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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...

Apple fixes first zero-day bug exploited in attacks this year

Apple released security updates to address this year's first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks that could impact iPhones, Macs, and Apple TVs. The zero-day fixed...

Google and AT&T invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service

AST SpaceMobile gets $206.5 million and is partnering with Google and AT&T. Google, AT&T, and Vodafone are investing $206.5 million in AST SpaceMobile, a Starlink...

Meta relents to EU, allows unlinking of Facebook and Instagram accounts

New standalone Messenger, Marketplace, and Gaming apps coming to the EU, too. Meta will allow some Facebook and Instagram users to unlink their accounts as...

HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges

"Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription." Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users...

[Video] Watch all Galaxy AI features in action on Galaxy S24 Ultra

Samsung unveiled the first Galaxy AI-powered smartphones—Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra—a few days ago. But what is Galaxy AI? It's Samsung's branding for its suite...

WordPad out; 80Gbps USB support and other Win 11 features in testing this month

Microsoft’s next batch of Windows 11 feature updates is taking shape. Windows 11's big feature update in September included a long list of minor changes, plus the...

Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list

"The man I am now would do things very differently," Reiser says in long letter. With the ReiserFS recently considered obsolete and slated for removal from...

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985. On Thursday, Internet pioneer Vint Cerf announced that Dr. David L. Mills, the...

What to expect from the Apple Vision Pro in February

Hardware, apps, prescription lenses—we go over the essentials. After years of delays, preorders for the Apple Vision Pro are just a few days away. It’s been a...

Apple lets devs use alternate in-app payment options, still takes commissions

Devs must ask permission to use 3rd-party payments, and Apple still wants a cut. A chapter in the ongoing Epic v. Apple court case closed yesterday when the US...

Taking stock: Private investment in space companies rebounded in 2023

Money flows into commercial space stations, logistics, and lunar exploration are lagging. Private investors pumped $12.5 billion into space companies last year, around 30 percent...

Google lays off “hundreds” more as ad division switches to AI-powered sales

Googlers are now building AI tools so other Googlers can be laid off. In December, we heard that job cuts might be coming for Google's ad sales...

Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs

The rental car company will replace them with gasoline-powered vehicles. If you're looking for an electric car bargain and you're braver than the average bear,...

Apple Vision Pro M2 Chip Said to Have 10 GPU, 8 CPU Cores

The Apple Vision Pro runs on an M2 chip equipped with ten GPU cores and eight CPU cores – the same version used in...
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