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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value

Fidelity cuts value of X stake, implying 72% drop since Musk paid $44 billion. Fidelity's latest valuation of its stake in X implies that Elon...

Early Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain—and AI is already on the case

Experimental AI image generator trained on Disney's 1928 cartoons can make eldritch horrors. 98 On January 1, three early Mickey Mouse cartoons entered the public domain...

Xfinity waited to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price

Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers. Comcast waited as many as nine days to patch its network against...

The oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploaded

86-DOS would later be bought by Microsoft and take over the computing world. Microsoft’s MS-DOS (and its IBM-branded counterpart, PC DOS) eventually became software juggernauts,...

Say goodbye to unlimited WhatsApp backups on Google Drive: how does it affect you?

Chat backups will take up storage space in the cloud starting this year. In the coming months, there will be a substantial change for WhatsApp users who...

Telegram’s latest update adds a slick new Thanos Snap effect

The new version also introduces a redesigned call interface

What Is WhatsApp? – Guide To The International Messaging App

Messaging apps are a splintered mess, with everyone using different systems to talk to one another. But if there’s one messaging app you can...

Humanoid robots in space: the next frontier

NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie opens a bag at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Nov. 16. (Evan Garcia, Reuters) HOUSTON — Standing at 6-feet,...

2023 was the year that GPUs stood still

A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money. 102 In many ways, 2023 was a long-awaited return to...

CES 2024: What we expect in Las Vegas this year

Wireless TV, plug-and-play solar and next-gen headphones look to make a big splash. I know we say this every year, but it feels like just...

iOS 17.3 Beta 1: Your iPhone Could Get These Features Soon

Collaborative playlists and more features could land on your iPhone soon. Apple released iOS 17.3 beta 1 to public beta testers on Dec. 15, two days after...

Galaxy S24 may also miss two-way satellite connectivity for emergencies

Last year, it was rumored that Samsung might equip the Galaxy S23 with iPhone-like satellite connectivity for emergency situations. However, the Galaxy S23 series lacked the feature,...

What Is the OnePlus R Series Phone, and Is It Really a ‘Flagship Killer’?

OnePlus took a play out of Google's book. Here's what that means. Back in 2021, OnePlus extended its smartphone offerings, debuting a new R series...

Jack Luke’s Gear of the Year 2023 | Why corrected vision, a dirt-cheap down jacket and an AliExpress torch improved my life

Plus Lidl’s finest screwdrivers and the performance musette I never expected to love When I used to teach photography, I would often tell students that...

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