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AI could soon surpass Bitcoin mining in energy consumption, according to a new analysis that concludes artificial intelligence could use close to half of all the electricity consumed by data centers globally by the end of 2025. The estimates come from Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies […]
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Millennials who are childfree and married are cashing in, with high net worths and more in retirement savings. Read more ›
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"Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games," reports Engadget, "and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content..." In a statement included in the Itch.io update, Stripe said it hasn't closed the door on the possibility of being able to support adult content again in the future. In the meantime, Itch.io says it is talking to its other payment partners about... Read more ›
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This is the Infinix Hot 60 Pro, and it's the more conventional phone in the new series. While its sibling, the 60 Pro+, is a bit thinner and curvier, the Hot 60 Pro is nearly as thin and light, but has a flat design that some will like better. The regular Hot 60 Pro also has a few hardware advantages over its Pro+ counterpart - you get a dedicated AI... Read more ›
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UK-based cyber security group steps up investment plans following takeover by US private equity firm Thoma Bravo Read more ›
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Elon Musk posted on X that Grok Imagine, his AI-powered video-to-text generator, "is AI Vine," adding that he was working to restore the defunct app. Read more ›
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GOG has launched an all-new project to raise awareness of censorship in gaming: FreedomToBuy.Games. Read more Read more ›
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With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. Read more ›
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Battlefield 6 is taking advantage of EA's Javelin anti-cheat system, which enforced Secure Boot and is classified as a kernel-level AC, potentially killing Linux and Steam Deck support before the game launches. Read more ›
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When my young daughter told her dolls she was too busy with a work call to talk, I knew I had to shift my priorities. Read more ›
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![iPhone 17 Pro's Metal Battery With Lower Capacity Allegedly Revealed [Updated]](https://times42.com/media/9/5/2/10930952_640x200.jpg "iPhone 17 Pro's Metal Battery With Lower Capacity Allegedly Revealed [Updated]")
Update — August 2: Majin Bu now says that this battery is actually for the iPhone 17 Pro, and there will apparently be two variants for models with and without a physical SIM card tray. "Due to a miscommunication with my source, the information I reported yesterday is incorrect," said Majin Bu. Original story follows. A leaker known as Majin Bu today shared images of an alleged battery pack for... Read more ›
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Parrie Hartley, 30, didn't want the cookie-cutter life, so she left her tech job in Austin, Texas, and moved to Barcelona. She's happier. Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 3, #784. Read more ›
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Established in 1943 to coordinate America's building of the first atomic bomb, the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico is still "one of the world's largest and most advanced scientific institutions" notes Wikipedia. And it now has a "National Security AI Office," where senior director Jason Pruet is working to help "prepare for a future in which AI will reshape the landscape of science and security," according to the... Read more ›
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In a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday, Apple sued a small movie theater chain named Apple Cinemas over alleged trademark infringement. "Apple Cinemas is knowingly and intentionally using the name Apple to sow confusion for its own benefit," alleged attorneys for Apple, in a complaint filed against all Apple Cinemas locations, and a Sand Media Corp Inc. company connected to the chain. Established in 2013, Apple Cinemas maintained a... Read more ›
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Is the Honor Magic V5 the thinnest horizontal foldable on the market right now? Honor says so, but the more important question is whether you care – thinnest or not, the V5 has a lot going for it. It already launched internationally and will debut in Europe in less than two weeks. Do you plan on buying one? Honor Magic V5 colorways Depending on which color you pick, the Magic... Read more ›
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In January, AT&T shifted from a hybrid schedule to a five-day in-office mandate. CEO John Stankey addressed employees' feedback in a memo to managers. Read more ›
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The women-only app Tea now "faces two class action lawsuits filed in California" in response to a recent breach," reports NPR — even as the company is now boasting it has more than 6.2 million users. A spokesperson for Tea told the CBC it's "working to identify any users whose personal information was involved" in a breach of 72,000 images (including 13,000 verification photos and images of government IDs) and... Read more ›
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A call for a community benchmark for Cyberpunk 2077 running on macOS revealed a wide range of results. Read more ›
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Enforcement of the UK's new online safety rules started on Friday, forcing a variety of platforms to roll out mandatory age verification tools for Brits. We already know that the age-gating checks are easy to bypass with a VPN, but what we didn't know is that the face scanning tools used by platforms like Reddit […] Read more ›
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Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. […] Read more ›
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The Trump administration may have just axed the IRS Direct File program. During a summit earlier this week, IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing service is “gone,” adding that “big beautiful Billy wiped that out,” as reported earlier by Bloomberg Law. President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill includes a provision to establish […] Read more ›
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An app designed to help women spot the "red flags" of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan users last week, resulting in the selfies and driver's licenses of its mostly women users being posted to 4chan. An independent researcher for 404 Media […] Read more ›
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Microsoft is starting to test a new experimental Copilot Mode inside its Edge browser today. The AI-powered mode allows Copilot to search across all your open tabs and handle tasks like booking a restaurant, and it brings the Copilot chatbot to your new tab page. Copilot Mode is somewhere between the limited Gemini integration that […] Read more ›
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On July 18th, a federal judge in Texas scheduled what will likely be the final hearing in the case of United States v. The Boeing Company. After five years of litigation, the end result can only be described as a victory for Boeing - and a permanent setback for those who hoped that the company […] Read more ›
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The Trump administration put out its vision for AI infrastructure in the US last week. It's a dream for the fossil fuel and chemical industries - and a nightmare for wind and solar energy and the environment. An "AI Action Plan" and flurry of executive orders Donald Trump signed last week read like manifestos on […] Read more ›
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Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the potential of AI and the company’s approach to developing it in a rare all-hands today that was reported on by Bloomberg. Apple has been slow to roll out some of its AI features and has stumbled with a planned AI-powered upgrade to Siri, which it delayed earlier this […] Read more ›
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Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE next year, five years after it launched the operating system on low-cost laptops that were designed to compete with Google Chromebooks. Windows 11 SE was only available on devices for education customers, such as schools, and it was supposed to convince them not to switch to Chrome […] Read more ›
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Apple is spending a lot on President Donald Trump’s tariffs. During an earnings call on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the duties could add $1.1 billion to its costs during the September quarter. Cook says Apple has already spent around $800 million during the June quarter, which is less than the $900 million that […] Read more ›
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