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Friday the Wall Street Journal reported Qualcomm recently "made a takeover approach" to Intel, which has a market value of roughly $90 billion ("according to people familiar with the matter...")
A deal is far from certain, the people cautioned. Even if Intel is receptive, a deal of that size is all but certain to attract antitrust scrutiny, though it is also possible it could be seen as an opportunity to strengthen the U.S.'s competitive edge in chips... Both Intel and Qualcomm have become U.S. national cha
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God of War Ragnarök is being review bombed on Steam as users once again protest Sony's controversial requirement for PC users to link to a PSN account. Read more Read more ›
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Homeworld 3 has revised its content plans, "unifying delivery" of all remaining paid DLC and free content drops. Read more Read more ›
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Slashdot first covered Saul Justin Newman's work in 2019. Now a senior research fellow at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, Newman was recognized last week for research finding that most claims of people living over 105 are wrong. Newman's research was honored with an Ig Nobel Prize (awarded for research that makes people "laugh then think") — which led to a thought-provoking interview in the Conversation:... Read more ›
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Life on US aircraft carriers is getting comfier as living quarters are renovated. See photos of the upgraded USO Centers making sailors feel at home. Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says tech companies' executive leaders and board members should have technical skills. Read more ›
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Amazon is currently selling the Intel Core i5-12600KF at an all-time low price. Read more ›
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God of War Ragnarok's PC port has been tainted by a PSN account requirement, at least according to the backlash it's getting on Steam. Read more ›
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The '80s was a significant time in the tech world and while some gadgets were just plain odd, here are six that shaped how we use modern tech today. Read more ›
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in an extremely close race. But on one key metric, Harris is showing signs of momentum. Read more ›
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A spokesperson for the IDF said the strike came as Hezbollah commanders "were gathered underground under a residential building." Read more ›
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Elon Musk's X is trusted less than Amazon, Google, Netflix, Meta, or any other Big Tech or media company, according to a survey. Read more ›
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Meta (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) announced Monday that Russian state media outlets like RT are now "banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity," reports CNN. CNN adds that Meta is alleging that the "Kremlin-controlled networks" have "engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to evade detection... Prior to Monday's ban, RT had 7.2 million followers on Facebook and 1 million followers on Instagram." The... Read more ›
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Cuban said Musk's joke about Taylor Swift was "kind of insane" — but added that he's texted Musk in the past, and gets his sense of humor. Read more ›
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After months of maneuvering, hefty fines, and a nationwide ban, Elon Musk's X has finally abandoned its fight with Brazil's Supreme Court. Read more ›
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AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI Max 390 was tested in Geekbench AI's openVINO CPU test. The 12-core chip failed to outperform a previous generation Zen 4 eight-core mobile CPU. Read more ›
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Passwords keep your information protected, keep your passwords protected for an extra layer of safety. Read more ›
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With a budget of $75 million, Danny Boyle's "28 Years Later" will become the first major blockbuster Hollywood movie to be shot on iPhone, WIRED reports. Jodie Comer on the set of "28 Years Later" with an iPhone 15 Pro Max camera rig (right). The upcoming post-apocalyptic British horror movie was shot over the summer using the ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro Max as the principal camera, along with additional equipment such... Read more ›
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Childcare providers say JD Vance doesn't understand what's wrong with the industry after he suggested grandparents help out more with childcare. Read more ›
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ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: After 20 years, Real-Time Linux (PREEMPT_RT) is finally -- finally -- in the mainline kernel. Linus Torvalds blessed the code while he was at Open Source Summit Europe. [...] The real-time Linux code is now baked into all Linux distros as of the forthcoming Linux 6.12 kernel. This means Linux will soon start appearing in more mission-critical devices and industrial hardware. But it took its sweet... Read more ›
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IBM has been laying off a substantial number of employees this week and is trying to keep it quiet, The Register reported Wednesday, citing its sources. From the report: One IBM employee told The Register that IBM Cloud experienced "a massive layoff" in the past few days that affected thousands of people. "Unlike traditional layoffs, this one was done in secret," the insider said. "My manager told me that they... Read more ›
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The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That's why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. From a report: The tech giant on Friday signed a major deal with nuclear plant owner Constellation Energy to restart its closed Three... Read more ›
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For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers "report prolonged internet outages." Last week an Emory University economist told NPR that "If it wasn't disruptive or it didn't have any kind of negative element towards customers, then AT&T, I suspect, wouldn't feel any kind of pressure to negotiate." The 30-day... Read more ›
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Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. From a report: The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon's earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees until Jan. 2 to start adhering to the new policy. Corporate employees... Read more ›
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A conspiracy theory known as "Dead Internet Theory" has gained traction in recent years, positing that most online social activity is artificial and designed to manipulate users. This theory has grown alongside the rise of large language models like ChatGPT. On Monday, software developer Michael Sayman launched SocialAI, an app that seems to embody aspects of this theory. ArsTechnica: SocialAI's 28-year-old creator, Michael Sayman, previously served as a product lead... Read more ›
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Mozilla is exiting the fediverse by shutting down its Mozilla.social Mastodon server on December 17. Moving forward, the company will focus on Firefox and AI, aligning with its strategy under interim CEO Laura Chambers to scale back investments in non-core products. TechCrunch reports: Mozilla.social was a small instance, having only 270 active users at the time of Tuesday's announcement. By comparison, the most popular Mastodon instance, Mastodon.social, has over 247,500... Read more ›
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It was one year ago that "an odd seismic signal appeared at scientific stations around the globe," reports the Washington Post. "A day passed, and the slow tremor still reverberated. When it continued for a third day, scientists worldwide began assembling..." Some initially thought the seismic instruments recording the signal were broken, but that was quickly nixed. Maybe it was a new volcano emerging before their eyes, others said. One... Read more ›
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Meta and Apple have increasingly been rivals, and Mark Zuckerberg only expects their competition to intensify in the coming years. From a report: "I think in a lot of ways we're like the opposite of Apple," Zuckerberg said. "Clearly, their stuff has worked really well too. They take this approach that's like, 'We're going to take a long time, we're going to polish it, we're going to put it out,'... Read more ›
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Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison envisions AI as the backbone of a new era of mass surveillance, positioning Oracle as a key player in AI infrastructure through its unique networking architecture and partnerships with AWS and Microsoft. The Register reports: Ellison made the comments near the end of an hour-long chat at the Oracle financial analyst meeting last week during a question and answer session in which he painted Oracle as... Read more ›
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