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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 Just Showed Off a Powerful New Upgrade to Gemini

Gemini 1.5 is on the way, and it's impressive. If it feels like Google is bombarding us with Gemini announcements, that's because they are. Last week,...

VMware admits sweeping Broadcom changes are worrying customers

Broadcom has cut VMware products, perpetual licenses, and its partner program. Broadcom has made a lot of changes to VMware since closing its acquisition of...

SpaceX takes a proactive step toward responsible behavior in orbit

"We commend this commitment as a first step." SpaceX announced this week that it will voluntarily bring down about 100 of its first-generation Starlink satellites,...

After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams

A long way, and a lot of money, for half a cup. After years of speculation, NASA finally revealed on Thursday the totality of the asteroid sample...

SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles

These satellites will participate in joint missile-tracking exercises later this year. Two prototype satellites for the Missile Defense Agency and four missile-tracking satellites for the...

Why walking around in public with Vision Pro makes no sense

Social mores aside, Vision Pro doesn’t seem designed to be used on the go. If you’ve spent any time in the tech-enthusiast corners of Instagram...

Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says

X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists. A watchdog group's investigation found that terrorist group Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities...

After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period’

Meta’s CEO finally tried Apple’s new headset and he has thoughts. Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple’s...

Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off

Microsoft's Edge browser, Bing search, and ad business also avoid regulations. Apple's iMessage service is not a "gatekeeper" prone to unfair business practices and will...

Another “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekers

Cloudflare committed $100K in bounties to “hamstring” another patent troll. Once again, Cloudflare has proven that its unusual defense against meritless patent infringement claims effectively...

Nvidia CEO calls for “Sovereign AI” as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value

Driven by AI boom, the two companies are neck-and-neck behind Apple, Microsoft, and Google. On Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that every country should...

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...
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