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Microsoft finally releases generic install ISOs for the Arm version of Windows

Generic install media brings Arm PCs closer to feeling like any old x86 PC. Credit: Microsoft For some PC buyers, doing a clean install of Windows right out of the box...

EU fines Meta €800 million for breakEUing law with Marketplace

EU: Tying the free Facebook Marketplace to the social network undermines rivals. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing...

Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all

Saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while. President Donald Trump steps...

Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor |...

Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything

The tool will likely be released anyway, testing Meta’s litigiousness. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto Meta...

SpaceX’s workhorse launch pad now has the accoutrements for astronauts

"This system will help us scale to bigger towers and spaceships." Upgrades at SpaceX's most-used launch pad in Florida will get a trial run Thursday...

Google balks at $270M fine after training AI on French news sites’ content

Google agrees to end sketchy negotiations based on flat rates and limited data. Google has agreed to pay 250 million euros (about $273 million) to...

Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

As companies race to pair AI with general-purpose humanoid robots, Nvidia's GR00T emerges. In sci-fi films, the rise of humanlike artificial intelligence often comes hand...

Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1

A new signal from humanity's most distant spacecraft could be the key to restoring it. It's been four months since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft sent...

After 114 days of change, Broadcom CEO acknowledges VMware-related “unease”

"There's more to come." Broadcom CEO and President Hock Tan has acknowledged the discomfort VMware customers and partners have experienced after the sweeping changes that...

Google says Chrome’s new real-time URL scanner won’t invade your privacy

Google says URL hashes and a third-party relay server will keep it out of your history. Google Chrome's "Safe Browsing" feature—the thing that pops up...

ByteDance unlikely to sell TikTok, as former Trump official plots purchase

TikTok CEO urges users to protest bill, warns it "will lead to a ban." Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is reportedly assembling an investor...

SpaceX has a license to launch Starship—this time it might fly at dawn

The launch window opens before sunrise Thursday at SpaceX's launch site in Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it has approved a commercial launch...

Bitcoin Fog operator convicted of laundering $400M in bitcoins on darknet

Roman Sterlingov will appeal, denouncing DOJ's crypto-tracing techniques. A US federal jury has convicted a dual Russian-Swedish national, Roman Sterlingov, for operating Bitcoin Fog, "the...

Unreleased preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 is a glimpse down a road not taken

Microsoft's involvement in IBM's OS/2 project ended before v2.0 was released. In the annals of PC history, IBM’s OS/2 represents a road not taken. Developed in...

Meta sues “brazenly disloyal” former exec over stolen confidential docs

Meta's former exec allegedly shared data center secrets with a shadowy startup. A recently unsealed court filing has revealed that Meta has sued a former senior employee...

Google’s new gaming AI aims past “superhuman opponent” and at “obedient partner”

New model can respond to natural language commands, even on games it has never seen. At this point in the progression of machine-learning AI, we're...

Google’s Gemini AI now refuses to answer election questions

Gemini is opting out of election-related responses entirely for 2024. Like many of us, Google Gemini is tired of politics. Reuters reports that Google has restricted the...

Bill that could ban TikTok passes in House despite constitutional concerns

US much closer to banning TikTok, despite users' protests. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill with a vote of 352–65 that...
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