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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...

Welcome to Google’s nightmare: US reveals plan to destroy search monopoly

DOJ goes for Google's throat with "staggering" remedies to end search monopoly. Credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg Late yesterday, the US Department of Justice filed its proposed final...

Microsoft pushes full-screen ads for Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 users

Microsoft has frequently used this kind of reminder to encourage upgrades. One of several full-screen messages that has been sent to Windows 10 users over...

“Windows 365 Link” is Microsoft’s $349 thin client for Windows in the cloud

Small, plastic thin client is Microsoft’s first “Cloud PC,” launches in April. Microsoft's Windows 365 Link connected to two monitors, a webcam, and other accessories. Credit:...

Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price

As US struggles to afford GLP-1 drugs, the rest of the world sees much lower prices. Wegovy is an injectable prescription weight-loss medicine that has...

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...

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 via Getty Meta has been fined nearly 800 million euros ($844.6...

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...

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 | NurPhoto A Michigan man who ran chat rooms and Discord servers...

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 has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections...

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: Getty Images | NurPhoto X, formerly Twitter, is now letting blocked...

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 AI Pin was already struggling to take off, but the...

Microsoft delays rollout of the Windows 11 Recall feature yet again

Microsoft works to make Recall "secure and trusted" after security complaints. The Recall feature provides a timeline of screenshots and a searchable database of text,...

Over 500 Amazon workers decry “non-data-driven” logic for 5-day RTO policy

“I used to be proud of my work and excited about my future here. I don't feel that anymore." An Amazon corporate office building in...

Pixel phones are getting an actual weather app in 2024, with a bit of AI

Pixel 6 and newer can try out an app that has AI summaries, but no frog. Credit: Google Google's stated mission is to "organize the world’s information and...
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