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• Et Cetera: the "why did I lose an hour" edition (arstechnica.com)
  Another round up edition here, including Canada's PM' reaction to last week's …
• 5 business leaders on how to balance innovation with risk - and turn your ideas into action (zdnet.com)
  Innovation can boost your business and delight your customers, but only if you get your approach right.
• Apple's iPhone 17 has a big anti-spyware upgrade built in - here's what it can do (zdnet.com)
  A new memory safety feature on Apple's latest iPhones is designed to fight advanced surveillance.
• Apple's FairPlay DRM cracked (arstechnica.com)
  Now another group has cracked the DRM scheme, making it easily breakable for …
• I tried a unviersal battery tester from Amazon, and it's already saving me money (zdnet.com)
  This universal battery tester couldn't be easier to use, and is a great way to determine which ones are still good.
• The best iPhone 17 accessories you should buy if you're planning to upgrade (zdnet.com)
  Apple just launched four new iPhones. Here are the accessories I'd scoop up to pair with a new iPhone 17.
• Not everyone is googly-eyed over the potential of Google eying your inbox (arstechnica.com)
  While it's practically heresy to suggest that Google could even be an ounce …
• Hard disk storage from EMC imitates tape backup (arstechnica.com)
  Tape backup is slow and cumbersome. Hard disks are cheap and fast. EMC makes a …
• You won’t have long to get these iPad deals before Apple’s price hike (theverge.com)
  Apple raised iPad prices by up to $300, but retailers are still offering select models at their old prices or less. Here are the best iPad…
• AI's free web scraping days may be over, thanks to this new licensing protocol (zdnet.com)
  The internet's new standard, RSL, is a clever fix for a complex problem, and it just might give human creators a fighting chance in the AI…
• Spotify's long-awaited lossless music is finally here - how to enable it today (zdnet.com)
  You have to manually turn on the feature to hear CD-quality sound on all your devices.
• "Flash mob" supercomputing attempt falls short (arstechnica.com)
  An attempt at creating a flash mob supercomputer at San Francisco over the …
• Sun settles with Microsoft for US$2 billion (arstechnica.com)
  Sun and Microsoft have agreed to bury the hatchet, settling all their …
• Egg rolls: they do a body good (arstechnica.com)
  A profile of Ars Distributed Computing Team Egg Roll. First up in an series of …
• 7 Linux terminal basics every beginner should learn first - and why (zdnet.com)
  To get the most out of Linux, you should at least learn some CLI fundamentals.
• I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - here's what it looks like now (zdnet.com)
  Here's how the rugged smartwatch has held up after 700+ days of travel and extreme conditions, and whether I'll upgrade soon.
• Older Apple Watches are getting a major health-tracking feature thought to be exclusive to the (zdnet.com)
  Hypertension detection seemed like a feature exclusive to Watch Series 11, but Apple's fine print says otherwise.
• Et Cetera: cover jinx (arstechnica.com)
  SP2 goes gold on June 23, odd ebay auctions, Microsoft dropping game releases …
• Gateway stores are put out to pasture (arstechnica.com)
  Gateway closes stores and announces layoffs. Will look to product placements …
• How the most home-energy savvy slash their electric bills by 78% (zdnet.com)
  Investing in solar and battery storage has its challenges - but also some big perks.
• Appeals Court rules that cable ISPs may have to share lines (arstechnica.com)
  In a rebuff to the FCC's policy of deregulating broadband, the US 9th Circuit …
• Why Techmeme is still every tech pro's go-to news source after 20 years (zdnet.com)
  Techmeme began as 'tech.memeorandum' on Sept. 12, 2005. Even AI can't seem to slow it down.
• Need Linux help? My favorite forums, groups, and mailing lists when I need support (zdnet.com)
  When I'm stuck in Linux or just want to learn about a distribution, I turn to these community resources first.
• Piracy Deterrence and Education Act approved in House subcommittee (arstechnica.com)
  The House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property gave initial approval to the …
• curl -v linux.ars (arstechnica.com)
  This week in Linux.Ars: GNOME tweaks, Sun and Wal-Mart, plus much...
• 6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun (zdnet.com)
  The sudo command lets users elevate their privileges to run admin tasks. But it's far from perfect. These tips can help.
• PlayStation and Xbox hardware had a tough May. (theverge.com)
  “PlayStation hardware unit sales fell to their lowest May total since May 2000, while Xbox hardware unit sales were the lowest ever recorde…
• IBM's POWER play (arstechnica.com)
  Earlier today in New York, IBM hosted a big media event to unveil their latest …
• This free tool installs Windows 11 on unsupported PCs - without any bloatware (zdnet.com)
  The free Flyoobe tool can upgrade any Windows 10 PC to a plain, vanilla version of Windows 11.
• Google unveils Gmail (arstechnica.com)
  Widely anticipated for some time now, Google has officially launched its e...
• I tried the Apple Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3, and SE - what the keynote didn't tell you (zdnet.com)
  Here are all the features I'm looking forward to testing further on Apple's new smartwatch lineup.
• Apple just launched new watches, but these are our favorite deals on existing Apple Watch models (zdnet.com)
  New Apple Watches just dropped, but you can save on every previous model, from the Watch SE to the Watch Ultra 2.
• New Pixel 10 screens are freezing with bizarre 'snowy' static - what to do if you see it (zdnet.com)
  The glitch temporarily renders devices completely unusable.
• curl -v linux.ars (Internationalization) (arstechnica.com)
  This week in Linux.Ars: GNOME tweaks, Sun and Wal-Mart, plus much...
• Canada: just say no to P2P lawsuits (arstechnica.com)
  What's that, Batman? The Canadian Federal court has essentially said that file …
• Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, on his new YouTube channel: “I just kind of started it on a whim.” (theverge.com)
  Mikhail Klimentov interviewed Schreier about the channel, where Schreier sits in a room and explains things about video games. “A rule that…
• 5 ways to run Windows apps on MacOS - and 2 are free (zdnet.com)
  If MacOS doesn't have a particular application that you need, you might have to turn to Windows or a piece of software that allows you to r…
• Digital cinema face-off (arstechnica.com)
  U.S. studios are close to finalizing a standard for digital movie projection...
• Your Blink subscription price is going up - unless you act fast (zdnet.com)
  Here's how to lock in your current price for up to three years. Also: Blink just introduced two new features.
• Smart lock maker Level has been gutted and its founders are out (theverge.com)
  A source tells The Verge that Assa Abloy has laid off the majority of Level Home’s staff and is folding the company into Kwikset. Assa Ablo…
• Google's on a quest to future-proof your kids with new AI literacy games (zdnet.com)
  Geared toward students, the game series aims to habituate young users to think in AI terms.
• These subtle AirPods Pro 3 upgrades would make them an instant buy for me (zdnet.com)
  Live translation and temperature sensing on the AirPods Pro 3 sound exciting, but the everyday upgrades really interest me.
• Longhorn set for 2006 release according to Gates (arstechnica.com)
  The long wait for a date we can all bank on may be over. Speaking at the …
• OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama (theverge.com)
  Less than 24 hours after news broke that the Trump administration requested that OpenAI stagger the release of GPT-5.6, OpenAI released the…
• Linus Torvalds warns Linux devs: Stop cluttering patches with automated, useless links (zdnet.com)
  'Stop this garbage already.'
• Inside the GNOME 2.6 Desktop & Developer Platform (arstechnica.com)
  If six months has gone passed, then it must be time for another GNOME release …
• Claude can create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets for you now in chat (zdnet.com)
  Say goodbye to copy and pasting with this new feature from Anthropic.
• This 2FA phishing scam pwned a developer - and endangered billions of npm downloads (zdnet.com)
  'Stay vigilant.' Other maintainers have been targeted, too.
• I tried smart glasses with a built-in display, and they beat my Meta Ray-Bans in key ways (zdnet.com)
  The Rokid Glasses might not have as much brand recognition as the Meta Ray-Bans, but they're packed with much more functionality.
• This video bird feeder is the surprise hit of Prime Day (theverge.com)
  The BirdBuddy Pro with solar panels captures every customer at your bird feeder in 1080p or higher quality.