Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the social media giant can “always just buy any competitive startups,” according to emails obtained by Congress. U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) questioned Zuckerberg about his acquisitions of other companies such as WhatsApp and Instagram during Wednesday’sBig Tech hearing. As evidence, Neguse read internal Facebook emails from 2012, right after the company bought Instagram. “We can likely always just buy any competitive startups but it will be a while before we can buy Google,” Neguse read from the email, which was written by Zuckerberg himself....

Summary Captain Americais such an integral figure in theMCUthat the sheer wealth of memes spawned from his career is no surprise. Now thatSam Wilson is set to embody the rolein earnest inCaptain America: Brave New Worldin his first solo cinematic outing, Captain America’s years-long absence from the MCU is finally about to be broken. 13 years after the mantle debuted in the MCU, reflecting onthe impact Captain Americahas had in popular culture is easy when there are so many memes of his MCU journey immortalized on the internet....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ The luxury carmakers, like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, were quick to adopt vehicle electrification. The originalMercedes-Benz EQSwas first produced in 2021, and since then, the company has radically expanded its lineup of EVs — to the point where there should be something in the lineup for anyone who can afford to spend luxury vehicle-level cash....

The only thing better than a great sci-fi movie is one you can stream for free, without a subscription. These three underrated sci-fi movies onAmazon Prime Videoare free and can be streamed this month. Previously, Amazon had these titles under its Freevee umbrella. But with the Freevee brand now gone, you can find these free films tagged as “watch for free.” If you’re looking for something in the sci-fi genre you can watch without paying (but with ads), you don’t even need to dig through the offerings, because we have highlighted three great titles for you right here....

Do you ever find yourself calling out, “Alexa!” to your plain, old dumb speakers before realizing there’s no Alexa inside, only music? I hate to admit that I do it all the time. Hey, don’t judge! When you get used to having Alexa around to do your bidding, it becomes a natural reaction. I also often catch myself talking to Alexa when she’s not there, like in the car, my parents’ house, or even the grocery store....

Microsoft’s new Surface laptops have arrived, and they’re more than just routine refreshes. According to Microsoft, powered by Snapdragon X processors and built for the Copilot+ AI experience, they promise significant battery life, performance, and usability improvements. After reviewing the key updates, here are four standout features that make Microsoft’s latest Surface laptop worth the upgrade. Better battery life One of Microsoft’s biggest promises with its new Surface laptops is vastly improved battery life, a long-standing request from Windows users....

Horror iconEli Rothis just about to begin directing his next scary film,Thanksgiving, and it’s been a long time coming. Roth had filmed a fake trailer for this make-believe movie as part of director Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 double feature,Grindhouse. The trailer itself acts as a parody of classic holiday-themed horror movies likeHalloweenandBlack Christmas, and thoughGrindhousewas very much a turkey in theaters, fans couldn’t get enough of Roth’s fake film....

“U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have requested, required, and even sought court orders against individuals and companies to build a ‘backdoor,’ weakening secure encryption in their product or service to assist in electronic surveillance,”Lofgren saidin a press release. Whyis this bill needed? A prime example would be the fiasco between the FBI and Apple over an iPhone 5C.The FBI recovered the phone from one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack at theend of 2015, butcouldn’t unlock the device....

TheAmazon Kindle Scribeis an excellent e-book reader and note-taking device, and thanks to an update that went live today, it just got even better. Announced on February 27, the update adds three key features many Scribe owners have been waiting on since the device launched in 2022. The update aims to make using the Scribe seamless,highlighting what makes it more advantageous than using simple pen and paper. The first key feature that’s debuting on the Scribe with today’s update highlights new brush types....

AMD’s latestRadeon RX 7000-seriesis Team Red’s response toNvidia’s RTX 40-series. For Nvidia, the current reigning leader of the pack is the RTX 4090, an expensive, but immensely powerful GPU. In the case of AMD, we have two cards sitting near the top — the RX 7900 XT and the RX 7900 XTX. How does AMD’s new headliner, the XTX, compete with Nvidia’s flagship? If you’re wondering which GPU will reign as the best of the best, you’ve come to the right place....

Arcane & Severance have a big ‘JayVik’ connection and it’ll blow your mind SeveranceandArcaneare not two shows you’d normally put together, but it turns out that Burt and Irving (Birving?) have a mind-blowing connection to JayVik, aka Jayce and Viktor. Arcane’s second and final chapterdropped onNetflixlast November, wrapping up the story in Piltover with a heart-wrenching finale as Jayce and Viktor made the ultimate sacrifice to save their people. As we wait for updates on thenext League of Legends series,Severance Season 2is airing on Apple TV+, serving up more intriguing clues and corporate horror as it dives deeper into Lumon’s secrets....

Beast Games contestants reveal MrBeast’s reaction to “wild” wedding proposal Beast Games contestants Steven England and Tiffany Weaver have gone viral after Steven proposed to his now-fiance while filming the show. YouTube star Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson finally released hislong-awaited Amazon Prime show, Beast Games, on Thursday, December 19. It quickly became themost-watched show on the streaming platformin over 50 countries, with fans flocking to social media to share their love for the series....

They’re mortal enemies. Sworn rivals. The two top names when it comes to thebest graphics cards, duking it out even over petty performance difference. And yet, AMD and Nvidia are partnering for the launch of Team Red’s 5th-gen Epyc server CPUs, code-named Turin. Through what AMD called a “technical partnership,” Nvidia is providing guidance on how to pair its HGX and MGX data center GPU clusters with AMD’s new Epyc CPUs....