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Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits

Audible, an audiobook marketplace and subsidiary of Amazon, is changing its royalty structure to subsidize its streaming service with premium credit purchases. In August 2025, the new structure took…

Cami Research

CAMI Research Inc. is an American company that develops testing devices for cables and harnesses.

EA requires Battlefield 6 players to change motherboard settings

In August of 2025, Electronic Arts (EA) launched an open beta for their upcoming release, Battlefield 6. Like other new EA titles, Battlefield 6 uses EA's proprietary anti-cheat system, which…

Google Android restrict app sideloading

On 25 August 2025, Google announced that starting in 2026, the company will block the installation of Android apps from outside the Play Store unless the developer has verified their identity with…

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions

Ioniq 5 N cars from Hyundai do not appear to allow for DIY brake pad replacement, due to Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) system software restrictions, as discovered by a Reddit user. The story was…

Kroger merger deal with Albertson

On 10 December 2024, the Federal Trade Commission blocked a $24.6 Billion merger agreement between Kroger and Albertsons over risk of higher food prices and limiting product choices. A day later…

NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service

The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is an annual bill that outlines the budget for the U.S. Department of Defense for the following fiscal year. Often, legislators add "rider" provisions…

Neato cloud shutdown

Neato Robotics was a company founded in 2005. In 2017, the company was acquired by the German company Vorwerk Group.

Nintendo Switch bans

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo has already exercised rights it reserved back in early May 2025. Nintendo blocking online services on certain Switch 2 devices effectively bricks…

Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback

The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This…

Perplexity throttles PRO subscribers without prior notice
Personal Data Protection Law

The Personal Data Protection Law, also known as "Ley de Protección de Datos Personales" in Spanish or Law N° 21,719) is a Chilean law created to increase protections for user's data. It is based on…

Tapo P115 firmware update breaks Home Assistant integration

A firmware update for the Tapo P115 caused functionality regressions in home automation. Previously working reliably with Home Assistant, the device now works intermittently and appears to require…

Tea Dating Advice

Tea Dating Advice (simply known as Tea), is a women-only social media platform founded in 2023 by Sean Cook. The purpose of the app is for women to share their experiences with dating local men…

Texas Attorney General sues multiple TV makers over ACR user data collection

On December 15, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed five separate lawsuits against Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL Technology, alleging that these manufacturers failed to adequately…

Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights

Universal Media Group (UMG) is alleged to have hired a professional team dedicated to making nuisance complaints on YouTube against fair uses of material from the UMG music catalog.[citation needed]…

Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident

In 2024, Volkswagen experienced a data-security incident involving customer vehicle information stored on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The incident occurred when Volkswagen's implementation of CARIAD…

Wemo discontinuation of service

Belkin Wemo smart home devices require cloud connectivity to work. On 10 July 2025, Belkin announced the shutdown of cloud services supporting most Wemo devices, effective 31 January 2026. These…