Despite Google's claims to the contrary, F-Droid continues to accuse the company of attempting to turn Android into a walled ecosystem of government-vetted apps. F-Droid representatives recently said Mountain View is misleading users, because its assurances that app sideloading will remain fully supported are false.

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Modeled after fantasy sports leagues, Mogul allows players to act as studio heads who draft rosters of actors, directors, and films. Each week, their selections earn points tied to actual performance in theaters. Players can trade or swap team members, monitor global leaderboards, and build their "studio empires" across a...

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Kurt Wilms, senior director of product management for YouTube on TV, said the new feature will initially work to convert SD videos into HD quality. Eventually, he said, the tech will support resolutions up to 4K.

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The South Korean chipmaker reported an operating profit of 11.4 trillion won ($8 billion) for the three months ended September 30, a 62 percent increase from the same period last year. Revenue rose 39 percent year over year to 22.4 trillion won, fueled by strong orders for its high-bandwidth memory chips, or HBM.

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Tor Browser 15.0 is based on Firefox 140 ESR, incorporating a year's worth of Mozilla's updates and security fixes. The update introduces vertical tabs for easier page management, along with new "workspaces" to organize tab groups more efficiently. Bookmarks are now accessible from the sidebar, and a redesigned address bar offers a cleaner, more modern browsing experience.

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Powered by a Core Ultra 7 CPU and RTX 5060 GPU, this model includes 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a sharp 240 Hz display. Normally $1,800, Dell Alienware currently has it on discount for $1,299. Reviewers highlight its premium build, efficient cooling, and easy upgradability with dual M.2 slots and user-replaceable RAM.

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A new report by NeuralTrust highlights the immature state of today's AI browsers. The company found that ChatGPT Atlas, the agentic browser recently launched by OpenAI for macOS, is vulnerable to a novel prompt injection attack capable of "jailbreaking" the browser's omnibox. In Atlas and other Chromium-based browsers, the omnibox...

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Despite having no prior semiconductor manufacturing experience, the Proud brothers have secured backing from leading venture capital firms, including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Valor Equity Partners. Last year's fundraising round, previously undisclosed, valued Substrate at over $1 billion, according to company executives. People familiar with the funding told The...

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The KB5067036 update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 (preview builds 26200.7019 and 26100.7019, respectively) introduces a redesigned Start Menu with a scrollable "All" section that lists all installed apps. The updated Start Menu also adds two new views: Category and Grid. Category groups apps by type and highlights frequently...

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In a rare deep-dive on Microsoft's gaming strategy with TPBN, CEO Satya Nadella outlined the company's evolving vision for Xbox and Windows gaming. His comments follow Microsoft's 2023 acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as the company reconsiders the future of Xbox – not just as a console, but as a broader platform.

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In recent months, leadership at Electronic Arts, the publisher behind popular game franchises such as The Sims and Madden NFL, has intensified calls for its nearly 15,000 employees to incorporate AI into daily operations.

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Robotics company 1X Technologies (1XT), which secured $100 million in funding from OpenAI, EQT Ventures, and others in 2024, unveiled a bipedal humanoid robot, Neo Beta, last year.

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CRN senior editor Dylan Martin highlighted the fake GTC keynote on X yesterday. While YouTube says it does all it can to fight scams, the fake stream, hosted on a channel called NVIDIA Live, was the top result when typing "Nvidia gtc dc" into the platform's search bar.

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The new arrangement solidifies OpenAI's position as a profit-seeking enterprise, ending nearly a year of restructuring discussions that had drawn scrutiny from regulators and investors. Under the terms, Microsoft's access to OpenAI's technology, including any systems capable of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), extends through 2032.

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The stunning OLED display on the iPad Pro is one of its most compelling features, but the tablet's high price remains a barrrier for those who don't need all its power and features.

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GPU prices have finally cooled, DDR5 has spiked, and AMD's new Threadripper opens fresh pro power. Here are five builds for every budget - mix and match to fit your needs.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently told Bloomberg he doesn't believe the recent AI boom has become a bubble, breaking with months of warnings from across the business world. Speaking at the company's GTC conference in Washington DC, he characterized the current moment as a virtuous cycle.

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Aggregated data from the Linux community highlights the significant progress made in gaming on Linux. Compatibility between titles originally designed for Windows and the wider free and open source ecosystem (FOSS) built on the Linux kernel is now at an all time high, although the pace of improvement has slowed.

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A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge set out to determine the true number of pixels the human eye can actually perceive. Using a sliding 4K monitor that could be moved closer or farther from the viewer, they found that the eye can detect far more pixels than...

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In September, an anonymous source outlined Samsung's plans to raise DRAM and NAND flash prices in the fourth quarter of 2025. It is now late October, and the situation has seemingly played out much like the source said it would.

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A pair of custom-built designs recently demonstrated just how fast FPV drones can go. One highlights the extreme engineering required to push these machines beyond 300 mph, incorporating liquid cooling systems and motors powerful enough to draw more electricity than an average household.

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FurMark is a widely trusted GPU stress test built for enthusiasts, overclockers, and system tuners. It delivers a brutal, sustained load to expose thermal and stability limits, giving you a clear picture of your cooling performance and long-term reliability. Despite its intensity, it stays simple to run and produces repeatable, no-nonsense results.

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A new academic study comparing traditional web search results with those generated by AI-driven systems has found that generative AI tools frequently rely on less popular or unconventional sources. The findings underscore a growing divide between how conventional search engines and large language model-based systems gather and present online information.

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According to Mozilla, the new feature will only display inline search results when Firefox has "high confidence" that they are relevant to the user's query. In each case, only the top result will appear alongside traditional search suggestions. Firefox will also show sponsored results (ads) if they are deemed "highly...

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The investor note, circulated on October 26, states that Apple's supply chain activity for the month showed no changes in iPhone Air production. TD Cowen's analysis – based on what the firm described as "field work" within Apple's Asia-based production network – found that assembly targets remained consistent with prior...

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Having started as a digital and physical textbook rental service, Chegg later expanded to offer homework help, tutoring, and study tools. It offers subscription services that cost between $15 and $20 per month.

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Elon Musk has introduced Grokipedia, a digital encyclopedia that relies on artificial intelligence rather than human editors to compile and update entries. The new platform, developed through his artificial intelligence company xAI, marks his most direct challenge yet to Wikipedia, a site written and curated by human volunteers that he...

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We thought the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB was a better-than-average product, giving it a score of 75 and calling it not great but certainly not terrible. The $150 8GB model, however, earned a pitiful score of 30 due to its memory buffer, which is no longer satisfactory for PC gaming...

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Battlefield 6's battle royale mode will launch as a free, separate executable on Tuesday at 11am ET. A launch trailer detailing the new content will unlock at the same time, and there is no preload.

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Speaking in the Shacknews documentary 24 'Til Launch: The Making of Borderlands 4, Pitchford talked about the massive amounts of money that go into developing big games, which have budgets that match or even exceed Hollywood blockbusters.

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YouTuber Max Tech conducted a series of controlled comparisons using identical 14-inch MacBook Pro configurations running the M4 and M5 chips. Both machines featured 512GB of storage and identical cooling assemblies, each featuring a single fan, one heat pipe, and two NAND flash modules.

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Update: Amazon has now said it will reduce its corporate workforce by about 14,000 people, with more cuts to follow next year. It has partly blamed the move on AI adoption, which some say has become a scapegoat for companies making layoffs.

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According to the rumor mill, the next Xbox console will have access to all Windows software and support all games currently available on Xbox Series consoles. The information matches earlier rumors regarding Microsoft's radical shift in strategy.

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Researchers at Kyung Hee University in South Korea have unveiled a new ultraviolet photodetector designed to improve protection against excessive UVA exposure. The fully transparent device measures UVA levels in real time and transmits an electrical signal to an external monitoring system, such as a phone app.

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Amazon notes that last week's AWS outage began at 11:48 PM PDT on October 19, as users reported widespread errors and latency across services in the US-EAST-1 region (Northern Virginia). Amazon confirmed the disruption stemmed from DNS resolution problems with the DynamoDB API endpoint. While engineers mitigated the issue within...

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Qualcomm is expanding beyond its roots in mobile technology, directly challenging the companies dominating artificial intelligence hardware. The semiconductor firm has announced that it will enter the high-end data center market with two new AI accelerator chips, marking its most ambitious move yet into the computing infrastructure that underpins the...

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According to tipster Gray (@Olrak29_), the Zen 2 lineup includes four SKUs: Ryzen 5 40, Ryzen 3 30, Athlon Gold 20, and Athlon Silver 10. The Zen 3+ parts include Ryzen 7 170, Ryzen 7 160, Ryzen 5 150, Ryzen 5 130, and Ryzen 3 110. All SKUs feature RDNA 2 integrated graphics.

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Microsoft to the country's federal court. The agency is suing Microsoft Australia and Microsoft Corporation, alleging that the company misled approximately 2.7 million Australian customers over subscription price changes and alternative renewal options.

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OCCT 15 delivers a major update with a new storage test modeled after CrystalDiskMark, plus enhanced GPU diagnostics through an improved 3D adaptive test that detects errors more precisely and adds a coil-whine detection feature.

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Developed by the Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology in collaboration with two of its incubated firms, the system combines the scale of advanced data centers with the compactness of household hardware. Officials unveiled the device on October 24 at the Hengqin Guangdong – Macao Deep Cooperation Zone.

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Nadella's compensation was up 63% last year to $79.11 million, despite his cash incentives being cut by 50% at his own request. The package included $5.2 million in cash and $71 million in stock awards.

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At that scale, a display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels could fit into an area measuring just one square millimeter.

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Was is Mozilla, Google, Microsoft?

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Musk's proposed pay package, which consists of 12 tranches of shares, will award him up to $1 trillion contingent on meeting certain targets, including increasing the company's market cap from its current $1.36 trillion to $8.5 trillion by 2035 – that's around twice what the world's richest company, Nvidia, is...

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OpenAI has entered agreements worth hundreds of billions of dollars to build vast data centers packed with high-performance chips, designed to strengthen its grip on generative AI. Yet as it expands through costly construction and mass-market products, a quieter rival, Anthropic, is emerging as a more structurally sustainable business in...

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Taki Allen, a 16-year-old high school student at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, got an unwelcome surprise as he sat outside with friends after football practice while waiting to be picked up last week.

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Mushrooms have long attracted scientific attention for their complex biological networks and resilience across environments. Those same biological systems, researchers found, can be engineered to create "memristors" – devices that retain memory of electrical activity.

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Computer repair shop and popular YouTube channel Northridge Fix has made plenty of headlines over the years, many of them related to the well-documented RTX 4090 melting power cable issues.

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General Motors will debut an "eyes-off" automated driving system on the electric Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028, expanding its self-driving technology for consumer vehicles. The feature builds on GM's Super Cruise experience and Cruise subsidiary's research.

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The Am9080 arrived in mass production in 1975 as AMD's version of Intel's 8080 – an instruction-set-compatible implementation built on AMD's own n-channel MOS process rather than a carbon-copy fabrication. That detail matters: the Am9080 wasn't a rebadged Intel part.

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Robotics engineers worldwide are tackling one of the most challenging frontiers in artificial intelligence and mechanical engineering: building a hand that functions like a human's. While humanoid robots can walk, lift, and balance, the absence of dexterous, sensor-rich hands remains a significant barrier to large-scale deployment in factories and other...

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Europe's space industry is undergoing a major realignment as Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo merge their space operations into a single company headquartered in Toulouse. The long-discussed deal aims to create what executives describe as a unified European rival capable of matching the speed and efficiency of Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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A year ago the Ryzen 9800X3D beat Intel's Ultra 285K by 24%. With 200S Boost overclocking on the table, we are retesting to see if one click tuning can close the gap.

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An internal memo obtained by The Verge outlines Gaurav Sareen's vision as Microsoft's new corporate vice president of global experiences and platform, who has assumed direct leadership of the Outlook team. Sareen is taking over from Lynn Ayres, who is on sabbatical. In the memo, Sareen describes the shift as...

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For more than two decades, the Halo series has stood as a defining property for Microsoft's gaming business – its green-armored protagonist synonymous with the Xbox brand. That connection will soon change. Microsoft confirmed that a remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will launch on PlayStation 5 in 2026,...

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Fujitsu's FMV Note A WA3-K3 laptop is now available in Japan, starting at ¥124,800 (approximately $800 USD). All configurations include an internal optical drive, while the top-tier model – priced about ¥10,000 ($70) higher – upgrades it to a Blu-ray drive.

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HP has begun producing computers in Saudi Arabia through a large-scale manufacturing partnership, marking one of the country's most significant technology investments under its Vision 2030 economic diversification program. The move makes HP the latest global hardware maker to anchor its supply chain in the kingdom, joining a wave of...

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Cybersecurity firm NCC Group has demonstrated that combining open-source AI tools with off-the-shelf hardware can generate real-time voice deepfakes with minimal latency. The technique, dubbed "deepfake vishing," uses AI models trained on samples of a target's voice to produce live impersonations that operators activate via a start button on a...

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Analysis from the BBC and other European news outlets has found that around 45 percent of AI chatbot responses based on news articles contain errors. The findings have potentially severe implications as tech platforms continue promoting them.

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Intel's rebound in chip demand during the third quarter has been tempered by ongoing supply constraints that continue to limit the company's ability to deliver both client and data center processors. Although CPU orders have strengthened across multiple product lines, Intel's production remains bottlenecked by limited manufacturing capacity and a...

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The Financial Times reports that the Department of Energy has invited companies to apply for up to 19 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium previously used in warheads. On Tuesday, the DoE said it plans to select the first group of recipients by the end of December, with additional awards possible...

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Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) recently added a new, massive database to its ever-growing collection of data breaches and compromised accounts. The dataset contains 183 million unique email addresses, along with the websites they were used on and the passwords associated with them. Troy Hunt, the expert who created HIBP,...

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Speaking during Intel's Q3 2025 earnings call, Tan outlined the company's future plans for its client, server, and foundry businesses. On the client side, Intel will launch the Core Ultra 200S Plus Arrow Lake Refresh series in early 2026, followed by Nova Lake later in the year.

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According to sources speaking with UK newspaper The Times, foreign operatives from China and Russia are increasingly using "sex warfare" to target American tech professionals. The tactic involves sending attractive women to seduce employees, gain access to trade secrets, and sometimes even marry and have children with their targets.

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Fallout 4 touched down on November 10, 2015, and wasted little time in taking home hardware. The game won top honors at the 19th annual DICE Awards and Game of the Year at the Bafta awards a couple of months later. Not content to rest on their laurels, Bethesda released...

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Nike is introducing Project Amplify after years of testing in collaboration with its robotics partner Dephy and hundreds of athletes. Now, the US apparel giant wants to bring this innovative footwear system to market as a consumer product, something that everyday people – not just elite – athletes can buy...

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President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, bringing to a close one of the most closely watched legal battles in the cryptocurrency industry. The decision overturns Zhao's 2023 conviction for violating US anti – money-laundering and sanctions laws. It follows months of...

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Michel Protti, Meta's chief privacy and compliance officer for product, has informed members of Meta's Risk Organization that they are moving away from manual reviews to more automated processes, reports Business Insider.

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Microsoft has released major updates to its Copilot digital assistant that include the introduction of Mico, an animated avatar that gives the AI a human touch by reacting with real-time expressions during voice interactions.

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It sounds as if Amazon is hoping to reignite interest in similar digital party games that experienced a boost in popularity during Covid times. Up to 16 players, depending on the title, can take part in GameNight by scanning a QR code on the screen and using their smartphone as...

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NextSilicon, an Israeli startup backed by more than $300 million in funding, is advancing its challenge to the dominance of Nvidia, Intel, and AMD in high-performance computing. The company announced that its new line of chips, including the Maverick-2 Intelligent Compute Accelerator and a RISC-V-based CPU code-named Arbel, is being...

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According to anonymous Bloomberg sources, Microsoft began demanding 30 percent profit margins across all divisions starting in 2023. This target far exceeds the video game industry's average. The aggressive demand forced the Xbox division to implement drastic policy changes in an attempt to meet it.

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Shield AI revealed X-BAT this week, an autonomous VTOL fighter jet that it said can take off from islands and ships. "Airpower without runways is the holy grail of deterrence. It gives our forces persistence, reach, and survivability, and it buys diplomacy another day," said Brandon Tseng, Shield AI co-founder,...

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The United Kingdom's Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that Apple abused its dominant position by imposing onerous commission fees on app developers, passing unnecessary costs onto consumers. As a result of the country's first mass-action lawsuit, the tech giant must pay up to £1.5 billion ($2.01 billion US).

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Alphabet recently launched Google Skills, a digital learning platform aimed at building "essential" skills for the digital age. With much of Big Tech focused on monetizing generative AI services, the platform includes an extensive collection of AI-focused courses – but users can also choose from a wide variety of other topics.

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Copilot Mode in Edge turns the browser into an AI assistant that organizes sessions into "Journeys" and completes multi-step tasks like planning trips or managing subscriptions. With optional personalization via browsing history and a focus on privacy, Copilot Mode is clearly Microsoft's reaction to ChatGPT Atlas.

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The proposed curbs would apply to a wide range of consumer and industrial products, from laptops to jet engines powered by software from American companies. The news comes ahead of a critical round of trade negotiations between the two countries in Malaysia later this week.

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Microsoft appears to be capturing large numbers of screenshots through Gaming Copilot, extracting text from them, and using the data to further train its AI models. A user recently discovered a potential breach of both privacy and trust related to the Copilot tool, which is now automatically installed on Windows...

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The first season of Stranger Things premiered on July 15, 2016, and was an instant success. In the near decade that's since passed, fans have watched the cast transform from kids into literal adults as they battle the forces of evil from the Upside Down. The show has had its...

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