Samsung brings Internet browser to PC to keep your tabs, history, and workflow in sync

Samsung Internet for PC goes into beta today, bringing synced bookmarks, Samsung Pass autofill, Galaxy AI page summaries, and ...

Windows 11's Taskbar search box is getting a handy upgrade soon

Microsoft has announced a new "Copy & Search" feature for Windows 11 that streamlines searching the web for text copied to ...

Does an AI winter loom? Big Tech’s reckless Agentic AI drive is enlarging that risk

Big Tech firms are in a race to wrap up a hot new market for AI browsers offering to think and act on our behalf. But they ...
Slate

Cory Doctorow Thinks He Knows How to Fix the Internet

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I spent a lot of time talking to those ...
Science Daily

Scientists accidentally create a tiny “rainbow chip” that could supercharge the internet

Researchers at Columbia have created a chip that turns a single laser into a “frequency comb,” producing dozens of powerful light channels at once. Using a special locking mechanism to clean messy ...
BGR

What Does 'Dead Internet Theory' Actually Mean?

If you've spent any amount of time wandering through the stranger corners of the Internet, be it Reddit, 4Chan, or conspiracy-themed YouTube channels, you may have bumped into a phrase that sounds ...
Vanity Fair

From Taylor Swift to Marilyn Monroe: A Brief History of Cinematic Showgirls

In a sense, Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era actually began two albums ago—with “You’re on Your Own Kid,” a revealing track on her 10th studio record, Midnights (2022). In the song, Swift charts her coming ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan: Internet Shutdowns Imperil Rights

(New York) – The Taliban’s internet shutdowns are inflicting serious harm on people’s rights and livelihoods throughout Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. The shutdowns, which began in ...
AOL

AOL Finally Ends A Painfully Slow Chapter Of Internet History

AOL officially pulled the plug on its dial-up internet service Tuesday, ending the screeching modem tones that once defined getting online in America. The company quietly announced the move last month ...
The New York Times

Afghan Internet Back After 2-Day Blackout Tied to Taliban

No reason was immediately given for why service resumed after a blackout rare in scope, even for a government that has drastically curtailed individual freedoms. By Elian Peltier Safiullah Padshah and ...
Human Rights Watch

Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The ...
The Verge

Google’s AI Mode image search is getting more conversational

Users in the US can now shop for products using natural language descriptions and reference images. Users in the US can now shop for products using natural language descriptions and reference images ...