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Tiny batteries and "disposable" e-cigs remain big risks for waste handlers.

Court win for investors may sway SEC's probe of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase.

Requiring "double consent" for user tracking is too much, French agency says.

Did you want to see how fast your ancient computer was? Because now you can!

BMW has been making M5s for 40 years, but the latest one has lost its way somewhat.

Google's improved AI model is now available for free, but usage is limited.

Nearly 20 years have passed since the European Space Agency committed to ExoMars.

"Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch."

It's whatever amount is enough to stay off the naughty list," says ad executive.

Consumers will have to pay the price of the president's unnecessary trade war.

Lawsuits and allegations are creating doubt around quantum dot TVs' use of QDs.

Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

It's a significant finding in the search for alienlife.

A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months.

The move is a sign that the public health agency may be falling in line under RFK Jr.

xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid.

"Bypassnro" is an easy MS Account workaround for Home and Pro Windows editions.

Claude's faulty "known entity" neurons sometime override its "don't answer" circuitry.

New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical.

Scientists warn pipeline of lifesaving discoveries and younger scientists is drying up.

Alleged breaches affect Oracle Cloud and Oracle Health.

Google continues backing away from smart home hardware.

CBS probe "unprecedented," say chairs who served under George H.W. Bush and Obama.

"We'll continue to work through certification toward the end of this year."

Google has sorted out its Pixel problems and will begin the 9a rollout on April 10.

Gorilla Glass Ceramic will appear on its first phone in the coming months.

New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality."

Fine print suggests visual upgrades for original Switch games on new hardware.

First, Sony made an unbeatable AI driver; now, it's retrained it to be a good NPC.

Perrin broods, Sea Folk sail, and Aes Sedai plot as we jump into episode five.

Lawbreaking under DMA to be punished-but not too severely.

Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that.

"The idea that we will be able to do it through America... I think is very, very doubtful."

"A President cannot remove an FTC Commissioner without cause," lawsuit says.

Researchers ascribe it to "animus or prejudice against minority drivers."

Google wants to help you get away this summer with, you guessed it, AI.

IPO will mean more revenue pressure and possibly more ads.

Musk and DOGE don't have to comply with discovery order, appeals court rules.

A surprising addition in patch notes for a 10-year-old CRPG classic.

These grand Chinese plans come as NASA faces budget cuts.

"I want to promise you now that we are going to do more with less," RFK Jr. said.

"Virtual game cards" don't require an Internet check-in after the initial loan.

New approach to improving AI performance turns a silicon problem into a feature.

Trump created the Space Force, Biden grew it, and now its top general worries about cutbacks.

Expect new cars to cost thousands of dollars more as a result of the new tariffs.

US must boost R&D to gain "semiconductor leadership."

The visual apocalypse is probably nigh, but perhaps seeing was never believing.

Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault.

"Following initial evaluation, there also is damage to the cargo module."