US lawmakers allege that OnePlus phones transmit data to Chinese servers without user consent

A pair of US lawmakers have called on the US Department of Commerce to investigate OnePlus over allegations that the company's devices transmit data to Chinese servers without user consent, accor [...]

Cover brings VTuber phenomenon to U.S. audiences

Cover Corp. has expanded outside of Japan, bringing virtual creators known as VTubers to U.S. audiences. The market is getting its test now as to whether VTubers — where humans give voice to 3D avat [...]

Mawari aims to transform VTuber fan engagement with 3D vTubeXR

Mawari, which delivers real-time AI-driven immersive 3D experiences, has launched vTubeXR, an extended reality (XR) fan engagement platform. [...]

How Mori Calliope used VTubing to build a path to her dream Gachiakuta collab

VTuber Mori Calliope brings her love of anime and "Gachiakuta" full circle with "LET'S JUST CRASH," the anime’s new opening theme. [...]

"Napster-style" piracy allegations put Anthropic at risk of a billion-dollar class action lawsuit

A California federal court has cleared the way for a billion-dollar class action lawsuit against Anthropic, the company behind the Claude language model, over claims of large-scale copyright infringem [...]

Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users

Meta allegedly suspended internal research into the mental health effects of its products after it showed that people who stopped using Facebook experienced less depression, anxiety and loneliness. Th [...]

French prosecutors raid X's Paris offices over data and child abuse allegations

French prosecutors have raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk's platform X.<br /> The article French prosecutors raid X's Paris offices over data and child abuse allegations appeared f [...]

Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners to cut down on electricity usage

Kuwait is cracking down on cryptocurrency miners throughout the country, as reported by Reuters. Officials have blamed the practice for blackouts and for causing stress on its power grid. The country [...]

Surfshark VPN review: A fast VPN for casual users

Surfshark is one of the youngest major VPNs, but it's grown rapidly over the last seven years. Since 2018, it's expanded its network to 100 countries, added a suite of apps to its Surfshark [...]