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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...

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...

Nova Launcher, savior of cruft-filled Android phones, is on life support

Nova Launcher feels the "massive" layoffs at the firm that acquired it in 2022. Back in July 2022, when mobile app metrics firm Branch acquired...

512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control of “virtual power plant”

It took $70 and 24 hours for Ryan Castellucci to gain access to 200 MW of capacity. When Ryan Castellucci recently acquired solar panels and...

All the possible ways to destroy Google’s monopoly in search

What the future of search could look like as DOJ seeks to end Google's monopoly. After US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google has a...

Amazon defends $4B Anthropic AI deal from UK monopoly concerns

Amazon risks heavy fines if Anthropic deal violates UK's latest competition law. The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially launched a probe into Amazon's...

macOS 15 Sequoia makes you jump through more hoops to disable Gatekeeper app checks

But nothing is changing about the kinds of software you can run on your Mac. It has always been easier to run third-party software on...

Report: Apple’s external DVD drive is up burning discs in dongle heaven

Other DVD drives are cheap and plentiful, but Apple's slot-loader was unique. Apple has always been eager to dump technologies when the company feels they...

DOJ sues TikTok, alleging “massive-scale invasions of children’s privacy”

Even TikTok's Kids Mode violates COPPA, DOJ alleged. The US Department of Justice sued TikTok today, accusing the short-video platform of illegally collecting data on millions of...

US probes Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli AI startup

Justice Department has increased scrutiny of the chipmaker’s power in the emerging sector. The US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai, an...
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