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Microsoft will require all USB-C ports on Windows 11 certified laptops and tablets to support data transfer, charging, and display functionality under updated hardware compatibility program rules. The mandate targets devices shipping with Windows 11 24H2 and aims to eliminate what Microsoft -- and the industry -- calls "USB-C port confusion," where identical-looking ports offer different capabilities across PC manufacturers.
The Windows Hardware Compatibility Program updates also require USB 40Gbps ports.
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Amid the ongoing turmoil in India’s real money gaming sector, in compliance with the Promotion and Regulation of Gaming Act,… Read more ›
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A Microsoft veteran shares why he resigned amid the Great Flattening, and how he landed another tech job in a tough market. Read more ›
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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, our away team returns from Gamescom and our home team recovers from Gamescom. What a week! Have you had your head turned by anything? Read more Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, gallium and rare earth elements like neodymium and yttrium, are currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams like gold and zinc, said... Read more ›
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The week's biggest news from Made by Google, Gamescom, and Spotify fopr August 23, 2025. Read more ›
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Amazon is reportedly lobbying the commerce ministry to ease foreign direct investment (FDI) rules to enable the ecommerce giant to… Read more ›
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The third week of August brought a slump for the Indian startups, as ongoing disruptions in the gaming industry dampened… Read more ›
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While whales booking profits created near-term pressure, some analysts argue that structural flows continue to point higher if resistance levels give way. Read more ›
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Earth may already be broadcasting its presence to alien civilizations without realizing it. A new study shows that our deep-space transmissions, especially those aimed at Mars and interplanetary spacecraft, spill over into space in detectable patterns. If extraterrestrial observers were aligned with certain planetary positions, they’d have a strong chance of catching our signals. The findings suggest that by mirroring this logic—looking for exoplanet alignments and focusing on nearby star... Read more ›
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The Man City vs Tottenham live stream sees two sides looking to continue their good starts. Watch Premier League 2025/26 live stream and TV channels worldwide. Read more ›
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The 2025 Vuelta a España is here and you can stream all three weeks at no cost on SBS On Demand from anywhere in the world. Read more ›
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India is in the midst of an AI renaissance. From government-backed models like Sarvam and BharatGPT to a wave of… Read more ›
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While Powell's stance supports a crypto rally, potential risks include corporate treasury adoption challenges and equity market volatility. Read more ›
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Itel has just announced its new budget-oriented Zeno 20 smartphone, which is a direct successor to the Itel Zeno 10 from earlier this year. The most notable feature is its price, as the phone is asking INR 5,999 or the equivalent of just under $70. Despite its price, the phone has all the basics covered. The Zeno 20 is built around a 6.6-inch IPS LCD panel with HD+ resolution and... Read more ›
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Whether you’re shopping for a ThinkPad, Yoga laptop, or Legion gaming PC, these Lenovo discount codes and promotions can help you save big on your next tech upgrade. Read more ›
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Ricoh's new GR IV is a minor update of the GR III, equipped with a new 26MP sensor, a new 28mm f/2.8 lens, and various design tweaks. Is it worth upgrading for, or should you save money and opt for the GR III instead? Read more ›
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Live stream the 2025 MotoGP World Championship for free from anywhere in the world. Read more ›
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Slashdot reader darwinmac writes: Volkswagen is offering a subscription model for extra horsepower on its ID.3 electric cars. Want to bump your ride from the standard 201 bhp to the full 228 bhp? That will be about £16.50 per month or £165 per year, or a one-time £649 "lifetime" fee that is tied to the car, not you. If you sell it, you have to pay again. VW defended this... Read more ›
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A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with operating one of the most powerful botnets ever recorded. The network, known as Rapper Bot, launched over 370,000 DDoS attacks worldwide, including against X, DeepSeek, U.S. tech firms, and even Defense Department systems. It was allegedly operated by Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon. The Wall Street Journal reports: Foltz faces a maximum of 10 years in prison on a charge of abetting... Read more ›
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Matt Garman, Amazon's cloud boss, has a warning for business leaders rushing to swap workers for AI: Don't ditch your junior employees. From a report: The Amazon Web Services CEO said on an episode of the "Matthew Berman" podcast published Tuesday that replacing entry-level staff with AI tools is "one of the dumbest things I've ever heard." "They're probably the least expensive employees you have. They're the most leaned into... Read more ›
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A real estate developer searched Google for a cruise ship company's customer service number, reports the Washington Post, calling the number in Google's AI Overview. "He chatted with a knowledgeable representative and provided his credit card details," the Post's reporter notes — but the next day he "saw fishy credit card charges and realized that he'd been fooled by an impostor for Royal Caribbean customer service." And the Post's reporter... Read more ›
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Microsoft is testing a COPILOT function in Excel that uses OpenAI's gpt-4.1-mini model to automatically fill spreadsheet cells through natural language prompts. The function can classify feedback, generate summaries, and create tables based on specified cell ranges. Microsoft warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or scenarios involving legal, regulatory, and compliance implications because COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." The feature processes up to 100 functions every 10... Read more ›
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Sony will increase PlayStation 5 console prices by $50 across all models in the United States starting August 21. The standard PS5 rises to $550, the Digital Edition to $500, and the PS5 Pro to $750. The company cited navigating a challenging economic environment for the increases. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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"Phishing training for employees as currently practiced is essentially useless," writes SC World, citing the presentation of two researchers at the Black Hat security conference: In a scientific study involving thousands of test subjects, eight months and four different kinds of phishing training, the average improvement rate of falling for phishing scams was a whopping 1.7%. "Is all of this focus on training worth the outcome?" asked researcher Ariana Mirian,... Read more ›
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ChatGPT now has nearly 700 million weekly users, OpenAI says. But after launching GPT-5 last week, critics bashed its less-intuitive feel, reports CNBC, "ultimately leading the company to restore its legacy GPT-4 to paying chatbot customers." Yet GPT-5 was always about cracking the enterprise market "where rival Anthropic has enjoyed a head start," they write. And one week in, "startups like Cursor, Vercel, and Factory say they've already made GPT-5... Read more ›
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Intel and SoftBank announced on Monday that the Japanese conglomerate will make a $2 billion investment the embattled chipmaker. SoftBank will pay $23 per share for Intel's common stock. The investment is a vote of confidence in Intel, which has not been able to take advantage of the AI boom in advanced semiconductors and has spent heavily to stand up a manufacturing business that has yet to secure a significant... Read more ›
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A complete shutdown of encrypted web traffic isolated China from the global internet for 74 minutes Wednesday morning, blocking citizens from accessing foreign websites and disrupting international business operations that depend on secure connections to offshore servers. The Great Firewall began injecting forged TCP RST+ACK packets to terminate all connections on port 443 at 00:34 Beijing time on August 20, according to activist group Great Firewall Report. The standard HTTPS... Read more ›
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