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Anthem agrees to $12.8M settlement in class action lawsuit: How to claim your share before Jan. 20 deadline
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (259+ words) Your bank balance could look healthier thanks to this healthcare company. Anthem has agreed to a $12.875 million settlementin a class action lawsuit, with customers of the multi-billion dollar insurance company now set for a possible payday. Members who who had…...
Bricking your phone is the new Dry January
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (765+ words) Almost a year ago, I bought Brick, a $59 gadget that physically blocks smartphone apps. I didn't expect it to turn me into an evangelist. When anyone in my life complained about their screen time, I'd tell them about the little…...
Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (280+ words) Andreessen Horowitz just raised over $15 billion. Finally, another $3 billion funnels to a cryptic category, "other venture strategies." An a16z spokesperson said this "refers to a combination of things, fund strategies that have not yet launched as well as additional opportunities like…...
The DoorDash Deep Throat scam lays bare our new era of untruthiness
4+ day, 35+ min ago (535+ words) Eventually, at midnight on Sunday, DoorDash's CEO Tony Xu stepped in to debunk the claims the company referred to Dashers as "human assets," and that it tracked their "desperation score," or didn't make their priority delivery faster. "This is not…...
1Password Coupon: Score a Free Trial in January
1+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) 1Password has long been one of our favorite password managers. It's our upgrade pick for all the extra features it offers compared to other password managers. 1Password has apps that work just about everywhere, including on macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and…...
Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like ‘Scattered Spider’ who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1353+ words) The job posts don't immediately raise alarms, even though they're clearly not for tutoring or babysitting. Zach Edwards, senior threat researcher at Silent Push, said the structure is a classic one, in which young people do most of the dangerous…...
China is considering a raft of new controls for training AI on chat log data. Here’s what it means.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (635+ words) China is moving to tighten one of the most common ways AI systems improve: Learning directly from conversations with users. The proposal aims to ensure that "human-like" interactive AI services, including chatbots and virtual companions, are safe and secure for…...
Google is at last letting users swap out embarrassing Gmail addresses without losing their data
2+ week, 1+ day ago (336+ words) Google has finally answered users" cries, allowing Gmail users to swap out embarrassing teenage email addresses. Gmail account holders can now change their existing @gmail.com address while retaining their data and services. Once changed, old email addresses will remain…...
Hate your old Gmail address? Google is quietly letting some people change it without losing data
2+ week, 1+ day ago (270+ words) It looks like you may soon be able to change that old email address you made in high school. Google account users have long been unable to change their email addresses without creating a whole new account, but Google seems…...
The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here
2+ week, 3+ day ago (222+ words) expired: AI training data grabstired:opting out of AI trainingwired: all-access AI agents Read more Expired/Tired/WIRED 2025 stories here. Carissa V'liz, an author and associate professor at the University of Oxford, says most of the time consumers have no…...