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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...

Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get

Cooperative Android manufacturers only get 12 percent of search revenue. 56WITH The biggest slip-up of the Department of Justice's Google search monopoly trial was the reveal...

Qi2 wireless charging spec is here, offering speed boosts and magnets

Many devices will get their first taste of MagSafe-like sticky alignment soon. 55WITH Qi2 is either a big step forward or a "Wait, that's it?" moment,...

Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move

Microsoft: "Soon there will be a Copilot for everyone and for everything you do." 79WITH On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat—its famously once-unhinged AI chatbot—has been officially renamed "Microsoft...

Intel fixes high-severity CPU bug that causes “very strange behavior”

Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors. 21WITH Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates to fix a high-severity CPU bug...

Google loses battle to redact confidential info leaked by final witness

Verdict remains uncertain as Google rests defense in landmark monopoly trial. 24WITH On Tuesday, Google ended two and a half weeks of defending its search business...

Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

Upstart Android OEM hopes Apple won't immediately shut the project down. 131WITH Can an Android OEM really just hack its way into Apple's iMessage? That is...

Gigabyte BIOS update outs next-gen AMD Ryzen APUs with upgraded Radeon GPUs

Desktop APUs with good iGPUs are useful for tiny PCs and low-budget builds. 36WITH The Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU series was AMD’s first to include a...

SpaceX worker injuries rise as Elon Musk accelerates Mars mission, report says

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a U.S. Senate bipartisan forum on artificial intelligence at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on...

Omegle shuts down: it’s been misused to commit “unspeakably heinous crimes”

“Operating Omegle is no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically,” its founder, Leif K-Brooks, said. “Frankly, I don’t want to have a heart attack in my...

Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit

Change affected a "small subset" of users and has (thankfully) been reverted. 132WITH Modern versions of Windows have become more annoying as time has gone on, pushing additional...

Amazon designs thrusters to protect its satellites from space debris

Amazon says they’ve designed custom satellite thrusters that will enable more effective maneuvering to avoid space debris and increase the sustainability of the company’s...

Scientists find oldest known black hole that’s existed since close to Big Bang

NASA scientists have discovered the oldest black hole so far, formed just 470 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery validates theories that suggest...

Facebook forcing Europeans to choose: pay up or agree to ads and tracking

Meta now demands that its European users swallow one of two pills: either pay €9.99-12.99/month to use Facebook without ads, or continue using for free,...

Social media’s GDPR fines exceed $3 billion

Meta, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter) have collectively been fined over $3 billion, with almost a third of the fines prompted by the mishandling...
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