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Intel, of all companies, knocks AMD’s CPU numbering in now-deleted presentation
When it comes to recycling and rebranding old chips, no one's hands are clean.
Quantum computer performs error-resistant operations with logical qubits
QuEra gets ready for error correction, runs operations with over 40 logical qubits.
Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos
"Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.
After hack, 23andMe gives users 30 days to opt out of class-action waiver
Anyone who fails to opt out "will be deemed to have agreed to the new terms."
iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up
iMessage isn't popular enough with businesses to force interoperability.
Study: Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields less waste, tastier espresso
"It turns out you can't cut corners if you want to achieve excellence."
AMD’s new Ryzen 8040 laptop chips look a lot like the Ryzen 7040 CPUs
Improved AI performance is this familiar-looking chip's main innovation.
Cable lobby to FCC: Please don’t look too closely at the prices we charge
ISPs are scared about the FCC's plan to measure broadband affordability.
Google launches Gemini—a powerful AI model it says can surpass GPT-4
Google claims Gemini beats GPT-4 in "30 of the 32 widely used academic benchmarks."
Apple admits to secretly giving governments push notification data
Apple to update transparency report to break out push notification data requests.
Volumetric LED candle looks the same from any angle—and looks like amazing work
Re-creating a candle's multi-angle glow requires a lot of small-scale soldering.
Google Search results are showing Reddit URLs altered to include a slur
Google "indexing those malformed URLs and serving them instead of the correct ones."
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
Apple wants iPhone 16 batteries to come from India, not China
Apple is looking to diversify its supply chains amid growing geopolitical tension.
Daily Telescope: A super-hot jet 1,000 light-years from Earth
Molecules in the outflows from the young stars are excited by the turbulent conditions.
The Morgan XP-1 is an extremely eccentric English electric vehicle
The three-wheel convertible EV weighs little, so should actually be quite efficient.
NASA says SpaceX’s next Starship flight could test refueling tech
SpaceX appears on track for at least a preliminary propellant transfer test next year.
Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades
A large lemonade contains up to 390 mg of caffeine, nearly the FDA's daily safe limit.
The Fallout TV series trailer is here, and it’s loaded with homages to the games
The show looks faithful-maybe to a fault. Let's look at what the trailer reveals.
New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid”
Insider report details clash over one board member's criticism in an academic paper.
Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier
Schneier: AI will enable a shift from observing actions to interpreting intentions, en masse.
PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries
The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.
The OnePlus 12 packs a 5400 mAh battery, up to 24GB of RAM
As usual, OnePlus is launching first in China, with a US launch happening in 2024.
Unproven AI face scans may estimate age for porn access in UK
UK expects to finalize its latest plan to age-gate the Internet in early 2025.
Want a small, cheap EV? The Fiat 500e is coming to the US in 2024
The diminutive Italian electric city car has an EPA range of 149 miles.
Unlocking the secrets of oobleck—strange stuff that’s both liquid and solid
Scientists tested hypothesis with dense suspensions of piezoelectric nanoparticles.
Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads”
Whistleblower speaks out after Tesla sued him over document leaks.
Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them
Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.
IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI
What's the opposite of OpenAI? IBM and Meta devise plan that includes 50 members.
YouTuber pilot regrets intentionally crashing plane, gets 6 months in prison
YouTuber took plea deal, dodged maximum sentence of 20 years.
When can we expect a PC version of Grand Theft Auto VI?
History suggests PC port could come months or years after planned 2025 console launch.
Green card applicants targeted by Section 702 foreign intelligence bill
Immigrants and visitors would get same levels of scrutiny as suspected terrorists, spies.
Beeper Mini for Android sends and receives iMessages, no Mac server required
Co-founder says it's a security improvement for everyone and should be legal.
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit
India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.
Electric vehicles are better than gas-powered cars in winter—here’s why
All cars lose range when the temperature drops below freezing, not just EVs.
Daily Telescope: An ancient galaxy behind a veil of dust
"This thing is a real monster."
Grand Theft Auto VI trailer arrives early with a crime-crazy Florida
First female protagonist and sun-soaked, satire-drenched tone on display.
Don’t count on NASA to return humans to the Moon in 2025 or 2026, GAO says
No surprise: SpaceX's lunar lander and Axiom's spacesuits pace the Artemis III schedule.
Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton struggles with relative vs. absolute risk.
Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed
Majority of impacted users are now being notified, 23andMe confirmed.
After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again
Supply and demand are syncing back up after years of GPU market turmoil.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser proves EA hasn’t forgotten about the game
A full trailer and release date announcement are being promised for next summer.
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised
A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit.
Streaming apps are trying to bundle their way out of customer disenchantment
Reliably good prices, libraries, and features would impress customers more.
Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years
Gmail's spam filters can now understand "adversarial text manipulations."
Two Titans team up to defeat a new foe in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer
"This world has more secrets than we could possibly imagine."
What happens in Vega didn’t stay in Vega, as key rocket parts went missing
There's a valuable payload riding on the final Vega rocket launch.
The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors
Yes, that really is Quark's voice you're hearing.
Tensions rise between Targaryens in first teaser for House of the Dragon S2
"There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin."
No further investments in Virgin Galactic, says Richard Branson
Branson's business empire "no longer has the deepest pockets."
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