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A remotely operated lab is taking shape 2.5 km under the sea
Oceanography, geology, and... particle physics? A new lab does it all without humans.
Right to repair, universal charging port mandates eyed to save Canadians money
Canada's newly released budget considers consumers' wallets and e-waste.
Google Drive does a surprise rollout of file limits, locking out some users
The new file limit means you can't actually use the storage you buy from Google.
ChatGPT data leak has Italian lawmakers scrambling to regulate data collection
Experts disagree on how governments should be regulating AI.
GM confirms it’s dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from 2024 EVs
This is just for new EVs; models that already have CarPlay or AA will keep them.
FTC chair refused Musk’s meeting request, told him to stop delaying investigation
Khan "troubled by Twitter's delays" in providing documents and depositions.
Ads are coming for the Bing AI chatbot, as they come for all Microsoft products
The quantity of ads in Windows and Edge is bad, but their quality is worse.
Here’s how the IRS’s clean vehicle tax credit will change on April 18
Increasing percentages of battery components and critical minerals must be local.
These angry Dutch farmers really hate Microsoft
Tech giants want to build massive, “hyperscale” data centers in the Netherlands.
Rocket Report: ULA Centaur stage has an ‘anomaly,’ Virgin Orbit funding is dire
"This is why we thoroughly & rigorously exercise every possible condition on the ground."
510K CPUs, HDDs & more seized as smugglers keep trying to sneak tech into China
A stuffed silicone stomach and other extreme smuggling attempts thwarted.
3CX knew its app was flagged as malicious but took no action for 7 days
"It's not exactly our place to comment on it," 3CX rep says of malicious detection.
The long-rumored Starfleet Academy TV series will finally get made
The show will be led by a writer known for Nancy Drew and The Magicians.
AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti astounds with terrible beauty
Open source "text2video" ModelScope AI made the viral sensation possible.
Google Assistant might be doomed: Division “reorganizes” to focus on Bard
The Google Assistant makes no money and hasn't released hardware in two years.
Brightest-ever gamma-ray burst (the “BOAT”) continues to puzzle astronomers
No evidence of associated supernova, and afterglow radio data contradicts current models.
GPT-4 poses too many risks and releases should be halted, AI group tells FTC
OpenAI released GPT-4 despite "full knowledge" of risks, nonprofit tells agency.
Marburg outbreak grows with concerning geographic spread in Equatorial Guinea
WHO said Equatorial Guinea is not reporting some confirmed cases, delaying responses.
Meta wants EU users to apply for permission to opt out of data collection
Instead of a yes/no consent, Meta users will fill out a form and include justification.
Trojanized Windows and Mac apps rain down on 3CX users in massive supply chain attack
Remember SolarWinds? A similar attack is playing out now against a new software supplier.
Apple TV’s Tetris biopic loses the true plot amid its ‘80s movie tropes
The game's amazing backstory deserves better than these Cold War movie cliches.
How a major toy company kept 4chan online
Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was a major investor in 4chan.
Manchin vows to sue Biden administration over EV tax credits
The senator doesn't think making powders or wafers counts as "processing."
Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine
Group tracked since 2021 exploits unpatched Zimbra servers to hack email accounts.
My quest to re-create Street Fighter’s long-lost pneumatic controls
True fighting gamers land harder hits by slamming their fists on huge "bash pads."
Buttons are back at Porsche as we see the 2024 Cayenne interior
After the all-touchscreen Taycan, it's a welcome change.
NASA delays flight of Boeing’s Starliner again, this time for parachutes
"It's just a matter of going through all that data."
Lenovo gives up on its dream of Android gaming phones
Phones brought special gaming-centric Android hardware, but nobody made games for it.
After two years, Autodesk Maya and AutoCAD become Apple Silicon-native
Autodesk has never said why this took so long compared to competitors.
Fearing “loss of control,” AI critics call for 6-month pause in AI development
"This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors."
Judge finds Google destroyed evidence and repeatedly gave false info to court
Google in trouble for auto-deleting chats needed as evidence in Epic Games case.
Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote will take place on June 5
In addition to iOS 17 and macOS 14, Apple could announce its XR platform.
Reddit cracked down on revenge porn, creepshots with twofold spike in permabans
Reddit also launched a transparency center to help users assess platform safety.
Google and ADT have a new security system with lots of subscription fees
In 2020, Google bought 6% of ADT and promised this "next gen" security system.
Elemental music: Interactive periodic table turns He, Fe, Ca into Do, Re, Mi
Hydrogen has a scale pattern; zinc "sounds like an angelic vocalist singing with vibrato."
Twitter obtains subpoena forcing GitHub to unmask source-code leaker
GitHub has until April 3 to provide details on user "FreeSpeechEnthusiast."
The Last of Us’ first PC port is riddled with apparent performance issues
Naughty Dog "actively investigating" load time, crashing, and stuttering problems.
Game over: Steam won’t run on Windows 7 or 8 after January 1, 2024
Windows 7 still runs on more Steam PCs than every version of Linux combined.
California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines
Transmission is now a big tension point for clean energy developers across the US.
With Amazon Alexa’s future in peril, Fire TVs offer a glimmer of hope
Fire TV devices encourage the kind of Alexa interactions that actually make money.
Ransomware crooks are exploiting IBM file-exchange bug with a 9.8 severity
If you haven't patched your Aspera Faspex server, now would be an excellent time.
Apple Pay Later turns Apple into a full-on money lender
Financial product launches nearly a year after it was first announced.
Healthy adults don’t need annual COVID boosters, WHO advisers say
The advice clashes with FDA's suggestion to treat COVID boosters like flu shots.
Huawei’s foldable is thinner, lighter, and has more battery than Samsung’s
Huawei can't use 5G, Gorilla Glass, or Google apps, but it's managing.
SBF paid $40M bribe to unfreeze crypto trading accounts in China, US charges
SBF bribe violated US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, updated indictment says.
Report: Twitter secretly boosted accounts instead of treating everyone equally
Shadowy list of favored users include Joe Biden, LeBron James, and @dril.
Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole inside another
The path to epic coffee winds past Arduinos, breadboards, and firmware flashing.
US agency sues top crypto exchange Binance and CEO, seeks permanent trading bans
CFTC: Binance and execs operate an "illegal digital asset derivatives exchange."
Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage
It's not possible to culture squid skin cells in the lab; this approach provides a solution.
Why Transformers now look like a big bunch of gears and car parts
The star of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes inspiration from an action movie classic.
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