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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...

Twitch exit from S. Korea is latest fallout from “sending-party-pays” model

Twitch: Network fees in Korea 10 times more expensive than in most countries. 130 Amazon-owned Twitch plans to stop providing its streaming platform in South Korea,...

Intel, of all companies, knocks AMD’s CPU numbering in now-deleted presentation

When it comes to recycling and rebranding old chips, no one's hands are clean. 50 AMD changed the way it numbers its Ryzen laptop processors last year, switching...

iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up

iMessage isn't popular enough with businesses to force interoperability. 71 Android users' hopes that Apple's iMessage would be forced to open up in the European Union...

AMD’s new Ryzen 8040 laptop chips look a lot like the Ryzen 7040 CPUs

Improved AI performance is this familiar-looking chip's main innovation. 26 Both Intel and AMD usually have processor updates to announce at CES in January, but AMD...

Streaming apps are trying to bundle their way out of customer disenchantment

Reliably good prices, libraries, and features would impress customers more. 162 Streaming services are on thin ice with many customers. With price hikes becoming a norm for streaming...

Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years

Gmail's spam filters can now understand "adversarial text manipulations." 93 The latest post on the Google Security blog details a new upgrade to Gmail's spam filters that Google...

Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition

Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else. 129 Broadcom announced back in May of 2022 that it would buy VMware...

I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible

Deep Space 960p Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch For years, dedicated Star Trek fans have been using AI in an attempt to make a version of the...

23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry

Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with...

Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower. 92 Google's war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best...

Steam drops macOS Mojave support, effectively ending life for many 32-bit games

After February 15, all bets are off for Steam on High Sierra and Mojave Macs. 135 Valve Software's Steam gaming marketplace and app will drop support...

Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO

"Edit: Obligatory 'F--- Spez' for karma." 140 Writing a long comment providing detail about Reddit's refreshed logo, mascot, and typeface this week, a Reddit employee seemingly rethought the...

The Great Google Account Purge starts tomorrow for inactive users

Any accounts lined up for deletion should have gotten warning emails by now 62 Hello fellow procrastinators. This is your last-minute warning that you have until...

Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says

16.5% of new car sales are compact crossovers, but only 6% of those are EVs. 214 Earlier this week, we learned of an effort by some...
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