Technology & Business
DJI Ban: How the World’s Biggest Drone Maker Is Being Forced Out of the United States
DJI Ban: How the World’s Biggest Drone Maker Is Being Forced Out of the United States Source: www.theverge.com/news/8312… Dec. 23, 2025, is the date on which DJI will be automatically banned from the United States unless the administration intervenes. Existing DJI drones and Osmo cameras may continue to be used, but the company will be prohibited from importing any new products. The FCC may also retroactively block imports of older DJI devices after a mandatory waiting period. The ban covers more than drones — it applies to any DJI product containing a wireless radio.
Black Friday Shopping: What You Need to Know About Price Manipulation
With Black Friday approaching, many of us are looking for deals online. However, it’s important to understand a common retail tactic that can make deals look better than they actually are.
Understanding X's "About this Account" Feature: A Fact-Based Overview
In mid-October 2025, X’s head of product Nikita Bier announced the platform would test a new transparency tool called “About this Account.” The feature began rolling out to users around Nov. 21, 2025, though visibility has been inconsistent since launch.
The iPad's "Limitation" That's Actually Its Greatest Strength
For years, tech reviewers have lamented that Apple’s iPad Pro is being “held back” by its software. The hardware is absurdly powerful—M4 chips that rival desktop processors, gorgeous displays, ample RAM—yet iPadOS will not let you do half the things macOS allows. No proper Terminal access. No kernel extensions. Apps locked in their sandboxes like well-behaved children at daycare.
The critics say Apple is artificially limiting the iPad to protect the Mac’s position in the lineup. I think they have it backwards.
What if iPadOS is not holding the iPad back—it is holding the fort? What if those “limitations” are not bugs but features? What if the iPad Pro is actually the more secure computing platform precisely because it refuses to give you enough rope to get yourself into serious trouble?
Let me make the case that the iPad’s locked-down nature is not a weakness—it is a masterclass in security design.
Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight | The Verge Amazon has requested that Perplexity stop its AI browser, Comet, from purchasing products on its site, accusing the AI startup of providing a degraded shopping experience. Perplexity, in turn, has accused Amazon of bullying and stated that the e-commerce giant is more interested in serving ads and sponsored results than facilitating easier shopping, despite Amazon’s CEO expecting future partnerships with AI shopping agents.
Internet Speed Tests: Four Tools That Matter and When to Use Them
Understanding how your Internet service performs day to day can help explain streaming hiccups, choppy video calls or sluggish cloud activity. Speedtest by Ookla, FAST.com, Cloudflare Speed Test and OpenSpeedTest each measure different aspects of real-world performance and use different test paths. Running more than one can offer a clearer, more complete picture of your connection.
AWS Outage Exposes Cloud Dependency, Concentration Risks A recent AWS outage highlighted the risks of deep cloud dependencies and the challenges of achieving multi-region cloud resilience, as enterprises struggle with complex architectures and the cost of fault tolerance. The incident also raises concerns about cloud sovereignty for European countries, questioning the feasibility of independence from U.S.-based providers without hindering innovation.
Fortinet Accused of Securities Fraud Over Firewall Forecasts Two class action lawsuits accuse Fortinet of securities fraud for allegedly misleading investors about a firewall refresh cycle, claiming it would significantly boost revenue. The lawsuits allege that Fortinet executives knew the refresh involved older, less impactful products and that CEO Ken Xie and CTO Michael Xie engaged in suspicious insider stock sales before the company’s stock price dropped significantly.
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, offers a service that uses AI to generate and manage thousands of social media accounts, violating policies of major platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit. The service, which costs between $1,500 and $7,500 per month, uses a combination of AI-generated content and human “touch-up” work to create and manage accounts that appear authentic. Despite the service’s potential for misuse, including political manipulation, Doublespeed claims it does not support political efforts.
GM to Remove CarPlay from All Future Vehicles, Including Gas Cars - MacRumors General Motors has decided to remove CarPlay from all future vehicles, including both electric and gas cars, to prioritize its own in-house infotainment system. GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed that new gas cars will not support smartphone projection for CarPlay or Android Auto.