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Microsoft proposes new Office and Teams pricing to avoid massive EU fine
Microsoft is looking into a potential change in how the company sells Office and Teams in a single package to appease European authorities and avoid a hefty antitrust fine. Three sources familiar with...
View ArticlePerfecting Honda’s 2026 F1 powertrain is “not so easy,” says racing boss
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH, Florida—The North American road racing season kicked off in fine form a...
View ArticleVerizon beats lawsuit from utility worker who said lead cables made him sick
Verizon has defeated a lawsuit filed by a utility pole worker who claims that lead cables made him sick. A federal judge on Friday granted Verizon’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which sought class...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords
Google’s Chrome browser might soon get a useful security upgrade: detecting passwords used in data breaches and then generating and storing a better replacement. Google’s preliminary copy suggests...
View ArticleMikroTik CSS318-16G-S+IN Review A New Low Cost 10-in Switch
In our MikroTik CSS318-16G-2S+IN review, we test the company’s newest low-cost switch to see if it makes the best low-cost 10″ rack switch The post MikroTik CSS318-16G-S+IN Review A New Low Cost 10-in...
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Jeep’s latest annoying pop-up ad nags you to buy an extended warranty at...
It appears that telemarketers selling extended car warranties have another weapon to pester car owners to “purchase peace of mind.” Full-screen pop-up ads have started appearing on late-model Jeeps’...
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OpenAI custom chip project aims to challenge Nvidia’s dominance
OpenAI is nearing the launch of its first custom-designed AI chip. Reuters expects the company to send the chip design to TSMC in the coming months for validation before mass production begins in 2026....
View ArticleJudge orders Trump admin. to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight
A federal judge today, February 11, gave the Trump administration until 11:59 pm tonight to restore public documents and datasets that were abruptly removed or altered from federal health websites to...
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Apple fixes another actively exploited zero-day vulnerability on iPhones and...
Users who haven’t updated their iPhone or iPad firmware since late January should do so now. The iOS and iPadOS 18.3.1 update fixes an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The security update is...
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Piracy Crisis: Cloudflare Says LaLiga Knew Dangers, Blocked IP Address Anyway
Site-blocking is controversial and has been right from the beginning. The idea that powerful companies could gain authority from the courts to interfere in residential access to the internet, was...
View ArticleSeafloor detector picks up record neutrino while under construction
On Wednesday, a team of researchers announced that they got extremely lucky. The team is building a detector on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea that can identify those rare occasions when a...
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Microsoft unlocks Windows 11 24H2 for more gaming PCs with Feb 11 2025 update
Microsoft told Windows Latest that Windows 11 24H2 is now rolling out to more gaming PCs. A bug caused some games to stop working or render with incorrect colours when the Auto HDR feature tried to...
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Darktable hits version 5.0, an open-source alternative to Adobe Lightroom
Darktable 5.0.1 adds support for new cameras, including Leica SL3-S, Minolta DiMAGE 5, and Panasonic S5D. It also introduces new noise profiles for Fujifilm GFX100 II, X-S20, and X100VI, along with...
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PassMark records first-ever decline in CPU performance after 20 years of growth
PassMark Software has been developing well-regarded PC benchmarking and diagnostic tools since 1998. The company’s website hosts a page that compiles performance scores submitted by users, and right...
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Windows 11’s Microsoft Copilot now auto runs in the background, but it’s...
The Copilot app is now getting a new feature on Windows 11 that allows you to automatically open the app in the background as soon as you boot to the desktop. This update has added the ability to auto...
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Ryzen 9800X3D burns itself and motherboard while user was watching TV show
The victim, a Redditor named “t0pli,” is a PC builder with two decades of experience. In his post, he explained that he built a brand-new system about 20 days ago using the 9800X3D CPU and an ASRock...
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Earth’s inner core has shifted shape over two decades, scientists discover
Earth’s inner core has changed shape over the past 20 years. A team of scientists studied the core’s behavior to understand why its rotation slowed down relative to Earth’s in 2010, and discovered new...
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Diablo creator says current ARPGs focus too much on quick leveling,...
One of the best Diablo games – if not one of the greatest ARPGs ever – is Diablo 2. It nails many aspects, but progression stands out the most. The game walks a fine line between excessive grinding and...
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From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion
Thanks to being an incompressible medium, water transmits vibrations both farther and faster than the air. (Here’s a good video explainer on the subject.) This fact helps to explain how a US...
View Article“Largest data breach in US history”: Three more lawsuits try to stop DOGE
The US DOGE Service’s access to the private data of ordinary Americans and federal employees is being challenged in several lawsuits filed this week. Three new complaints seek court orders that would...
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