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Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones

By Rob Thubron, July 8, 2024, 9:12 AM 14 comments 640k

European Union mandates speed limiters on all new cars to enhance road safety

By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2024, 7:38 AM 71 comments 290k

NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own

By Zo Ahmed, July 7, 2024, 8:32 AM 8 comments 126k

A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum

By Skye Jacobs, July 7, 2024, 10:08 AM 44 comments 106k

Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning

What just happened? For home videographers and data hoarders who still rely on optical discs for archiving, some bad news just dropped: Sony is winding down production of recordable Blu-ray media. The last factory in the world churning out those massive 100GB triple-layer and 128GB quad-layer BDXL discs is preparing to shut its lines for good.

Full story By Zo Ahmed, July 8, 2024, 6:55 AM 29 comments 98k

Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 8, 2024, 12:29 PM 15 comments 91k

Transhumanist author predicts artificial super-intelligence, immortality, and the Singularity by 2045

Dystopian Kurzweil: As Big Tech continues frantically pushing AI development and funding, many users have become concerned about the outcome and dangers of the latest AI advancements. However, one man is more than sold on AI's ability to bring humanity to its next evolutionary level.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, July 9, 2024, 12:29 PM 16 comments 46k

HP discontinues laser printers with online-only DRM

By Daniel Sims, July 9, 2024, 6:15 AM 8 comments 42k

Big Tech needs to generate $600 billion in annual revenue to justify AI hardware expenditure

The big picture: The tech industry is riding a new high amid a frenzy fueled by AI. Big Tech companies have been plowing huge sums to build out the necessary infrastructure to meet what they perceive demand will be for these products in the coming years. One analyst warns however that the industry needs to stop and consider whether the actual revenue generated by AI will be enough to support these investments.

Full story By Skye Jacobs, July 7, 2024, 6:27 AM 19 comments 27k

Microsoft patents a system that encrypts documents so you can read them in public without being visually hacked

By Skye Jacobs, July 6, 2024, 8:38 AM 26k

Semiconductor analyst on what would happen if China destroyed TSMC's factories

By Skye Jacobs, July 9, 2024, 9:44 AM 15 comments 24k

Incredibly detailed scam relabels RTX 3080 Ti cards as RTX 4090

By Zo Ahmed, July 6, 2024, 11:53 AM 24k

First-year Eton College students must trade their smartphones for school-provided "dumb" Nokias

By Cal Jeffrey, July 8, 2024, 6:56 PM 12 comments 23k

Nvidia's RTX Remix goes open source, giving classic games an AI-powered remastering renaissance

By Zo Ahmed, July 5, 2024, 2:35 PM 10 comments 22k

Microsoft Office deal is down to $59 for a lifetime license

By TechSpot Deals, July 5, 2024, 8:39 AM 20k

Research team creates process to grow sub-nanometer transistors

By Skye Jacobs, July 6, 2024, 1:23 PM 18k

AMD engineer tells the tale of when the PlayStation 4 saved the chipmaker from bankruptcy

By Daniel Sims, July 6, 2024, 10:21 AM 15 comments 17k

Microsoft's AI speech generator achieves human parity but is too dangerous for the public

By Shawn Knight, July 10, 2024, 3:18 PM 10 comments 17k

Ordinary rocks could power the next EV battery breakthrough

By Zo Ahmed, July 8, 2024, 10:46 AM 13 comments 16k

First Asus ROG NUCs feature Intel CPUs and discrete Nvidia RTX GPUs

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 5, 2024, 3:18 PM 10 comments 16k

World's biggest nuclear fusion project in trouble, launch pushed back to 2039

By Zo Ahmed, July 5, 2024, 10:40 AM 13 comments 13k

NATO funds project to reroute internet via satellites if undersea cables are cut

By Rob Thubron, July 9, 2024, 11:37 AM 13k