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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...

visionOS 1.1 tries to make Personas less unsettling, plus other Apple OS updates

Apple starts picking low-hanging fruit in visionOS; other OSes see minor improvements. Apple has released a long list of medium-sized software updates for most of...

US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

Lawmaker: TikTok must "sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party." The House Commerce Committee today voted 50-0 to approve a bill that would force TikTok owner ByteDance...

“Disgraceful”: Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

Users are opted in automatically unless they write a letter to Roku by March 21. Roku customers are threatening to stop using, or to even...

Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions

Despite US sanctions, Russia using Starlink "to coordinate attacks" in Ukraine. Democratic lawmakers are probing SpaceX over Russia's reported use of Starlink in Ukraine, saying...

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...
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