Amazon reported booming cloud revenue but otherwise missed expectations
The biggest ouch of the report was its negative free cash flow of $2.4 billion.
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GM reaches $220M settlement over selling drivers’ private data
As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data.
Fan-fiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) could be offline for up to 4 weeks after security incident
The site has such a passionate user base that, within two hours of the announcement, its status page’s posts had garnered millions of views (and much panicked commentary) across social media.
The director of Obsession put a new horror short on YouTube
Curry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film Obsession, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, titled “Mama Bear,” is nearly five minutes long. The video is pretty unnerving, and fair warning that it gets a little graphic, but it’s a fun one to watch if you’re looking for something scary…
Intel says it’s selling every affordable laptop chip it can make
During Intel’s latest earnings call, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said that demand for its budget-focused Wildcat Lake chips “is outstripping supply.” According to CFO David Zinsner, the chips are now sold out. Zinsner said Intel has “seen significant growth in Wildcat Lake. It’s coming exactly at the right time because it’s cost-optimized and we’re seeing a…
Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in an earnings call today that Google’s AI-powered search modes do not help with traffic to the platform, echoing problems facing other websites and publishers. As part of its Q3 2026 earnings, Reddit revealed that search traffic in October has “dropped by more than 1 million referrals on average per…
Patrick Stewart has died at age 86
Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men, has died at age 86. A message posted to Stewart’s Instagram account says the actor died in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday “following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.” Born in 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England,…
Reddit will force everyone to log in
Reddit is announcing a huge shift: It’s going to start requiring users to log in. Right now, you can browse Reddit without having an account, and the site is generally a great resource for crowdsourced information on a whole range of topics. I know I’m not the only person who appends “reddit” to a lot…
A year later: Xbox Ally X re-review — Is it worth $1,000 a year in?
The Xbox Ally X is a year old as of this October. It has somehow escaped price increases (so far), but is this pint-sized gaming beast worth it?
Get a $100 Xbox Gift Card for $90 with this code and save on GTA6 (or anything else)
Newegg has a special promo code offer for a $100 Xbox Gift Card, taking its price down to $90 to save on Xbox Game Pass plans, apps, movies, and expensive titles like Grand Theft Auto 6.