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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Intel’s and Qualcomm’s Huawei export licenses get revoked

Huawei's phone division has moved on, but laptops will suffer without Intel. The US crackdown on exports to Huawei now includes even stronger restrictions than...

M4 iPad Pro CPU cores and RAM amount are tied to storage capacity

Apple has tied RAM to storage capacity in older iPads; it's a first for the CPU. When Apple announced the Apple M4 chip during its iPad Pro event yesterday,...

Hands-on with the new iPad Pros and Airs: A surprisingly refreshing refresh

And the new Apple Pencil Pro does some cool things, too. Apple has a new lineup of iPad Pro and Air models for the first...

Raspberry Pis get a built-in remote access tool: Raspberry Pi Connect

Reach your little Pis from nearly any browser—and free up your RealVNC slots. One Raspberry Pi often leads to another. Soon enough, you're running out...

TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law

Law curtails "massive amounts of protected speech," TikTok and ByteDance allege. TikTok and its owner ByteDance today sued the federal government to block the "Foreign...

Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage." The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing failed to complete required inspections...

The $499 Google Pixel 8a is official, with 120 Hz display, 7 years of updates

The new Pixel 8a looks like a mid-range champion. Today is a big event day for Apple, but that doesn't mean Google is going to...

New “Apple Pencil Pro” can do a barrel roll

New Magic Keyboard promises a Macbook-like experience, while the Pencil gets new tricks. With new iPads come new keyboards and pencils, and the big news...

Apple kills $329 iPad with home button, Lightning port

No more home button. Apple is lowering the price of its 10th-generation iPad from $399 to $349, the company announced at its Let Loose event today. The 10th-generation iPad did...

WattEV opens US’ first megawatt charge station with 1.2MW speeds and solar

WattEV has just opened the first electric truck charging depot in the US to use the new Megawatt Charge System, capable of delivering up...

Tesla releases new Optimus humanoid robot video that creates controversy

Tesla has released a new video of a prototype of Optimus, its humanoid robot, and it created some controversy as some disagree about how...

Texas goes big on solar + storage that can power 41,000+ homes

A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas. Solar + storage developers Cypress...

Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devices

Scales, trackers, and other fitness devices that don't get updated will stop syncing Google is killing off the Google Fit APIs. The platform originally existed...

Telcos keep using “insecure” Chinese gear because of congressional inaction

Congress only gave 38% of funds needed for "rip and replace," FCC chair says. The US government has pressured telcos to rip out network gear...
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