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Beware of scammers sending live couriers to liquidate victims’ life savings
The scams sound easy to detect, but they steal billions of dollars, often from the elderly.
Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world
Apple may leave the UK if required to provide advance notice of product updates.
After 32 years, one of the ’Net’s oldest software archives is shutting down
Hobbes OS/2 Archive: "As of April 15th, 2024, this site will no longer exist."
Ryzen 8000G review: An integrated GPU that can beat a graphics card, for a price
The CPU is good, the GPU is great; it's the AM5 platform that's the problem.
Blockbuster weight-loss drugs slashed from NC state plan over ballooning costs
The plan spent $102M on the weight-loss drugs last year, 10% of total drug costs.
Report: Deus Ex title killed after Embracer Group’s cuts at Eidos
Swedish firm's acquisitions continue trend of layoffs and canceled games.
Wear OS’s most consistent OEM quits: Fossil stops making smartwatches
Despite years of loyalty, Google dropped Fossil like a rock once Samsung came back.
Masters of the Air: Imagine a bunch of people throwing up, including me
It's a bad show. I wanted to love it, but it's just not good.
Amazon’s $1.4B Roomba bid fails, leading to iRobot layoffs and CEO resignation
Concerns over stifled competition, Alexa tie-ins reportedly sink deal in Europe.
Drastic moves by X, Microsoft may not stop spread of fake Taylor Swift porn
X blocking searches for Taylor Swift isn't a real solution to fake porn problem.
Our fave bureaucratic villain is back in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire trailer
We also welcome the return of Janine Melnitz: "Ghostbusters, whaddaya want?"
Canon plans to disrupt chipmaking with low-cost “stamp” machine
Company is challenging industry leader ASML with its nanoprint lithography tech.
Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust
"I think of the civilizations in those galaxies looking back at the Milky Way."
It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew
Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.
Review: Framework’s Laptop 16 is unique, laudable, fascinating, and flawed
Great ideas go up against awkward limitations in Framework's 16-inch sequel.
We keep making the same mistakes with spreadsheets, despite bad consequences
Errors with spreadsheets are not only frustrating but can have serious consequences.
Following lawsuit, rep admits “AI” George Carlin was human-written
Creators still face "name and likeness" complaints; lawyer says suit will continue.
Gotta go? We’ve finally found out what makes urine yellow
The yellow color comes from bacteria metabolizing waste from red blood cells.
Air pollution from Canada’s tar sands is much worse than we thought
Oil operations release vast quantities of damaging particles and noxious compounds.
In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges
How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account?
Measles is “growing global threat,” CDC tells doctors in alert message
Since December, there have been 23 measles cases in the US, including two outbreaks.
NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data
Violating Americans' privacy "not just unethical but illegal," senator says.
Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it
It started with "a new line of miniatures rules" and became a global phenomenon.
Tens of thousands of pregnancies from rape occurring in abortion-ban states
States with bans logged 10 or fewer legal abortions per month, despite rape exceptions.
What would the late heavy bombardment have done to the Earth’s surface?
Early in Earth's history, bombardment by enormous asteroids was common.
Analyst: Switch 2 will have a massive 8-inch LCD screen
Larger screen size could lead to a larger device footprint than the current Switch.
The year of Windows on Arm? Google launches official Chrome builds.
Chrome for Windows-on-Arm should hit stable in time for Qualcomm's big launch.
OpenAI updates ChatGPT-4 model with potential fix for AI “laziness” problem
Also, new GPT-3.5 Turbo model, lower API prices, and other model updates.
Toxic Telegram group produced X’s X-rated fake AI Taylor Swift images, report says
Telegram group used Microsoft tool to make explicit fake AI Taylor Swift images.
I abandoned OpenLiteSpeed and went back to good ol’ Nginx
One weather site's sudden struggles, and musings on why change isn't always good.
Cruise failed to disclose disturbing details of self-driving car crash
Company did not share all it knew about the accident with regulators.
The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE
Hacks by Kremlin-backed group continue to hit hard.
Rocket Report: Iran reaches orbit; Chinese firm achieves impressive landing test
"Our investors' continued support is a recognition of our 18 months of hard work."
LIGO goes to space: ESA to proceed with LISA gravitational wave detector
A gravitational wave detector in space will be sensitive to unexplored phenomena.
Resident Evil Kart’s fixed camera angles make for a charmingly frustrating classic
"WELCOME TO THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER CREATED!"
Apple announces sweeping EU App Store policy changes—including sideloading
Most of these changes only apply to Europe.
Microsoft cancels Blizzard survival game, lays off 1,900
Job cuts hit Xbox, ZeniMax businesses, too, reports say.
The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more
Ingenuity has spent more than two hours flying above Mars since April 2021.
PlayStation has blocked hardware cheating device Cronus Zen, others may follow
No more using a mouse and keyboard on PS5, or using aiming mods, for now.
The Pixel 8 Pro can now read body temps, if you swipe it across your face
The phone needs a four-second forehead scan to read your temperature.
Facebook suffers big loss in lawsuit against data-scraping company
Judge throws out Meta claim against firm that sells Facebook and Instagram data.
A Japanese spacecraft faceplanted on the Moon and lived to tell the tale
Despite engine failure, SLIM managed to achieve the most precise Moon landing ever.
Major mod site says to keep your Pokémon content far away from Palworld
"A very cool idea" that would "almost certainly... put us at risk of legal action."
Instagram stops letting random adults send messages to teenagers
Meta restricting teens' DMs could defeat the point of social media for teens.
Pokémon Company will “investigate” Palworld in light of plagiarism accusations
Palworld has sold 8 million copies and is currently Steam's most-played game.
Here’s how Honda and GM are building production hydrogen fuel cells
Uses include mining equipment, class 8 trucks, and power generators.
OpenAI went back on a promise to make key documents public
OpenAI said its governing documents would be available for public review, but they aren't.
AI will increase the number and impact of cyberattacks, intel officers say
Ransomware is likely to be the biggest beneficiary in the next 2 years, UK's GCHQ says.
Daily Telescope: A stunning image of a star cluster in a nearby galaxy
A bright young star within a colorful nebula.
Review: Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti Super is better, but I still don’t know who it’s for
Card that was once the "4080 12GB" still occupies an awkward spot in the lineup.
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