On Thursday, the value of bitcoin fell more than 10 percent in a single day, falling to around $64,000, the lowest since the 2024 presidential election, according to CNBC. After surpassing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking above $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been on a steady decline over the past few weeks. … Read more
A day later The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster about Meta’s own dismal findings about teenage girls’ mental health on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wondered if Meta should change the way it studies the potential harms of its platforms. “Recent events have made me wonder if we should change our approach to research and … Read more
After a federal judge ruled that Meta was not an illegal monopolist in a strike against the Federal Trade Commission, the agency issued what was in part a typical statement of disappointment. The next part of the statement was anything but: a political attack on the judge himself. “The table has always been stacked against … Read more
Spotify is going all in on books in 2026, partnering with Bookshop.org to let you buy physical copies of audiobooks and supporting local retailers starting in the spring. The announcement comes with the launch of Page Match, a new feature that lets you sync physical books and e-books with audiobooks in the Spotify app using … Read more
Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your place in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at the page and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match the text to the audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long … Read more
Substack is warning some users that email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a “security incident” last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said a hacker gained unauthorized access to internal data in October 2025, but passwords, credit card numbers and other financial information remain … Read more
When Valve first announced its impressive-looking Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware in November, the company said the products would begin shipping in early 2026. Some journalists were specifically told “Q1 2026.” But due to the ongoing memory and storage crisis, that launch has been pushed back to sometime in the first half … Read more
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, earned more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. The company announced the milestone as part of its Q4 2025 earnings report released Wednesday, which highlighted a 15 percent year-over-year increase as its cloud business and YouTube continue to grow. As noted in the earnings report, Google’s cloud … Read more
Hello and welcome Regulator, newsletter for Rod subscribers for the most ambitious crossover event ever: the endless war between technology and politics. Not logged in yet? Come on, do it! Washington may seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that’s because it’s more turbulent. To get anything done, we have to navigate the vast amount of … Read more
Overwatch 2sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit shooter Overwatchwas announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five PVP matches and several new characters including Overwatch’s the first black heroine. After canceling the planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game developers ended up bringing back a … Read more