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SEC filing: Fidelity National, one of the largest US real estate services companies, “contained” a cyberattack that caused an outage starting on November 21 (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: SEC filing: Fidelity National, one of the largest US real estate services companies, “contained” a cyberattack that caused an outage starting on November 21 — Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, one of the largest real estate services companies in the United States, said it …

Google rolls out updates to Android, Wear OS, and Google TV devices, including adding AI-created image descriptions and an Assistant Routines feature (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)

Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: Google rolls out updates to Android, Wear OS, and Google TV devices, including adding AI-created image descriptions and an Assistant Routines feature — Wear OS and Google TV are also getting new tools. — Google is rolling out a trio of system updates to Android, Wear OS and Google TV devices.

The best entertainment of 2023

Godzilla Minus One. | Image: Toho Right now, we are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to entertainment. TV shows, movies, and games all come out at such a fast and furious pace that it’s hard to keep up. Not all of them are worth your time, of course — which is where we

Tesla Cybertruck Launch Live: Price, Range, Specs

Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to announce the price, range, and other important specs for the long-delayed Cybertruck. Join us for live coverage of all the news.

Meta sues the FTC, claiming its in-house trials violate the Constitution, and asks a court to halt the agency’s bid to change a $5B privacy settlement in 2020 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Meta sues the FTC, claiming its in-house trials violate the Constitution, and asks a court to halt the agency’s bid to change a $5B privacy settlement in 2020 — – Suit says agency proceedings violate constitutional rights — FTC sought to amend privacy pact over alleged broken promises

Google celebrates 1 billion RCS users with emoji-filled messaging features

A handful of playful new RCS messaging features are debuting in open beta today. | Image: Google November has been a big month for RCS — the mobile messaging protocol championed by Google — and now, the company is capping it off with the announcement of a milestone and some festive new features. First, the

On December 1, Google will start deleting personal Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years; once deleted, no data can be recovered (Dalvin Brown/Wall Street Journal)

Dalvin Brown / Wall Street Journal: On December 1, Google will start deleting personal Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years; once deleted, no data can be recovered — How to revive your Google account before it’s too late — Google will start to sweep away cobweb-collecting Gmail accounts this week.

Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless 3 earbuds are down to a new all-time low price

Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless 3 earbuds offer some of the best sound quality on the market. | Image: Sennheiser Many of the best deals are gone now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are done and dusted, but if you look hard enough you’ll still find some gems. Right now, for example, the Sennheiser Momentum

Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now

Plus: Major security patches from Microsoft, Mozilla, Atlassian, Cisco, and more.

Facebook, Instagram, Google, Amazon, TikTok, YouTube, Microsoft, and others sign the UK’s Online Fraud Charter to fight scams, fake ads, and romance fraud (Ben Mitchell/The Independent)

Ben Mitchell / The Independent: Facebook, Instagram, Google, Amazon, TikTok, YouTube, Microsoft, and others sign the UK’s Online Fraud Charter to fight scams, fake ads, and romance fraud — Home Secretary James Cleverly hosted representatives from several leading tech companies to sign the Charter.

Autonomous Excavator Builds Stone Wall Algorithmically

In a move that aims to further the circular economy of the construction industry, researchers at ETH Zurich have let an autonomous excavator loose on a big pile of boulders and reclaimed concrete. The goal? To build a 20 foot (6 meter) and 213 ft (65 m) long dry-stone wall as part of a park

Kognitos, which helps businesses automate transcription, data visualizations, and back-office processes, raised $20M led by Khosla, taking its funding to $30M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Kognitos, which helps businesses automate transcription, data visualizations, and back-office processes, raised $20M led by Khosla, taking its funding to $30M — Businesses will never not (forgive the double negative) push to improve efficiency. It’s their commercial imperative.

The superb Jabra Elite 8 Active buds have never been cheaper

Many of us will be renewing our exercise goals for 2024, and a solid pair of wireless earbuds is an absolute must-have to keep us motivated through those gym or running sessions. The Jabra Elite 8 Active buds are purpose-built to keep you motivated, and they’ve never been cheaper than they are today at just

As Apple eats its lunch, third-party apps like Castro can’t help but struggle to survive

As rumors of podcast app Castro’s demise swirl, is it any wonder third-party apps are dying?

Get ready for Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery event

The Cybertruck prototype was first revealed onstage in 2019. | Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Tesla is about to deliver the first Cybertrucks to buyers at an event on Thursday, November 30th, starting around 3PM ET / 2PM CT / 12PM PT in Austin, Texas. The electric pickup truck, with a jarringly polygonal

TikTok pushes further into streaming with new artist accounts

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok on Thursday launched artist accounts. These accounts can be activated by any musician and come with tools to help artists reach new fans and increase engagement with existing ones. One of the new features, the Music tab, curates catalogs for artists and automatically adds new music so

Apple shares new iPhone accessibility film from Taika Waititi that will break your heart in all the right ways

Apple has today shared a new short film from Taika Waititi to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

As ChatGPT turns one, it’s still the best assistant I’ve ever used

Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Opinion post by Calvin Wankhede Not long ago, it seemed as if we were years (if not decades) away from a competent digital assistant, let alone a capable one. I was one of the earliest adopters of the Google Assistant when it launched in 2016, even going as far

The BEUC and its members follow NOYB in filing a complaint against Meta’s €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The BEUC and its members follow NOYB in filing a complaint against Meta’s €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy — Meta Platforms’ (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month …

Nvidia adds three Call of Duty titles to GeForce Now, the first from Activision, available in a “Call of Duty HQ” hub, as part of a deal with Microsoft (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Nvidia adds three Call of Duty titles to GeForce Now, the first from Activision, available in a “Call of Duty HQ” hub, as part of a deal with Microsoft — Call of Duty is finally arriving for cloud gamers, with three of the latest titles, including Warzone, launching onto GeForce Now.

Apple’s best chips will soon be made and packaged in Arizona

Apple has announced its Apple silicon chips will soon be packaged and produced in Arizona.

Rishi Sunak says Microsoft plans to spend £2.5B in the UK over three years, its largest investment there to date, to underpin AI and bring 20K GPUs to the UK (Sarah Young/Reuters)

Sarah Young / Reuters: Rishi Sunak says Microsoft plans to spend £2.5B in the UK over three years, its largest investment there to date, to underpin AI and bring 20K GPUs to the UK — Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) plan to pump 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into Britain over the next three years …

WhatsApp now lets you hide your locked chats behind a secret code

Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is introducing a new way to keep your locked chats away from prying eyes. Instead of having your locked chats folder visible with all your other conversations, you can now hide the chats behind a secret code of your choosing. As shown in the below example provided by Meta, you can

Apple says Amkor will package some Apple silicon chips in its new Arizona facility; Amkor plans to invest $2B, employ 2,000, and start production in 2-3 years (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple says Amkor will package some Apple silicon chips in its new Arizona facility; Amkor plans to invest $2B, employ 2,000, and start production in 2-3 years — As part of its efforts to expand its U.S. manufacturing, Apple today announced that Amkor will package some Apple silicon chips …

WhatsApp begins letting users hide locked chats behind a secret code, after introducing locked chats in May 2023, rolling out globally in the coming months (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge: WhatsApp begins letting users hide locked chats behind a secret code, after introducing locked chats in May 2023, rolling out globally in the coming months — WhatsApp is introducing a new way to keep your locked chats away from prying eyes. Instead of having your locked chats folder visible …

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