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Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has been talking about buying TikTok since earlier this year. The long shot is getting shorter.

The “four rings” turns to “four letters” in China—a choice that also signals deeper shifts in the global auto market, where Chinese automakers now dominate.

2024 has been a big year for on-device AI in consumer electronics. Both Microsoft and Apple took swings with their respective operating systems, with Microsoft debuting its “Copilot+ PC” branding for AI-capable laptops and Apple releasing Apple Intelligence. These early...

Although I own a Mac Mini and dabble in using macOS, my allegiance has always been to Windows. I juggle a lot of tasks in my everyday PC use — from writing and researching to communicating via Slack and email — and Windows has always just felt faster. That’s largely...

High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing The British Army has successfully destroyed flying drones for the first time using a high-energy laser mounted on an armored vehicle. If perfected, the technology could form an effective counter-measure against drone...

FlatpanelsHD: LG has discontinued all Blu-ray players, including the UBK80 and UBK90 UHD Blu-ray players, with remaining units only available while stocks last. The announcement echoes similar moves from Oppo in 2018 and Samsung in 2019, when both companies exited the...

Embodied says it will try to refund recent purchases of its Moxie robot but makes no promises.

Food production has never been higher—or more costly. Yet the amount that goes uneaten remains shockingly high.

Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla When Firefox 135 is released in February, it'll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings. …

TL;DR: Save 20% on this 1TB dual flash drive that comes with connectors for USB-C and USB-A 3.2, now $74.97.  Having an arsenal of devices is helpful for multitasking, but it’s not so helpful when you need to move files between your gadgets or clear up room for new...

Harvard University announced Thursday it's releasing a high-quality dataset of nearly one million public-domain books that could be used by anyone to train large language models and other AI tools. From a report: The dataset was created by Harvard's newly formed...

No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs Unidentified flying objects said to be the size of sports utility vehicles have been spotted flying over parts of the northeastern US, prompting investigations by law enforcement and the FBI as elected officials ...

If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Australia has created a tax that only big tech companies must pay – but which they can also legally avoid by paying money to Aussie news publishers.…