Investigators look over the scene at a Tesla Collision Center after an individual used incendiary devices to set several vehicles on fire on March 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images<br>A report in the New York Post on Monday revealed the existence of a new 10-person FBI task force focused on vandalism and other activity aimed toward Tesla in response to the actions of Elon Musk. Like Attorney General Pam Bondi’s re-announcement last week of old charges against people accused of targeting Tesla locations for vandalism and arson, today’s announcement didn’t come with specific new details. It did come with more statements calling the acts “domestic terrorism,” a line pushed by Musk, Trump, and others in recent weeks. FBI Director Kash Patel repeated the phrase while sharing the story on X, also saying, “The FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional steps to crack down and coordinate our response.” Unlike international groups branded as terrorism that the US government can bar support for, the US doesn’t have a similar formal designation for domestic terrorist groups. A recent report by Wired cites civil liberties experts who said possible effects of the designation could give law enforcement more surveillance authority over Musk protestors and possibly the ability to share information from investigations with Musk and Tesla.CNBC reports that earlier on Monday, police said they’d found multiple “incendiary devices” at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas. The Post article also said the task force is “tracking” the “Tesla Takedown” mass protests scheduled for March 29th and looking into a “Dogeque.st” site that claimed to dox some Tesla owners and locations, which it said appears to be run out of Sao Tome, the second-smallest country in Africa. 404 Media reports that after going offline the same day it appeared, a version of the site has reappeared on the dark web.

Even since its introduction, I have kept a close eye on Microsoft Loop’s progress. While it was barebone at launch, the Windows maker has done a solid job improving Loop with frequent updates. Fast-forward to 2025, and I wanted to discover if it could truly be the all-in-one productivity solution Microsoft promised. So, I decided to ditch my current toolkit and started my exclusive month-long experiment with Loop.

Nintendo is one of the most recognizable names in gaming, responsible for some of the most beloved consoles of all time, from the original NES to the Switch. However, while systems like the Game Boy and Super Nintendo are staples of gaming history, the company has also released lesser-known hardware — some through partnerships, others as regional exclusives—that have slipped under the radar. In some parts of the world, Nintendo isn’t even the name most associated with its own systems, as many players grew up with hardware clones or locally branded versions instead of the originals.

Three Democratic senators are urging President Donald Trump to work with Congress to save TikTok from going dark in the US after April 5th, rather than plow ahead with plans that could leave TikTok’s service providers open to hundreds of billions of dollars in liability.Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) say they oppose the TikTok ban, which was passed by Congress in an overwhelming vote last year and required the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest it by January 19th or face an effective expulsion. But, they write in a letter to Trump, “it is unacceptable and unworkable for your Administration to continue ignoring the requirements in the law, as you did in January by extending the divestment deadline to April 5.” The law punishes service providers that work with TikTok after the divestment deadline, leaving them open to up to $850 billion in liability. Trump — who was the original proponent of a TikTok ban in his first term, before billing himself as its savior during his most recent campaign — signed an executive order on his first day back in office promising not to enforce the ban for 75 days. “It is unacceptable and unworkable for your Administration to continue ignoring the requirements in the law”This was always a legally shaky plan, experts told The Verge. For one thing, the ban deadline had technically passed by the time Trump was sworn into office, even though former President Joe Biden effectively punted the ball to him in his final days in the White House. The law has an extension mechanism that the president can employ to extend the deadline 90 days if a sale is underway, but neither Biden nor Trump tried to use that, and the 75 day extension by executive order is something entirely different.The order can’t override the law itself, and even if service providers like Oracle, Apple and Google take Trump at his word that his Justice Department won’t enforce the law against them, the statute of limitations extends past his term limit. That said, it’s not clear how much that will constrain Trump’s actions — congressional Republicans have so far mostly avoided criticizing Trump (though at least one has warned him against a weak deal), and in a separate case, Trump has suggested that a judge that disagrees with him should be impeached.The senators charge that Trump’s 75-day extension was “unlawful” and its effectiveness in keeping TikTok operating in the US ultimately relies on the “risk tolerance” of TikTok’s service providers. While some of TikTok’s service providers, including Oracle, were willing to trust Trump’s promise of legal safety, others, like Apple and Google, held off on returning it to their app stores until reportedly receiving a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi assuring them the law wouldn’t be enforced against them.Trump seems to be weighing two options to keep TikTok running past April 5th: extending the deadline or cutting a deal to bring TikTok into compliance with the law. One proposal before the Trump administration, Bloomberg reported based on unnamed sources, would involve Oracle providing assurances that US user data was safe from Chinese government access, but letting the app’s recommendation algorithm remain with ByteDance. The arrangement appears similar to Project Texas, a proposed TikTok-Oracle partnership that lawmakers and officials rejected as inadequate to resolve concerns.Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), who chairs the House Select Committee on China, has warned that under the law, “ByteDance must fully divest its control of TikTok and have no say in its operations; nor can the two share data, content, or algorithms. These are non-negotiable, and any deal that doesn’t meet these requirements simply isn’t legal.”“Any further extensions of the TikTok deadline will require Oracle, Apple, Google, and other companies to continue risking ruinous legal liability”But the senators warn that in either case, the reported approaches Trump is considering would leave TikTok’s service providers exposed to potentially crushing liability. “To the extent that you continue trying to delay the divestment deadline through executive orders, any further extensions of the TikTok deadline will require Oracle, Apple, Google, and other companies to continue risking ruinous legal liability, a difficult decision to justify in perpetuity,” they write. “On the other hand, if your Administration works to complete a deal with Oracle — under which Oracle would reportedly take a small stake in TikTok and provide certainty about the security of TikTok’s user data — such a deal would almost certainly not satisfy the Act’s requirements around a qualified divestiture.”The lawmakers propose an alternative: “Work with Congress.” They urge Trump to ask Senate Republicans to pass the “Extend the TikTok Deadline Act” — a bill Markey proposed shortly before Trump’s inauguration, before the ban took place, to give the company until October to complete a sale.If Trump is set on moving forward with an Oracle partnership instead of a full sale, the lawmakers urge him to work with Congress to modify the original law to ensure TikTok can still legally operate. “Regardless of your approach, the path to saving TikTok should run through Capitol Hill,” they write.

Copilot+ felt like Microsoft attempted to bring AI tools to the general market, but it didn't really take off as much as the company may have liked. However, Microsoft hasn't given up making Copilot+ devices better. The company is working on a new feature right now that may actually convince me that Copilot+ is worth buying a Snapdragon chip for.

There are a lot of different options when it comes to backing up your important data. But one of the best solutions is a portable SSD, offering a great balance when it comes to portability, performance, and price. While some can be quite expensive, we think this one from Lexar is going to be a good one to go with, especially at its newly discounted price that comes in at just $109.

If you're a creative professional who's ditched Adobe Creative Cloud or never bought into it in the first place, finding the right cloud storage can be a challenge. Adobe has tightly integrated cloud services built into its ecosystem, but what about the rest who don't use the suite? Video editors, designers, and artists need cloud storage that actually works with their workflow — not just a generic dumping ground for files.

Joplin, the open-source note-taking and to-do app, is a powerhouse for organization and productivity. While many users appreciate its core functionalities, they are often unaware of the depth of its customization capabilities. Let’s go over Joplin’s best-kept secrets, the power-user techniques that will streamline your workflow, boost your productivity, and, ultimately, change the way you interact with your notes.

Connor Moucka, accused of stealing large amounts of customer data from companies that used Snowflake’s cloud storage services, has agreed to be extradited to the US to face charges, Cyberscoop reports. Around 165 companies were affected by the Snowflake breaches, including AT&T and Ticketmaster.Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who was arrested in Canada on October 30th at the request of the US government, agreed to the extradition in writing before a judge in the Superior Court of Justice in Kitchener last Friday, waiving Canada’s requirement for a 30-day waiting period.Moucka is facing 20 federal charges that include violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He and his alleged co-conspirator, John Binns, are accused of collecting around $2.5 million worth of ransom from victims.A US soldier was previously arrested in December in connection with the Snowflake breaches, and was reported by KrebsOnSecurity to have seemingly posted hacked call logs for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, who were presidential candidates at the time.Last May, Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation, which used Snowflake’s services, confirmed that the data of 560 million users were being sold on hacking websites. AT&T, Santander Bank, Advanced Auto Parts, and Lending Tree subsidiary Quote Wizard later also confirmed that millions of customers were affected by these breaches.

Back in 2012, the progenitor Raspberry Pi board brought the Arm architecture to the forefront of the SBC market. Since then, Arm devices have ruled the Single-Board Computer domain with an iron fist, with most manufacturers utilizing the energy-efficient architecture in their offerings.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks to the press during a meeting with UK Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon on March 6, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. | Image: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesGetting added to the wrong group chat is a common problem, but what if that group chat is describing an upcoming military strike? That’s what happened to The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was added to a Signal group chat formed by high-ranking members of the Trump administration to discuss plans for military strikes on Yemen. As a result, he had the details of a bombing attack targeting the Houthis hours before it actually occurred on March 15th, facts later confirmed not only by the attacks going off on schedule but in comments from National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes, who said they are “reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.”The 18 members of the chat — named “Houthi PC Small group” — appear to have included vice president JD Vance, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, and national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard, all freely chatting with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief listening in. Goldberg says he’s unsure how he was added or how no one on the thread noticed his presence. Discussions of classified military plans are generally not supposed to take place on consumer messaging apps.Signal’s end-to-end encryption is intended to keep messages secure from snooping by outside parties, but if someone’s device is compromised or if the wrong person is on the other end of the conversation, its security features go out the window. According to national-security lawyers Goldberg consulted, the app isn’t approved for sharing classified information, and the chat never should’ve been established in the first place. By discussing military activity on unapproved devices outside of secure facilities, they created the possibility that one of their devices could be lost or stolen, with all of the information exposed.After explosions were reported in Yemen, the group members exchanged celebratory emoji — a flexed bicep, an American flag, and a fist bump. Goldberg even witnessed Vance saying “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now.” Vance’s spokesperson, William Martin, is quoted downplaying the comments, saying that “The President and the Vice President have had subsequent conversations about this matter and are in complete agreement.” Asked about the report and chat during a press conference Monday, Trump said, “I don’t know anything about it. You– you’re telling me about it for the first time.”

For years, pre-built NAS units from brands like Synology, QNAP, and Asustor have been the go-to for anyone looking to set up home or small office storage. They’re sleek, easy to set up and come with polished software. However, there comes a time when your requirements outgrow the capabilities of pre-built devices. Clearly, I'm not alone in this thinking, as the DIY NAS community is in an upward swing. More so, keeping in mind the increasing popularity of NAS-oriented operating systems like TrueNAS and Unraid. With that in mind, here are five reasons why I no longer buy a pre-built NAS.