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Another death in nationwide outbreak that spurred massive meat recall
The outbreak tally has increased to 43 amid recall of 7 million pounds of meat.
PrivacyLens uses thermal imaging to turn people into stick figures
"Most consumers do not think about what happens to data collected by smart home devices."
FTX to pay $12.7B to victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s massive scheme
US commodities trading agency claimed its largest recovery ever for FTX victims.
Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates
Sonos is delaying two hardware releases because of the app's problems.
In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
At least it wasn't novichok.
Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X
Global Alliance for Responsible Media disputes X lawsuit but stops operations.
Apple reportedly plans updated M4 Mac mini that’s actually mini
What was "mini" in 2010 is not particularly mini in 2024.
Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph
Human-beating ping-pong AI learned to play in a simulated environment.
String of record hot months came to an end in July
July had the two hottest days recorded but fell 0.04 Celsius short of last year.
Amazon defends $4B Anthropic AI deal from UK monopoly concerns
Amazon risks heavy fines if Anthropic deal violates UK's latest competition law.
People are returning Humane AI Pins faster than Humane can sell them, report says
Returned devices are currently e-waste that can't be reassigned, per The Verge.
It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says
The best removal rate was less than 70%, and that didn't beat manual opt-outs.
A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force
NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies.
You can kick the alpha tires on System76’s Cosmic, a new Linux desktop
A whole new desktop aims to appeal with tiling, themes, and a safer Rust core.
This new charger lets all EVs plug in without an adapter
The Omni Port has a Tesla-style J3400 plug as well as a CCS1 plug.
Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals
Project disregarded Google rules barring personalizing and targeting ads to minors.
NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return
"We heard from a lot of folks that had concerns."
The conspiracy theorists who think Biden has been replaced by AI
Anything you dislike can now be called an "AI fake."
New mpox outbreak raises alarm; WHO considers declaring international emergency
A different clade of mpox than the previous outbreak is spilling out of the DRC.
Disney has “earned” latest streaming price hike, CFO says
Disney is "not concerned" about blowback from higher prices, per CEO.
Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines
De Kraker: "If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?"
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.
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.
Reddit considers search ads, paywalled content for the future
Current ad load is relatively "light," COO says.
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.
31% of Republicans say vaccines are more dangerous than diseases they prevent
The partisan divide on vaccine falsehoods threatens the health of children nationwide.
Microsoft says Delta’s ancient IT explains long outage after CrowdStrike snafu
"Delta, unlike its competitors... has not modernized its IT infrastructure."
Broadway embraces particle physics with musical about Higgs boson discovery
The 2013 documentary Particle Fever is being turned into a Broadway musical.
Google antitrust verdict leaves Apple with “inconvenient alternatives”
A reliable source of billions of dollars in income is at risk for the iPhone maker.
China begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlink
Like Starlink, China's Qianfan satellites have an easy-to-pack flat-panel design.
Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor
The rebranded device appears better in every way but the price.
NASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies home
"I especially have confidence since I have the final decision."
Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices
Mass wiping occurs after hack of mobile device management platform.
After 190 bodies found rotting, funeral home owners ordered to pay $950M
The owners do not have nearly a billion dollars, so the order is largely symbolic.
Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”
"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk writes.
“Do not hallucinate”: Testers find prompts meant to keep Apple Intelligence on the rails
Long lists of instructions show how Apple is trying to navigate AI pitfalls.
“So tired”: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ prices increase by up to 25 percent in October
Not even ad tiers are safe as Disney looks to coax people into bundle packages.
Sci-fi writer and WordStar lover re-releases the cult DOS app for free
"Compared to it, Microsoft Word is pure madness"-Anne Rice.
Indonesia’s tiny hobbits descended from even smaller ancestors
A 700,000-year-old humerus suggests small hominins have a long history on Flores.
Illinois changes biometric privacy law to help corporations avoid big payouts
Possible damages payments dramatically lowered by change to 2008 Illinois law.
Return-to-office mandates hurt employee retention, productivity, survey says
Survey of 4,400 US employees who are at least 18 years old.
This AI humanoid robot helped assemble BMWs at US factory
BMW has no timeline to integrate humanoid robots into its production lines.
Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown
Parody site ClownStrike defended the "obvious" fair use.
Does everyone hate Google now?
Google hate is no longer reserved for conservatives.
Ryzen AI 300 performance review: Impressive CPUs, even if you don’t care about AI
AI gets all the buzz, but these laptop CPUs still get the fundamentals right.
Lamborghini’s biggest EV challenge? Not being seen as “fake,” says CTO.
Lamborghini's CTO tells us how hybrids, EVs, and AI will "generate the wow."
Explaining color gamuts and color spaces in HDTVs and monitors
What are they and why do they matter.
Intel is offering extended warranties for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen desktop CPUs
Warranty also covers CPUs sold in pre-built PCs; Intel publishes list of models.
Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.
As Tesla's core business starts to falter, CEO Elon Musk has robot fever.
Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP
DNS poisoning attack worked even when targets used DNS from Google and Cloudflare.
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