In the USA, WiFi hotspots for disadvantaged students were stopped by a Senate resolution. Republicans blocked the program on the grounds of protecting children from dangers on the Internet. The impact on the digital divide is likely to be devastating.
The dreaded ransomware group LockBit has fallen victim to a hacker attack. Unidentified perpetrators compromised cybercriminals’ dark web domains and published internals, including communication logs and Bitcoin wallets.
Why did Thunderbolts* have an asterisk in the title? After the successful theatrical release, Marvel is revealing the secret and also revealing what role the anti-hero team will play in upcoming Avengers films. First of all: spoiler warning!
Netflix is launching the biggest overhaul of its TV interface in twelve years. The new homepage offers a cleaner look, responsive recommendations and integrated OpenAI-powered search. TikTok-style vertical videos are also coming to the mobile app.
Spotify is expanding its app and introducing some useful new functions. The innovations benefit both premium users and free accounts and are intended to improve control over the listening experience.
Across Germany, the digital radio of the police, fire brigade and rescue services is affected by a large-scale disruption. While some regions have already given the all-clear, experts are still looking for the cause of the outage.
YouTube is testing a new premium subscription for two people in select countries. The offer is intended to close a gap between individual and family subscriptions and is particularly aimed at couples who find themselves between individual subscriptions and family plans.
Google is entering the film and TV business: With 100 Zeros, the search engine giant wants to promote and produce film projects. The goal goes far beyond mere entertainment and aims to attract young target groups.
According to court decisions, the Trump regime’s “deportation” flights to South America, which are actually illegal, use aircraft from the service provider GlobalX, among others. Now hackers have shut down the company’s website.
The White House actually wanted to celebrate “May the 4th” and published an AI image that showed Trump with a lightsaber, with the comment that “left-wing radicals” were the real empire. But Trump is carrying, of all things, a weapon from the evil Sith.
