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Updated 2025-06-08 14:45
Nvidia’s new app is causing large frame rate dips in many games
Fully disabling optional, AI-powered filters seems to fix the problem.
After decades of talk, Seagate seems ready to actually drop the HAMR hard drives
At least one gigantic cloud provider has signed off on the drives' viability.
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
Despite the risks, firms and Trump are eager to get people back into offices.
OpenAI’s API users get full access to the new o1 model
Newest API upgrade also includes fine-tuning and real-time interaction improvements.
Nvidia partners leak next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs, including a 32GB 5090
The 5080, 5070 Ti, 5070, and a 5090D variant for China were also listed.
Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law
ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge.
Facing ban next month, TikTok begs SCOTUS for help
Will TikTok shut down next month? SCOTUS may intervene.
Here’s the new hybrid Honda Prelude, on sale late 2025
This version will feature something called Honda S+ Shift, to boost engagement.
Trump FCC chair wants to revoke broadcast licenses—the 1st Amendment might stop him
Brendan Carr backs Trump's war against media, but revoking licenses won't be easy.
China orbits first Guowang Internet satellites, with thousands more to come
China launched the first 10 spacecraft in a planned constellation of 13,000 Internet satellites.
In IT? Need cash? Cybersecurity whistleblowers are earning big payouts.
The US government now relies on whistleblowers to bring many cases.
Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter
Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.
PS Placeable: The adorable mod that turns a PlayStation Portable into a console
The labor-of-love mod project sold out quickly, but more will be made.
Hackers seek ransom after getting SSNs, banking info from state gov’t portal
Rhode Island said it's being extorted after hack of Deloitte-run benefits system.
Amazon facing strike threats as Senate report details hidden widespread injuries
Amazon ignores strike threats, denies claims of uniquely dangerous warehouses."
T-Mobile users can try Starlink-enabled phone service for free during beta
Beta registration opened today, will enable texting in dead zones in early 2025.
Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs
Trump's attack on clean vehicles to be bigger than thought, says report.
Why do we get headaches from drinking red wine?
It's not the tannins or sulfites after all.
Buying a TV in 2025? Expect lower prices, more ads, and an OS war.
"I do fear that the pressure to make better TVs will be lost..."
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
This is the first human case of bird flu in Louisiana.
Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials
Multifaceted, high-precision campaign targets malicious and benevolent hackers alike.
Werner Herzog muses on mysteries of the brain in Theater of Thought
Auteur director's latest documentary runs the gamut from BCIs and how we construct reality to whether fish can dream.
Elon Musk slams SEC as agency threatens charges in Twitter stock probe
SEC offered settlement in stock probe and is investigating Neuralink, Musk says.
Don’t use crypto to cheat on taxes: Bitcoin bro gets 2 years
Early bitcoin investor first to get prison time for crypto-related tax evasion.
F1 Arcade trip report: Great sims make for a compelling experience
It's like Top Golf, but with F1 simulators instead.
The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
"We have to build capabilities that provide our leadership offensive and defensive options."
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
Nonsensical jabberwocky movements created by OpenAI's Sora are typical for current AI-generated video, and here's why.
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest.
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest.
Rocket Report: Chinese national flies drone near Falcon 9, Trouble down under
"I am convinced that a collaboration between Avio and MaiaSpace could be established."
Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Processing in the "latent space" could help AI with tricky logical questions.
Character.AI steps up teen safety after bots allegedly caused suicide, self-harm
Character.AI's new model for teens doesn't resolve all of parents' concerns.
Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands
Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites.
Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack
Telcos reportedly aren't telling users about call metadata taken in Chinese hack.
Generating power with a thin, flexible thermoelectric film
Device could be integrated into clothing, harvest body heat to power gadgets.
Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA
We may owe our tiny sliver of Neanderthal DNA to just a couple of hundred Neanderthals.
OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app.
The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players
Streaming uncertainty has some people clinging to their discs.
Google steps into “extended reality” once again with Android XR
No pricing or availability, but there's new competition in headsets and glasses.
Intel Arc B580 review: A $249 RTX 4060 killer, one-and-a-half years later
Intel has solved the biggest problems with its Arc GPUs, but not the timing.
AI helps ID paint chemistry of Berlin Wall murals
Italian scientists designed a neural network to analyze spectral data from handheld Raman spectroscopy devices.
Weight loss drugs may also treat addiction, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease
Pharmaceutical companies are already cashing in on their other health benefits.
YouTube TV is hiking prices again after denying “erroneous” report days ago
$83/mo price lines up with Hulu TV Live, and not as far below traditional cable.
In an odd bit of propaganda, Belarus claims to have its own Starlink technology
Mom, can we have a Starlink? Mom: We have a Starlink at home.
NASA’s boss-to-be proclaims we’re about to enter an “age of experimentation”
"You can get into a rhythm of using all of these providers to get things up very quickly."
Back where it started: “Do Not Track” removed from Firefox after 13 years
A brief history of the privacy you never really got.
Dodge keeps true to its roots with the first electric Charger muscle car
The big two-door electric sedan impressed on the road, less so on track.
Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine
Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.
Errant reference in macOS 15.2 seems to confirm M4 MacBook Airs for 2025
Software reference could point to a release sooner rather than later.
Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says
Class action could foil Photobucket's plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.
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