Stripe and Advent Offer Over $53 Billion to Acquire PayPal in Joint Bid

July 17th, 2026 08:18 AM

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have offered $60.50 per share for PayPal, valuing the company at more than $53 billion, according to Reuters citing people familiar with the matter. If accepted, the deal would merge two of the most popular online payment platforms into a single company, handling approximately $3.7 trillion in payments annually. The offer was made earlier this month and is backed by about $50 billion in committed financing from banks. PayPal has not yet...

Apple ordered to remove 8 AI nonconsensual undressing apps from the App Store

July 17th, 2026 07:13 PM

San Francisco city attorney David Chiu has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google, demanding that they remove several “nudify” apps from their app stores. Here are the details.

AI spam filters are getting suckered by old-school text salting

July 17th, 2026 04:15 PM

Notice more spam getting through that corporate email filter lately? Attackers are using a technique known as "text salting," which hides benign-looking words intended to confuse some AI-powered email filters, says cybersecurity firm Barracuda. The email security outfit said on Thursday that it had detected more than one million retail-themed phishing attacks using text salting since April. It’s not a new technique by any stretch and has been used to fool traditional secure email gateways...

China Just Erased America's AI Lead

July 17th, 2026 07:00 PM

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Axios: Kimi K3, a massive new model by Beijing-based Moonshot AI, threatens the foundations of Americas AI boom. Its release Thursday dazzled developers, jolted Silicon Valley and reset the AI race overnight. Kimi immediately vaulted into the top tier of global AI, beating Anthropics Fable 5 and OpenAIs GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests by AI evaluator Arena. In Arenas broader text ranking, Kimi finished ahead of Anthropics Opus 4.8 --...

Morning Esports and Competitions

July 17th, 2026 03:58 PM

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at Develop-Star Awards 2026 - GamesIndustry.biz.

Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills Seven People, Health Officials Say

July 17th, 2026 07:23 PM

The Israeli military said the attack targeted members of the second-biggest militant group in Gaza. It also said it was “aware of the claims that several uninvolved individuals” had been harmed.

Mullin threatens to withhold aid if states don’t comply with DHS election directives

July 17th, 2026 06:13 PM

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to strip states of federal election-related aid if they don't comply with the administration's voting roll probe.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sails past 3 million copies in a single week

July 17th, 2026 05:22 PM

The team at Ubisoft Singapore best be tippin' their glasses because they just sailed past 3 million sales in a single week. This makes Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced the fastest selling game in the entire franchise, with 2 million of those happening on day one! Our review reflects that, as you can read here: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John Augustus SheddIf you're a little out of the lane on Black...

TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool

July 17th, 2026 07:34 PM

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with "some" US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer tells The Verge. YouTube has been working on a similar tool and recently made it available to all adult users. Creators who are part of TikTok's test and want to use the tool will first have to verify their identity with a...

New NVIDIA App update now lets some players record gaming footage at 240 FPS

July 17th, 2026 05:56 PM

The latest NVIDIA update adds support for 240 FPS ShadowPlay recording. But only for gamers with select GPUs. Read more...

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July 17th, 2026 07:50 PM

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City New Legacy Adds 25 Original Story Missions

July 17th, 2026 12:17 PM

Modder ‘Rohansrinivasan123’ has released the New Legacy Mission Pack for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. This mod adds 25 original story missions to the game. And, since this mission pack adds new free content to the game, I recommend giving it a go. Going into more details, New Legacy expands the original game with 25 … Continue reading Grand Theft Auto: Vice City New Legacy Adds 25 Original Story Missions The post Grand Theft Auto: Vice City New Legacy Adds 25 Original Story Missions appeared...