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Windows is coming back together. Microsoft is bringing its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization again, as part of a reorg being announced today. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, who was just promoted to president of Windows and devices earlier this month, shared the changes to Microsoft's Windows teams in an internal memo.

"This change unifies Windows engineering work



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Security researchers are shining the spotlight on a serious security vulnerability that could enable stalkers to track victims using their own Tile tags, as well as other unwanted violations of security and privacy. Research outlined by Wired shows that Tile’s anti-theft mode, which makes its trackers “invisible” on the Tile network, counteracts measures to prevent stalking. Bad actors


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Threads is nearing X in mobile user numbers, according to data from Similarweb, a leading web analytics firm. The Twitter alternative from Meta is reportedly growing steadily and appears to be drawing users away from Elon Musk’s platform.

A chart shared by Similarweb shows Threads steadily increasing its daily active users on both iOS and Android. The data suggests Threads has reached parity with X



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President Donald Trump
  • Donald Trump and Alphabet reached an agreement in his lawsuit against YouTube.
  • Alphabet, which owns YouTube, will pay a total of $24.5 million to settle the post-January 6-related case.
  • Trump has directed that part of his money will finance the construction of the White House ballroom.

Alphabet is the final major tech company to pay President


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Amazon agreed to a whopping $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week over allegedly "deceptive" practices in signing up users to its paid Amazon Prime subscription service.

Out of that settlement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty to the U.S. government. The other $1.5 billion? That's the Consumer Fund, and it's going to be used to refund Amazon Prime



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Andrew Wilson will remain CEO of EA.
  • Electronic Arts will soon go private in a $55 billion deal, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
  • Andrew Wilson, who joined the company in 2000, will remain CEO.
  • The deal relieves Wilson of Wall Street pressure, but EA's new owners may have their own demands.

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Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal, expected to close in Q1 of EA's 2027 fiscal year (which takes place from April 1st to June 30th, 2026), isn't just a huge amount of money involving one



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A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet flies over the Red Sea during routine operations in January.
  • US Navy techs are having to cannibalize parts of F/A-18 Super Hornets and Virginia-class submarines.
  • A new GAO report documents data rights issues that cause repair issues and delays.
  • The other programs included in the report are the F-35, LCS, and Stryker.

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