2026-06-15

American Express acquires TheFork for $700m to build out its dining empire

American Express acquires TheFork, the European restaurant-reservation platform, from Tripadvisor for $700m in cash. The payments company announced the proposed deal on Monday, adding a booking network of more than 50,000 restaurants across 11 European countries to a dining business it has been quietly assembling for years. The structure is an all-cash put-option agreement, a […]<br /> Thi [...]

2026-06-15

Samsung MAX VPN goes offline today, leaving Android users searching for alternatives

Samsung MAX VPN is officially shutting down today. Here's why the privacy app is retiring, how it impacts your Galaxy device, and what you should do next to stay secure online. [...]

2026-06-15

Novo Nordisk reveals cyberattack: Ozempic and Wegovy maker says clinical trials data breached

The company says the data is pseudonymous and apparently can't be linked to actual people. [...]

2026-06-15

20 foods whose origin stories most people get completely wrong

The Caesar salad wasn't invented in Rome. The croissant didn't originate in France. Chocolate was once a bitter drink reserved for warriors. These are the real stories. [...]

2026-06-15

Vibe coding can build your pipeline. It can't explain it six months later

AI coding agents are rapidly accelerating data engineering by generating transformations, pipelines, orchestration workflows, validation tests, and infrastructure configurations from prompts. However, enterprise data platforms have long operated across fragmented systems owned by different teams and built on different technologies. As these systems evolve independently, organizations increasingly [...]

2026-06-15

Xbox Game Studios chief reportedly steps down as layoffs loom

Things continue to look grim for Xbox as layoffs loom and Craig Duncan steps down. [...]

2026-06-15

EA created an entire division to push more in-game ads

EA is making a big push for more in-game advertising. [...]

2026-06-15

Fox to Buy Roku for $22B, Creating a Streaming Powerhouse

Fox said Roku will continue to operate independently. [...]

2026-06-15

Anthropic Pulls Claude Fable and Mythos AI Models After Feds Claim Jailbreak

The AI developer finds itself in another conflict with the Trump administration over regulation. [...]