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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company

One month after launch of its "smartphone replacement," Humane already seems doomed. The wearable startup Humane, makers of the bizarre Humane AI Pin, is already...

Google sends DOJ unexpected check in attempt to avoid monopoly jury trial

Google steals DOJ tactic to dodge owing damages by paying DOJ upfront. Last week, Google sent a cashier's check to the US government that it...

We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels

It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently. It doesn't take a lot of energy to dig up...

iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1 fix a nasty bug that resurfaced old photos

Bug was discovered by Redditors and forum users a few days ago. Apple has released its first bug fix update for iOS and iPadOS. The...

You can now buy a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot for $16K

No one is quite sure what you're supposed to do with the robot, but you can buy one. Does anyone want to buy a humanoid...

Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD

Microsoft demands an NPU capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second. Microsoft is using its new Surface launch and this week’s Build developer...

We take a stab at decoding SpaceX’s ever-changing plans for Starship in Florida

"On Artemis III, we anticipate using at least two of the launch sites: one at KSC and one at Starbase." There are a couple of...

China’s first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes

China’s first major sodium-ion battery energy storage station is now online, according to state-owned utility China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage. The Fulin Sodium-ion Battery...

The Apple TV is coming for the Raspberry Pi’s retro emulation box crown

Apple’s restrictions will still hold it back, but there’s a lot of possibility. Apple’s initial pitch for the tvOS and the Apple TV as it...

The Mac Pro and Studio won’t get the M4 nod until mid-2025

That means the M4 iPad Pro will be more powerful than both (for some tasks) for about a year. The Mac Studio and Mac Pro...

“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its account

UniSuper, a $135 billion pension account, details its cloud compute nightmare. Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's...

Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name

X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change. Twitter.com links are now redirecting to the x.com domain as Elon Musk gets...

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results

Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore. Google I/O has come and gone, and with it...

Thunderbolt Share simplifies dual-PC workloads—but requires new hardware

App comes out in June, but you'll need a PC or dock licensed to use it. Intel this week announced new Thunderbolt software made for...

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