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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...

US gov’t announces arrest of former Google engineer for alleged AI trade secret theft

Linwei Ding faces four counts of trade secret theft, each with a potential 10-year prison term. On Wednesday, authorities arrested former Google software engineer Linwei...

Nikon buys Red Digital Cinema, will jump into the pro video space

Nikon wants to "accelerate expansion" into the pro digital camera market. Nikon is buying the ultra-high-end video camera company Red Digital Cinema. Nikon has a press...

Samsung is making it harder to know what type of OLED TV you’re getting

QD-OLED or classic WOLED? Samsung reportedly won't tell. Samsung rejuvenated the OLED TV market when its display manufacturing subsidiary, Samsung Display, announced QD-OLED two years ago. Quantum...

VMware sandbox escape bugs are so critical, patches are released for end-of-life products

VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation all affected. VMware is urging customers to patch critical vulnerabilities that make it possible for hackers to break...

Huawei rises from the dead, outsells iPhone in China

Sanctions crushed Huawei for a time, but new Counterpoint data says Huawei is back. Counterpoint Research has an interesting new report on the return of...

MacBook Airs get an M3 upgrade, while the M1 model is finally retired

M2 Air is the new $999 base model, M1 Air goes away after more than 3 years. Apple has quietly refreshed its MacBook Air lineup, bringing...

Panasonic signs supply agreement for lithium-ion EV battery cans

Panasonic Energy signed a long-term supply agreement with H&T Recharge for lithium-ion battery cans in North America.  H&T Recharge is a battery component manufacturer supplying...

Groom Wears Apple’s Vision Pro Headset on His Wedding Day

A groom wore his Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset on his wedding day so he could record immersive photos and videos to look back on in...

Apple changes course, will keep iPhone EU web apps how they are in iOS 17.4

Alternative browsers can pin web apps, but they only run inside Apple's WebKit. Apple has changed its stance on allowing web apps on iPhones and...

Huge funding round makes “Figure” Big Tech’s favorite humanoid robot company

Investors Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Intel value Figure at $2.6B. Humanoid robotics company Figure AI announced it raised $675 million in a funding round from...

eview: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE GPU doesn’t quite earn its “7900” label

New $549 graphics card is the more logical successor to the RX 6800 XT. In July 2023, AMD released a new GPU called the "Radeon...

Wear OS “Hybrid” design has two OSes, two CPUs, “100 hour” battery life

Wear OS + Snapdragon uses too much power, so what if we just turned it off? Smartwatches are capable little devices, but a big downside...

Apple Vision Pro’s components cost $1,542—but that’s not the full story

The OLED displays account for more than a third of the component costs. Research firm Omdia has published the first publicly available educated estimates of how much...

Windows security updates could come with fewer reboots beginning later this year

"Hotpatching" originated in Windows Server, cuts way down on update reboots. Microsoft is already testing Windows 11 24H2, this fall's big new Windows release. The...
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