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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Matrix multiplication advancement could lead to faster, more efficient AI models

At the heart of AI, matrix math has just seen its biggest boost "in more than a decade.” Computer scientists have discovered a new way...

AMD stops certifying monitors, TVs under 144 Hz for FreeSync

120 Hz is good enough for consoles, but not for FreeSync. AMD announced this week that it has ceased FreeSync certification for monitors or TVs...

Apple blew $10 billion on failed car project, considered buying Tesla

It took Apple's board 10 years to see the obvious writing on the wall. Apple spent roughly $1 billion a year on its car project...
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