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Remember how California’s government negotiated a 2024 deal where Google contributed millions to California’s local newsrooms to offset advertisers moving to the search engine? “A year after it was cemented — and billed as a model that could succeed where entire countries and continents had fallen short — the agreement is tangled in budget cuts, bureaucratic infighting and unresolved...
An anonymous reader sharedthis report from Neowin:Offline Windows activation has been possible to do using the phone. However, it looks like Microsoft has quietly killed off that method as users online have found that they are no longer able to activate the OS using it… [As documented by Windows user Ben Kleinberg on his YouTube channel], Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call...
Donald Trump says that Venezuela’s governance will remain in the hands of senior US officials until a “proper and judicious transition” can take place. The rest of the region is on notice.
Why did the U.S. invade Venezuela and capture its leader Nicolás Maduro? “If you asked ChatGPT about it this morning, it told you that youâ(TM)re making it up,” Wired reported Saturday: WIRED asked leading chatbots ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini the same question a little before 9 am ET. In all cases, we used the free, default version of the service, since that’s what the majority of users...
According to Nasa, a supermoon occurs when the moon, due to its proximity to Earth, appears up to 15% larger and 30% brighter than a regular full moon
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“Starlink is beginning a significant reconfiguration of its satellite constellation focused on increasing space safety,” announced Michael Nicolls, Starlink’s vice president of engineering:”We are lowering all Starlink satellites orbiting at ~550 km to ~480 km (~4400 satellites) over the course of 2026. The shell lowering is being tightly coordinated with other operators, regulators, and...
“While a growing number of U.S. employers are mandating workers return to the office five days a week,” reports the Washington Post, “some companies say AI is saving them enough time to launch or sustain a four-day workweek. “More companies may move toward a shortened workweek, several executives and researchers predict, as workers, especially those in younger generations, continue to push for...
From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela.
CNBC reports that U.S. airlines have “canceled hundreds of flights to airports in Puerto Rico and Aruba, according to flight tallies from FlightAware and carriers’ sites.” JetBlue, Southwest, and American Airlines were among the multiple airlines showing cancelled flights, which “included close to 300 flights to and from San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, more...
If you speak with people who entered crypto over the past two years, a clear pattern begins to emerge. Most of them didn’t lose interest in digital assets. They lost patience with constant trading. Watching price charts, reacting to market noise, and trying to time entries proved exhausting for many newcomers. In 2026, more users […]
86 aircraft were affected by an incident in Denver ,and 256 more in Dallas-Fort Worth, America’s Federal Aviation Admistrationtold the Washington Post:The pilots flying into Denver International Airport could tell something was wrong. In urgent calls to air traffic controllers, they reported that the Global Positioning System was going haywire, forcing them to rely on backup navigation systems...
Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don’t.
AI startups now outnumber all publicly traded U.S. companies, according to a year-end note to investors from economists at Vanguard. And yet that report also suggest the jobs most susceptible to replacement by AI “are actually thriving, not dying out,” writes Forbes:”The approximately 100 occupations most exposed to AI automation are actually outperforming the rest of the labor market in terms...
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With upgradable graphics, the Framework Laptop 16 achieves what PC nerds have only ever dreamed of.
A small section of the International Space Station that has experienced persistent leaks for years appears to have stopped venting atmosphere into space. ArsTechnica: The leaks were caused by microscopic structural cracks inside the small PrK module on the Russian segment of the space station, which lies between a Progress spacecraft airlock and the Zvezda module. The problem has been a...
It’s called Handy, and it uses AI models to accurately convert your speaking voice into text—all for free.
It’s easier than ever to order your own blood draws, but direct-access testing won’t replace a doctor.
You have more access to your phone’s file system than you may think.
These fitness apps will help you turn New Year’s resolutions into real results.
A prominent electricity meter manufacturer has answered questions regarding the security features of prepaid meters in South Africa.
Being targeted by sophisticated spyware is relatively rare, but experts say that everyone needs to stay vigilant as this dangerous malware continues to proliferate worldwide.