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Time is Almost Up: Rate Your ISP to WIN

You could potentially snag $250 when you rate your high-speed broadband internet provider at home (and if you control the ISP at work, there as well) by Sunday.

Must Watch: The Most-Streamed TV Shows and Movies This Week

Need something to binge this weekend? Here are this week's most-watched titles from Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Max, Netflix, Paramount+ With Showtime, Peacock, Prime Video, and more.

By Eric Griffith  & Chandra Steele

Meta Quest 2 Headset Gets a Permanent Price Cut To $199

The new price for the virtual reality headset applies to the 128GB Meta Quest 2 model, which ballooned to a $399 price back in 2022.

By Michael Kan

Blizzard Is Banning Overwatch Console Players Who Use a Mouse and Keyboard

Do mouse-and-keyboard gamers on consoles have an advantage against controller players? Overwatch 2's devs think so, and will permanently ban accounts that are 'ximming.'

By Kate Irwin

This Air Taxi Is Ready to Help You Skip the Gridlock (If Regulators OK a Flight Test)

Embraer-backed Eve’s battery-electric, four-passenger eVTOL takes off and lands vertically, and flies at 125mph on trips of up to 60 miles. Its first prototype should take flight by year's end.

By Rob Pegoraro

Cyberattack at Frontier Communications Causes Service Disruptions

The Sunday attack forces the ISP to shut down systems as some customers report outages.

By Michael Kan

Target to Reduce In-Store Sales of DVDs, Blu-rays

While Best Buy will phase out physical media sales this year, Target will still offer them online.

By Michael Kan  & Kate Irwin

Tesla Recalls Cybertrucks Over Faulty Accelerator Pedals

The Cybertruck's accelerator pedal cover can slide off and get wedged under its interior trim, making it difficult to stop or control the 6,800-pound EV.

By Kate Irwin

Sweepstakes: Rate Your Routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) at Work and Home to WIN

Want a chance to take home $250? Tell us all about the router and NAS device you use at your home network or major work installation (IT managers, we need you).

China Forces Apple to Delete WhatsApp, Threads, Signal From Chinese App Store

Apple removes a number of messaging apps from China's iOS App Store, reportedly because of national security concerns and some posts with 'problematic mentions' of China's president.

By Kate Irwin

What to Stream This Weekend

Get extreme with Legolas, travel with Conan O'Brien, and investigate a murder with Lily Gladstone.

By Chloe Albanesius

Got a Phone Call From LastPass? Hang Up, It's a Phishing Scam

The scheme combines a fake email and a human caller pretending to be a LastPass employee.

By Michael Kan

Meta Upgrades AI Assistant With New Llama 3 Model

With Llama 3, Meta AI is 'the most powerful AI assistant that you can freely use,' says Mark Zuckerberg.

By Joe Hindy

OpenAI Shuts Down DALL-E 2 Image Generator

It's the end of a short-lived era for DALL-E 2 as DALL-E 3 takes its place.

By Josh Hendrickson

Apple Finally Launches Support for AirPlay in Hotel Rooms

First announced at WWDC 2023 as an iOS 17 feature, AirPlay for hotel rooms was delayed until 2024, but is now rolling out in select IHG hotels in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

By Joe Hindy

Investigators Disrupt Phishing Page Creator LabHost, Arrest 37 Suspects

LabHost's thousands of subscribers used the site to create phishing pages to trick victims into revealing their login information and other sensitive details.

By Michael Kan

US Successfully Tests AI-Controlled Fighter Jet in F-16 Dogfight

An AI-controlled fighter jet, the X-62A VISTA, goes up against a human-piloted F-16 jet during a test at California's Edwards Air Force Base.

By Michael Kan

Microsoft's Xbox Credit Card Exits Beta, Now Available Across US

The Xbox-themed Mastercard offers perks designed to appeal to hardcore Xbox fans.

By Michael Kan

Razer Kishi Ultra Offers Full-Sized Controller for Your Phone or iPad Mini

The Razer Kishi Ultra controller was designed for an iPad mini, but it also works with a smartphone and can be used as a regular controller for a PC.

By Michael Kan

Samsung Imposes 6-Day Workweeks for Execs to Combat 'Crisis'

Samsung is reportedly requiring its executives to work six days a week 'to inject a sense of crisis' because the tech firm has not met financial expectations.

By Kate Irwin