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Microsoft seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging Azure exclusivity inflated ChatGPT subscription pricing Judge questions arbitration claims tied to OpenAI agreements and Microsoft legal arguments Subscribers argue compute supply restrictions limited output and increased service costs A group of ChatGPT Plus subscribers is facing pushback in court after Microsoft asked a federal judge to dismiss their…

The seven years spent by Pearl Abyss developers to craft Crimson Desert have very much paid off. It’s an open-world sandbox full of incredible and immersive exploration, built to keep you coming back for more — and it can’t be understated, considering how difficult it is to overcome one’s open-world fatigue. Now, that latter statement…

Consent prompt appears even in projects without Vercel configuration Plugin delivers consent requests through system-level instruction injection Bash commands are captured fully, including sensitive environment details A developer examining the Vercel plugin inside Claude Code found that a telemetry consent request appeared unexpectedly during unrelated work. The project contained no Vercel configuration files or dependencies,…

Top earners use AI tools to verify decisions before execution, not to create ideas Executives now prioritize accuracy and error prevention over speed in AI workflows Mid-level professionals rely less on AI for structured decision validation processes The early narrative around artificial intelligence promised speed, scale, and unprecedented output. A different picture is now emerging…

Image: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash Google has begun working on a new phone-to-phone communication feature that, if shipped, may change how Android devices in close range share files and communicate, while rivaling Apple’s equivalents with its consolidated approach. The “Tap to Share” feature was discovered during an APK teardown of the Google Play Services app, revealing lines…

As someone who has reviewed a number of the best headphones, I have absolutely no reservations recommending the Bose QuietComfort Headphones at Amazon for $199 (was $359). The Bose QuietComfort Headphones excel at noise-cancelation, but they’re far from a one-trick pony. With outstanding sound quality, a super-comfortable design, and an easy-to-use interface, they hit all…

Russia deployed subsea vessels to gather intelligence on subsea cables The vessels were tracked by the UK Navy and Airforce The operation signals the wider threats to subsea cables in areas of active military conflict A Russian submarine operation potentially targeting critical undersea cables has been thwarted by the UK, the nation’s government has claimed…..

After years of regulatory red tape, FSD goes live in Europe It is only legal in the Netherlands, but more regions could follow Some safety campaigners say the decision is “deeply troubling” Over the past 18 months, Tesla has been working with the Dutch vehicle approval organization, RDW, to get approval for its Full Self-Driving…

It’s pretty much an open secret at this point that Google is making a new Fitbit fitness tracker. In a teaser video posted on Instagram, the tech giant’s brand ambassador and ‘performance advisor’, basketball legend Steph Curry, promised that something big (or in this case, small) was coming, while wearing a conspicuous screenless wristband. The…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Having played a bit of Capcom’s space action-adventure game Pragmata at Summer Game Fest last year, its AI-infused story and lunar setting, and its…