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Microsoft finally releases generic install ISOs for the Arm version of Windows

Generic install media brings Arm PCs closer to feeling like any old x86 PC. Credit: Microsoft For some PC buyers, doing a clean install of Windows right out of the box...

EU fines Meta €800 million for breakEUing law with Marketplace

EU: Tying the free Facebook Marketplace to the social network undermines rivals. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing...

Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all

Saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while. President Donald Trump steps...

Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor |...

Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything

The tool will likely be released anyway, testing Meta’s litigiousness. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto Meta...

Elon Musk claims Neuralink has implanted a brain chip in its first human

Neuralink's first chip, called Telepathy, aims to control devices, like a phone, with thought. Billionaire Elon Musk posted on social media late Monday that his...

Wear OS’s most consistent OEM quits: Fossil stops making smartwatches

Despite years of loyalty, Google dropped Fossil like a rock once Samsung came back. Fossil was the only brand keeping Google's Wear OS alive for...

Blockbuster weight-loss drugs slashed from NC state plan over ballooning costs

The plan spent $102M on the weight-loss drugs last year, 10% of total drug costs. The health plan for North Carolina state employees will stop...

Amazon’s $1.4B Roomba bid fails, leading to iRobot layoffs and CEO resignation

Concerns over stifled competition, Alexa tie-ins reportedly sink deal in Europe. Amazon will no longer pursue a $1.4 billion acquisition of iRobot, maker of Roomba...

It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew

Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined. Much has been written about the plucky exploits of NASA's small Ingenuity helicopter on Mars....

OpenAI went back on a promise to make key documents public

OpenAI said its governing documents would be available for public review, but they aren't. Wealthy tech entrepreneurs including Elon Musk launched OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit research...

The Pixel 8 Pro can now read body temps, if you swipe it across your face

The phone needs a four-second forehead scan to read your temperature. Most Pixel 8 Pro owners have probably forgotten that there's an infrared temperature sensor...

Facebook suffers big loss in lawsuit against data-scraping company

Judge throws out Meta claim against firm that sells Facebook and Instagram data. One year after Meta sued a data-scraping company, a federal judge this...

Apple will pay artists 10% higher royalties for spatial music

Apple wants to incentivize more artists to make their music available in an immersive Spatial Audio experience. Artists whose work is available on Apple Music...

The year of Windows on Arm? Google launches official Chrome builds.

Chrome for Windows-on-Arm should hit stable in time for Qualcomm's big launch. Chrome is landing on a new platform: Windows on Arm. We don't have...

I abandoned OpenLiteSpeed and went back to good ol’ Nginx

One weather site’s sudden struggles, and musings on why change isn’t always good. Since 2017, in what spare time I have (ha!), I help my...

Apple announces sweeping EU App Store policy changes—including sideloading

Most of these changes only apply to Europe. To comply with European Union regulations, Apple has introduced sweeping changes that make iOS and Apple's other...

Pixel phones are broken again with critical storage permission bug

Users say they can't access their device storage after January 2024 update. It's almost hard to believe this is happening again, but Pixel users are...

Tesla bot’s rival Figure partners with BMW

Robotics startup Figure has signed an agreement with BMW to deploy humanoid robots at the automaker’s manufacturing facility in South Carolina. The Californian startup said...
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