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Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage

FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in backend systems." This claim has many home security camera users asking an uncomfortable question: Is …

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Microsoft wants to rewire data centers to save space

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Fitbit expands access to its AI health coach

Google announced on Tuesday that the public preview of Fitbit's AI personal health coach is rolling out to iOS users in the U.S. as well as both iOS and Android users in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It initially launched in October, …

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The Toyota Highlander is now a three-row electric SUV with 320 miles of range

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Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet

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Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enabl…

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Google Cloud’s customer chief returns to Microsoft as head of security

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Users of the text and code editor Notepad++ may have unknowingly downloaded a malicious update for the app after its shared hosting servers were hijacked last year. On Monday, the app's developer, Don Ho, posted an update on the attack with more details, incl…