2026-07-24

Meta wins dismissal of WhatsApp privacy suit as judge questions whistleblower detail

A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite its end-to-end encryption promises, ruling that the complaint lacked sufficient detail about the basis for its whistleblower claims. The suit, filed in January by plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, and South Africa, accused Meta and WhatsApp of […]<br /> This s [...]

2026-07-24

Microsoft is rewiring itself for the AI era, on offence and defence

Microsoft is remaking its own stack for the AI era, on both offence and defence. This week it moved on two fronts. It began pulling OpenAI’s models out of its most-used apps to cut costs. And it set a date to kill the text-message login, blaming a wave of AI-powered phishing. The two announcements look […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

Avatar: Seven Havens finally has a trailer and a release date of October 9

The post-apocalyptic tale takes place after the events of The Legend of Korra. [...]

2026-07-24

Your phone may not be as waterproof as you think — here's why IP68 can be misleading

Don't just jump straight into a pool with your phone, you savage. [...]

2026-07-24

Shokz' new OpenDots Air aren't flashy, but after a month of testing I can confidently say they're the best clip-style open earbuds for most people

The Shokz OpenDots Air miss some flashy features of their flagship siblings, but the low price and reliability makes them a solid buy [...]

2026-07-24

Claude Opus 5 arrives with near Fable performance at half the price

Anthropic's latest Claude upgrade targets developers and enterprises with stronger coding, better reasoning efficiency, prompt-cache-friendly tool changes, and near-Fable performance at Opus pricing. [...]

2026-07-24

Anthropic says Opus 5 can nearly match its top-performing model for half the price

Anthropic's latest model offers top-tier performance at a much cheaper cost. [...]

2026-07-24

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 at half the price of its most powerful AI model

The new model costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, matching the price of its predecessor, Opus 4.8 [...]

2026-07-24

20 bread recipes worth baking from scratch

These bread recipes from scratch cover sourdough, brioche, bagels and more, giving home bakers 20 techniques for turning basic ingredients into fresh loaves [...]