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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...

Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier—and didn’t tell subs

To get them back, you must pay an extra $2.99/month for the ad-free tier. On January 29, Amazon started showing ads to Prime Video subscribers in the...

Microsoft’s brand new PC Manager could actually slow down your PC

It's a little overzealous  Microsoft PC Manager's deep clean option deletes files from the Prefetch folder, slowing down your PC's performance.  The Prefetch folder contains information...

Whatever you do, don’t buy a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

If it isn’t obvious, get the Galaxy S24 Ultra instead Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra is finally here, and on my list of the best phones you can buy it...

Female ex-exec told she lacked “docility and meekness” sues TikTok

TikTok accused of age, sex discrimination in suit blaming Chinese leadership. One of TikTok's senior-most female executives, Katie Ellen Puris, is suing TikTok and its...

Android’s infamous January 2024 update is fixed and rolling out again

The Google Play System update was pulled for breaking device storage, crashing apps. We're a third of the way through February, but Android's January 2024...

Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses

Firms wanted seven years' worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy. Movie companies have lost a third attempt to unmask Reddit users...

Plex, where people typically avoid Hollywood fees, now offers movie rentals

Users have one more place to turn when their usual options don't pan out. Plex, the media center largely known as a hub for TV...

MacBooks, Chromebooks lead losers in laptop repairability analysis

Analysis heavily weighs how hard it is to take apart brands' laptops. Chromebooks and MacBooks are among the least repairable laptops around, according to an...

Using the Gemini app automatically disables Google Assistant on Android

Are you ready to completely replace Google Assistant with Google Gemini? That’s the question many Android users are now pondering. Google made the semi-surprising...

Starship delivery robots raise $90M in funding

Starship says robots can ensure more ethical and sustainable deliveries than “humans on low wages riding through traffic.” The world’s leading autonomous delivery service, the...

Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought

Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market. When a German data recovery firm recently made a study of the failed flash storage...

Don’t wear Apple Vision Pro while piloting a self-driving Tesla, officials warn

Social media stunts with Teslas inspire real warnings that seem straight out of sci-fi. The recent launch of the Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset has inspired a...

Judge rules against users suing Google and Apple over “annoying” search results

Users struggled to prove harms from Google's default search deal with Apple. While the world awaits closing arguments later this year in the US government's antitrust...

Apple Vision Pro users: AR pioneers or glassholes 2.0

Are Apple Vision Pro users "Glassholes 2.0," or are they pioneers, forging ahead into a future that challenges conventional boundaries? The launch of Apple’s Vision...
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