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• Fortnite maker Epic is laying off over 1,000 workers (theverge.com)
  Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced that the company was cutting 1,000 jobs due to a “downturn in Fortnite engagement.”
• Apple fails to get iTMS monopoly suit dismissed (arstechnica.com)
  An unhappy iTMS user, Thomas Slattery, filed an antitrust class action suit …
• Click! Macworld Boston is cancelled. (arstechnica.com)
  DG World Expo moved Macworld New York to Boston back in 2002 and it's never …
• Meta’s reckoning over kids safety is in the hands of two juries (theverge.com)
  Meta is facing two lawsuits over how it protected kids on its services in California and New Mexico.
• Do the Ditty. The Dell Ditty. (arstechnica.com)
  Dell releases a new miniature mp3 player to the market...
• Lake Tahoe has to look for a new power source as data center demand soars. (theverge.com)
  Facing “unprecedented times,” NV Energy has decided to stop selling power to a small power utility serving 49,000 customers in Lake Tahoe,…
• Samsung announces its new Neo QLED TVs for 2026, and the QN90 is missing. (theverge.com)
  The QN90 has been Samsung’s flagship mini LED since 2021, but is no more as the company moves more towards RGB LED TVs, leaving the QN80H a…
• Apple files for patent on a notebook with digital camera integrated into the latch (arstechnica.com)
  Apple Computer Inc. has filed for a patent on a portable computer with a …
• Pokémon Champions is coming to the Nintendo Switch on April 8th (theverge.com)
  Connectivity with Pokémon Home will make it easy to transfer over your favorite monsters.
• Inside the Revolution controller (maybe) (arstechnica.com)
  Here's one MIT nerd's theory on how the Revolution controller may work.
• New Microsoft site for Windows Vista (arstechnica.com)
  If you looking for Vista news be sure to use a Microsoft Browser.
• Apple Maps will introduce ads this summer (theverge.com)
  Apple is launching ads in Maps across the US and Canada this summer. The ads will appear in search results, as well as in a new “Suggested…
• Life is Strange: Reunion is a full-circle moment for its stars (theverge.com)
  Actors Rhianna DeVries and Hannah Telle talk about bringing the Max and Chloe saga to an end.
• Congress shows off draft of new broadband legislation (arstechnica.com)
  A discussion draft of congressional legislation that would rewrite the rules …
• Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car (theverge.com)
  Google announced Android Automotive OS for Software Defined Vehicles for non-safety parts of the car’s internal computer system.
• Voodoo's ARIA Media Center: Quietly archiving your DVDs (arstechnica.com)
  Voodoo has implemented an interesting DVD archival system which allows users …
• Nintendo's Revolution controller revealed. Is it innovation or insanity? (arstechnica.com)
  The Tokyo Games Show was kick-started by one of the year's most eagerly...
• A BlackBerry you might actually want just landed on Kickstarter (theverge.com)
  Unihertz’s BlackBerry-inspired Titan 2 Elite is now available for preorder through Kickstarter with shipping expected to start in June 2026.
• Welp, I bought an iPhone again (theverge.com)
  I tested the Google Pixel 10 Pro, the Motorola Razr Ultra, the Fairphone 6, and other devices. I found that Android is better than iOS, but…
• You say you got a real solution (arstechnica.com)
  What we have here is a failure to communicate.
• What if insider trading is actually treason? (theverge.com)
  Hey, remember that weird trade The Financial Times highlighted? The one about oil? Paul Krugman doesn’t like it — nor does he like the weir…
• AMD, talk to the hand (arstechnica.com)
  Macworld analyses why Apple went with Intel over AMD...
• ChatGPT and Gemini are fighting to be the AI bot that sells you stuff (theverge.com)
  Google is teaming up with Gap to allow users to make purchases across Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic through Gemini, while OpenAI makes…
• Amazon and Coinstar: cash goes in, gift certificates come out (arstechnica.com)
  Want to know something cool? There's over US$10 billion of loose change …
• The Apple Watch SE 3 is even easier to recommend at $50 off (theverge.com)
  The Apple Watch SE 3 is on sale starting at $219 ($30 off). It now offers an always-on display and on-device Siri, putting it closer to App…
• Are YOU an Apple pack rat? (arstechnica.com)
  Eccentric Apple fans have always managed to make headlines in some way or …
• It’s easy to fill a platform with content if you just steal it. (theverge.com)
  The proliferation of automated podcast tools has reached a sadly inevitable outcome: WebinarTV is scraping open Zoom meeting links and turn…
• Camera management: Three legs no more (arstechnica.com)
  There's a new way to stabilize your incredible zoom zoom macro photographs...
• Friday morning Apple links (arstechnica.com)
  A wiki all about the nano, how to share your iTunes over the net, iPod subway …
• Rolling Square’s Supertiny claims the title of world’s smallest 100W USB-C charger. (theverge.com)
  The company has launched a Kickstarter for a new version of its Supertiny charger that bumps the output from 65W to 100W with a minimal siz…
• The Lego Game Boy makes for a great gift, and it’s $10 off today (theverge.com)
  You can now save $10 on the Lego Game Boy at Kohl’s, where it’s down to $49.99. It’s the first deal we’ve seen since the set launched late…
• Design Museum interviews Jonathan Ive (arstechnica.com)
  The Design Museum interviews Jonathan Ive about his passion and his past and …
• Apple launches iOS 26.4 with AI playlists, purchase sharing, and more (theverge.com)
  You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description.
• Revolution controller is a ... remote control? (arstechnica.com)
  The long-awaited reveal of the Revolution controller leaves us scratching our …
• The man who coined Metaverse now says Meta’s glasses are creepy (theverge.com)
  Neal Stephenson, the man who came up with “Metaverse” in his 1992 book Snow Crash, says goggles are not the future.
• Microsoft gets designers on board (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft is looking for a few good folks to work on the fit and finish of its …
• This new heath tracker has an 'endless battery' powered by your body (zdnet.com)
  Baracoda's BHeart health tracker, unveiled at CES, can operate in most standard watches, eliminating the need to choose between your smartw…
• Amazon Kindle Scribe review: Goodbye, pen and paper (zdnet.com)
  The Amazon Kindle Scribe is a valiant first attempt at cracking into the digital note-taking market. It's Amazon's best Kindle e-reader and…
• Apple is testing a standalone app for its overhauled Siri (theverge.com)
  Apple could announce its new version of Siri at WWDC 2026 with a dedicated app and new chatbot-like capabilities, according to Bloomberg.
• Sam and Max carve out Bone demo (arstechnica.com)
  Go get it, you adventure gamer you!
• An extension to the Android SDK brings updated features for older devices (zdnet.com)
  Google's extension of the Android SDK will make new feature and security updates available for a broader population of Android users.
• Raspberry Pi's Camera Module 3 arrives with these big updates (zdnet.com)
  The 12 megapixel Camera Module 3 is available in multiple variants, starting at $25.
• Metal Gear Acid 2 to require 3D goggles. No, really (arstechnica.com)
  I swear, we're not making this up. In order to play MGA2 on your PSP, you're …
• Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year (theverge.com)
  Arm is launching its first in-house chip, the AGI CPU, which will be used by Meta in its AI data centers later this year.
• OpenAI just gave up on Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal (theverge.com)
  OpenAI will wind down its Sora video generating AI model and app, and end a recently-announced deal with disney.
• Would you like a pink stylus? Of course you would (arstechnica.com)
  Here's how to get your Kirby stylus, being a man is up to you.
• Your Instagram app is going to look very different next month (zdnet.com)
  Instagram is introducing changes that will alter the look of your app's home screen.
• What is ICE actually doing at American airports? (theverge.com)
  ICE is supposed to be helping TSA handle crowds at the airport amid the ongoing DHS shutdown. I didn’t see that at JFK.
• Sam & Max are back in action! (arstechnica.com)
  There is a $DIETY, and they just happen to run a game development studio in …
• Neal Stephenson is working with HTC and others to create an open metaverse (zdnet.com)
  ZDNET caught up with author Neal Stephenson at CES 2023. Stephenson, the author of Snow Crash, first coined the phrase metaverse in 1992 an…