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Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups
"Social welfare" groups spread industry talking points against public broadband.
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This EV builder has given a Land Rover Defender four electric hub motors
BEDEO and Protean have been converting commercial vans to hybrid power for some time.
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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely
"NASA will share more details once we have a clearer path forward."
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Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why
The benefits may seem small, but they can make a world of difference, patients say.
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Google sends DOJ unexpected check in attempt to avoid monopoly jury trial
Google steals DOJ tactic to dodge owing damages by paying DOJ upfront.
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We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels
It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently.
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Surviving reentry is the key goal for SpaceX’s fourth Starship test flight
Elon Musk says SpaceX aims to launch the fourth Starship test flight in about two weeks.
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Shadow of the Erdtree’s trailer gives us more Elden Ring lore to get wrong
A lore-lover's moment-by-moment dive into the latest Miyazaki mind maze.
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Researchers spot cryptojacking attack that disables endpoint protections
A key component: Installing known vulnerable drivers from Avast and IOBit.
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After years of rumors, Sonos has now entered the headphones market
Sonos jumps into the fray with Sony's WH-1000XM5 and Apple's AirPods Max.
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Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89
Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.
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Tesla shareholder group opposes Musk’s $46B pay, slams board “dysfunction”
Letter urges shareholders to reject CEO pay plan and boot two board members.
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Comcast’s streaming bundle is $15/month for Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV+, and ads
It's $25 or $10 cheaper than separate subs, but note the plans you're getting.
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After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls
We'll likely have to wait until the end of the year for Android 15, though.
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$899 mini PC puts Snapdragon X Elite into a mini desktop for developers
Well-specced box includes the best Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
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“CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM,” DOJ says after rare arrest
Software engineer arrested, suspected of grooming teen with AI-generated CSAM.
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Microsoft Copilot will watch you play Minecraft, tell you what you’re doing wrong
Microsoft demo is like chatting with GameFAQs when you don't have a friend to hang with.
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This is Volvo’s production-ready fully autonomous Class 8 truck
Some believe autonomous trucks are the answer to a shortage of truck drivers.
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Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now
Sometime between May and September, a white dwarf is expected to go thermonuclear.
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Big AI companies sign safety pledge
Promise not to deploy AIs if severe risks cannot be addressed and mitigated.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time
Webb wows us again.
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23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace
The dark web's Incognito Market allowed people to buy and sell narcotics worldwide.
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Scarlett Johansson says Altman insinuated that AI soundalike was intentional
OpenAI pauses use of "Sky" voice after threat of legal action.
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Does anyone really need a 1,000 Hz gaming display?
TCL's ultra-fast 4K LCD prototype has us musing about diminishing smoothness returns.
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Single brain implant restores bilingual communication to paralyzed man
Tracking syllables of words lets English and Spanish training assist each other.
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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."
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New Arm-powered Surface Pro and Surface Laptop aim directly at Apple Silicon Macs
Microsoft's first "Copilot+ PCs" aim for the MacBook Air; neither is fanless.
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OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week
Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company.
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iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1 fix a nasty bug that resurfaced old photos
Bug was discovered by Redditors and forum users a few days ago.
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Judge: Craig Wright forged documents on “grand scale” to support bitcoin lie
Wright "lied repeatedly and extensively" in response to forgery allegations.
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You can now buy a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot for $16K
No one is quite sure what you're supposed to do with the robot, but you can buy one.
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HP resurrects ’90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly
Most new HP laptops will be an OmniBook, ProBook, or EliteBook.
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M4 iPad Pro teardown finds easier-to-access battery, glimpses of Tandem OLED design
Straightforward tablet teardown is followed by a comically difficult Pencil one.
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It’s not “Windows 12”: Microsoft keeps Windows 11 branding despite major changes
24H2 update comes with new compiler, kernel, and scheduler, among other changes.
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Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD
Microsoft demands an NPU capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second.
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Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
Prism layer is one of several under-the-hood overhauls in Windows 11 24H2.