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Skyscraper Asteroid 2025 SC79 Moves At Near-Record Speed

Kevin Parker October 24, 2025

A newly tracked space rock, labeled 2025 SC79, has astronomers taking notice for its blistering inner-solar-system orbit and potential as one of the rare objects that skims closer to the sun than Venus. Discovered in

Hold Big Tech Accountable, Conservatives Push AI Reforms

Kevin Parker October 24, 2025

This roundup slices through the week’s major AI headlines: a high-profile defamation suit against a tech giant, judges admitting AI-assisted errors, big tech layoffs and deals, onshoring of AI hardware, legal moves to deny AI

SimonMed Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million, Hold Hackers Accountable

Kevin Parker October 24, 2025

SimonMed Imaging reported a major security incident that exposed sensitive records for more than a million patients, with a ransomware group claiming to have stolen a massive trove of data including IDs, financial details and

Spotify Lets Parents Reclaim Control With Managed Accounts

Kevin Parker October 24, 2025

Spotify is rolling out managed accounts for children, expanding the feature to multiple countries and giving families a clearer way to balance discovery with safety. These child-focused accounts live inside the main Spotify app but

Protect Seniors From Online Gold Trading Scams Now

Kevin Parker October 23, 2025

This article walks through how a casual text can become a pitched investment scam, using a real example to highlight red flags, explain how tokenized gold trading can be weaponized by fraudsters, and offer concrete

NASA, Skyeports Accelerate Moon Glass Habitats To Secure American Lead

Kevin Parker October 23, 2025

NASA and a California startup are testing a bold idea: turn lunar dust into giant, transparent glass spheres that could serve as habitats on the Moon. This project explores melting regolith into durable shells with

Protect Americans’ Finances, Remove Mobdro Pro VPN Immediately

Kevin Parker October 23, 2025

Android devices are being targeted by a new wave of disguised apps that pretend to be harmless VPNs or streaming platforms but actually install powerful malware. One such app poses as a VPN and IPTV

Police Adopt VR Training, Strengthen Officer Readiness

Kevin Parker October 23, 2025

Police departments are increasingly using virtual reality to train officers for fast-moving, high-stress situations, and Axon’s program is now in use at more than 1,500 agencies across the United States and Canada. The technology aims

Axial Seamount Off The Oregon Coast Could Erupt Late This Year

Kevin Parker October 22, 2025

Axial Seamount Could Erupt Late This Year An underwater volcano off the Oregon coast could erupt late this year, scientists say. Axial Seamount sits more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and about 300

Oceans Darken In 21 Percent Of Seas Shrinking Photic Zones

Kevin Parker October 22, 2025

World’s Oceans Are Getting Darker and Life Below Is Squeezed Satellite records indicate the world’s oceans have grown noticeably darker over the past two decades, alarming marine scientists who study light-dependent ecosystems. A recent study

Meta Is Killing Desktop Messenger Apps on Windows and macOS

Kevin Parker October 21, 2025

Meta is pulling support for its standalone Messenger applications on both Windows and macOS, and the change is already rolling out. The desktop clients have been removed from the Microsoft Store and the Mac App

OpenAI Deepfakes Spur SAG-AFTRA Push For NO FAKES Law

Kevin Parker October 21, 2025

OpenAI’s Sora 2, Bryan Cranston and the fight over likeness Actors, studios, agents and the union SAG-AFTRA raised alarms after Sora 2 arrived last month, running AI-generated videos that sometimes used real voices and faces

X Marketplace Lets Paid Users Buy Rare Handles That May Cost Millions

Kevin Parker October 20, 2025

X’s Handle Marketplace: What Premium Users Need to Know X is rolling out a Handle Marketplace for Premium Plus and Premium Business subscribers, letting them browse and request inactive usernames. This changes how memorable handles

OpenAI Pauses MLK Deepfakes After Estate Complaints

Kevin Parker October 17, 2025

OpenAI pauses Martin Luther King Jr. deepfakes on Sora OpenAI says it has paused generations depicting Martin Luther King Jr. on its social app Sora after users created disrespectful AI-generated videos of the late civil

Facebook Jobs Return With Local Listings And Anti-Discrimination Rules

Kevin Parker October 14, 2025

Facebook Reboots Jobs: A Local Hiring Push from Meta Meta wants you to find your next gig on Facebook. The company has quietly reintroduced job listings inside the app, this time steering them toward local

UK Government “Porn Pass” Age Gate Raises Privacy And Anonymity Concerns

Kevin Parker October 13, 2025

How It Started: the ‘porn pass’ idea In 2018 a strange policy idea drifted into the UK debate about online safety: the “porn pass”. It promised a low-tech way to prove you were over the

OpenAI Sora Hits 1 Million Downloads in Five Days Forces New Copyright and Likeness Controls

Kevin Parker October 9, 2025

OpenAI’s social AI video app Sora cleared more than one million downloads in fewer than five days, a striking start for a product that only opened by invite. That pace surprised observers because Sora moved

Apple Accelerates Smart Glasses Development Raising Legitimate Privacy and Security Concerns for Americans

Kevin Parker October 9, 2025

Last month I watched somebody wearing glasses and I couldn’t tell there was a screen right in front of one eye. Through a monitor tied to those glasses I saw my colleague Victoria Song scroll

SwitchBot Safety Alarm: A keychain fob that calls for help and opens your door

Kevin Parker October 8, 2025

SwitchBot has added a compact tracker to its lineup that doubles as a safety device and a home-access key, blending practical everyday use with emergency tools so you do not have to carry multiple gadgets.

Supreme Court Lets Epic’s Win Stand for Now — Google’s Play Store Faces Real Change

Kevin Parker October 8, 2025

The Supreme Court declined to pause a lower court’s ruling, and that refusal puts Google on a tight clock to change how Android works in the United States. This isn’t a technicality; it forces Google

Verizon taps former PayPal chief Dan Schulman as CEO to restore market leadership

Kevin Parker October 8, 2025

Verizon announced a leadership change that will shape the carrier’s strategy for years. Former PayPal chief Dan Schulman is now in charge as Verizon declares it has entered its “next phase” of growth. Hans Vestberg

Met Police dismantle international gang smuggling 40,000 stolen phones to China

Kevin Parker October 7, 2025

Inside the Bust: How a Global Phone-Smuggling Ring Was Dismantled London police have taken down an international gang accused of shipping tens of thousands of stolen phones from the UK to China over the past

Windows 11 Blocks Local Account Workarounds and Requires Microsoft Account and Internet for Setup

Kevin Parker October 7, 2025

Microsoft has moved to close off several popular shortcuts that let people create local accounts and skip the internet sign-in during Windows 11 setup. The company says these bypasses can leave devices in a partially

Hoverboards Signal Chinese Manufacturing Strength and Underscore Need to Protect American Industry

Kevin Parker October 6, 2025

We made a new show called Version History, and the first episode dives into the wild life cycle of the hoverboard craze. It’s a time capsule of a gadget that burned bright, crashed hard, and

Microsoft Is Testing an Ad-Supported Xbox Cloud Gaming Layer

Kevin Parker October 6, 2025

Microsoft has quietly begun testing an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming that would let people stream games without a Game Pass subscription, according to sources familiar with the plans. The move aims to open

Instagram Must Restore Simple Photo Sharing! Users Demand Meta Roll Back Feature Bloat

Kevin Parker October 6, 2025

Instagram used to be simple: you snapped a picture, you shared it, people saw it. Now the app feels crowded with choices that often get in the way of the thing people actually opened it

Discord Support Vendor Breach Exposes User Names Emails Last Four Card Digits and Some Government ID Images Law Enforcement Notified

Kevin Parker October 4, 2025

Discord Support Hack: What Happened and What You Should Do Discord says one of its third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party,” and that simple sentence barely captures the mess that followed.

NBCUniversal and YouTube TV Strike a New Deal as NBCSN Returns

Kevin Parker October 3, 2025

NBCUniversal and YouTube reached a new multi-year carriage agreement that keeps the broadcaster’s full channel lineup on the streaming TV service. The deal follows a short extension and fresh negotiations, and it resolves a familiar

Apple Removes ICEBlock App from App Store

Kevin Parker October 3, 2025

Apple removed the “Waze but for ICE sightings” app ICEBlock from its App Store, a move that has stirred a political and legal row about safety, free speech, and corporate responsibility. The developer said Apple

Apple Accelerates Smart Glasses Push, Pauses Lightweight Vision Pro

Kevin Parker October 2, 2025

Apple has quietly shifted gears, putting top resources onto smart glasses that would square off with Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley efforts while shelving a lighter Vision Pro plan. The company is reportedly developing at least

Amazon and the NBA: How AWS Is Rewriting Basketball Stats

Kevin Parker October 2, 2025

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a new basketball intelligence system that will feed live games with richer, machine-driven statistics for the 2025–2026 season. It promises to track the movement of players in microscopic detail,

Buy Fitbit Trackers Now, Secure Low Prices While Google Integration Continues

Kevin Parker October 1, 2025

Is Fitbit Still Worth It in 2025? Fitbit is still a familiar name, even after Google bought the company in 2021. The brand has shifted a lot since then, but its trackers remain solid for

Leaked M5 iPad Pro Benchmarks Challenge Apple to Explain Russian YouTuber Video

Kevin Parker October 1, 2025

A Russian YouTuber posted an unboxing video that appears to show an unannounced iPad Pro running an M5 chip, and the footage feels like the first real look at something Apple has not yet publicly

Amazon launches new Echo speakers, Blink security cameras and a color Kindle Scribe

Kevin Parker October 1, 2025

Amazon’s Fall Hardware Showcase: A Straightforward Rundown Amazon staged a fall hardware event that mixed smart home gear, entertainment devices, and a surprising tweak to its reading lineup. The company unveiled refreshed Echo speakers, a

YouTube Pays $24.5M to Settle Trump’s Free Speech Lawsuit and Fund White House State Ballroom

Kevin Parker September 30, 2025

YouTube has agreed to a settlement in the lawsuit President Donald Trump filed in 2021, and the outcome deserves close attention from anyone who cares about fairness and free speech. The company will pay a

Fall Finds, Gear, and Guilty Pleasures

Kevin Parker September 30, 2025

Hey friends — welcome to the Spreely tech review for fall 2025, the quick guide to the most stubbornly interesting things I’m obsessing over this week. Consider this your warm, slightly caffeinated fall dispatch with

Save $30 on Amazon Echo Spot and Secure Family Budgets Before Prime Big Deal Days

Kevin Parker September 30, 2025

Prime Big Deal Days: Early bargains worth your attention Amazon has set Prime Big Deal Days for Tuesday, October 7th through October 8th, and the retailer already started dropping meaningful discounts. Early deals span earbuds,

Living with an AI-Powered TV: When Your Screen Talks Back

Kevin Parker September 29, 2025

I got a free smart TV and thought it was a harmless upgrade, but the thing feels like a roommate that never leaves. Every evening I reach for the remote and the main display floods

Amazon Prepares Fall 2025 Hardware Event on Sept 30 to Launch New Echo Speakers and Color Kindle Scribe

Kevin Parker September 28, 2025

Amazon is holding its fall hardware event on Tuesday, September 30, and the invite teases a crowded product stage. The imagery hints at new Echo devices and another Kindle push, and this will be one

Raleigh One eBike Delivers Practical Durable Anti Theft Commuter Design from VanMoof Founders

Kevin Parker September 28, 2025

The collapse of VanMoof in 2023 left a messy trail, but it produced a couple of useful outcomes for riders. One was a reimagined VanMoof S6 under new ownership, and the other was a new

Google Pressed to Prove Good Faith as DOJ Pursues Ad Tech Case

Kevin Parker September 27, 2025

On day three of the remedies trial in the Justice Department’s ad tech case against Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema drove right to the core issue: trust. She interrupted testimony with a pointed hypothetical, asking whether

Trump Demands Microsoft Fire Lisa Monaco Over National Security Concerns

Kevin Parker September 27, 2025

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his willingness to push back against people he sees as political enemies, and his latest target is Lisa Monaco at Microsoft. This move follows a pattern where

YouTube’s New “Hide” Button for End Screens: Cleaner Viewing, Small Creator Impact

Kevin Parker September 27, 2025

YouTube is rolling out a simple tweak that promises fewer distractions at the end of videos by giving viewers a way to dismiss the recommendation overlays that often cover the final moments. Now, when an

TikTok Recommends Products From Footage of Palestinian Woman in Rubble Prompting Ethics Concerns

Kevin Parker September 24, 2025

When Algorithms Sell While Cities Burn: TikTok Shop and the Gaza Clips A Palestinian woman walks among rubble and wails on camera. “Where are my three daughters, my husband, and my cousin?” She went out

YouTube Opens Path for 2020 Banned Covid and Election Channels After Google Says Biden Administration Pressured Removals

Kevin Parker September 24, 2025

Google has announced that YouTube will offer channels banned in 2020 for spreading covid and election misinformation a pathway back onto the platform. This reversal is a big deal because it touches the core of

Steam removes BlockBlasters after cryptodrainer siphons crypto from hundreds including cancer fundraiser

Kevin Parker September 22, 2025

Steam Pulls BlockBlasters After Crypto-Draining Malware Hits Streamers Steam has removed a free-to-play 2D platformer called BlockBlasters after security researchers found it contained malware that stole cryptocurrency from players’ wallets. The malicious code drained funds

iPhone 17 Lineup Debuts Faster Chips Bigger Storage iOS 26 Redesign and No Price Hike

Kevin Parker September 22, 2025

New iPhones 2025: Which One Actually Makes Sense Apple’s 2025 lineup landed with the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, the slim new iPhone Air, and the budget-minded iPhone 16E. The updates are mostly

Is Hewlett Packard Enterprise Stock Outperforming the S&P 500?

Dan Veld September 19, 2025

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ticker HPE, is often misunderstood as just another tech name when it is actually a focused edge-to-cloud business. With a market cap around $32.2 billion, HPE sells servers, networking gear through Aruba,

Nvidia and Intel Explain the $5 Billion Lifeline

Kevin Parker September 19, 2025

In a joint webcast this week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan tried to answer just why the world’s most valuable company would put up $5 billion to prop up a rival.

Microsoft and OpenAI Forge New Partnership That May Pave the Path for an IPO

Dan Veld September 11, 2025

OpenAI is navigating a complex partnership with Microsoft as it aims to restructure itself and prepare for a potential public offering. Recently valued at $500 billion, OpenAI and Microsoft released a joint statement detailing their

Apple’s Overlooked Crossbody iPhone Strap Could Be the Best Yet

Dan Veld September 10, 2025

Apple’s recently unveiled crossbody iPhone strap has generated a lot of buzz following its announcement at the iPhone 17 event. Many people, including myself, are intrigued by its potential benefits and the reasons behind its

Nvidia’s New GeForce Driver Supports Borderlands 4 and RTX Remix Mods

Daniel Calhoun September 10, 2025

Nvidia is rolling out a new GeForce Game Ready driver today, just in time for the much-anticipated release of Borderlands 4 later this week. This update is expected to enhance the gaming experience for players

Spotify Introduces Lossless Streaming After Eight Years of Anticipation

Daniel Calhoun September 10, 2025

Spotify has finally rolled out lossless audio, a feature that many have eagerly awaited. The buzz about this high-fidelity option has been around since 2017, with Spotify claiming it would arrive as early as 2021.

Zillow’s New AI Staging Feature: Surprisingly Underwhelming

Daniel Calhoun September 10, 2025

Zillow is introducing a new AI-powered tool designed to assist home buyers in visualizing a property’s potential. This feature, called Virtual Staging, allows users to remove existing furniture or alter the design style, helping buyers

Apple Watch Series 11 Unveiled with 5G Connectivity and Enhanced Durability

Daniel Calhoun September 10, 2025

Apple has just unveiled the Apple Watch Series 11, which retains a familiar look while being the slimmest model yet. This latest version introduces exciting features, including 5G cellular connectivity and a more durable glass

Apple Unveils Affordable $249 Apple Watch SE 3 Featuring Always-On Display

Dan Veld September 9, 2025

Apple has introduced its latest entry-level smartwatch, the Apple Watch SE 3, for 2025. This new model was revealed during the “Awe dropping” event, alongside the latest iPhones, and boasts several improvements over its predecessor.