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  1. Microsoft open-sources infamously weird, RAM-hungry MS-DOS 4.00 release

    DOS 4.00 was supposed to add multitasking to the OS, but it was not to be.

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  2. Tesla’s 2 million car Autopilot recall is now under federal scrutiny

    NHTSA has tested the updated system and still has questions.

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  3. Switch 2 reportedly replaces slide-in Joy-Cons with magnetic attachment

    Design choice may have implications for current Joy-Con compatibility.

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  1. 20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak

    The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.

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  2. Lost opportunity: We could’ve started fighting climate change in 1971

    President Nixon's science advisors recommended building global CO2 monitoring network.

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  3. Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall

    "This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."

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  4. Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space

    "The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."

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  5. Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not

    The "AI mouse" is just the start.

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  6. Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa

    Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.

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  7. HMD’s first self-branded phones are all under $200

    HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too.

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  8. Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use

    OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally.

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  9. Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

    Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."

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  1. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, overhauls its installation and app experience

    Plus Raspberry Pi 5 support, better laptop power, and lots of other changes.

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  2. Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead

    Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.

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  3. Toyota will spend $1.4 billion to build electric 3-row SUV in Indiana

    This is a different new 3-row EV from the one Toyota will build in Kentucky.

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  1. Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato

    Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.

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  2. FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

    Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality."

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  3. Honda to spend $11 billion on four EV factories in North America

    The new facilities are in addition to the previously announced EV hub in Ohio.

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  4. School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis

    Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.

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  5. EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants

    Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.

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  6. Garry’s Mod is taking down 20 years’ worth of “Nintendo Stuff”

    Creator: "They don't want you playing with that stuff... we have to respect that."

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  1. In the face of bans, ByteDance tightens grip over US TikTok operations

    Relationship between TikTok, ByteDance deepens as tensions over the app’s ownership escalate.

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  2. If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars

    "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."

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  3. Qualcomm says lower-end Snapdragon X Plus chips can still outrun Apple’s M3

    Same NPU, same architecture as X Elite, but fewer cores and lower clock speeds.

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  4. Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

    Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."

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  5. A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists

    Polestar normally makes electric cars, but now it's releasing a phone.

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  6. We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy

    Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.

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  7. Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks

    Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks?

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