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Four people have been arrested in the “largest ever operation against botnets,” EU police force Europol announced on Thursday. The Netherlands, Germany, and France led the sting, dubbed “Operation Endgame.” According to Dutch police, their investigation uncovered financial damages totalling “hundreds of millions” of euros. They also estimate that the malware has infected millions of systems.

"You are encouraged to make sounds, to moan, scream, gasp, say 'oh fuck!'"Stepping into the Sensual Self-Touch workshop, I felt like I was entering another world. About 20 women and non-binary vulva owners were dressed in silk kimonos, popping sweets and fruits into their mouths, as they floated around a glowing, plant-filled room with soft lighting.

Finnish mobile game developer Supercell released Squad Busters yesterday, its first new title in over five years. The game launched alongside an admittedly hilarious promo video featuring the likes of Chris Hemsworth and Ken Jeong.  At the time of writing, Squad Busters has already been downloaded over 10 million times on Google Play.

The Hargreeves family is back for the fourth and final season of Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" — watch the teaser trailer.

The political power of the WNBA and the Atlanta Dream lies at the heart of Prime Video's new sports documentary. Watch the trailer.

Meta's AI models are trained on your posts. But there are ways to limit what you share. The company's data sharing practices caught people's attention recently after a Facebook notification was sent to users in Europe informing them about an update to the privacy policy as Meta rolls out new generative AI features in the region.