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Microsoft updates Intel-based Surface PCs, if you can pay for them

Businesses often use hardware and software that still needs x86 to run properly. Microsoft's new Surfaces are all business. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft switched the Surface Pro tablet and both sizes of Surface Laptop from...

Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more

Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have. Apple is introducing three...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast

Even setting aside Frame Generation, this is a fast, power-hungry $2,000 GPU. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Nvidia's...

Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download

DeepSeek R1 is free to run locally and modify, and it matches OpenAI's o1...

Trump issues flurry of orders on TikTok, DOGE, social media, AI, and energy

A roundup of executive orders issued by Trump after his second inauguration. US President Donald...

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years

Google's 2030 "Net zero" target looks increasingly doubtful as AI use soars. Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48 percent in the past five years...

Alzheimer’s scientist indicted for allegedly falsifying data in $16M scheme

The work underpinned an Alzheimer's drug by Cassava, now in a Phase III trial. A federal grand jury has indicted an embattled Alzheimer's researcher for allegedly...

Meta defends charging fee for privacy amid showdown with EU

EU finding that Meta’s subscription option violates DMA could impact many sites. Meta continues to hit walls with its heavily scrutinized plan to comply with...

Brussels explores antitrust probe into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

EU executive arm drops merger review into US tech companies’ alliance. Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $13 billion investment into OpenAI,...

T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices

FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors." In 2017, Kathleen Odean thought she had found the last cell phone plan she...

Google Translate just nearly doubled its number of supported languages

This includes common languages like Cantonese and lesser-known ones like Manx. Google announced today that it has added support for 110 new languages to Google...

NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

The space agency did consider alternatives to splashing the station. NASA has awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to develop a "US Deorbit Vehicle."...

YouTube tries convincing record labels to license music for AI song generator

Video site needs labels’ content to legally train AI song generators. YouTube is in talks with record labels to license their songs for artificial intelligence...

Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine

Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages. Verizon Wireless agreed to pay a $1,050,000 penalty to the US Treasury...

Microsoft risks huge fine over “possibly abusive” bundling of Teams and Office

Microsoft vows to make more changes facing EU fine over Teams bundling. Microsoft may be hit with a massive fine in the European Union for...

Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11

But most Microsoft account sign-in workarounds for Windows 11 continue to work. One of Windows 11's more contentious changes is that, by default, both the...

iOS 18’s drive-formatting option shows how far iPhones have come for power users

The beta's Files app lets you format external drives in APFS, exFat, and FAT. Apple has added the ability to format external drives in iOS...

Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn

Remembering Finger, 84, who learned as he went and left his mark on many. Linux and its code are made by people, and people are...

Apple Intelligence and other features won’t launch in the EU this year

iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay screen sharing will also skip the EU for now. Three major features in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia will not be...
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