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This story first appeared in The Debrief, our subscriber-only newsletter about the biggest news in tech by Mat Honan, Editor in Chief. Subscribe to read the next edition as soon as it lands. It’s supposed to be frigid in Davos this time of year. Part of the charm is seeing the world’s elite tromp through the

Plus: Trump has climbed down from his plan for the US to take Greenland. This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Yann LeCun’s new venture is a contrarian bet against large language models     Yann LeCun is a Turing Award

(Image credit: Playground Games) Fable game director Ralph Fulton says the game is a fairy tale story, explaining that "fairy tale and fantasy probably exist on opposite ends of a spectrum" for Playground Games The game is an open-world game, but Fulton stresses that 'there's no ticking bomb' players have to worry about Fable will

Image Credit: Pixabay (Image credit: Pixabay) Personal data breach reports rose 22% year-over-year in 2025 Ireland has issued some of the GDPR's biggest fines, including 2025's biggest Geopolitical tensions, new tech and new laws are all to blame European regulators handed out over €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in GDPR-related fines throughout 2025, marking only a

The Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) Kindle ebooks are now available DRM-free This means you can read them on other ereaders But publishers and authors need to opt in first Kindle ebooks have a lot going for them – there’s a vast selection of them on the Amazon Kindle

(Image credit: Getty Images / NurPhoto) Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has said there are no current plans to introduce ads into Gemini His comments contrast with OpenAI’s move to begin showing ads in ChatGPT Hassabis said ad-free assistants build trust Google doubled down on keeping ads out of its Gemini AI assistant this week.

(Image credit: Getty Images / champpixs) Only one in five organizations have achieved revenue growth from AI AI's transformational impact falls short of its promises so far A steady and cautious approach looks to be playing out Although three-quarters (74%) of organizations are targeting revenue growth as a key metric for AI deployment, only one

Florida-based pet food and product online retailer Chewy has been around for less than 15 years but has quickly become a popular source for everything pet-related. Chewy even has supplies for farm animals, reptiles, fish, and more, carrying over 3,500 brands, including everything from food to medicine to toys. My cat is constantly throwing up

As this year’s Oscar nominations rolled out this morning, I told my boyfriend that Sinners, with 16 noms in total, had made history. “Woke is back,” he replied. He was joking (don’t come for him!), but his quip highlights a pretty stark dichotomy. Last year, as everyone from President Donald Trump down harped on about

On Tuesday, two Massachusetts lawmakers introduced two bills to the state’s House and Senate that, if passed, would create a state law requiring companies to tell customers when service on their connected products will end. It is an effort meant to tamp down on cybersecurity risks and also boost consumer protections. With knowledge about future