From PC Mag: Meta initiated a fresh round of layoffs on Wednesday. Around 8,000 employees, or about 10% of the company, are impacted.

Multiple employees have posted about the job cuts on social media, while Business Insider obtained a letter Meta shared with its laid-off employees. Those who were...

From PC World: With the big AI providers cracking down on usage limits for their most powerful agentic features, it’s tempting to kiss our ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini subscriptions goodbye and go all-in with local AI–and it’s certainly doable, if you’re willing to pay for it.

AMD is the latest to...

From CNET: If you owned an Android during the last nine years, you could soon see a little extra cash. For years, Google has been accused of harvesting data from Android phones without users' consent. Following a California lawsuit that was settled for $314 million last year, a new settlement could...

From PC Mag: Google's I/O announcements included updates to its monthly storage and AI subscription plans, as well as a new perk: YouTube Premium.

The $19.99-per-month Google AI Pro comes with 5TB of storage, expanded Gemini usage credits, and now, a YouTube Premium Lite subscription. There's also...

From PC World: For a while now, it’s been possible to authenticate your Microsoft account logins by receiving a six-digit code via text message. Windows Latest now reports that SMS verification will be phased out shortly.

It looks like Microsoft wants users who still rely on SMS verification to...

From CNET: Remember those upbeat newscasts in The Hunger Games, filled with big smiles, snazzy music cuts and flamboyant outfits? It's all exciting and opulent for the few -- while the rest of the population faces starvation, uncertainty and fear.

I kept thinking about that pointed contrast during...

From PC Mag: Free Perplexity Pro subscriptions have been easy to find over the last few years, with many partners offering promo codes for up to a year of use. If you're using Perplexity's promotional service, you may find your access is now less useful than it was before.

Many Perplexity Pro users...

From PC World: Well, we knew it was coming, but now it’s more or less official. According to reports coming out of a PlayStation Studios meeting today, major single-player narrative games from Sony’s first-party publisher will no longer be coming to PC. That marks the end of a short but enjoyable...

From CNET: Apple is leveraging AI to boost its accessibility features.

The company shared a handful of updates on Tuesday designed to make its products more helpful for people with a range of disabilities. Apple Intelligence, the tech giant's suite of AI features, powers some of these new...