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Friday January 3, 2025. 10:00 PM
Redmond's pause to redesign planned datacenters won't scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials Count the residents of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin opposed to their town becoming a tech hub lucky: First, Foxconn abandoned its original $10 billion LCD factory plan in...
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A U.S. online gift card store has secured an online storage server that was publicly exposing hundreds of thousands of customer government-issued identity documents to the internet. A security researcher, who goes by the...
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A ball is sitting motionless on a dome. According to standard physics, it should stay put indefinitely, at least until the ball or the dome is perturbed. Suddenly, it begins sliding down the dome without any external force. How is that possible? — Read the rest The post...
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I was really expecting Samsung to go bigger with its OLED gaming monitors this year. Not so, at least not yet. Instead, the company is focusing on blazing-fast speed. Like MSI and Asus previously announced, Samsung has new offerings that can hit as much as 500Hz of refresh....
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Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post. From a report: Over half of the expected AI infrastructure spending will take place in the U.S., Microsoft Vice Chair ...
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One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books they read, told the user, “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”
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Apple has already pulled devices to comply with the European Commission’s new Common Charger Directive.
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NetEase has reversed 100-year bans imposed on 'Marvel Rivals' players using Linux and Mac compatibility tools in December 2024, following intervention from CodeWeavers' CEO and player complaints. The game's anti-cheat system had banned players until 2124 for using Proton and ...
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Locals demand transparency - and a refund wouldn't hurt Feature When data scientist Andrew Breza learned that the Washington, D.C. attorney general was suing Amazon for excluding his zip code from its fastest delivery service, he immediately wanted to see the proof for...
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Box office returns have started to stabilize. But nine of the top 10 box office hits this year were sequels [non-paywalled link]. And the 10th was 'Wicked.' From a report: A year ago, Hollywood's creative community was celebrating the apparent decline of corporate,...
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When Washington D.C. bar owner Josh Saltzman had the audacity to question four major potato suppliers' perfectly synchronized $0.12 price hike by Tweeting 'Totally not collusion or anything, right?' he revealed himself as yet another victim of dangerous consumer-rights...
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Someone spotted a body floating in the sea off the coast of Cleveleys, Lancashire, UK, prompting a daring coastguard rescue. The team executed a tethered rescue, in which the rescuer is connected to a fixed line to provide stability and control while saving someone in...
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In true faux news fashion, anchor Brian Kilmeade broke the 'bad news' that Republican Congressman Bob Good would not be voting for Speaker Mike Johnson. Except, er, Bob Good is not a Congressman and will not be voting. Good thing the honorable Rep. — Read the rest The post J...
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Meta's AI-generated social media profiles, which sparked controversy this week following comments by executive Connor Hayes about plans to expand AI characters across Facebook and Instagram, have largely failed to gain user engagement since their 2023 launch, 404 Media...
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Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too Constellation Energy has won contracts worth more than $1 billion from the US government to supply nuclear power to over 13 federal agencies, validating efforts by...
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A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as 'spring water.' From a report: While rejecting some claims in the proposed class...
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Virtually every aspect of technology has been affected, and potentially improved, by artificial intelligence (AI). PCs are no exception. While the meaning of “AI PC” is still evolving, it generally refers to a computer specifically designed to excel at AI-powered tasks....
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The reintroduction of neutrality rules for network providers is looking increasingly unlikely, at least for the next five years, after a US appeals court blocked efforts by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reinstate them. The US Court of Appeals for the...
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McAfee has announced that its Deepfake Detector will now come preinstalled on the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip and HP OmniBook X Next-Gen AI PCs. This collaboration aims to address the growing concerns around deepfake videos and the potential for AI-driven scams and...
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At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Solar-powered design eliminates frequent battery swaps Smart detection features included without a subscription Easy installation and user-friendly app Cons Limited to 1080p resolution, which may not satisfy some users Performance heavily ...
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