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A YouTuber's videos telling people how to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft account and how to install it on unsupported hardware were allegedly violating community guidelines on dangerous and illegal activities. Read more ›
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On Monday, a new online “encyclopedia” sputtered to life. Grokipedia is the brainchild of Elon Musk and his startup xAI, and the billionaire is promoting it as a supposedly less woke and less biased version of Wikipedia. Musk’s goal? “The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” In both format and style, Grokipedia […] Read more ›
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Ukraine's defense industry has grown substantially, but it's yet to reach its potential. Exports could clear the way. Read more ›
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Peter Williams, a former executive of Trenchant, L3Harris' cyber division, has pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing trade secrets and selling them to an unnamed Russian software broker. Read more ›
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The best way to innovate in gaming is to have good margins, that's according to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella. He made the comments during an interview days after Bloomberg reported that Microsoft has expected unrealistic profit margins from its gaming division, which the report suggested was a likely reason for studio closures, game cancelations and thousands of layoffs at Xbox. Nadella used the word "innovation" at least five times... Read more ›
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schwit1 writes: China has enacted a new law regulating social media influencers, requiring them to hold verified professional qualifications before posting content on sensitive topics such as medicine, law, education, and finance, IOL reported. The new law went into effect on Saturday. The regulation was introduced by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) as part of its broader effort to curb misinformation online. Under the new rules, influencers must prove... Read more ›
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It looks like a hundred thousand people fell for a fake NVIDIA livestream featuring an AI-generated version of CEO Jensen Huang, as reported by PC Gamer. Perhaps the scariest part is that the fake stream ran at the same time as an actual NVIDIA event and dwarfed the live viewership numbers. The actual keynote speech of NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) garnered around 20,000 live views, while the fake stream... Read more ›
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YouTube is rolling out some updates aimed at making visuals look better on its TV apps, including automatic AI video upscaling. To begin with, YouTube plans to upscale videos that were uploaded in under 1080p to an HD resolution. It aims to support 4K upscaling in the future.The platform will still retain the original files and video resolution options. Creators can opt-out of the AI upscaling feature, which it's calling... Read more ›
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Apple is about to drop iOS 26.1, the first major point release since iOS 26 was rolled out in September, and there are at least six notable changes and improvements to look forward to. We've rounded them up below. Apple has already provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate version of iOS 26.1, which means Apple will likely roll out the update to all compatible iPhones on... Read more ›
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Halo coming to PlayStation is one of those events that, five years ago, would have been the tell that "something is not right here" in a show about time travel or alternate universes. Looking at the state of Xbox with its layoffs, game cancellations, price hikes, studio closures, and a soft release schedule light on […] Read more ›
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Affordable, reliable, and stylish, 5 Sports watches are seen as a perfect introduction to the world of proper mechanical timepieces. Trouble is, there are so many to choose from—here’s WIRED’s pick. Read more ›
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The company is expected to report another quarterly profit on Thursday, possibly reviving expectations for S&P 500 inclusion, 10x Research's Markus Thielen argued. Read more ›
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Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, is experiencing an outage. The issues appear to be impacting Microsoft’s services that run on Azure, including Microsoft 365 and Xbox. Microsoft confirmed on Azure’s status page that the service is experiencing an outage that started around 12PM ET: Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we began experiencing DNS […] Read more ›
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Ukraine has ramped up its strikes on Russian military and energy targets far beyond the front lines in recent months. Read more ›
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The original Batman, Robin, Penguin, Joker, Batgirl, and Catwoman costumes were all available for auction last week. Read more ›
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It's been nearly two weeks since Microsoft, a multi-trillion dollar company, shipped a $600 handheld "Xbox" that can't be relied on to sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep in my tests. Neither Microsoft nor Asus would admit there's a problem with the white Xbox Ally or offer a timeline to fix it after […] Read more ›
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My husband and I's families are spread across three continents. We feel pressured to use our PTO and budget to visit everyone, but I crave balance. Read more ›
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Amazon is reportedly gearing up to lay off around 30,000 employees across almost all departments, from human resources to operations and AWS. The move, starting Tuesday, will reportedly slash nearly 10 per cent of the tech giant's white-collar workforce. Amazon is yet to respond to the matter Read more ›
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Do you often refer to Wikipedia for information? Now, there’s Elon Musk’s Grokipedia too — an online encyclopaedia written by AI. The newly launched website features 885,279 articles, with the tech billionaire saying that it will keep adding to its bank. However, posts on the site are already raising eyebrows, as they display a distinct right-wing lean Read more ›
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Google’s Willow chip has achieved the world’s first verifiable quantum advantage, running a complex algorithm 13,000 times faster than one of the fastest supercomputers Read more ›
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There are over 30 scam compounds along the Thai-Myanmar border where people are trafficked from all around the world and forced to commit fraud that generates tens of billions of dollars annually Read more ›
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The reported sales suggest that the EV-maker is not immune to the rising costs that have substantially overhauled America's auto industry under President Donald Trump's radical policies Read more ›
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The disruption affected streaming platforms, including Amazon's Prime Video service and Disney+, as well as Perplexity AI, the Fortnite game, Airbnb, Snapchat and Duolingo Read more ›
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Palisade, which studies AI safety, has discovered that certain AI systems resisted being turned off-even when given clear instructions of shutting down. The research sparked intense debate in the AI sector about the inclusivity of the next tech gen. Read more ›
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These wireless headphones are packed with features beyond this price band but their sound quality may not appeal to the masses. Read more ›
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $96.5 million in fiscal 2025, a 22 per cent rise from last year and his largest payout since taking charge in 2014. The record compensation — mostly tied to performance — comes as Microsoft posts record revenues, profits, and AI-driven growth Read more ›
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