Google promises ‘more focused deals’ with news publishers as FT joins AI pilot

Google is adding search features in direct response to feedback from publishers and plans to do "more focused deals" around AI.
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Build an interactive cardboard drum set with your smartphone | DIY digital drums tutorial

Discover how to build a fully functional drum set at home using cardboard, aluminum foil, and some basic electronics. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll see how to craft the drums and cymbals, wire ...
TechCrunch

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its ...
UPI

EU says TikTok's algorithm, 'addictive design' likely illegal

Feb. 6 (UPI) --European Union regulators said Friday that TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive and compulsive behavior. The European Commission ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Spotify Adds Physical Books to Audiobook Offering

The tech platform will allow readers to move between physical and audiobooks and offer the sale of books from independent bookstores. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer About two years after the launch ...
CoinTelegraph

If quantum computing breaks crypto, what actually fails first and why?

Public-key cryptography can become unreliable in certain post-Q-Day scenarios. The earliest onchain stress is likely to concentrate in digital signatures (authorization and ownership) because they ...
insideHPC

CIQ’s NSS Module Achieves CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms

RENO, Nev., February 4, 2026 — CIQ today announced that Network Security Services (NSS) for Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) 9.6 with post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms has achieved Cryptographic ...
IEEE

Integrating Post-Quantum Cryptography and Blockchain to Secure Low-Cost IoT Devices

Abstract: In the contemporary era, the global proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices exceeds 15 billion, serving functions from wearables to smart grid monitoring. These devices frequently ...
IEEE

A Side-Channel Protected and High-Performance Hardware Implementation for EdDSA25519

Abstract: This paper presents a high-performance and secure hardware implementation of the Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA25519). Using the fixed-base signed multi-comb and the k-ary ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin's Quantum threat is ‘real but distant,’ says Wall Street analyst as doomsday debate rages on

Quantum computing poses a theoretical threat to Bitcoin, but the risk remains distant and manageable, according to Wall Street broker Benchmark. While quantum machines could eventually compromise ...