First came the users. Then came the hype. Now comes the money. Lovable, the Stockholm-based AI startup that helps users build full-stack software by chatting with an AI, just closed a massive Series A to join Europeβs growing list of [β¦]
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Late Tuesday, President Trump announced on social media that he had convinced Coca-Cola to agree to use "REAL Cane Sugar" in Coke, in lieu of the current, cheaper sweetener used in the US version of the drink: high-fructose corn syrup.
"I'd like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by themβYouβll see. It's just better!" Trump wrote.
On Wednesday, Coca-Cola failed to confirm that supposed agreement. On its website, the beverage giant posted a brief, vague statement saying "We appreciate President Trumpβs enthusiasm for our iconic CocaβCola brand" and that "More details on new innovative offerings" will be announced soon.
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Logophiles are "devastated" after Dictionary.com deleted their logs of favorited words that they carefully crafted for years. The company deleted all accounts, as well as the only ways to use Dictionary.com without seeing ads βeven if you previously paid for an ad-free experience.
Dictionary.com offers a free dictionary through its website and free Android and iOS apps. It used to offer paid-for mobile apps, called Dictionary.com Pro, that let users set up accounts, use the app without ads, and enabled other features (like grammar tips and science and rhyming dictionaries) that are gone now. Dictionary.com's premium apps also let people download an offline dictionary (its free apps used to let you buy a downloadable dictionary as a one-time purchase), but offline the dictionaries aren't available anymore.
About a year ago, claims of Dictionary.comβs apps being buggy surfaced online. We also found at least one person claiming that they were unable to buy an ad-free upgrade at that time.
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Samsung stuck to its set pattern and released a Classic edition for the Galaxy Watch 8 series two years after the last model. But whatβs actually different between the more traditional Watch 6 Classic and Samsungβs newest flagship? Does it come down to software alone, or is it worth it to make the jump a couple of generations?
moreβ¦Ahead of the stable launch in September, Google is rolling out Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 to Pixel devices today.
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After two years under Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Meta is officially handing off Threads to a new leader. Hereβs what the change could mean for the appβs future.
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Researchers from Ciscoβs Talos security team have uncovered a malware-as-a-service operator that used public GitHub accounts as a channel for distributing an assortment of malicious software to targets.
The use of GitHub gave the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) a reliable and easy-to-use platform thatβs greenlit in many enterprise networks that rely on the code repository for the software they develop. GitHub removed the three accounts that hosted the malicious payloads shortly after being notified by Talos.
βIn addition to being an easy means of file hosting, downloading files from a GitHub repository may bypass Web filtering that is not configured to block the GitHub domain,β Talos researchers Chris Neal and Craig Jackson wrote Thursday. βWhile some organizations can block GitHub in their environment to curb the use of open-source offensive tooling and other malware, many organizations with software development teams require GitHub access in some capacity. In these environments, a malicious GitHub download may be difficult to differentiate from regular web traffic.β
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Netflix says itβs on track to βdoubleβ its advertising revenue this year as the company continues ot build out its ad tech platform. The streaming giant shared the news as part of its second-quarter earnings results released on Thursday, which revealed that Netflix raked in $11.08 billion in revenue over the past few months, marking a 16 percent year-over-year increase.
In addition to its earnings report, Netflix also released viewership data for the first half of 2025. Netflix says users watched 95 billion hours on Netflix during this time, with Adolescence topping the chart as the most-watched series with 145 million views, followed by Squid Game seasons 2 and 3. Ms. Rachel, the popular show for toddlers that originated on YouTube, has also made the list, coming in at number seven.
Meanwhile, Back in Action was the serviceβs most-watched movie in the first half of the year, racking up 165 million views, with Straw and The Life List taking the next spots. The animated hit film K-Pop Demon Hunters also hit 37 million views in the weeks since its June release. The streaming service says nearly half of all the viewing for Netflix originals on the list came from titles that debuted in 2023 or before, like Ozark and Orange is the New Black.
In its letter to investors, Netflix says its in-house ad tech platform βis foundationalβ to its advertising strategy, and will allow the service to offer better measurement, improved ad targeting, and new formats. The company first started testing its ad tech platform last year, and it has since rolled out to all markets where Netflixβs ad-supported plan is available.
Netflix doesnβt say how it plans to keep its advertising revenue growing, but one way that competitors have chosen is to show people more ads. After forcing ad-supported streaming onto its existing members last year, Amazon Prime Video has since doubled the number of ads it shows during streams, according to a report from Adweek. An HBO Max support page spotted by PCWorld also revealed that it increased ads on the serviceβs Basic tier.
In May, Netflix revealed that its ad-supported tier reaches more than 94 million users. It also teased new ad formats, including ones that appear when you pause what youβre watching. During an earnings call on Thursday, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters confirmed that the company will roll out interactive ads in the βsecond halfβ of 2025.
Netflix raised its prices in January, with its ad-supported plan going from $6.99 to $7.99 per month, and its cheapest commercial-free plan increasing from $15.49 to $17.99 per month. The service also started rolling out its big homepage redesign on TV in May, which it says has reached around 50 percent of customers. βOver time, we expect this redesigned experience β along with our new responsive recommendations that update rows of titlesΒ in real time β will help our members more easily find shows, movies, live events and games they want to watch and play,β Netflix writes in its letter to investors.
As of its April earnings report, Netflix has stopped reporting how many subscribers it adds each quarter. The streamer is instead highlighting other revenue drivers for the business, like advertising.
In a quick live stream today, OpenAI announced ChatGPT agent, which improves on its promising, but limited Operator feature announced a few months ago. Hereβs how it works
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If you're the owner of an Android phone and live in a seismically active region, there's a chance your phone has popped up an unusual warning. Not one that asks for permission to share personal information, or potential malware, but something far more serious: There's an earthquake nearby, and you have up to a minute or two to get to a safer location.
Starting in the US in 2020 and expanding internationally since, the system is called Android Earthquake Alert (AEA), and it's on by default in most Android phones. And today, Google has a paper in Science that describes how the system works, how the company has improved it, and what it has seen during the first few years of operation, including what caused a handful of false alarms.
Smartphones come with accelerometers, small devices that enable them to sense changes in motion. This is how they manage to do tricks like figuring out how many steps you're walking. If your phone is sitting quietly on a table, however, the accelerometer shouldn't be registering much significant motion. But anything from you walking across the room to a truck going by outside can cause vibrations that your phone's accelerometer can pick up. As can the often less subtle vibrations of earthquakes.
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A company called iStore has issued a recall for its 5,000mAh Magnetic Wireless Power Bank (model IST-09991/W05) because its lithium ion battery can βoverheat and ignite while charging,β posing a fire and burn risk. iStore has received three reports of the power banks exploding during charging resulting in a minor burn for one user and around $15,000 of property damage, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Approximately 8,520 of the power banks were sold in the US, plus an additional 6,400 in Canada, through the companyβs online store and airport vending machines between February 2023 and May 2025. Pricing varied between $46 and $65.
The recalled units can be identified by the iStore logo engraved on the front and the model number printed on the back. Some units may also have the iStore printed above the model number. The magnetic power banks also feature a USB-C port for charging them back up.
iStore warns consumers with a recalled unit to stop using the power bank immediately and properly dispose of it after submitting a claim for a refund by emailing two photos to [email protected]. One photo should feature the front of the power bank with βrecalledβ written on it with a permanent marker, and the second should show the model number on the back. A copy of the purchase receipt is also being requested, but is not mandatory to receive a refund.
As weβve recommended before, sticking to reputable and known brands can help reduce the risk of power bank overheating issues. However, brands like Anker or Ugreen arenβt yet household names, and most consumers will probably assume that a power bank sold in an airport vending machine will be from a reputable company. Thousands of these power banks were purchased and potentially used on flights. Although the number of passengers who charged them while in the air was potentially low, thereβs good reason to be especially alarmed by this recall given the history with battery fires on planes.
After years of lobbying and millions spent on campaign donations, crypto finally got what it wanted. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Genius Act, a bill that lays out a federal framework for U.S.-dollar-backed stablecoins. The bill [β¦]
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