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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...

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...

Mining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try

"There are so many investments that we could be making, but there are also Moonshots." Two of Blue Origin's earliest employees, former President Rob Meyerson...

Abysmal revenue stats of 30K mobile apps show why devs keep pushing for subs

New apps reportedly make median monthly revenue of less than $50. Mobile app developers are expected to push subscriptions more aggressively over the next year....

he 2024 Moto G Power packs wireless charging, 8GB RAM in a $300 phone

The 2024 Moto G starts arriving at the end of March at most budget carriers. Motorola is launching the 2024 version of its "Moto G" budget phone....

New iPads may be coming soon, but they won’t change the awkward spot the iPad is in

Op-ed: The iPad needs more than a simple hardware refresh to fix what ails it. After leaving the iPad lineup untouched for the entirety of...

Apple to allow iOS app installs from websites, but small devs don’t qualify

To qualify, devs need an app installed by 1 million users in EU the prior year. Apple will let European app developers distribute iPhone and...

Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year

In development for some time, AirPods could finally get the FDA label this fall. Apple's AirPods Pro are getting closer to becoming fully fledged hearing...

Apple and Tesla feel the pain as China opts for homegrown products

Local competition, surge of BEVs, and security-related restrictions lead to changes. Apple and Tesla cracked China, but now the two largest US consumer companies in...
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