Month: May 2025
AI could consume more power than Bitcoin by the end of 2025
AI could soon surpass Bitcoin mining in energy consumption, according to a new analysis that concludes artificial intelligence could use close to half of all the electricity consumed by data centers globally by the end of 2025. The estimates come from Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit…
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Critical security flaw could leave over 100,000 WordPress sites at risk
A flaw in TI WooCommerce Wishlist allows threat actors to upload arbitrary files Since the files can be malicious, they could fully take over a website A patch is not yet released, so users should take care A critical-severity vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin is possibly exposing hundreds of…
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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order updates ahead of the June 5 launch date
Update, 5/29/25: The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch soon on June 5. Pre-order advice currently remains the same, which is to say that you probably won’t be able to pre-order the console before launch day anymore, since all retailers still list it as either “unavailable” or “coming soon.” Now, it’s…
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Instagram isn’t just for square photos anymore
Instagram now supports photos that have a 3:4 aspect ratio, meaning that when you upload a photo with that ratio, “it’ll now appear just exactly as you shot it,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri says in a Threads post. He also notes that “almost every phone camera defaults to” that format.…
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Massive data leak exposes 1.6 million Etsy and other TikTok shop customer details – here’s what we know
Over 1.6 million files have been discovered online by researchers These seem to belong to Etsy, Poshmark, and TikTok Shop customers Personally Identifiable Information is included Two apparently unsecured Azure Blob Storage containers holding a combined 1.6 million files have been discovered by CyberNews researchers, allegedly belonging to online shopping…
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The ‘beige Amazon influencer’ lawsuit is headed for dismissal
The legal battle between two Amazon influencers with unsettlingly similar styles and vibes is nearing resolution. On Wednesday the two influencers asked a judge to dismiss the copyright case, more than a year after it was initially filed and six months after I wrote about it in The Verge. The…
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