Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who defined the villain Shang Tsung in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, has died. His career spanned nearly 40 years, from The Last Emperor to Blue Eye Samurai, but he remained a legend to gamers.
A major European research initiative is turning to the ocean for solutions to inflammatory bowel diseases. The Algae4IBD project has already identified promising extracts from over 20 algal species and is developing functional food prototypes.
LinkedIn is scrapping its long-running associate product manager program, a classic Silicon Valley entry point. It’s being replaced with a new program focused on creating “full-stack builders” who can code, design, and manage products. This reflects a major shift in how tech companies are thinking a
Researchers have uncovered Albiriox, a dangerous new Android banking trojan. It’s being distributed as a subscription service on the dark web and can perform transactions directly from a victim’s phone. Over 400 fake apps have already been identified.
Apple is losing two more senior executives in 2026. General Counsel Kate Adams and VP for Environment Lisa Jackson are retiring, continuing a trend of high-level departures.
A new $5 microcontroller is aiming to simplify the complex world of smart home protocols. The ESP32-C6 supports Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and Matter natively, giving DIY builders a single, versatile platform. While it has some radio limitations, its price and flexibility are hard to beat.
Microsoft is increasing prices for its commercial Office productivity software subscriptions starting July 1. This follows a previous hike in 2022 and a consumer price increase announced earlier this year. The company points to over 1,100 new features as justification.
Meta is centralizing support for Facebook and Instagram and testing an AI assistant for help. The move comes as users increasingly sue the company over accounts disabled by automated systems.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is outlining the company’s annual V2MOM strategy, and the top priority is a rock-solid data layer. This comes after its $8 billion acquisition of Informatica and ahead of a major push into industry-specific AI agents.
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive malware campaign targeting users of the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge add-ons. At least ten extensions, some with millions of installs, were secretly updated with spyware code in 2024. The malicious add-ons collected browsing data and sent it
