Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system
A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has reportedly been seeking access to federal payment...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess
What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google’s Pixel 4a phones still out there? Google has not really said. Now that many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing drastically reduced battery...
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FADPA: MPA’s Export-Only Site-Blocking Primed For Full Strength U.S. Launch
When U.S. site-blocking proposals died alongside SOPA in 2012, major Hollywood studios and their music industry counterparts, switched up their plans a little. A SOPA victory would’ve sent a powerful...
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SoftBank seems ready to invest (more) billions in OpenAI
According to sources cited by the Financial Times, SoftBank is planning to significantly increase its investment in OpenAI. The AI company, which transitioned from an open-source research initiative to...
View ArticleTo help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but the problem is they don’t really understand the words they use. They are primarily systems that interact with data obtained from...
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Amazon faces class action for covert geolocation tracking through third-party...
The lawsuit filed in US District Court this week by Felix Kolotinsky of San Mateo, California, claims Amazon obtained “backdoor access” to consumers’ devices by distributing the Amazon Ads SDK to...
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Microsoft unveils $200 USB 4 Surface dock with HDMI 2.1
A new USB 4 dock from Microsoft is now available for pre-order. At $200, it provides business users an enticing alternative to the company’s $300 Thunderbolt 4 dock, but it includes significantly fewer...
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Anna’s Archive Urges AI Copyright Overhaul to Protect National Security
The Artificial Intelligence boom promises unparalleled progress which, in theory, can change the fabric of society. As startups and established tech giants explore their options, data has become the...
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Google Sheets now offers AI-powered charts and data analysis
The updated Gemini can now provide in-depth insights into trends, patterns, and correlations within spreadsheet data. For instance, a marketing manager can ask Gemini to analyze the top three...
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Windows 11’s PowerToys now lets you easily record screen, annotate technical...
One of the features I truly enjoy on Windows is PowerToys. Open-source and powerful PowerToys keep getting better, and we’re getting yet another new feature called “Zoomit”, which uses the legacy tool...
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It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a little more than two weeks ago. The in-flight failure of the rocket’s upper stage, or ship, about eight...
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Nvidia’s RTX 5080 is Actually an RTX 5070 – Wait, What?
Take a hard look at the specs, and you’ll soon realize the RTX 5080 is just an RTX 5070 in disguise. Nvidia’s greed may be at play, and we’ll prove it by analyzing historical GPU configurations. Read...
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Russia VPN Crackdown Revelation – VPN Sites Hide Their IP Addresses
Reports concerning the Russian government’s growing intolerance of VPNs, often refer to the technology or associated services as “banned” or otherwise outlawed. While technically inaccurate,...
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Passkeys reach 15 billion accounts but fall short of 2024 predictions
Andrew Shikiar, CEO and Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance has been a vocal advocate for passkeys. PC Mag notes that Shikiar didn’t mince words about the current state of password security. Read...
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Microsoft explains why it’s deprecating legacy features on Windows 11 like...
Microsoft keeps adding new features to Windows 11, but at the same time, it’s also killing off apps and tools. Microsoft has deprecated several features in recent updates, with many legacy tools...
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Paper launch or not? Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs sell out instantly,...
Nvidia’s launch day saw long lines of enthusiasts camping outside retailers, hoping to secure one of the coveted GPUs. However, many stores had minimal stock, and some locations never received RTX 5090...
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Use OBS Studio to livestream your gaming sessions
OBS Studio lets you broadcast to YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and other platforms, as well as record videos from multiple sources including browser windows, webcams, and more. It’s free and runs on...
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Researchers used AI to build groundbreaking nanomaterials lighter and...
The research team, led by Professor Tobin Filleter, has engineered nanomaterials that offer unprecedented strength, weight, and customizability. These materials are composed of tiny building blocks, or...
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Windows 11’s new feature converts audio and videos for you via PowerToys
When PowerToys unveiled Advanced Paste last year, we were already content with what it offered. Initially, it could paste as plain text, JSON, and more and could convert text into code using OpenAI....
View ArticleMicrosoft is making Chrome work better on Windows 11 for streaming videos to...
Windows 11 has a feature that tries to save power when you’re using Chrome or Edge, but the feature could unknowingly cause media problems. Windows Latest was able to confirm the bug in our own tests...
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