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Honda and Nissan scrap merger plans as talks break down
Honda and Nissan took seats at the negotiating table in December 2024 to try and hammer out the details of what would have been a roughly $60 billion deal. Nissan’s fortunes started taking a turn in...
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Microsoft Edge experiments with a built-in video recorder on Windows 11
Until now, screen capture was a simple feat in the Microsoft Edge browser. All you needed to do was press the Ctrl + Shift + S key to launch the bar and pick an image capture mode of your choice. Now,...
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ESA to assess Asteroid 2024 YR4’s threat level using James Webb Telescope
Discovered on December 27, 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently rated as a three on the Torino scale. Space agencies around the world are closely monitoring the situation, with the European Space...
View ArticleMicrosoft upgrades Google Chrome’s tablet mode UX on Windows 11
Microsoft’s decision to adopt Chromium has benefited Google more than any company. That’s because Microsoft is trying to make the web better for everyone as part of its efforts to make Edge great. As...
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PlayStation 5 sales top 75 million, keeping pace with PS4 and leaving Xbox in...
Sony’s third-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2024 look great, largely thanks to the PlayStation 5’s continued success. The PS5 had its best-ever holiday period in 2024, shipping 9.5 million units –...
View ArticleCondé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out...
Condé Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in “systematic copyright and trademark infringement” by using news articles to train its large...
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How to block Windows 11 24H2 if it is already downloading
To block Windows 11 24H2 when it is already downloading, you can use the wushowhide tool. In the tool, click Next and select Hide updates. Choose Windows 11 24H2 from the list, click Next, and close...
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US cyber defense agency urges developers to eliminate buffer overflow...
CISA has issued a new alert about buffer overflow vulnerabilities, urging the software industry to adopt proper programming practices to eliminate an entire class of dangerous security flaws. Buffer...
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Breakthrough 3D NAND flash etching technique could turbocharge SSD production
Standard NAND flash storage is used in microSD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives in computers and phones. To fit more gigabytes into smaller spaces, manufacturers have begun stacking memory...
View ArticleStreaming used to make stuff networks wouldn’t. Now it wants safer bets.
There was a time when it felt like you needed a streaming subscription in order to contribute to watercooler conversations. Without Netflix, you couldn’t react to House of Cards’ latest twist. Without...
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Happy birthday to You(Tube): Google’s video-sharing platform turns 20
The original idea for YouTube varies depending on who you ask but what we do know for certain is that the very first clip ever uploaded – a video of co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of...
View ArticleWhat we know about AMD and Nvidia’s imminent midrange GPU launches
The GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 are both very fast graphics cards—if you can look past the possibility that we may have yet another power-connector-related overheating problem on our hands. But the vast...
View ArticleWindows Server 2022 KB5051979 released, direct download .msu
The February 2025 security patch for Windows Server 2022 is here and packed with a lot of changes. Last month’s update introduced quite a few issues, including the problem with DAC and other USB...
View ArticleDOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
“An official website of the United States government,” reads small text atop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website that Elon Musk’s team started populating this week with information...
View ArticleAI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
Enzymes are amazing catalysts. These proteins are made of nothing more than a handful of Earth-abundant elements, and they promote a vast array of reactions, convert chemical energy to physical...
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Arm said to be poaching executives from clients to build its own chips
Arm Holdings is currently on a recruiting spree, with the ultimate goal of entering the chip production industry independently. Reuters has quoted several sources familiar with the matter, all of whom...
View ArticleAsahi Linux lead resigns from Mac-based distro after tumultuous kernel debate
Working at the intersection of Apple’s newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was never going to be easy. But it’s been an especially hard couple of...
View ArticleMan offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
James Howells, the IT pro who lost about 8,000 bitcoins in a landfill more than a decade ago, thinks he has one last chance to dig up his buried treasure before it’s lost forever. He wants to buy the...
View ArticleWhat is device code phishing, and why are Russian spies so successful at it?
Researchers have uncovered a sustained and ongoing campaign by Russian spies that uses a clever phishing technique to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts belonging to a wide range of targets, researchers...
View ArticleNo penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone...
In 2019, Haley Olson’s life in Grant County, Oregon, was upended when people in town appeared to know about private nude photos that Olson kept on her phone. Worse, some of the people appeared to have...
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