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Google starts lowering Play Store fees, making good on Epic Games settlement
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (402+ words) A few additional markets will get the lower fees this year ahead of a global rollout in 2027. Credit: Google Credit: Google Developers will finally be allowed to send users outside the Play Store to complete a transaction, too. Google says…...
Internet Yiff Machine: We hacked 93 GB of "anonymous" crime tips
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (590+ words) Ultra-sensitive data may have been hacked. P3 Global Intel claims that it has "quickly become the new standard in tip management for Crime Stoppers programs, [Law Enforcement Agencies], and government agencies helping to solve and prevent crimes around the world." But…...
DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (425+ words) Hackers claimed the attack was retaliation after Patel vowed to "hunt" them. Iran-linked hackers successfully broke into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email, the Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters on Friday. Reuters could not authenticate the leaked emails themselves…...
Rackspace customers grapple with "devastating" email hosting price hike
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (572+ words) Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more. Rackspace's new pricing for its email hosting services is "devastating," according to a partner that has been using Rackspace as its email provider since 1999. In recent weeks, Rackspace updated its email…...
Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (313+ words) A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September. In the new blog post, Google's Matthew Forsythe confirms that the developer verification system is slated to come online on September 30 of this year....
California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (697+ words) FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service. California state regulators say AT&T lied to the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to shut off its old copper phone network without providing an adequate…...
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard!
1+ week, 1+ day ago (264+ words) Tell us how you read Ars, and what you'd like to see more (or less!) of on the front page. Greetings, Arsians, and welcome to the great Ars Technica 2026 reader survey! It has been almost four years since we last…...
Commodore's newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers
1+ week, 1+ day ago (588+ words) Commodore's Call Back 8020 is a phone "where the customer is not the product." The next gadget to bear the storied Commodore branding will be a flip phone. Today, the new Commodore announced a new device in a dated design: a…...
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
1+ week, 5+ day ago (729+ words) Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power." It's clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction. This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the "most blocked…...
Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1651+ words) Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users. Verizon sent one of its customers a "refurbished" phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device. The serious mistake…...