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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.
Man suffers heart problem after rapid weight loss: A GLP-1 cautionary tale
The man developed atrial fibrillation and required hospitalization.
OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it
Some say watermarking is the responsible thing to do, but it's complicated.
Study suggests Egyptians used hydraulic lifts to build Pyramid of Djoser
Finding elusive pictorial, textual references to hydraulic device may help convince skeptics.
Google loses DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business
Google's exclusive deals maintained monopolies in two markets, judge ruled.
Court blocks net neutrality, says ISPs are likely to win case against FCC
It's not over, but three judges said ISPs "are likely to succeed on the merits."
Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon
Chrome is warning users that their extension makers need to update soon.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for making a “fool” out of him
Elon Musk asks court to void Microsoft's exclusive deal with OpenAI.
Gamification gets drivers to put down their phones, study finds
Gamification plus cash prizes worked even better.
NASA likely to significantly delay the launch of Crew 9 due to Starliner issues
The primary reason for the delay is rather surprising.
CrowdStrike claps back at Delta, says airline rejected offers for help
Delta is creating a "misleading narrative," according to CrowdStrike's lawyers.
Path to precision: Targeted cancer drugs go from table to trials to bedside
What started in a scientist's dining room is now in tissue-agnostic combo trials.
Historic flooding possible as TS Debby bears down on southeastern US
Tropical rainfall and training bands: It's going to be a soggy mess.
Data centers demand a massive amount of energy. Here’s how some states are tackling the industry’s impact.
States that offer tax exemptions to support the industry are reconsidering their approach.
Memo to the Supreme Court: Clean Air Act targeted CO2 as climate pollutant, study says
New paper digs into congressional archives to settle a legal debate.
Google pulls its terrible pro-AI “Dear Sydney” ad after backlash
Taking the "human" out of "human communication."
Buying shady weight loss drugs online is a bad idea, in case you were wondering
Risk assessment study of illegal online pharmacies offers some unsurprising data.
DOJ sues TikTok, alleging “massive-scale invasions of children’s privacy”
Even TikTok's Kids Mode violates COPPA, DOJ alleged.
Legendary ROM hacking site shutting down after almost 20 years
Disputes about how to keep the site going led founder to archive and close it.
NZXT wants you to pay up to $169/month to rent a gaming PC
NZXT Flex subscription has "new or like-new" PCs, one-time $50 shipping fee.
Silicon plus perovskite solar reaches 34 percent efficiency
There are still longevity problems, but things continue to get better.
Sam Altman accused of being shady about OpenAI’s safety efforts
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed to explain recent changes to safety efforts.
FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands
FLUX.1 is the open-weights heir apparent to Stable Diffusion, turning text into images.
US probes Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli AI startup
Justice Department has increased scrutiny of the chipmaker's power in the emerging sector.
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