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Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept. The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 while attending Cornell University in New York. Google also turned over Thomas-Johnson’s IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers and identities, and…
Palantir employees have spent weeks asking company leadership for answers on the company’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On Friday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp finally appeared to give in—sort of.In an email sent to all Palantir employees, Courtney Bowman, Palantir’s global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering, shared a pre-recorded nearly hourlong video conversation with Karp about Palantir’s involvement with ICE.“On the back of recent events, internal conversations, and calls from many of you to better understand how executive leadership is wrestling with questions central to Palantir’s place in the world today, I sat down with Dr.…
CES, Davos, and the messaging in the Super Bowl ads this year made it clear: AI is no longer a capability story. It is an operating model story. These are 10 trends I see converging now, drawn from hundreds of conversations with CMOs and their teams, product and tech leaders.1. Work identity will break before org charts doAI is eroding the middle layers of marketing faster than most leaders admit. The damage will not show up as mass layoffs immediately, but as role confusion, eroding confidence, and quiet disengagement among product marketers, strategists, creatives, media planners, and analysts.You can see the…
There’s been a lot of pushback on electronic door handles lately, as multiple carmakers — especially Tesla — have been accused of making manual door releases too hard to find and access during an emergency. Rivian is one of the companies that reportedly decided to change this on its upcoming R2 SUV, and a spate of first-look videos released Tuesday finally give us a look at what the company has changed. First off, the front doors open from the inside in the same way as in the existing R1 vehicles. There is an electronic button that opens the door, and…
If you’ve been thinking about documenting your life, whether it’s the exciting or mundane stuff, this might just be your moment. This GoPro Hero 13 Black bundle includes a variety of useful accessories, as well as a full suite of interchangeable lenses. It’s currently marked down to just $550 on Amazon, a $200 discount from its usual price.GoProHero 13 Black – HB Series Lens CollectionThe biggest change to this generation of GoPro action cameras is the interchangeable lens system, and this kit comes loaded with basically every lens an aspiring filmmaker could ask for. That includes the ultrawide lens mod,…
The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand market have no reliable way to verify that what they’re purchasing is genuine. Veritas wants to solve both problems with a solution that combines custom hardware and software. The startup claims that it has developed a “hack-proof” chip that can’t be bypassed by devices like Flipper Zero, a widely available hacking tool that can be used to tamper with wireless systems. These chips are linked with digital certificates to verify the authenticity of the…
By early October, the ICE surge team was working through the government shutdown, even as other critical government work was put on hold. Days after the shutdown began, GSA was still awarding leases. On October 6, 2025, a signed internal memorandum stated that GSA should “approve of all new lease housing determinations associated with ICE hiring surge,” in light of ICE’s “urgent” space requirements and the purported impact of delays on the agency’s ability to “meet critical immigration enforcement deadlines.”On October 9, the same day that Trump announced in a cabinet meeting that the government would be making “permanent” cuts…
Matthew McConaughey and other celebs were in Super Bowl commercials all night, all night, all night.ADWEEK previously reported that 62% of Super Bowl ads had celebrities in them, and those stars were making millions—though perhaps not quite as many millions as in past Big Games.But with all the money going to star power, which stars paid off the most for brands? Data and measurement company EDO has calculated the incremental consumer engagement of each celeb who appeared in a Super Bowl ad, seeing how much more searched and engaging they were than the average.Notably, this is for ads only, so…
Singapore’s government has blamed a known Chinese cyber-espionage group for targeting four of its top telecommunication companies as part of a months-long attack. In a statement Monday, Singapore confirmed for the first time that the hackers, known as UNC3886, targeted the country’s telecoms infrastructure, including its largest companies: Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba Telecom. The government previously said that it was responding to an unspecified attack on its critical infrastructure. While the intruders were able to breach and access some systems, they did not disrupt services or access personal information, said K. Shanmugam, the country’s coordinating minister for national security.…
Bidets are now, once again, having a moment. As international athletes and journalists descend on northern Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics, certain participants have wondered about the additional piece of equipment in their bathrooms. Europeans, quite familiar with the oval basins, have found themselves similarly perplexed by their confusion. Cultural exchange often has its hiccups.Last week, US broadcaster Alicia Lewis posted a TikTok asking if the Italian bidet in her room was, in fact, a bidet. An Associated Press report noted that “the fixture is de rigueur in Italian residences but often perplexes visitors—including some athletes whose room videos…
AI has permeated every conversation since 2024, but CMOs have yet to use it to its full potential. In this episode of Marketing Vanguard, live from the World Economic Forum at Davos, Bonnie Pelosi, CEO EMEA at Microsoft, reveals the truth about AI in marketing—what’s going right, what’s going wrong, and everything in between. What you’ll learn: How to embed governance into AI implementation from day one Why CMOs must act as connectors across the entire C-suite The Customer Zero mindset and why AI use cases must be geared, first, toward customers How to lead cultural transformation, not just technology rollout Why…
India has ordered social media platforms to step up policing of deepfakes and other AI-generated impersonations, while sharply shortening the time they have to comply with takedown orders. It’s a move that could reshape how global tech firms moderate content in one of the world’s largest and fastest growing market for internet services. The changes, published (PDF) on Tuesday as amendments to India’s 2021 IT Rules, bring deepfakes under a formal regulatory framework, mandating the labelling and traceability of synthetic audio and visual content, while also slashing compliance timelines for platforms, including a three-hour deadline for official takedown orders and…
Honorable MentionsThere are so many good TVs available, we can’t add them all to our top list. Here are some great options that either missed the cut or got knocked off our top list by their replacements.Hisense U7: Hisense’s latest U7 series TV is the brightest TV in its class, with blazing punch for baseline SDR video and high-end 4K HDR Blu-rays. If you don’t need all that power, it’s easy enough to tame, and most importantly, it’s balanced by stark contrast thanks to tight blooming control. You’ll also get vibrant quantum dot colors and a uniform screen that steers…
Enterprise resource planning software company Workday announced Monday that chief executive Carl Eschenbach was stepping down and leaving the company’s board, effective immediately. Workday co-founder and former CEO Aneel Bhusri will return as CEO. Eschenbach joined Workday in December 2022 as co-CEO alongside Bhusri and had been operating as the company’s sole CEO since February 2024. Bhusri, who had led the company since 2009 — sometimes as co-CEO, sometimes as sole CEO — has been serving as the company’s executive chairman since 2024. Workday confirmed to TechCrunch that Bhusri is returning to the role permanently, as opposed to taking the helm…
Top 6 Gaming Laptops ComparedOther Gaming Laptops to ConsiderPhotograph: Luke LarsenAlienware 16X Aurora for $1,970: Alienware has lost some focus with its gaming laptops recently, but its latest refresh feels like a return to form. The Alienware 16X Aurora (7/10, WIRED Recommends) sits in the middle of the lineup, attempting to offer the right balance of performance, premium features, and price. At its current price, it nails that walk across the tightrope. Though it isn’t flashy, the design is understated yet refined. And while there are cheaper ways to get RTX 5060-level performance, the bright, color-accurate IPS display is a…
Most conversations about AI in CMS platforms start in the wrong place. They focus on features. Content generators. Chatbots bolted into sidebars. Assistive tools that demo well but rarely change how work actually happens. These additions feel modern, but they do not compound. They live in isolation, disconnected from the systems that organisations rely on day to day. The defining shift for WordPress in 2026 is not a single AI feature at all. It’s the foundation being laid to enable thousands, or millions, of intelligent capabilities over time. This is the moment where WordPress begins to move from CMS to…