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An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff were pushing to access client data; Keith Rabois accuses Airwallex of enabling Chinese access to US data (Lucas Baird/Australian Financial Review)

Lucas Baird / Australian Financial Review:
An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff were pushing to access client data; Keith Rabois accuses Airwallex of enabling Chinese access to US data  —  An executive at Airwallex raised an alarm that demands for freer access to customer data were being driven by the payment giant's employees in China.

Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

Scott Stein / CNET:
Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more  —  The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR.

Lenovo’s next gaming laptop may have a rollable OLED screen that stretches ultrawide

Lenovo has already demonstrated its ability to put rollable OLEDs into laptops by graduating last year from demo concept models to shipping the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, an actual device you can buy. It has a built-in mechanism that expands the screen vertically to give you more screen real estate for typing and scrolling. However, […]

Death Howl draws on Soulslikes to create a brutal tactics game

Death Howl, a new game launching on Xbox Game Pass, is a tactics game that's sometimes a little too challenging for its own good.

Sheetz's new gamer program entices players with rewards

After making its own Fortnite island, the Wawa competitor is going full Xbox-vs-Playstation console wars.