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- Broadcom Sends Cease-and-Desist Letters to VMware Perpetual License Holdersby Scharon Harding, Ars Technica on May 8, 2025 at 6:04 pm
- The Wikimedia Foundation says it is taking legal action to challenge the UK's Online Safety Act, saying it could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors (Chris Vallance/BBC)on May 8, 2025 at 5:45 pm
- Donald Trump’s UK Trade Deal Could Secure Jaguar’s Resurrectionby Carlton Reid on May 8, 2025 at 5:42 pm
- Google rolls out AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome, including the use of Gemini Nano, its on-device LLM, in Enhanced Protection mode on desktop (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)on May 8, 2025 at 5:35 pm
- Sources: Apple aims to begin mass production of a chip for its smart glasses, with greater power efficiency and multi-camera control, by end of 2026 or in 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)on May 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm
- Confused by Alexa’s light rings on your Echo? Here’s what the colors meanon May 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm
- A federal judge in Florida dismisses most claims against celebrities who endorsed FTX, ruling that they were "uninformed" and "reckless" but not fraudulent (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)on May 8, 2025 at 4:55 pm
- The UK says the Digital Services Tax remains unchanged under the trade deal agreed between the US and the UK, both of which will work on a "digital trade deal" (Paul Sandle/Reuters)on May 8, 2025 at 4:50 pm
- SanDisk Extreme Pro with USB4 reviewon May 8, 2025 at 4:22 pm
- Memo: Meta CPO Chris Cox says Robert Fergus will lead its Fundamental AI Research lab, succeeding Joelle Pineau; Fergus and Yann LeCun co-founded FAIR in 2014 (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)on May 8, 2025 at 4:20 pm
- Sales automation startup Clay lets staff with 1+ year of tenure sell shares in a tender led by Sequoia at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.25B in January 2025 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)on May 8, 2025 at 4:15 pm
- Bill Gates pledges to donate 99% of his wealth over the next 20 yearson May 8, 2025 at 4:01 pm
- Best free antivirus 2025: Keep your PC safe without spending a dimeon May 8, 2025 at 4:00 pm
- Bitcoin jumps above $100,000 for first time since February 2025, after President Trump announced a US-UK trade agreement; ether, dogecoin, and solana rose 9%+ (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)on May 8, 2025 at 3:55 pm
- Microsoft is adding offline calendar support to the new Outlook appon May 8, 2025 at 3:46 pm
- An interview with Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia about working as an unpaid contractor for DOGE, moving the Gumroad code base to the MIT license, and more (Ernie Smith/Fast Company)on May 8, 2025 at 3:40 pm
- Spotify now lets you ‘snooze’ songs that you’re sick of hearingon May 8, 2025 at 3:22 pm
- The best iPhone deals this monthon May 8, 2025 at 3:09 pm
- This 1440p 240Hz OLED gaming monitor is the cheapest I’ve seen yeton May 8, 2025 at 3:08 pm
- 7 Best Dehumidifiers We’ve Tested and Reviewed (2025)by Lisa Wood Shapiro on May 8, 2025 at 3:04 pm
- Hands-on: Razer Joro is like an Apple Magic Keyboard built for gamerson May 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm
- Alienware’s newest Aurora gaming laptops start at $1,150on May 8, 2025 at 2:52 pm
- If you have ever used Siri, you can claim a check from Apple right nowon May 8, 2025 at 2:50 pm
- Analysis: 67K+ new or small-time crypto investors bought the $TRUMP memecoin but 80% of them bought near the coin's peak and saw their holdings' value nosedive (Washington Post)on May 8, 2025 at 2:45 pm
- What’s Behind Technology’s Disembodied Female Voices?by Susan Dominus and Yehwan Song on May 8, 2025 at 2:43 pm
- 8 Best Flower Delivery Services of 2025, Tested and Reviewedby Boutayna Chokrane on May 8, 2025 at 2:38 pm
- Windows 11 is about to make app downloads easier, but there’s a riskon May 8, 2025 at 2:32 pm
- Lenovo’s Legion 9i laptop brings powerful glasses-free 3D to creatorson May 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm
- Best laptops for engineering students 2025: Expert picks and adviceon May 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm
- 8 Best Robot Vacuums (2025): Tested & Reviewed in Real Homesby Adrienne So on May 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm
- Coinbase agrees to acquire Dubai-based Deribit, the world's biggest trading platform for BTC and ETH options, for ~$2.9B, split as $700M in cash and 11M shares (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)on May 8, 2025 at 1:41 pm
- Anker’s fast-charging USB-C cables are on sale! Get 2 for only $12on May 8, 2025 at 1:38 pm
- Today’s best laptop deals: Save big on work, school, home use, and gamingon May 8, 2025 at 1:10 pm
- Q&A with Bill Gates on closing the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045, donating ~$200B, President Trump, Elon Musk, AI drug discovery, AI advances, and more (David Wallace-Wells/New York Times)on May 8, 2025 at 1:02 pm
- Lenovo’s RTX 4060 gaming laptop is a bargain now that it’s $849on May 8, 2025 at 1:00 pm
- 12 Best Wi-Fi Routers of 2025, Tested and Reviewedby Simon Hill on May 8, 2025 at 1:00 pm
- These 3 crucial Windows security mistakes can wreck your PCon May 8, 2025 at 1:00 pm
- Forget the Switch 2. Score this Switch OLED for just $280 right nowon May 8, 2025 at 12:41 pm
- Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update was due to "ongoing litigation" and a new update is "yet another compromise", as it disputes Nintendo's claims (Victoria Kennedy/Eurogamer.net)on May 8, 2025 at 12:40 pm
- 23 Mother's Day Gift Ideas Our Editors Have Tried and Love (2025)by Nena Farrell , Adrienne So on May 8, 2025 at 12:33 pm
- Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045by David Wallace-Wells on May 8, 2025 at 12:17 pm
- Match says it will cut 13% of its staff, impacting ~325 jobs, per a 2024 filing, and reports Q1 revenue down 3% YoY to $831M, above est., and 14.2M paying users (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)on May 8, 2025 at 12:15 pm
- JBL Tour One M3 Review: Great Noise-Canceling Headphonesby Ryan Waniata on May 8, 2025 at 12:03 pm
- SMIC reports Q1 revenue up 28.4% YoY to $2.2B, vs. $2.3B est., profit up 161.9% YoY to $188M, vs. $222.4M est., and says H2 has "opportunities and challenges" (Reuters)on May 8, 2025 at 11:55 am
- Panasonic S1R II Review: Capable, Affordable, Mirrorless Hybrid Cameraby Scott Gilbertson on May 8, 2025 at 11:32 am
- ‘Fortnite’ could return to the iPhone this week (if Apple doesn’t block it)on May 8, 2025 at 11:30 am
- I made my 64GB iPhone usable again without spending a single centon May 8, 2025 at 11:15 am
- Lifesmart TM2202 3-in-1 Treadmill Review: Best for Small Spacesby Kristin Canning on May 8, 2025 at 11:02 am
- Zero Breeze Mark 3 AC Review: Effective Portable Coolingby Christopher Null on May 8, 2025 at 10:30 am
- macOS survival guide: Handle every calamity with these Mac-saving tipson May 8, 2025 at 10:30 am
- Bluesky vs. Threads: Which X alternative is right for you?on May 8, 2025 at 10:30 am
- I built a baller desktop PC for AI. Now I seriously regret iton May 8, 2025 at 10:30 am
- As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract Itby Fernanda González on May 8, 2025 at 9:00 am
- How to remove a stored password from a Mac storage deviceon May 8, 2025 at 9:00 am
- How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files on Windows 10/11 with/without Backupon May 8, 2025 at 8:54 am
- How to Create AI Videos and Images in One Place with Pollo AIon May 8, 2025 at 8:53 am
- Finally, a streaming service made for nerds like meon May 8, 2025 at 8:00 am
- Macworld Podcast: The state of the Apple Serviceson May 8, 2025 at 7:31 am
- OpenAI Hires Instacart Chief Fidji Simo to Run Business and Operationsby Mike Isaac on May 8, 2025 at 5:53 am
- Adidas Promo Codes & Deals: up to 70% Offby Molly Higgins on May 8, 2025 at 5:30 am
- 10% Off Dell Coupon Codes | May 2025by Scott Gilbertson on May 8, 2025 at 5:00 am
- Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divideby Will Knight on May 8, 2025 at 12:00 am
- A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Formsby Louise Matsakis, Zoë Schiffer on May 7, 2025 at 10:10 pm
- Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessageby Lily Hay Newman on May 7, 2025 at 9:03 pm
- This US Company Just Successfully Tested a Reusable Hypersonic Rocket Planeby Stephen Clark, Ars Technica on May 7, 2025 at 9:00 pm
- OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluationby Zoë Schiffer, Emily Mullin, Will Knight on May 7, 2025 at 7:59 pm
- It sure looks like AI-powered search is coming to Safarion May 7, 2025 at 6:35 pm
- The Trump Administration Sure Is Having Trouble Keeping Its Comms Privateby Zoë Schiffer, Lily Hay Newman on May 7, 2025 at 6:08 pm
- Uber Revenue Is Up 14%, Despite Economic Fearsby Eli Tan on May 7, 2025 at 6:06 pm
- I tested every Apple Watch feature for battery drain. The usual advice is wrongon May 7, 2025 at 5:07 pm
- WWDC 2025: Everything you need to know before Apple’s big eventon May 7, 2025 at 4:23 pm
- Best deals on Apple’s cheapest iPadon May 7, 2025 at 3:46 pm
- How to Use A.I.-Powered Writing Tools on Your iPhone and Androidby J. D. Biersdorfer on May 7, 2025 at 3:30 pm
- Two official Apple Watch bands for just $30?! This blind BOGO deal can’t be missedon May 7, 2025 at 3:29 pm
- Best iPad Pro deals this monthon May 7, 2025 at 3:18 pm
- Best iPad mini deals this monthon May 7, 2025 at 2:29 pm
- How to find and block an AirTag that’s detected near youon May 7, 2025 at 1:37 pm
- Nearly three decades later, Apple owes everything to the iMacon May 7, 2025 at 12:06 pm
- Best iPad Air deals this monthon May 7, 2025 at 12:04 pm
- Best iPad deals this monthon May 7, 2025 at 11:38 am
- Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Showby Kirsten Grind on May 7, 2025 at 12:47 am
- NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damagesby Eli Tan and Sheera Frenkel on May 6, 2025 at 11:40 pm
- A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerfulby Cade Metz and Karen Weise on May 6, 2025 at 8:26 pm
- OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Controlby Cade Metz on May 6, 2025 at 3:05 am
- Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighborsby Kirsten Grind on May 5, 2025 at 8:11 pm
- Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texasby Hank Sanders on May 4, 2025 at 2:44 am
- How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Townby Eli Tan and Ulysses Ortega on May 3, 2025 at 6:17 pm
- Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.by Kevin Roose and Jason Henry on May 3, 2025 at 4:00 am
- TikTok Fined $600 Million for Sending European User Data to Chinaby Adam Satariano on May 2, 2025 at 6:10 pm
- Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13by Natasha Singer on May 2, 2025 at 6:05 pm
- Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break Up Google’s Ad Technologyby David McCabe on May 2, 2025 at 6:01 pm
- The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
- Apple’s Quarterly Earnings Tops Wall Street Expectations With $24.78 Billion Profitby Tripp Mickle on May 1, 2025 at 10:35 pm
- At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stageby David Yaffe-Bellany on May 1, 2025 at 7:17 pm
- How Google’s Antitrust Case Could Upend the A.I. Raceby David McCabe on May 1, 2025 at 3:06 pm
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- Senate passes “cruel” Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids | Senate vote nullifies FCC hotspot-lending program for kids without broadband.
- Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors - 20 years after Microsoft
- Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use
- Tesla's China-made EV sales fall 6% y/y in April as woes deepen
- The 12 KB that Windows just can't seem to quit
- A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man
- Apple Watch in significant global decline for two years now; new features needed
- China Is Still Winning the Battle for 5G—and 6G: America Must Do More to Compete With Huawei
- Tesla finally calls it quits on Cybertruck range extender
- Tesla's 'Robotaxi' trademark refused for being too generic, TechCrunch reports
- 'A Trump Gift To China': 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze | Trump's Department of Transportation paused new EV charger funding in February. Now, states are hitting back hard.
- Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region | But there is demand for 24TB drives in America and the U.K.
- Former PlayStation boss says gaming price hikes are inevitable, but lack of value is the real issue
- Renewables Generated 43% of Electricity Used by Australia’s Main Power Grid in First Quarter of 2025
- Tesla Sales Plunge In Both China And Europe
- Tesla will no longer release the Cybertruck range extender
- Larry Ellison Wants the U.S. to ‘Unify All the National Data’ and Then Feed It to AI
- Trump tariffs could make Americans pay $123B more annually for 10 common gadgets | Average US price of smartphones, game consoles, and laptops may soon exceed $1,000.
- U.S. Amps Up Spying on Greenland and Denmark as Trump Covets New Territory | Tulsi Gabbard blamed the "deep state" for news leaking about the spy order.
- Reddit will keep old Reddit online ‘as long as people are using it,’ says CEO
- Uber CEO says his employees can go elsewhere if they don't like his RTO changes
- Trump cuts Energy Star program that saved households $450 a year
- A 20-cent 'wonder drug' is being studied as a colon-cancer-fighting supplement, and it looks promising
- The DEA Is Abandoning Its Use of Body Cams | An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order.
- Tesla Cybertruck inventory goes through the roof
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