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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Samsung expands repair program to more devices, now in 43 countries

Samsung's current S-series flagship and foldable phones are getting parts. 10 Samsung says it's doing a big expansion to its self-repair program this month. The repair program launched...

Apple Watch Series 9 sales to be halted over patent dispute

Image Credits: Darrell Etherington Apple will be halting sales of its Series 9 smartwatch, The news, shared by 9to5Mac, follows an October ruling by the International Trade...

Adobe and Figma end $20B acquisition plans after regulatory headwinds in Europe

There's a $1 billion termination fee to pay, too Image Credits: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Adobe’s $20 billion mega-bid to buy rival Figma is now officially dead, after the companies...

Snowflake goes all in on data clean rooms with Samooha acquisition

Image Credits: Joan Cros/NurPhoto / Getty Images Snowflake is buying Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration suite, the companies announced this morning — adding to the list of big tech...

Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

Law enforcement have long tapped users' location data hoarded by tech giants Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their...

Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall

Image Credits: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major happenings in the tech-o-sphere — or most...

The Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant

What will happen to the Google Assistant when the new AI assistant comes out? 81 Move over Google Assistant, Google is apparently working on a new...

Twitch quickly reverses policy that “went too far” allowing nudity

Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist. 275 Just two days after updating its policy to allow for more nudity, Twitch has announced that it's...

Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings

The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data. 91 Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set...

Tesla unveils its latest humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2, in demo video

Tesla says its new prototype is 30% faster, 10 kg lighter, and has sensors on all fingers. 237 On Tuesday, Tesla released a demo video showing the latest...

FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy

Image Credits: Starlink The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink’s application for $885 million in public funds to expand its orbital communications infrastructure to cover parts...

Bezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next week

Image Credits: Blue Origin(opens in a new window) Blue Origin is aiming to finally conclude a more than 15-month pause in operations of its New Shepard suborbital...

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge faces setbacks – and successes – on demonstration mission

Image Credits: Science Photo Library - ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI / Getty Images under a Royalty-Free license. Asteroid mining startup AstroForge is racing against the clock to complete its refinery demonstration on orbit after encountering...

CAMM standard published, opening door for thin, speedy RAM to overtake SO-DIMM

Dell introduced CAMM in 2022 with modules that were 57% thinner than SO-DIMM. 41 Move over, SO-DIMM. A new type of memory module has been made...
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