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Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out

Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data. Credit: Getty Images | Josh Edelson A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit...

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Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network

"We are strong if we remain united and defend our infrastructure." Elon Musk raises a...

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After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages

If you lost service but only 9 cell towers went down, you won't get...

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Intel fills out Core Ultra 200 laptop chips with hodgepodge of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX will all fall short of Copilot+ compatibility. The new...

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Microsoft would really like you to replace your old Windows 10 PCs this year

The carrot of "new features" and the stick of "no more updates for your...

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Google accidentally published internal Search documentation to GitHub

Commit snafu slapped an irrevocable Apache 2.0 license on confidential API Docs. Google apparently accidentally posted a big stash of internal technical documents to GitHub,...

Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

"I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to regret this," says CEO Jensen Huang at Computex 2024. On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reached beyond Blackwell and revealed the...

AMD’s next-gen Ryzen 9000 desktop chips and the Zen 5 architecture arrive in July

But AMD says AM4 will hang around for budget PCs well into 2025. It’s been almost two years since AMD introduced its Ryzen 7000 series desktop...

Windows 11 is finally getting mouse settings that let you avoid the Control Panel

You will soon be able to disable ‘enhance pointer precision’ and flip your mouse scrolling direction easily. I’ve been waiting years for this. The first...

Alexa will soon lose a popular shopping list feature

Shopping and to-do list apps like AnyList and Todoist will stop working with Alexa voice commands on July 1st unless their developers build a...

TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app

TikTok has spent months separating code for US-only algorithm, insiders claim. TikTok is now disputing a Reuters report that claims the short-video app is cloning its algorithm...

Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions. Google Chrome will be shutting down its older, more capable extension...

Musk can’t avoid testifying in SEC probe of Twitter buyout by playing victim

Class action alleges secret Twitter stock scheme ahead of Musk's SEC testimony. After months of loudly protesting a subpoena, Elon Musk has once again agreed...

Framework boosts its 13-inch laptop with new CPUs, lower prices, and better screens

Framework Laptop 13 gets its fourth major round of upgraded, modular parts. Framework will release a fourth round of iterative updates and upgrade options for...

Google Cloud explains how it accidentally deleted a customer account

UniSuper's 647,000 users faced two weeks of downtime because of a Google Cloud bug. Earlier this month, Google Cloud experienced one of its biggest blunders ever when...

Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit

Will quibbling over the meaning of "shadow libraries" help Nvidia's case? Some of the most infamous so-called shadow libraries have increasingly faced legal pressure to...

SpaceX sets date for next Starship flight, explains what went wrong the last time

Clearing blocked filters and clogged valves is the order of the day. SpaceX is targeting June 5 for the next flight of its massive Starship...

Biggest Windows 11 update in 2 years nearly finalized, enters Release Preview

24H2 update includes big changes, will be released "later this calendar year." The Windows 11 24H2 update isn’t scheduled to be released until sometime this...

Bing outage shows just how little competition Google search really has

Opinion: Actively searching without Google or Bing is harder than it looks. Bing, Microsoft's search engine platform, went down in the very early morning today. That...

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