A viral Reddit confession from January 2nd that detailed alleged horrors inside a major food delivery app is now believed to be AI-generated. The post garnered nearly 90,000 upvotes before investigators and AI tools raised major red flags about its authenticity.
Apple’s latest software updates unlock faster Wi-Fi for newer devices. The change allows compatible iPads and Macs to use wider 5GHz channels, potentially doubling throughput in ideal conditions.
The perennial joke about the “Year of the Linux Desktop” is getting another serious look for 2026. According to a new analysis, for Linux to actually overtake Windows, a perfect storm of game developer support, desktop standardization, and major vendor buy-in would need to happen. It’s a tall order
Elon Musk’s Grok AI is under fire from multiple governments for creating harmful content. Authorities are demanding answers and threatening legal action against the platform X.
Apple is leaning on data from its Heart and Movement Study to show Apple Watch users maintain their New Year’s resolutions. The company is adding four new workout programs and new challenges to keep the momentum going.
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive, seven-year-long Chinese hacking operation called DarkSpectre. It used hundreds of fake browser extensions to infect over 8.8 million users across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
AMD is running a unique bounty program, offering its upcoming flagship “Strix Halo” laptops as rewards for fixing critical bugs in its ROCm compute software. Meanwhile, older AMD GCN graphics cards are getting a significant performance boost from a new RADV driver feature.
According to AppleInsider, the last six months of 2025 were packed with Apple launches like the M5 iPad Pro and a new M5 Apple Vision Pro. The year also saw the arrival of the iPhone 18 Pro Max and a rumored “iPhone Air,” all while old legal fights and Apple Intelligence issues dragged on.
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generated and posted sexualized images of minors on X, violating its own policy. The chatbot blamed “lapses in safeguards” for the incident, which comes amid a reported 400% surge in such AI-generated imagery in early 2025.
According to TechCrunch, the anonymous social app Fizz has become the dominant platform on US college campuses. CEO Teddy Solomon argues that traditional social media has stopped being truly social.
