, according to reports from international authorities.

The investigation, dubbed Operation Passionflower, was run by European authorities who monitored messages on Matrix for three...

From PC World: The TPM hardware requirement for Windows 11 was one of the biggest barriers to initial upgraders three years ago. And while that’s become less of an issue, it’s still a point of contention for many users. If you were hoping for a reprieve as Windows 10 approaches its end of life...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) today announced the immediate availability of its VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 CUDIMM memory kits, delivering capacities of up to 96GB and initial frequencies reaching 9,200 MT/s, with even faster kits arriving soon. These CUDIMMs are optimized for the latest...

From The Verge: MSI has officially announced its next crack at handheld gaming is here with the Lunar Lake-powered MSI Claw 7 AI Plus and MSI Claw 8 AI Plus. The two Windows-based handhelds come with 32GB of RAM and larger batteries than their predecessors. They release on December 25th, but you can...

From PC Mag: Threads is continuing to add new features as it vies to keep its spot as one of the fastest-growing major social media apps this year.

On Monday, the app launched the advanced filters announced last month that sort out search results based on dates and profiles. This could be to help...