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28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

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28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

bashu January 14, 2026

Elon Musk isn’t the only party at fault for Grok’s nonconsensual intimate deepfakes of real people, including...

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Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos for live-action God of War show

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Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos for live-action God of War show

bashu January 14, 2026

Amazon’s upcoming God of War live-action TV adaptation has cast Ryan Hurst as its Kratos. Sony announced...

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Civilization VII comes to Apple Arcade in February

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Civilization VII comes to Apple Arcade in February

bashu January 14, 2026

The App Store is a home for many kinds of apps (including, inexplicably, one that lets users...

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California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

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California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

bashu January 14, 2026

California authorities have launched an investigation into xAI following weeks of reports that the chatbot was generating...

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Verizon outage: Voice and data services down for many customers

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Verizon outage: Voice and data services down for many customers

bashu January 14, 2026

Verizon’s network appears to be having technical issues that are impacting calls and wireless data. Verizon customers...

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PS Plus Game Catalog additions for January include Resident Evil Village and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

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PS Plus Game Catalog additions for January include Resident Evil Village and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

bashu January 14, 2026

Sony just announced January’s Game Catalog additions for PS Plus subscribers and it’s a fantastic lineup. All...

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He could just turn it off

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He could just turn it off

bashu January 14, 2026

Generative AI, we are repeatedly told, is a transformative and complicated technology. So complicated that its own...

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How to turn off a VPN on iPhone

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How to turn off a VPN on iPhone

bashu January 14, 2026

Look, virtual private networks are great — I wouldn’t have made a list of the best VPNs...

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The first-gen Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones are $150 off right now

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The first-gen Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones are $150 off right now

bashu January 14, 2026

The first-generation Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones are on sale right now for $280, marked down from $430....

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The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons expansion has arrived earlier than expected

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The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons expansion has arrived earlier than expected

bashu January 14, 2026

For a number of very obvious reasons, we don’t want to roll back the clock to early...

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