Ride1Up TrailRush Electric Mountain Bike Review: Quality Components, Bargain Price

Quality build and a smooth, quiet trail ride set this budget e-mountain bike apart.

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Plus: China’s Salt Typhoon hackers target 600 companies in 80 countries, Tulsi Gabbard purges CIA agents, hackers knock out Iranian ship communications, and more.

Gear News of the Week: Apple’s iPhone Event Gets a Date, and Plaud Upgrades Its AI Note-Taker

Plus: Level debuts a discreet smart lock, Chipolo unveils rechargeable Bluetooth trackers, Samsung releases a budget tablet, and Nothing faces backlash for using stock photography.

The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”

New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.

With new in-house models, Microsoft lays the groundwork for independence from OpenAI

Microsoft is still deeply tied to OpenAI, but who knows what the future holds.

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades.

FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.

Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

Firefly Aerospace reveals why its Alpha booster exploded after launch in April.

Google warns that mass data theft hitting Salesloft AI agent has grown bigger

Assume all Salesloft credentials are compromised after Workspace breach, Google says.