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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...

Google launches “Gemini Business” AI, adds $20 to the $6 Workspace bill

Google's AI features add a 3x increase over the usual Workspace bill. Google went ahead with plans to launch Gemini for Workspace today. The big news is the pricing...

First Pixel Fold 2 renders confirm Google is shaking up its design

That leaked EVT unit sure seems a lot more official now Earlier this month, we got our first look at the design for Google's upcoming Pixel Fold 2,...

Galaxy Buds update brings live translation with AI and Android’s auto switching for calls

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds series has been a go-to for Galaxy users because they simply work better within the ecosystem. Furthering that notion is an...

Musk claims Neuralink patient doing OK with implant, can move mouse with brain

Medical ethicists alarmed by Musk being "sole source of information" on patient. Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk said the first human to be implanted with the...

Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data

Deal expected to close as soon as this summer. Walmart announced an agreement to buy Vizio today. Irvine, California-based Vizio is best known for lower-priced...

Cisco to let go of 5% of global workforce, affecting more than 4000 people

US technology company Cisco has announced that it will be parting ways with more than 4000 employees. The announcement came after its second-quarter earnings...

Apple warns: Drying a wet iPhone in rice could actually make things worse

But we know you’re going to do it anyway. Ever since cellphones were a thing, we’ve been dropping them in water. And while today’s iPhones...

Report: Apple is about to be fined €500 million by the EU over music streaming

EC accuses Apple of abusing its market position after complaint by Spotify. Brussels is to impose its first-ever fine on tech giant Apple for allegedly...

Microsoft sure seems to be thinking about some sort of portable Xbox

Spencer talks up "different form factors that allow people to play in different places." Yesterday's news that four unnamed Microsoft games are coming to "the other...

Elon Musk’s X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms

X accused of overlooking propaganda flagged by Meta and criminal prosecutors. Lax content moderation on X (aka Twitter) has disrupted coordinated efforts between social media...

Wyze outage leaves customers without camera coverage overnight

Company points to "AWS partner" for cameras disappearing from users' apps. Wyze cameras have been unreliable for many users for more than nine hours today,...

Android 15 Developer Preview 1 is out for the Pixel 6 and up

Low-level developer features include fs-verify support, more screen-sharing modes. It's that time of year again. Android is going to start its ~8-month-long beta process with...

Apple disables iPhone web apps in EU, says it’s too hard to comply with rules

Apple says it can't secure home-screen web apps with third-party browser engines. Apple is removing the ability to install home screen web apps from iPhones...

Microsoft fixes problem that let Edge replicate Chrome tabs without permission

Edge update is first proof that this was definitely a glitch. Microsoft has fixed a problem that resulted in tabs from Google Chrome being imported to Microsoft...
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