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Microsoft is developing an AI model for Excel spreadsheets, enabling natural...
Microsoft has developed a framework called SpreadsheetLLM that uses large language models for analyzing and interpreting spreadsheet data. The tool is designed to address the challenges traditional...
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One more way to die: Tremors when Vesuvius erupted collapsed shelter walls
Enlarge / Two skeletons found in the ruins of a Pompeii building may have been crushed by wall collapses triggered by earthquakes. (credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park) Archaeologists have hotly...
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Dyson continues its audio push with the $500 customizable OnTrac ANC headphones
The $950 Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones weren’t what you’d call successful. Their Cyberpunk 2077-like appearance was one of the reasons tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee called it the “dumbest...
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Anna’s Archive Loses .GS Domain Name But Remains Resilient
While movie and TV show piracy is increasingly attracting for-profit piracy operations, pirate libraries continue to wave an ideological flag. Portals such as Sci-Hub, LibGen, and Z-Library say they...
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Microsoft Edge aggressively wants you to ditch Chrome on Windows 11
Microsoft really wants everyone to stop using Google Chrome, the most popular desktop browser, and switch to Chromium-based Edge. In the past, Microsoft has employed several tactics to discourage the...
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FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high
Enlarge / A telephone in a prison. (credit: Getty Images | Image Source) The Federal Communications Commission today voted to lower price caps on prison phone calls and closed a loophole that allowed...
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Report: Apple TV+ will soon get a lot more movies made by studios other than...
Enlarge / Apple seeks to continue to augment its library of original films like Argylle with films from other studios. Apple TV+ has carved a niche for itself with strong original programming, and...
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Elon Musk’s X may succeed in blocking Calif. content moderation law on appeal
Enlarge (credit: Marc Piasecki / Contributor | Getty Images Entertainment) Elon Musk’s fight defending X’s content moderation decisions isn’t just with hate speech researchers and advertisers. He has...
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Windows 10 BSOD, stuck at recovery due to CrowdStrike, but there’s a fix
Several media companies, tech companies, and schools or universities are reporting a Blue Screen of Death on Windows 10. PCs are getting stuck at the “Recovery” screen, which states, “It looks like...
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Intel laptop CPUs are crashing, too, as the company remains silent
Shortly after blasting Intel for the high failure rate of the company’s recent CPUs, Alderon Games claims laptops running on Raptor Lake chips are no exception. The revelation suggests that the problem...
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This $45 dock adds six ports to the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, or Legion Go
Accessory maker JSAUX has released some of the highest-rated Steam Deck docks since the device’s launch. The company’s new HB609 revision adds a faster HDMI connection, a vertical orientation, and...
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Global businesses hit by Blue Screen of Death following faulty CrowdStrike...
Reports started arriving a few hours ago of PCs and servers going offline and getting stuck in recovery boot loops. The impact has been on a scale reminiscent of the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017:...
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Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon
Enlarge / Ad-free Basic subscribers will be crane kicked off the plan soon. (credit: Netflix/YouTube) Netflix today confirmed suspicions that it will stop letting people pay $12 per month to stream...
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Apple Vision Pro’s content drought improves with new 3D videos
Boundless premieres tonight, taking Vision Pro users on a hot air balloon ride in Turkey. [credit: Apple ] Today, Apple announced a slate of more than a dozen upcoming Immersive Videos for its Vision...
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Long COVID rates have declined, especially among the vaccinated, study finds
Enlarge / Long covid activists attend the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing on the “Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for...
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Elon Musk’s X tests letting users request Community Notes on bad posts
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) Continuing to evolve the fact-checking service that launched as Twitter’s Birdwatch, X has announced that Community Notes can now be requested...
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FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) Citing frustration with mobile carriers enforcing different phone-unlocking policies that are bad for consumers, the Federal Communications Commission is...
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Samsung delays Galaxy Buds3 Pro release over quality concerns
Enlarge / A marketing image for the Galaxy Buds3 Pro. (credit: Samsung) Samsung is delaying the release of the $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro in the US from July 24 to August 28, per its website. The...
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Formula E wraps its 10th season this weekend—what’s next for the sport?
Enlarge / Antonio Felix da Costa leads the way into turn one at Portland International Raceway. (credit: Sam Bagnall/Formula E) Formula E provided flights from Washington to Portland and accommodation...
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Illegal drug found in Diamond Shruumz candies linked to severe illnesses
Enlarge (credit: Diamond Shruumz) Newly released testing data of Diamond Shruumz-brand gummies purchased in 2023 identified the presence of psilocin, a hallucinogenic drug closely related to the...
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