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Google tells Trump’s DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security
Google is no stranger to antitrust scrutiny, but the walls may be closing in. As the next phase of Google’s search trial nears, the company’s lawyers have reportedly met with representatives from the...
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YouTube Premium Lite debuts at $8/mo – watch ad free, but with fewer perks
Premium Lite members will be able to enjoy most videos on YouTube ad-free, with the exception of music and music videos. Lite also does away with downloads and background play. The biggest difference,...
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Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026
A surprise find in my inbox this morning: news from Volkswagen about a pair of new electric vehicles it has in the works. Even better, they’re both small and affordable, bucking the supersized,...
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Google presses Trump’s DOJ to abandon breakup plans, citing national security
Google is trying to convince the Trump administration that breaking up the company could have chilling effects on US national security. Quoting unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said...
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD’s problems
AMD is a company that knows a thing or two about capitalizing on a competitor’s weaknesses. The company got through its early-2010s nadir partially because its Ryzen CPUs struck just as Intel’s...
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Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
Brother laser printers are popular recommendations for people seeking a printer with none of the nonsense. By nonsense, we mean printers suddenly bricking features, like scanning or printing, if users...
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Google is expanding AI Overviews and testing AI-only search results
Google has become so integral to online navigation that its name became a verb, meaning “to find things on the Internet.” Soon, Google might just tell you what’s on the Internet instead of showing...
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Nintendo Easily Kills 4,238 Switch Emu Repos on Yuzu Lawsuit Anniversary
Late September 2024, the developer of Switch emulator Ryujinx announced an end to the project. Launched by ‘gdkchan’ in 2017, Ryujinx enjoyed years of success only to succumb to the same pressure that...
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Creepy human-like AI voice assistant demo both excites and disturbs the internet
Researchers at Sesame AI have launched a new Conversational Speech Model (CSM). This advanced voice AI has phenomenal human-like qualities that we have seen before from companies like Google (Duplex)...
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Will the future of software development run on vibes?
For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the computer perform those precise actions repeatedly. With the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT, it’s now possible for someone...
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Meta partnership promises to bring affordable internet to billions worldwide
Meta is working on different levels to enhance internet connectivity and networking reliability around the planet. The company has invested billions in new subsea infrastructures, laying the “mother of...
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No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard
Most Android phones ship with Google’s Gboard as the default input option. It’s a reliable, feature-rich on-screen keyboard, so most folks just keep using it instead of installing a third-party...
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Norovirus vaccine hints at defusing explosive stomach bug in early trial
In an early clinical trial, an experimental norovirus vaccine given as a pill produced defensive responses exactly where it counts—in the saliva of older people most vulnerable to the explosive...
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Massive botnet compromises 30,000+ devices for record-breaking DDoS assault
Nokia security researchers are tracking a botnet, dubbed Eleven11bot, that has been delivering what is likely the largest directed denial-of-service attack ever recorded. An estimated 30,000 webcams...
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AMD RX 9070 GPUs at MSRP will disappear after early shipments, retailers say
Retail sources have told multiple outlets that AMD’s new Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards will only be available at MSRP during early shipments. Afterward, premiums from board partners will...
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Microsoft Edge’s Settings is becoming more like Google Chrome on Windows 11
Microsoft has been testing a new, refined, and more compact settings page in the Edge Canary version. This move comes after the company added several features to the browser, which resulted in the...
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Reinforcement learning pioneers harshly criticize the “unsafe” state of AI...
Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto won this year’s Turing Award, considered the Nobel Prize for computing, for their significant contributions to machine learning development. The two researchers are now...
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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket lifted off Thursday from French Guiana and deployed a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite into orbit for the French military, notching a success on its first operational...
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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of...
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“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft
Here at Ars, we’ve written frequently about the video game industry’s ongoing problem with blatant game cloning, and the shifting legal and ethical landscape around the issue. But we’ve rarely seen a...
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