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Is the Arm version of Windows ready for its close-up?
Checking back in with Windows 11 on Arm on the eve of the Snapdragon X Elite.
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Mercedes’ electric G-Wagon is more capable than the gas version
With four motors, deeper fording, and more power you can forget about the gas version.
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Hackers are carrying out ransomware experiments in developing countries
Businesses in Africa, Asia, and South America hit before moving on to Western targets.
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Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions
Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half.
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Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says
The test cannot tell if the virus is live. FDA still considers milk supply safe.
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The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC
The curious case of a living room screen making Windows' Settings app disappear.
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Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine
Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.
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Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries
Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added sugars in their diets.
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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000
Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.
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FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable
Chamber of Commerce vows to sue FTC, will try to block ban on noncompetes.
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Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP
eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.
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Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models."
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Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors
Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.
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iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years
Every single iPhone and Mac has come with a calculator app, but not the iPad.
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Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid
The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.
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Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again
"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”
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Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues
It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage.
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You can now disable some of Fortnite’s most toxic emotes
Epic: "We want emotes to be a source of good vibes..."
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Apple’s next product event happens on May 7, and it’s probably iPads
Reports point to a new OLED iPad Pro with M3 and a big-screened iPad Air.
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Linux can finally run your car’s safety systems and driver-assistance features
Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows
Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.
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The 2024 Porsche Macan EV has character, pace, and the right badge
The new electric Porsche Macan starts at $78,800, deliveries begin later this year.
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Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo
Hubble continues to deliver the goods.
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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states
Experts say the US is not sharing as much data on the outbreak as it should.
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Meta debuts Horizon OS, with Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft on board
Rivalry with Apple now mirrors the Android/iOS competition more than ever.
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Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now.
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High-speed imaging and AI help us understand how insect wings work
Too many muscles working too fast had made understanding insect flight challenging.
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NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”
FISA renewal requires more service providers to cooperate with government.
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First real-life Pixel 9 Pro pictures leak, and it has 16GB of RAM
With 16GB of RAM, there's lot of room for Google's AI models to live in memory.
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Home Assistant has a new foundation and a goal to become a consumer brand
Can a non-profit foundation get Home Assistant to the point of Home Depot boxes?
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Apple reportedly plans M4 Mac mini for late 2024 or early 2025, skipping the M3
But this would be a faster turnaround time than we saw for the M3 or the M2.
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After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip
Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.
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Why a GameCube/Wii emulator may not be possible on the iOS App Store
DolphiniOS dev says barring just-in-time compilation prevents playable performance.
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Tesla cuts Full Self Driving cost by 1/3 ahead of earnings call
With the Model 2 cancelled, FSD is more important to Tesla than ever.
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The official Deadpool and Wolverine trailer is finally here, and yes, it’s awesome
Can this film revive a flagging MCU? We're gonna go with "yes."