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• The NBA podcast season is just beginning. (theverge.com)
  The NBA regular season only has a few games left, but the well-known content creator LeBron James is about to kick off a new season of the…
• When PC ports go bad: the wasted potential of Resident Evil 4 (arstechnica.com)
  Ars Technica forum-goer kibbler shares his PC Resident Evil 4 experiences. So …
• Broadcom beats Q2 revenue expectations, expects "substantial reset" in wireless (zdnet.com)
  Meanwhile, MongoDB and Domo beat quarterly expectations with sales driven by accelerated digital transformation efforts.
• ChatGPT “added one million users in the last hour.” (theverge.com)
  Last week, OpenAI released Images for ChatGPT which led to an explosion of interest thanks to its ability, in part, to generate Studio Ghib…
• 120GB 360 hard drive spotted in the wild (arstechnica.com)
  You may be able to snag the $180, 120GB 360 hard drive early. Pictures inside.
• Slack's Q1 revenue climbs 50% (zdnet.com)
  Slack said that it ended the quarter with over 122,000 paid customers.
• There’s some news coming about a new handheld... (theverge.com)
  From Asus and, seemingly, Xbox. My colleague Tom Warren reported earlier this month about how the two companies were working together. Busy…
• Microsoft accused of patent infringement with .NET (arstechnica.com)
  The patent trolls are out again: Microsoft is being sued by Vertical Computing …
• Take an iQuiz on your iPod, then write your own iQuiz (arstechnica.com)
  Ever find yourself bored on a plane, train, or automobile with your 5G iPod...
• Game Review: Pokemon Diamond (DS) (arstechnica.com)
  Diamond and Pearl, the latest incarnations of the Pokemon series, have hit the …
• Google: Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaign staffers (zdnet.com)
  Google's TAG team said phishing attacks against Biden and Trump campaign staffers were unsuccessful.
• SwitchBot’s smart button pusher is 30 percent off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (theverge.com)
  The SwitchBot Bot smart switch button pusher is on sale for as low as $20.99 ($9 off) thanks to Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 (arstechnica.com)
  Adobe Photoshop CS3 is here, Universal Binary and all. Ars goes in-depth with …
• After Windows 10 upgrade, use this checklist to ensure safety and privacy (zdnet.com)
  You've just upgraded to the most recent version of Windows 10. Before you get back to work, do these seven things to cut annoyances to a ba…
• Brazilians are mostly unaware of social scoring systems (zdnet.com)
  But many are willing to share private information in exchange for discounts and other benefits, according to a new Kaspersky study.
• Another Super Pocket on the way. (theverge.com)
  Evercade just announced a handful of new products, including the latest edition of its adorable miniature handheld. This one is packed with…
• Amiga Inc. announces new hardware (arstechnica.com)
  Amiga Inc. has finally come forward with an announcement of new PowerPC-based …
• Living dangerously: Moving your Mac's swap files to a USB flash drive (arstechnica.com)
  Does that awful disk thrashing when you have too many applications open scare …
• Microsoft expands AI features across Intel and AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is rolling out AI features across Intel and AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs, including Live Captions, Cocreator in Paint, as well as…
• iOS 14 is coming: Will your iPhone be supported? (zdnet.com)
  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes says if your iPhone or iPad was made after 2015, you’re in luck.
• This new ransomware is targeting Windows and Linux PCs with a 'unique' attack (zdnet.com)
  Researchers detail the unusual workings of Tycoon ransomware - which appears to be designed to stay under the radar as much as possible.
• Who knows COBOL? (theverge.com)
  Wired reports that one of DOGE’s many government initiatives is an attempt to rewrite the Social Security Administration codebase in a more…
• Smultron hits 3.0 milestone with better project handling (arstechnica.com)
  The popular text editing application Smultron has hit version 3. more!
• OpenAI teases a new open source AI model. (theverge.com)
  CEO Sam Altman posted that the company is planning to “release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming month…
• eBay raises Q2 outlook amid surge in marketplace sales (zdnet.com)
  eBay said​ Thursday that it saw 6 million new and reactivated buyers added in April and May as stay-at-home orders shuttered physical store…
• Project aims to bring DX10 gaming to XP, Linux, OS X (arstechnica.com)
  The Alky project aims to let Windows XP users who don't want to upgrade to …
• It’s new emoji day. (theverge.com)
  Alongside many other new features in iOS 18.4, Apple has added 8 new emoji, including the incredible “Face with Bags Under Eyes.” Emojipedi…
• A heavy Earth-like planet found in the habitable zone of a red dwarf (arstechnica.com)
  The ESO spots a rocky planet in its habitable zone of the star Gliese 581.
• The PC is suddenly in fashion again, but there are tough times ahead for the computer industry (zdnet.com)
  Priorities for business and consumer PC buyers are changing.
• Westinghouse shows off their new $2,500, 52" 1080p LCD (arstechnica.com)
  An "affordable" high definition display is certainly a moving target, but a 52 …
• These robot vacuums are getting upgraded to support Apple Home (theverge.com)
  Following the release of iOS 18.4, companies like iRobot, Roborock, and Ecovacs announced updates for their robot vacuums ensuring compatib…
• Share a Coke... with AI? (theverge.com)
  From April 1st to June 2nd, Coca-Cola will let you use AI to generate custom drink mixes at its Freestyle dispensers. Scan the machine’s “S…
• Study: More than half of the tweets pushing for end of lockdown came from bots (zdnet.com)
  Fear is a familiar political weapon, and it appears to be just as effective as it's always been.
• Windows 10: This change stops you accidentally deleting files you want to keep, says Microsoft (zdnet.com)
  Windows 10 will stop auto-deleting files from the Downloads folder if it's synced to the cloud.
• Universal application update: Media 100, FlightCheck Pro, LEGO Star Wars (yes!) (arstechnica.com)
  Add three more applications to the Intel-native pile: FlightCheck Professional …
• Testing Microsoft's Windows Vista Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool (arstechnica.com)
  Ars tests the Microsoft Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool for Windows …
• STEM and robotics: How parents can find the right programs for kids (zdnet.com)
  Dr. Ayanna Howard, founder and CTO at Zyrobotics, tells Tonya Hall ways parents can choose appropriate programs for their kids to participa…
• Delta’s online DS multiplayer is here. (theverge.com)
  As part of Delta 1.7, live now on AltStore PAL and on the App Store, all users can now play online multiplayer in Nintendo DS games. The fe…
• iPhone good for business (arstechnica.com)
  Rumor has AT&T preparing the iPhone for enterprise customers, even as the …
• The 50 best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals you can still get for $100 or less (theverge.com)
  Working with a tight budget? The final day of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is a great time to pick up a new charger, a pair of earbuds, and oth…
• ERA hatches Meething, an open source browser based video conferencing system (zdnet.com)
  Meething aims to be more secure than existing video conferencing tools and run on a decentralized database engine and leverage peer-to-peer…
• Do we need another video conferencing system? ERA CEO Mark Nadal bets yes (zdnet.com)
  ERA's Meethings is a browser based video conferencing system that uses a peer-to-peer networking architecture, requires no apps and can be…
• SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing and more: all the news on the 2025 space race (theverge.com)
  Competition in the commercial space industry is heating up. Here are the lates updates on SpaceX, Blue Origin and all the rest.
• Macintosh User Groups going the way of the Newton (arstechnica.com)
  Macintosh User Groups and computer clubs are slowly fading away as the …
• American Idol music store is DRM-free. Who knew? (arstechnica.com)
  I'll admit it. I watch American Idol. Not only that, but I buy American Idol …
• New SpaceX launch: Starlink closes in on 800 internet-beaming satellite target for US service (zdnet.com)
  SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites after asking the US for permission to launch 30,000 second-generation units.
• OpenAI just raised another $40 billion funding round (theverge.com)
  OpenAI is now valued at $300 billion after raising a fresh round of funding led by SoftBank.
• Vista Release Candidates and Beta 2 will expire at the end of May (arstechnica.com)
  Still running a beta or RC version of Vista? You have a suprise coming on May …
• Contact tracing: Italy's open-source app finally lands, taking the Google-Apple model (zdnet.com)
  With half a million downloads and a controversy over its sexist icons, Italy's Immuni is out.
• Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome? (theverge.com)
  Chrome could eventually be up for sale, if the DOJ gets its way, and companies like OpenAI, Yahoo, and Perplexity have raised their hands a…