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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...

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...

Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed ‘Olympus’

Amazon is investing millions in training an ambitious large language model (LLMs), hoping it could rival top models from OpenAI and Alphabet, two people...

ESA’s Euclid space telescope delivers first photos

European astronomers have released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope, which is designed to unlock the secrets of dark matter...

WeWork files for bankruptcy with debts of $19 billion

WeWork, the SoftBank Group-backed startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought US bankruptcy protection on Monday. The news came after...

Simple circuitry, surprising engineering: Inside counterfeit Apple gadgets

10- to 15-year-old chips, fewer microphones, inferior heat management, and more. 38WITH Whether they're products pretending to be made by a brand or devices claiming to...

AMD pulls back on drivers for aging-but-popular graphics cards and iGPUs

AMD still sells current-generation chips with Vega integrated GPUs in them. 44WITH After a couple of years of cryptocurrency- and pandemic-fueled shortages, 2023 has been a...

BETA continues rollout of electric aircraft charging network with Archer Aviation as customer

Two of the more prominent developers in electric aircraft – BETA Technologies and Archer Aviation have announced they are collaborating to help roll out an interoperable...

Master & Dynamic debuts MW09 earbuds with upgraded sound, ANC and battery life

The company says it also improved fit and call quality for its new model. Master & Dynamic hasn't debuted new wireless earbuds since 2021 when...

Cruise confirms robotaxis rely on human assistance every four to five miles

This Cruise in San Francisco seemingly could not figure out how to pull aside on a narrow street to let a buss pass. Matt Rosoff,...

Here’s What 5G UC Means On Your Smartphone

It's been a few years since 5G phone service hit the scene, and we're already like, "4G who?" With faster speeds and an additional...

The Ars Technica staff guide to the mobile apps we can’t live without

We polled our writers and got them to spill their favorite iOS and Android apps. 71WITH Senior Reviews Editor Samuel Axon Todoist basically runs my life—but that's...
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