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  HTML FBI Couldn't Get Into Reporter's iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
       The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter's seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recent ...
       
  HTML Kalshi Claims 'Extortion,' Then Recants in Feud Over User Losses
       Kalshi, the largest U.S. prediction market, accused a small data startup called Juice Reel of "extortion" after a stock analyst used the company's transaction-level data to argue that prediction marke ...
       
  HTML China Has Seized Sony's Television Halo
       Sony announced last month that it plans to pass control of its home entertainment division -- including the two-decade-old Bravia television brand -- to Chinese electronics group TCL through a joint v ...
       
  HTML Munich Makes Digital Sovereignty Measurable With Its Own Score
       alternative_right writes: The city of Munich has developed its own measurement instrument to assess the digital sovereignty of its IT infrastructure. The so-called Digital Sovereignty Score (SDS) visu ...
       
  HTML Valve's Steam Machine Has Been Delayed, and the RAM Crisis Will Impact Pricing
       Valve has pushed back the launch of its Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller hardware from its original Q1 2026 window to a vaguer "first half of the year" target, blaming the ongoing memor ...
       
  HTML BMW Commits To Subscriptions Even After Heated Seat Debacle
       BMW may have retreated from its controversial plan to charge monthly fees for heated seats, but the German automaker is pressing ahead with subscription-based vehicle features through its ConnectedDri ...
       
  HTML Microsoft Adds Sysmon To Windows
       Microsoft has finally delivered on its promise to integrate Sysmon -- the long-standing system monitoring tool from its Sysinternals suite -- directly into Windows, a move that should make life consid ...
       
  HTML Russian Spy Satellites Have Intercepted EU Communications Satellites
       European security officials believe two Russian space vehicles have intercepted the communications of at least a dozen key satellites over the continent. From a report: Officials believe that the like ...
       
  HTML 'Everyone is Stealing TV'
       A sprawling informal economy of rogue streaming devices has taken hold across the U.S., as consumers fed up with rising TV subscription costs turn to cheap Android-based boxes that promise free access ...
       
  HTML As Software Stocks Slump, Investors Debate AI's Existential Threat
       Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could survive an existential threat posed by AI. The answer: ...
       
  HTML Anthropic Pledges To Keep Claude Ad-free, Calls AI Conversations a 'Space To Think'
       Anthropic said today that its AI assistant Claude will not carry advertising of any kind -- no sponsored links next to conversations, no advertiser influence on the model's responses, and no unsolicit ...
       
  HTML Pinterest Sacks Workers For Creating Tool To Track Layoffs
       Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. BBC: The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an  ...
       
  HTML Why Google's Android for PC Launch May Be Messy and Controversial
       Google's much-anticipated plan to merge Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system called Aluminium is shaping up to be a drawn-out, complicated transition that could leave existing Chromeboo ...
       
  HTML Adobe Actually Won't Discontinue Animate
       Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. From a report: In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans toâdis ...
       
  HTML AMD Hints the Next-Gen Xbox Console Could Launch Next Year
       An anonymous reader shares a report: Speaking during an earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Lisa Su stated that its development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox SoC is "progressing well to support a launch in 2 ...