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Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Supreme Court ruling could hurt FCC case Both AT&T and Verizon cite the Supreme Court’s June 2024 ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy,…
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Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids
Densmore likely motivated by fame Online, Densmore was known in so-called “Sewer” communities under the alias “Rabid.” During their investigation, the FBI found that Densmore…
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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning. The founder of this century’s most innovative space company, Elon Musk, successfully used…
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DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79…
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Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything
Meta has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections for a third-party tool that would have made it easy for Facebook users…
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The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74
In 1995, Wired Magazine’s AOL forum asked Edwards to record 10 humorous sound files using his iconic voice. The results, which include classics such as…
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Despite unforced errors, the future of Apple Intelligence could be bright
It could take a year or two for this all to come together Using iOS 18.1, it’s clear that Apple’s large language models are not…
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TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
The company is understood to be particularly wary of being targeted as unreliable or uncooperative as Donald Trump is set to become the next US…
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Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update
Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11 era is Notepad, the basic built-in text editor that was…
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Rocket Report: Australia says yes to the launch; Russia delivers for Iran
North Korea tests new missile. North Korea apparently completed a successful test of its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile on October 31, lofting it nearly 4,800 miles…