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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...

YouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribers

Ad-free videos and YouTube Music access hits a major milestone. Hot on the heels of Google's "One" subscription plan obtaining 100 million users, YouTube is...

Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal

The move ends a long saga that "ended up doing a lot of actual damage." Biotechnology company Biogen is abandoning Aduhelm, its questionable Alzheimer's drug that...

Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete

The laptop hadn't been for sale in more than seven years. Sometimes, it's worth taking a moment to note the end of an era, even...

Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims

Comcast said it will drop "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing appeal. Comcast has reluctantly agreed to discontinue its "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name...

Nvidia RTX 4080 Super review: All you need to know is that it’s cheaper than a 4080

Down from $1,199 for the 4080, this GPU's price is more in line with its speed. Nvidia's new RTX 4080 Super is technically faster than the...

Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs

An apparent bug that plays into criticisms of how Microsoft pushes Edge. If you run the Chrome browser in Windows 10 or 11 and you've...

Former Microsoft exec launches new AR headset

The Almer Arc 2 headset will allow users to connect remotely “as if they were physically present.” The Swiss augmented reality (AR) startup Almer has...

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...
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