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Arm, the Chip Designer, Raises $4.87 Billion in the Year’s Largest I.P.O.
Arm’s return to public markets is being watched, by both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, as a barometer of investor appetite for new tech offerings.
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OpenSUSE seeks a Leap replacement, but will distro community rise to the challenge?
Will it be Slowroll or Linarite -- or nothing at all? Programmers are conflicted about where the venerable Linux distro should go from here.
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Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that?
Confusing, contradictory terms of service clauses leave potential opening for lawsuits.
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Google extends Chromebook lifespan to ten years
Chromebooks are useful, but heretofore, Google only supported them for a few years. Going forward, all Chromebooks will have a minimum support lifespan of a decade.
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Chromebooks will now receive 10 years of automatic security updates
A report from the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) in April highlighted how Chromebook churn has become a huge problem in schools. Part of the issue...
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iOS 17 Launching Tomorrow for iPhones With These 10 New Features
In June, Apple announced iOS 17 with a wide range of new features and changes for the iPhone. Following over three months of beta testing, the free...
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DARPA looks to laser to beam power across the world
In a move that sounds like the wildest of science fiction, DARPA has announced its new Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program that plans to use lasers relayed by airborne platforms to power machines thousands of miles away.
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Australian uni student invents electric motor to convert petrol and diesel cars into hybrids
This unique electric motor has won a prestigious design award and might be available to buy in the future.
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The summer is over, schools are back, and the data is in: ChatGPT is mainly a tool for cheating on homework.
ChatGPT traffic dropped when summer began and schools closed. Now students are back, and they're using the AI tool again more.
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OneAPI Computing Aims to Ease Multi-Architecture Computing
OneAPI is all about using universal APIs for parallel application development whenever possible.
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It's 2030, and digital wallets have replaced every card in our purses and pockets
OpenWallet, now joined by Microsoft, looks to the near future when digital wallets replace traditional wallets in the same way debit cards replaced checkbooks.
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Why open source is the cradle of artificial intelligence
In the wildly competitive business of AI, is open source doomed to be always a bridesmaid, never a bride? Think again.
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Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews
Plus: Amazon announced last week that two fake review brokers were arrested.
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Apple uses hidden watermarks on iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity
Extra precautions have been taken for iPhone 15 boxes that give retail employees and buyers a new way to verify the device is real — but you'll need a UV light.
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What is USB-C? A computer engineer explains the one device connector to rule them all
With Apple’s capitulation on the latest iPhone models, USB-C is poised to become the standard connector for all devices.
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Pluralistic: Apple screwed us on right to repair (again)
When people can repair their devices, they don't buy new ones. When people don't buy new devices, Apple doesn't sell them new devices.
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Mastercard and Mercedes-Benz let you pay at the gas pump via fingerprint
Mercedes-Benz and Mastercard have teamed up to let people pay at the gas pump using fingerprint sensors.
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Meta plans to develop ‘sassy robot’ chatbot for young users, report says
Meta is reportedly developing ‘dozens’ of new chatbots
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Elon Musk Reportedly Lied About How Many Monkeys His Neuralink Implant Killed
Musk insists that no monkeys died in trials and that the brain implant is ready for human trials. A horrifying new WIRED report suggests otherwise.
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Chromebooks are forever... well, a decade
A decade of support is a much better deal than what Microsoft or Apple will give you
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