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Major technical outage cripples Finland's social ...

A major technical disruption has been detected in Kela's services from the early hours of Thursday, April 23, which has paralyzed almost all transactions. Read more...

23 Apr 2026 6:58 | News article
EU wants Google to open its search data to competitors

The European Commission has issued its preliminary findings, according to which search engine giant Google must open its search data for use by third parties. Read more...

22 Apr 2026 2:21 | News article
Save the Children Finland began lobbying to get ...

Save the Children Finland has launched a lobbying campaign in Finland, with which the organization hopes to advance the hated, so-called Chat Control law in the European Union. Read more...

21 Apr 2026 3:02 | News article
Ikea smart devices now work directly in Samsung ...

Samsung's SmartThings platform will directly support twenty-five new IKEA devices that use the Matter-over-Thread standard. Read more...

21 Apr 2026 2:03 | News article
Amazon invests 25 billion dollars in Anthropic

Amazon is investing 25 billion dollars in Anthropic and committing to a cloud services contract worth over 100 billion dollars. According to the companies, the partnership will ensure sufficient computing power for growing demand. Read more...

21 Apr 2026 1:51 | News article
Apple picks a new CEO, Tim Cook to become executive ...

Apple has chosen its new CEO. John Ternus will start as a CEO on 1st of September and current CEO Tim Cook will become company's executive chairman. Read more...

20 Apr 2026 5:17 | News article
GitHub Copilot tightens its usage limits, removes ...

Microsoft-owned, hugely popular AI assistant for programmers, GitHub Copilot, has suspended onboarding new users to the service indefinitely. At the same time, user restrictions have been significantly tightened. Read more...

20 Apr 2026 3:55 | News article
Apple postpones the release of new Mac models

According to media reports, Apple is delaying the release of new Mac Studio and MacBook Pro models due to component shortages. Expectations are shifting to 2027 as scarcity of memory and storage components affects production and delivery times. Read more...

20 Apr 2026 1:03 | News article
WhatsApp is testing a paid subscription service ...

WhatsApp is currently testing the WhatsApp Plus subscription service with a limited group of users, and its price is currently listed as 2.49 euros per month. Read more...

20 Apr 2026 4:45 | News article
Disney to introduce a new movie theater certificate ...

IMAX has long been a kind of gold standard for movie theaters, guaranteeing a massive screen and certai other technical elements. Now Disney is establishing a competitor for IMAX, which goes by the name Infinity Vision. Read more...

20 Apr 2026 1:09 | News article
The era of cheap AI is about to end - consumers ...

AI companies have allowed both consumers and businesses to use their developed AI models at a significantly lower cost than their actual expenses. A clear change is now coming to this, which could significantly alter the market. Read more...

19 Apr 2026 12:58 | News article
Defunct companies started selling their former ...

Technology companies that have gone bankrupt or have simply been shut down have found a new way to make a little more money at their final gasp. The companies are selling their employees' Slack, Teams, and email messages as training material for AI compan Read more...

18 Apr 2026 12:27 | News article
Google starts penalizing sites that "hijack" the ...

Google has announced that starting from June 2026 it will begin penalizing websites that hijack the browser back button. Read more...

18 Apr 2026 2:35 | News article | 1 comment
Installing a fresh Windows 11 is now up to half ...

The update to Windows 11 released in April 2026 changes the way Windows is installed on a computer for the first time. User can now skip the previously mandatory updates during the installation phase. Read more...

17 Apr 2026 11:11 | News article
EU age verification app humiliated: Researcher ...

The official EU age verification app released this week is reportedly easy to crack. Security researchers claim that it can be circumvented within two minutes. Read more...

17 Apr 2026 9:57 | News article
Android 17 is nearing completion - fourth beta ...

Google has released the fourth beta version of Android 17, which is also the final actual trial version of the upcoming operating system. The release focuses on improving performance and reliability before the final version. Read more...

17 Apr 2026 5:00 | News article | 1 comment
Microsoft discontinues Outlook Lite email app

Microsoft has announced the phase-out of the Outlook Lite app for Android, which will end on May 25, 2026. Users must switch to the full Outlook app, which offers more features. Read more...

17 Apr 2026 3:51 | News article
Netgear gets an approval to sell its routers in ...

In March 2026, the United States banned the sale of all home-use routers manufactured outside the U.S. The first manufacturer, Netgear, got an exemption in April. Read more...

16 Apr 2026 4:54 | News article
Spaceballs 2 has been officially announced

The sequel to the 1987 Spaceballs movie, is finally coming. The first teaser for the Spaceballs: The New One was released in April 2026. Read more...

16 Apr 2026 3:01 | News article
Has the AI hype peaked? Ethical shoe company stops ...

Allbirds, a well-known environmentally friendly shoe brand, drastically changed its direction. The company completely sold off its shoe manufacturing and transformed into an AI company. Read more...

16 Apr 2026 2:31 | News article

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