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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 on the stage at Kennedy Space Center after the successful launch of the Demo-2 crew...

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...

Elon Musk turns X’s block button into a “glorified mute button”

X change lets blocked users see posts made by the people who blocked them. Credit:...

Charger recall spells more bad news for Humane’s maligned AI Pin

Humane first reported overheating problems with the portable charger in June. Humane's AI Pin. Credit: Humane Humane’s...

Apple lays off employees working on Books and News

All the layoffs were in the company's fast-moving services division. Apple will cut 100 jobs, all in its digital services teams. Laid off employees will...

Next-gen iPhones and other Apple announcements are coming on September 9

Expect iterative iPhone updates with a dash of Apple Intelligence. Apple's next product announcement event is happening on September 9 at 1 pm ET, the...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov awaits charges in France as firm denies law-breaking

Telegram accused of not cooperating on drug trafficking and child sexual content. After the arrest of Telegram CEO and co-founder Pavel Durov in France over the weekend,...

US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024

By year's end, 96 percent of the US's grid additions won't add carbon to the atmosphere. While solar power is growing at an extremely rapid...

Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union

“We are Amazon workers”: Delivery drivers celebrate labor board finding. Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after...

Google avoids “link tax” bill with deal to fund California journalism and AI

Critics say Google got off easy as it agrees to pay $55 million into news fund. Google has agreed to fund local journalism and an...

AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems

Improved branch prediction in Windows 24H2 should help all recent Ryzen CPUs. AMD recently released its Ryzen 9000-series processors, which brought the company's new Zen...

AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

Carriers allege Starlink/T-Mobile will interfere with existing mobile networks. AT&T and Verizon are urging telecom regulators to reject a key part of SpaceX's plan to...

Redbox app axed, dashing people’s hopes of keeping purchased content

Customers uncertain as app remains downloadable after company's Chapter 7 filing. Roku has finally axed the Redbox app from its platform. Redbox parent company Chicken...

The Pixel 9 phones are big cameras and screens soldered onto Gemini AI ambitions

"Pro" no longer means "large," and the Fold is the biggest screen ever. Google announced its fall lineup of Pixel phones today: three standard phones and a...

Google abruptly shuts down AdSense in Russia as tensions with Kremlin escalate

Russia-based YouTubers, in particular, will likely lose significant revenues. Google announced Monday that it's shutting down all AdSense accounts in Russia due to "ongoing developments in Russia." This...

Microsoft’s Paint 3D was once the future of MS Paint, but now it’s going away

User outcry ushered in a renaissance for classic MS Paint, and Paint 3D faded. In October of 2017, Microsoft released a version of Windows 10...

Push alerts from TikTok include fake news, expired tsunami warning

News-style notifications include false claims about Taylor Swift, other misleading info. TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users’ phones, including a...

Intel details fixes for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs as BIOS updates roll out

This microcode fix can't be rolled out in a regular software update. Intel has shared more about the voltage-related issues that affected some 13th- and...
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