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• Ready to run Linux on Windows 10? Here’s how (zdnet.com)
  Ed Bott explains how Microsoft helped him install the latest version of Ubuntu Linux on his Windows 10 PC.
• Project Honey Pot springs $1 billion lawsuit on spammers (arstechnica.com)
  A class-action lawsuit was filed today in Virginia against anonymous spammers …
• QNAP NAS devices targeted in another wave of ransomware attacks (zdnet.com)
  eCh0raix ransomware gang returns with a new wave of attacks against QNAP NAS devices.
• We come not to bury Kutaragi, but to praise him (arstechnica.com)
  Sony's Ken Kutaragi is stepping down, and while it's easy to focus on the …
• Meet the new Microsoft, same as the old Microsoft? (zdnet.com)
  Satya Nadella's company claims its purpose is to play well with others. But some say it's become "sharp-elbowed" again. Should we be surpri…
• Nokia wins another patent fight. (theverge.com)
  Amazon has agreed to license Nokia technologies for its video streaming services and devices, resolving a lawsuit initiated back in 2023 by…
• Climate: Life in the twilight zone (arstechnica.com)
  The ocean's twilight zone proves to be more effective than expected at keeping …
• Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE looks just like last year’s flagship (theverge.com)
  The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE has appeared in renders created by OnLeaks, which reveal it won’t get the full-body cover screen coming to t…
• How do tech giants know so much about you? (zdnet.com)
  A new study shows just how much valuable information we freely give away.
• The mystery of entanglement deepens (arstechnica.com)
  Experimental observation of the sudden death of entanglement throws more …
• What does Trump's executive order mean for social media platforms? (zdnet.com)
  An executive order from the White House challenges the legal protections for the content published by social media platforms such as Facebo…
• iOS or Android: Here are the five apps I install first (zdnet.com)
  I've noticed that no matter whether I'm setting up a new iPhone or iPad, or a new Android device, it's the same five apps that I install fi…
• Nintendo has moved beyond specs (theverge.com)
  As Nintendo approaches the launch of the Switch 2, the company has moved past competing with Xbox and PlayStation based on specs.
• Rift-to-drift transition triggered catastrophic global warming (arstechnica.com)
  A detailed study of volcanic activity in the North Atlantic basin suggests …
• Rapid pulse time could make Z machine ready for fusion (arstechnica.com)
  In what appears to be a combination of press release and plea for funding...
• Movie studios are being financially rewarded for AI slop on YouTube (theverge.com)
  Some Hollywood studios are reportedly earning money from fake AI-generated movie trailers on YouTube, against the wishes of the union repre…
• FCC tries (and fails) to define unacceptable TV violence (arstechnica.com)
  The FCC has just released its report on the possibility of regulating violence …
• Social media during protests: The good, the bad, and what must change (zdnet.com)
  In this week's Jason Squared, Jason Perlow and Jason Cipriani discuss social media's enormous power to complement, coordinate and escalate…
• Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is overhauling its BSOD error message in Windows 11 with a new black color. It’s part of beta builds of Windows being tested with…
• When will physical video games go away? (theverge.com)
  Physical video games media has been in rapid decline, and it seems possible that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo could eventually go all digi…
• PS3 finally gets software PlayStation emulator (arstechnica.com)
  An upcoming 1.7 firmware upgrade is finally adding the ability to play …
• Contact tracing: Still no firm date for when the UK's app will arrive (zdnet.com)
  The NHS contact-tracing app should have been available to download in May, but it still doesn't have a launch date.
• PS3 gets powerful Eyetoy successor (arstechnica.com)
  Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe announced today that the Eyetoy's …
• Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets (theverge.com)
  Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information private, which may disrupt efforts to track celebrity je…
• Razer Blade 16 with RTX 5090: early review impressions and thoughts (theverge.com)
  The Razer Blade 16 with Nvidia RTX 5090 offers a lot of graphics power for a very high price. It’s like a MacBook Pro for gaming, but does…
• Sony to join video sharing party on Friday (arstechnica.com)
  Sony announced today at a news conference in Japan that the company plans to …
• The Verge’s favorite stuff with style (theverge.com)
  Sometimes you like something not only because it really works well but also because it looks good. We asked the staff of The Verge what the…
• Microsoft Teams: Now free version finally lets you create video meetings (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft Teams free version users can set up video meetings instead of just joining ones created by paying users.
• A bit of useful junk: mobile DNA and gene regulation (arstechnica.com)
  A survey of non-coding DNA sequences that have been conserved throughout …
• Elon Musk: 'Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong' (zdnet.com)
  Elon Musk calls for break-up of space rival Jeff Bezos' Amazon in row over a book on coronavirus lockdowns.
• The 50 best things Microsoft has ever made (theverge.com)
  Microsoft turns 50 on April 4th, 2025. Here are the company’s best products ranked, from Windows and DOS to Halo and HoloLens.
• Commercializing space: The pros and cons (zdnet.com)
  Author Andy Weir talks to Tonya Hall about the potential commercialization of space, what that would mean for society, and any potential th…
• Magically restart applications after crashes using launchd (arstechnica.com)
  Macworld gives us some tips about using the launchd daemon manager to restart …
• Google Desktop for Mac gets its first kiss, er, update (arstechnica.com)
  Google Desktop for Mac's crawling speed has been sped up, performance has been …
• TikTok, tariffs, and trials: Everything happening in tech policy in April (theverge.com)
  April will be a busy month for tech policy, with deadlines for Trump’s auto tariffs, the TikTok ban, and antitrust trials against Meta and…
• IBM releases toolkit aimed at keeping data encrypted even while in use (zdnet.com)
  IBM's new toolkit aims to give developers easier access to fully homomorphic encryption, a nascent technology with significant promise for…
• Apple's board to Fred Anderson: NO YUO! (arstechnica.com)
  Fred Anderson v. Steve Jobs. Oh wait, make that Steve Jobs and the board of …
• Microsoft dropped for open source: Why Hamburg is now following Munich's lead (zdnet.com)
  Former Microsoft bastion Hamburg's decision is particularly telling, say observers.
• Motorola launches revamped budget Moto e, Moto g fast (zdnet.com)
  The devices cover the lower end price points of the Moto portfolio and offer good value.
• Oura’s AI chatbot is officially out of beta. (theverge.com)
  Dubbed Oura Advisor, the chatbot combines generative AI with your actual data so you can ask it about your long-term trends and patterns, a…
• MPAA: We are committed to fair use, interoperability, and DRM (arstechnica.com)
  In a major speech on DRM, MPAA head Dan Glickman laid out his vision of an …
• Apple fined $162 million for hurting app developers with ‘excessively complex’ privacy options (theverge.com)
  France’s competition watchdog fined Apple $162 million over concerns that its App Tracking Transparency program allows the company to abuse…
• Attack of the "evil twin" WiFi networks (arstechnica.com)
  Security experts fear that malicious hackers are stealing sensitive …
• To Zoom or not to Zoom? Virtual parliament continues - at least for some (zdnet.com)
  The UK's experiment with a virtual parliament has not quite come to an end, yet.
• Exec: Music labels "about to cave in the next six months" on DRM (arstechnica.com)
  One music industry executive predicts that all labels will offer DRM-free …
• Ballmer hangs up on Zune phone rumors (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft has no plans to release a Zune …
• France develops its own contact-tracing app bypassing Apple and Google's protocol (zdnet.com)
  StopCovid will not use the API put forward by Apple and Google.
• The 1TB Xbox Series X expansion card is back down to its best price yet (theverge.com)
  Whether you’re looking for World Backup Day deals or Amazon Big Spring Sale discounts, we’ve got you covered with sales on Xbox SSDs, OLEDs…
• Insomniac? Student? Photographer? Perfect combo for Apple's contest (arstechnica.com)
  Apple has just announced its first ever Insomnia Photo Festival, open to high …
• Should you stay at a hotel yet? (zdnet.com)
  As hotels come back online, guests are in for some major changes to the hospitality experience.