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The company posted 12% revenue growth, a 46% net income increase, and earnings of $2.81 per share
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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders: Sold out at most retailers including GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others
The new console will officially be available on June 5.
Yahoo wants to buy Chrome
Yahoo wants to buy or build a browser to boost its search business, an executive testified in the Google search remedies trial.
In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.
Publisher of PCMag and Mashable Sues OpenAI
Ziff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher’s copyrights and diluting its trademarks.
Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices - Slashdot
Microsoft has announced native PyTorch support for Windows on Arm devices with the release of PyTorch 2.7, making it significantly easier for developers to build and run machine learning models directly on Arm-powered Windows machines. This eliminates the need for manual compilation and opens up per...
Bluesky is down
Bluesky confirmed that it’s dealing with “major” problems. The feeds on the website and app aren’t loading.
Employee Monitoring App Leaks 21 Million Screenshots In Real Time - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Researchers at Cybernews have uncovered a major privacy breach involving WorkComposer, a workplace surveillance app used by over 200,000 people across countless companies. The app, designed to track productivity by logging activity and snapping reg...
Amazon’s Starlink Rival Struggles to Ramp Up Satellite Production
Amazon.com Inc.’s internet-from-space venture is struggling to ramp up production, jeopardizing its ability to meet a government deadline to have more than 1,600 satellites in orbit by next summer.
Instagram co-founder: Zuckerberg saw us as a ‘threat’ to Facebook
While testifying in the FTC’s lawsuit to break up Meta, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said CEO Mark Zuckerberg felt threatened by the app’s growth.
Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf
OpenAI initially approached Anysphere, maker of the AI coding editor, Cursor, about an acquisition, but is now in talks to buy Windsurf.
An Alarming Number of Gen Z AI Users Think It's Conscious
A survey of 2,000 people found 25% think AI is "already conscious"; 50% say it isn't now but will be in the future. Most use it as a productivity tool (54%), but also as a friend (26%), therapist (16%), fitness coach (12%), and even a romantic partner (6%). They're also using it to help solve relationship spats, as one Redditor posted.
A survey of 2,000 people found 25% think AI is "already conscious"; 50% say it isn't now but will be in the future. Most use it as a productivity tool (54%), but also as a friend (26%), therapist (16%), fitness coach (12%), and even a romantic partner (6%). They're also using it to help solve relationship spats, as one Redditor posted.
Sarah Palin was not defamed by the New York Times, jury says
A Manhattan jury has found that the New York Times is not liable for allegedly defaming ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in an editorial piece it published in 2017.
The verdict marks the second loss for Palin in her quest against the newspaper over the editorial, which she says wrongfully linked her to a mass shooting in Arizona that left six people dead.
Palin lost her first trial in 2022 in a unanimous jury verdict, but an appeals court found the jury was erroneously tainted and threw out the verdict in August.
In response to the retrial victory, the Times issued a statement saying: "The decision reaffirms an important tenet of American law: publishers are not liable for honest mistakes."
A Manhattan jury has found that the New York Times is not liable for allegedly defaming ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in an editorial piece it published in 2017.The verdict marks the second loss for Palin in her quest against the newspaper over the editorial, which she says wrongfully linked her to a mass shooting in Arizona that left six people dead.Palin lost her first trial in 2022 in a unanimous jury verdict, but an appeals court found the jury was erroneously tainted and threw out the verdict in August. In response to the retrial victory, the Times issued a statement saying: "The decision reaffirms an important tenet of American law: publishers are not liable for honest mistakes."
Teens, Social Media and Mental Health
Most teens credit social media with feeling more connected to friends. Still, roughly 1 in 5 say social media sites hurt their mental health, and growing shares think they harm people their age
Most teens credit social media with feeling more connected to friends. Still, roughly 1 in 5 say social media sites hurt their mental health, and growing shares think they harm people their age
Google is scrapping its planned changes for third-party cookies in Chrome
The Privacy Sandbox is over.
Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is officially over. In an update on Tuesday, Google Privacy Sandbox VP Anthony Chavez says the company has decided “to maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome.”
OpenAI says it would buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell
Nick Turley, head of ChatGPT, spoke at a hearing about the Google monopoly situation and was asked whether OpenAI would be interested in acquiring Chrome.
Google Pays Samsung 'Enormous Sums' for Gemini AI App Installs - Slashdot
Google pays Samsung an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company's practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law. From a report: The company began...
Sell Apple stock before it sinks another 30%, analyst says
The tech giant faces stiff tariff headwinds and is falling behind on AI, MoffettNathanson said
The Washington Post partners with OpenAI to bring its content to ChatGPT
The Washington Post is partnering with OpenAI to bring its reporting to ChatGPT.
Best AI transcription app for the Mac comes to iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac
One of the best Mac apps that we always recommend has made the jump to the iPhone and iPad. If...
Apple drops ‘available now’ from Apple Intelligence page
Apple has pulled “available now” from its Apple Intelligence webpage after the National Advertising Division recommended that the company “modify or discontinue” the claim.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 will go all-in on reducing your iPhone use - 9to5Mac
Apple Watch Ultra 3 will reportedly come with two new features that should reduce your iPhone dependence—if that’s something you want.
One of Pope Francis' last prayer intentions urged people to 'look less at screens' - Fast Company
In early April, Pope Francis called for technology to serve humanity—not replace it.
iPhone 17 Pro could be available in Sky Blue, leaker claims
If a new rumor is to be believed, the iPhone 17 Pro might be available in a familiar-looking Sky Blue color option.
Real-life severance keyboard is coming, without the escape key
Atomic Keyboard has unveiled a real-life keyboard inspired by Apple TV+'s "Severance" series, featuring a distinctive design that intentionally omits the...
Beware of this sneaky Google phishing scam
An email phishing scam is targeting people with legitimate-looking emails from “no-reply@google.com” and PayPal, bypassing DKIM authentication and other security checks.
Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue
A few days after sending that email, Balan said she was offered a meeting with Musk, but that when she showed up to the meeting, it was instead attended by a lawyer and some large men in uniforms, and with Tesla forcing her to resign her position. During that meeting, Balan says that Tesla’s lawyer threatened to deport many members of her team, who were currently waiting on green card applications, if she didn’t sign the resignation, seemingly in response to her team backing her up in raising these concerns. She ended up signing the resignation in protest, writing on it that “I’m resigning for the position that I was put in a month ago bc I dare to speak up to the Sr management, also bc people that had the chance to speak up were threatened…”
A few days after sending that email, Balan said she was offered a meeting with Musk, but that when she showed up to the meeting, it was instead attended by a lawyer and some large men in uniforms, and with Tesla forcing her to resign her position.
During that meeting, Balan says that Tesla’s lawyer threatened to deport many members of her team, who were currently waiting on green card applications, if she didn’t sign the resignation, seemingly in response to her team backing her up in raising these concerns. She ended up signing the resignation in protest, writing on it that “I’m resigning for the position that I was put in a month ago bc I dare to speak up to the Sr management, also bc people that had the chance to speak up were threatened…”
Famed AI Researcher Launches Controversial Startup to Replace All Human Workers Everywhere - Slashdot
TechCrunch looks at Mechanize, an ambitious new startup "whose founder — and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch — is being skewered on X..."
Mechanize was launched on Thursday via a post on X by its founder, famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu. The startup's...
Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant | TechCrunch
With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered more insight into Meta’s
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.