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How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For almost two years, Microsoft officials botched a key Windows defense, an unexplained lapse that left…
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DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later
Enlarge / A colorful 3×3 matrix. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many…
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Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Netflix is launching a $6.99-per-month version that includes four or five minutes of ads…
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32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office”
Enlarge / Microsoft 365 will encompass Teams, OneDrive, and the suite of productivity apps formerly known as Office. (credit: Microsoft)…
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Report: “Thousands” of Intel layoffs planned as PC demand slows and revenues fall
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years, according to a new report…
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Microsoft takes AI image generation mainstream, strolling into ethics minefield
Enlarge / A preview of the Microsoft Designer app’s AI text-to-image functionality. (credit: Microsoft) During a Surface press event today,…
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After fight vs. FAA, Verizon’s and AT&T’s new spectrum is boosting 5G speeds
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images /) With AT&T’s and Verizon’s 5G battle against the aviation industry mostly behind…
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Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
Enlarge / Which Steve Jobs is the real one? (credit: Ars Technica) A voice synthesis company based in Dubai published…
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VirtualBox 7.0 adds first ARM Mac client, full encryption, Windows 11 TPM
Enlarge / Unsurprisingly, getting a standard amd64-based Linux image installed as a virtual machine on an ARM-based Mac results in…
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Hurricane Ian destroyed their homes. Algorithms sent them money
Enlarge (credit: Joe Raedle / Getty) When Hurricane Ian churned over Florida in late September, it left a trail of…
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