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• Uber drivers in Massachusetts are now unionized. (theverge.com)
  The newly formed App Drivers Union represents 70,000 rideshare drivers in the state. The group can negotiate pay, benefits, and deactivatio…
• US tech leadership in decline. No kidding? (arstechnica.com)
  After my recent trip to ISSCC, it was pretty obvious that the present and …
• It’s time for The Show. (theverge.com)
  MLB The Show Mobile, a mobile version of Sony’s baseball franchise, has officially been released worldwide (except in Japan) on iOS and And…
• I bought custom lenses for my Meta Quest 3, but not every eyeglass wearer needs them. Do you? (zdnet.com)
  Confused about how glasses work with Meta's headset? Our own myopic David Gewirtz writes his prescription for how you can achieve optimal V…
• California school drops student RFID badges (arstechnica.com)
  Backlash has caused a California school to end its practice of tracking …
• This is why IT pros over 50 should switch their glasses to technology lenses (zdnet.com)
  Progressive-based technology lenses can help aging eyes maintain clarity and comfort in the digital world.
• A peek through Intel's public facade (arstechnica.com)
  Intel President Paul Otellini recently started an internal blog discussing the …
• The best robot vacuums, mops, and mowers from CES 2024 (zdnet.com)
  Cleaning your home and maintaining your lawn is going to get a lot easier with these new robots from this year's CES.
• Google is officially talking about the new Workspace app icons. (theverge.com)
  We started seeing them in our apps earlier this month, but Google said Tuesday that it’s rolling out the icons over the “next several weeks…
• More than 40 state AGs oppose a federal kids online safety package. (theverge.com)
  A bipartisan group of attorneys general wrote to congressional leaders that passing the House’s KIDS Act — which includes a weakened versio…
• Napster goes retro with (unintentionally) free music (arstechnica.com)
  An old Winamp trick has caught up with Napster. This means people can sign up …
• Will there still be a desktop PC industry at this rate? (theverge.com)
  [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8] This 3.5-hour GamersNexus video makes me wonder. We knew tariffs, RAM prices, and oil…
• Preordering the Apple Vision Pro? You'll have these hoops to jump through (zdnet.com)
  Apple users will need to provide a face scan before preordering the device. Glasses wearers have an extra challenge. And non-Apple users ar…
• LinuxWorld Expo 2005 (arstechnica.com)
  As the LinuxWorld Expo 2005 kicked into high gear today, Linux.Ars was there …
• NASA’s permanent Moon base plans start with three missions this year (theverge.com)
  NASA has announced several upcoming missions to the Moon, including three Moon Base missions launching later this year, that will support a…
• The 15 best robots and AI tech we saw at CES 2024 (zdnet.com)
  CES 2024 is full of AI-infused products and robots that aim to make your life easier. Here's the full rundown.
• Sony's PSP: the good and the bad (arstechnica.com)
  The PSP has its positives and its negatives, so these two articles take a stab …
• This MagSafe accessory can record your iPhone calls for you (zdnet.com)
  The Magmo Pro Voice Recorder can automatically record calls and create AI-generated transcripts.
• DeCSS defanged? Macrovision thinks so (arstechnica.com)
  DRM solutions company Macrovision claims to have developed a new copy …
• Sony suddenly shuts down multiplayer for one of its earliest PS5 exclusives. (theverge.com)
  The company pulled the plug on multiplayer for Destruction AllStars, a game about smashing cars that launched in February 2021, due to “ong…
• Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI? (theverge.com)
  Analyses have determined that parts of the Magnifica Humanitas appear to have been written by AI.
• Internet Explorer 7 beta due out this summer (arstechnica.com)
  Bill Gates said today that Microsoft is planning on releasing a beta of …
• Stay protected online with the ESET NOD32 2024 antivirus software for $25 (zdnet.com)
  Get multilayered proactive protection, faster operations, and more protection from this proven provider.
• 5G is hot, but still getting a cool reception within enterprise walls (zdnet.com)
  5G is being held back within the enteprise by a lack of connectivity expertise, killer apps, and significant advantages over Wi-Fi networks.
• This isn’t just one of the best video game intros ever (theverge.com)
  It’s also one of the better intros to any James Bond film. The opening sequence in 007 First Light feels like it belongs in the official Bo…
• Ask Jeeves wants Firefox browser (arstechnica.com)
  As it looks to grow its market share, Ask Jeeves is considering a branded …
• The future may be passwordless, but it's not here yet (zdnet.com)
  The security industry is on a mad dash to ditch passwords and replace them with phishing-resistant options based on biometrics. Maybe it's…
• Samsung’s largest unions approve bonus scheme. (theverge.com)
  The deal will pay some workers in Samsung’s highly profitable memory chip unit around $416,000 this year, while employees in other chip uni…
• Large screen LCD scene heating up as Dell preps 24 incher (arstechnica.com)
  Dell has a new widescreen 24" LCD coming in March at a price that's going to …
• The best smart rings we saw at CES 2024 (zdnet.com)
  Could 2024 be the year smart rings replace smartwatches? These new contenders on display at CES want to make it happen.
• I got a rare demo of Sony's new XR headset at CES 2024 and here's what I learned (zdnet.com)
  From the comfort level to the high-fidelity graphics to how well the flip-up display and wearable controllers work, here are my first impre…
• Dropbox founder Drew Houston steps down. (theverge.com)
  Steve Jobs famously told Houston his startup was “a feature, not a product” when trying to acquire it back in 2009. Houston turned down the…
• Novell does the Hula (Server) (arstechnica.com)
  We start out our coverage of LinuxWorld 2005 with an announcement from Novell …
• Apple news sites challenge subpoenas (arstechnica.com)
  News and rumor sites targeted in Apple lawsuits are fighting back, citing the …
• I demoed Bluetooth's Auracast, and its going to be a big deal. Here's why (zdnet.com)
  Auracast has the potential to upgrade your listening experience entirely.
• People sure do hate Google’s AI Search updates. (theverge.com)
  Since Google announced its Search box overhaul at I/O last week, DuckDuckGo says its own iOS installs have increased by an average of 33 pe…
• Music at center stage at mobile phone expo (arstechnica.com)
  Major cell phone manufacturers showed off their wares at the 3GSM World …
• On death and dying: reconciling yourself to hard drive failure (arstechnica.com)
  If it hasn't happened to you, it will — catastrophic hard drive failure. This …
• How to link and sync your iPhone to your Windows 11 PC (zdnet.com)
  With Microsoft's Phone Link app, you can make phone calls, send texts, and view notifications right from your computer. Here's how this wor…
• Luce x Leo. (theverge.com)
  The Vatican and Ferrari go way back, so a little cross promotion of the all-electric Luce is to be expected. But not even divine interventi…
• Less than the sum of its parts. (theverge.com)
  Whatever you think of the new Ferrari Luce EV, designed with help from Jony Ive, it doesn’t look much like a Ferrari. A few individual part…
• The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times (theverge.com)
  Unionized tech workers at The New York Times say the company is violating their contract by using AI performance tracking software to monit…
• Sony and Apple hit with French lawsuit over DRM (arstechnica.com)
  A French consumer group is suing Sony and Apple (but not Microsoft) over …
• Samsung's S95D OLED is the best TV of CES 2024 and best in the world right now (zdnet.com)
  CES 2024 saw transparent TVs, 115-inch TVs, folding TVs, and 8K projectors, but Samsung's latest OLED ruined me on every other TV.
• How to create a playlist on the YouTube app (zdnet.com)
  If you're a regular user of the YouTube app, you might be keen to create playlists of your favorite videos, which you can view, shuffle, an…
• AMD releases new 90nm Opterons (arstechnica.com)
  AMD has updated its Opteron CPU line with a speed bump and power saving …
• The new Razr Ultra isn’t your average phone — for better and worse (theverge.com)
  The 2026 Motorola Razr Ultra offers great battery life, but is dragged down by bloatware and a lackluster camera.
• The Pope isn’t AGI-pilled (theverge.com)
  Pope Leo XIV’s recent AI encyclical has garnered some mixed reactions in AI circles, especially for its lack of discussion of AGI.
• PC manufacturers want OS X? (arstechnica.com)
  Steve Jobs talks to Fortune magazine about PC manufacturers' lust for OS X...
• The ever digital student body (arstechnica.com)
  The times are changing, and students are more wired than ever. In fact, they'