Person accidentally poisoned 46 coworkers with toxin-loaded homemade lunch
For some, microwaving fish in the employee lunch room is the ultimate work faux pas. But for one (likely mortified) employee of a seafood distribution plant in Maryland, it’s probably causing a mass...
View ArticleSlivered onions are likely cause of McDonald’s E. coli outbreak, CDC says
Slivered onions are the likely source of the multi-state E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers that continues to grow, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
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Eurojust, FBI, and other agencies join forces to take down two major...
A global enforcement action known as “Operation Magnus” took down RedLine and Meta, two lines of infostealer malware that scammed millions of victims worldwide. An international coalition of agencies...
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Windows 11 performance booster Microsoft PC Manager adds new features
Microsoft’s PC Manager, which is quite popular among some users, especially in Asia, is getting a big update (version 3.14) after a long time. The PC Manager for Windows 11 (and Windows 10) now lets...
View ArticleMicrosoft reports big profits amid massive AI investments
Microsoft reported quarterly earnings that impressed investors and showed how resilient the company is even as it spends heavily on AI. Some investors have been uneasy about the company’s aggressive...
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ChatGPT search engine uses Bing, builds extension to replace Google in Chrome
Microsoft’s funded ChatGPT continues to expand in new areas that could potentially hurt even its largest investor’s business, but it poses more threat to Google. In our tests, Windows Latest noticed...
View ArticleToxic X users sabotage Community Notes that could derail disinfo, report says
What’s the point of recruiting hundreds of thousands of X users to fact-check misleading posts before they go viral if those users’ accurate Community Notes are never displayed? That’s the question...
View ArticleIdaho health district abandons COVID shots amid flood of anti-vaccine nonsense
Residents in the Southwest District Health in Idaho are no longer able to get COVID-19 vaccines from public health clinics after the district’s board of directors voted 4–3 recently to stop...
View ArticleCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 accounted for 19% of Comcast Internet traffic this...
You might think that since Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (which was released last Friday) is the 21st game in the franchise, it wouldn’t be that highly anticipated. You’d be wrong. Last week’s entry set...
View ArticleColorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak
The Colorado Department of State said it accidentally posted a spreadsheet containing “partial passwords” for voting systems. The department said there is no “immediate security threat” because two...
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After Chrome, Microsoft Edge plans to move address bar to bottom on Android
Exciting times are ahead for Microsoft Edge on Android. A lot has been planned for the browser, including a Copilot v2 experience that uses newer ChatGPT models and brings the best of Copilot web. The...
View ArticleRFK Jr. claims Trump promised to put him in charge of NIH, CDC, and more
Earlier this week, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. used a Zoom call to tell his supporters that Donald Trump had promised him “control” of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency...
View ArticleNot just ChatGPT anymore: Perplexity and Anthropic’s Claude get desktop apps
There’s a lot going on in the world of Mac apps for popular AI services. In the past week, Anthropic has released a desktop app for its popular Claude chatbot, and Perplexity launched a native app for...
View ArticleFinally, a sign of life for Europe’s sovereign satellite Internet constellation
The European Commission announced Thursday it plans to sign a contract with the continent’s leading space companies before the end of the year to begin development of a 290-satellite broadband...
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Cyberpunk 2077 comes to Apple Silicon next year with path tracing and frame...
CD Projekt Red and Apple have confirmed plans to launch Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion, Phantom Liberty, on Apple Silicon Macs early next year. While an exact release date is still forthcoming, the...
View ArticleDelta DC-90640 A Next-Gen 2025 102.4T Switch
The Delta DC-90640 is a next-generation 102.4T switch for the 1.6TbE generation of networking to power AI clusters later in 2025 and beyond The post Delta DC-90640 A Next-Gen 2025 102.4T Switch...
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ChatGPT now has its own web search engine
OpenAI has just launched its new ChatGPT Search service, which offers a novel way to use the AI chatbot to find relevant information on the web. According to OpenAI, ChatGPT is now significantly more...
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Windows 11 KB5045889 tests modern UI for security, hides taskbar bell icon
Windows 11 KB5045889 is now available for testers in the Beta Channel. It has a few new features that will be rolled out to everyone on Windows 11 24H2 and 23H2 in the coming weeks. First, it comes...
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Apex Legends will not support Linux and Linux-based Steam Decks anymore...
Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA recently shared some harsh insights about Linux as a gaming platform. Operating systems based on the open-source kernel aren’t as reliable as Windows...
View ArticleStarlink enters National Radio Quiet Zone—but reportedly cut off access for some
Starlink’s home Internet service has come to the National Radio Quiet Zone after a multi-year engineering project that had the goal of minimizing interference with radio telescopes. Starlink operator...
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