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Microsoft: Windows Server 2016 reaches end of support in January
Microsoft says Windows Server 2016 will stop receiving security updates after it reaches the end of support in January 2027. [...]
The iPhone Duo should have been an iPad
We gave the iPhone Duo a 7 /10. But that wasn't always the score we planned, and it might not be the right score forever. Such are the challenges of reviewing - and assessing - a …
RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns
"Trust is slow to build and quick to lose," board chair Jack Leslie said.
Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads
Google has updated its privacy policy in a way that could mean you'll start seeing targeted ads based on your personal data if you're using personalized AI features. The update, s…
Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report
Corporate phishing tests are common, but this one was especially cruel.
Quest Diagnostics confirms data breach exposed patient records
American clinical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics disclosed that patient records have been exposed after a threat actor gained unauthorized access to its Quanum LSM system. […
The first broken iPhone Duos are here
The iPhone Duo officially goes on sale today, but a few units already have broken screens. According to posts on Reddit about the affected units, the issue appears to be happening…
Everybody panic: A Valve developer said "HLX" in public
Sound designer lets Half Life-related codename slip at a conference.
Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it …
Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash
Meta has pushed the start of its new business terms to 20 November from 30 October, Reuters reported. Publishers say the terms let Meta crawl their websites for its products. The …
Meta is charging government and nonprofit pages to post links on Facebook
The new restrictions are a test which is explicitly not supposed to impact these entities.
What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO
Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.
Oracle pledges $1B over four years to partners that sell its AI tools
Oracle announced a $1B, four-year commitment to its partner ecosystem at AI World in Las Vegas, covering training, test and demo environments, cloud migration funding and Marketpl…
Apple Music has a fun Easter egg for the iPod's 25th anniversary
Time to dust off the click wheel.
PHP shares mitigation for new RCE vulnerability with no patch
The PHP security team has shared mitigation measures for a new remote code execution vulnerability that affects systems with non-default configurations and has no patch. [...]
Nscale sued in Norway over a data centre engineer’s dismissal
An engineer at Nscale’s Stavanger data centre has sued the AI cloud firm and subcontractor CloudBrothers, Bloomberg reported. He claims Nscale directed his work like an employer a…
Feds want robotaxis to signal ‘I’m driving’ with cyan-colored lights
After years of debating how driverless cars should tell the world no one is at the wheel - flashing text, audio alerts, custom lights - the feds just stepped in with a single answ…
SpaceX’s mobile carrier push reportedly involves tapping into 80,000 cell sites
SpaceX is planning to access at least 80,000 cell sites as part of efforts to compete directly with Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources tell…
Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach
Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.
Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping
Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported ear…
The Sigma FP2 brings significant upgrades to the ‘world’s smallest’ full-frame camera
Seven years after Sigma claimed its original fp was the world's smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera, the company has announced a similarly compact follow-up with se…
Bose buys Skullcandy, the cheaper headphone brand already using its sound
Bose bought Skullcandy on Wednesday, the company said in a statement. The seller was a fund managed by Mill Road Capital Management, a private investment firm in Connecticut. Skul…
Unitree is building AI that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves
Unitree Robotics is building a system that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves, founder Wang Xingxing said on Thursday. He calls it Unitree Rehearsal. He named it the comp…