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4h ago
FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman was quick to express support for Kamala Harris' bid for the US presidency this year after incumbent Joe Biden stepped aside, and now the reason has become clear: He's hoping she'll fire FTC boss and Big Tech arch-critic Lina Khan ..read more
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5h ago
You wouldn't download a performer
Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. ..read more
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6h ago
Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporary
For the first time in a while, the top five smartphone vendors in China are all native, with Apple's position falling to sixth place ..read more
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6h ago
And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again
Opinion CrowdStrike's recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what legions of hackers could only dream of – bringing millions of Windows systems worldwide to their knees with a single botched update ..read more
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8h ago
Cracked line blamed for leak
SpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations ..read more
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9h ago
Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans
Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern ..read more
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10h ago
Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes
Seven days after CrowdStrike's bad update took down Windows-based computers around the world, System Administrator Appreciation Day has arrived. And what lovely gifts did your employer spoil you with today? Shares in the company? A brand new Cybertruck? A USB stick ..read more
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11h ago
Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days
The crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the craft ..read more
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13h ago
These are the kinds of bugs APTs thrive on, just ask the Feds
Progress Software's latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months ..read more
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13h ago
The wild world of wrecking our tech
Have you ever bitten your phone, or thrown it in anger? How about broken it in a collision with a moose? These are just some of the ways in which people have damaged their digital devices, according to a survey ..read more