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• Things that go bump in the skies: collision in the Kuiper belt (arstechnica.com)
  Astronomers have identified a collisional family in the Kuiper belt, the …
• AMD wants PS2 users to get their Active TV (arstechnica.com)
  AMD has announced a new set of initiatives to promote the convergence of …
• Building a $40 overhead filming rig for YouTube (zdnet.com)
  We repurpose an under-$40 Amazon monitor stand into an overhead filming rig. Overhead filming rigs are needed for a wide range of education…
• Google confirms it’s close to getting Gemini support on iPhones (theverge.com)
  Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that the company plans to strike a Gemini deal with Apple by the middle of this year and suggested it wo…
• Machine learning vs payment fraud: Transparency and humans in the loop to minimize customer insults (zdnet.com)
  What are customer insults, and what does machine learning have to do with it?
• Sundar Pichai says the DOJ’s antitrust plan could kill Google Search (theverge.com)
  During the remedies phase of US v. Google, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the government shouldn’t force Google to sell Chrome or allow comp…
• Do you believe in a flash-based subnotebook from Apple? BoA does (arstechnica.com)
  A flash-based subnotebook from Apple would certainly be a sweet thing to have …
• New music service to slug it out with satellite, iTunes (arstechnica.com)
  A new subscription service will use WiFi and satellite to get music out to its …
• Lifesize merges with Serenova, eyes contact center-as-a-service market (zdnet.com)
  The addition of Serenova to Lifesize will give the combined company more than 10,000 customers globally and a broad portfolio.
• OpenAI says its GPT-4o update could be ‘uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress’ (theverge.com)
  OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update for ChatGPT that caused the chatbot’s default personality to be “overly flattering or agreeable – often…
• Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump (theverge.com)
  Senator Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, asking whether he received any “promises or favors” from Presid…
• Building an automated recording system using AppleScript and Hazel (arstechnica.com)
  James Madison University is using Hazel and AppleScript as the basis for a …
• Microsoft shares nightmare tale: 6 sets of hackers on a customer's network (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft reveals its first report on incident response work carried out by its Detection and Response Team (DART).
• How tech is making us more like machines rather than human (zdnet.com)
  Tonya Hall talks to Brett Frischmann, Charles Widger Endowed university professor at Villanova University, about the idea that automated te…
• DVB broadcast flag will require government support, but may not get it (arstechnica.com)
  A new broadcast flag technology called CPCM has been adopted by the Digital …
• Balatro on PlayStation Plus. (theverge.com)
  The poker roguelike will be available as part of May’s PlayStation Plus lineup, which also includes Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, and Wa…
• You can win a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip* (zdnet.com)
  ZDNet is giving away Samsung’s newest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip, to one lucky winner. Open to US, Puerto Rico, and Canada (exc…
• Automakers can’t figure out what the hell is going on with Trump’s tariffs (theverge.com)
  Automakers are pulling their profit guidance for the year, as they wait for more clarity from the Trump administration about the ever-chang…
• IBM develops multimedia tool for the blind (arstechnica.com)
  Multimedia elements on the web are largely inaccessible to those with visual …
• Command and Conquer 3 news: the Vision camera in action and non-suicidal Germans inside (arstechnica.com)
  Command and Conquer 3 will be a Vision-camera-enabled multiplayer addition to …
• Kingston releases 'Canvas' high-speed SD and microSD cards (zdnet.com)
  Perfect for DSLRs, 4K/8K video production, Android devices, action cams, and drones.
• Google Photos now lets you edit shared album images and video on Android. (theverge.com)
  Only the albums’ owner can make changes, with the option to save the edits just to their own gallery as a copy or also to the shared album,…
• FCC may officially reinstate 30 percent cable ownership cap (arstechnica.com)
  The FCC is considering formally barring cable companies from serving more than …
• Google’s Play Store lost nearly half its apps (theverge.com)
  The Google Play Store has lost nearly half of its apps since the beginning of last year. An analysis from Appfigures found that the number…
• Sage sells Brazilian business (zdnet.com)
  Current president Jorge Carneiro acquires the operation in a deal that could reach up to £10 million
• Microsoft: VS Code for PowerShell 7 arrives with ISE mode (zdnet.com)
  Big architectural changes allow Microsoft to deliver PowerShell users' favorite tools in Visual Studio Code.
• Writer sues Midway, alleging Psi-Ops story lifted from screenplay (arstechnica.com)
  Midway is being sued by a writer who claims that his screenplay was ripped off …
• VMware rolls out Tanzu portfolio for app modernization (zdnet.com)
  Additionally, VMware is updating Cloud Foundation and vSphere, as it seeks to become "the ubiquitous, central infrastructure" for enabling…
• A look inside the sounds of Formula One Championship Edition (arstechnica.com)
  While graphics play a huge role in how much we like a game, when sound is done …
• Kia reveals pricing for its first electric PV5 van with UK preorders (theverge.com)
  Kia is opening up preorders for the five-seater PV5 Passenger in the UK and will ship in late 2025.
• Duolingo said it just doubled its language courses thanks to AI (theverge.com)
  Duolingo is “more than doubling” the number of courses it has available, and it used generative AI to help create them in “less than a year…
• Microsoft brings "Xbox Live" to Windows gaming (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft today announced the forthcoming arrival of its Live gaming service …
• New Aruba technologies let enterprises use wi-fi to extend 5G service indoors (zdnet.com)
  The new Aruba Air Pass service and Air Slice lets enterprises leverage existing wi-fi access points to bring 5G cell service indoors, in li…
• Is Warhawk a full game or a download? Sony may be as confused as us (arstechnica.com)
  Warhawk is having a rough time in development, and it seems to switch from a …
• Data strategy: Enterprises boosting profits with better data asset management, eye dark data (zdnet.com)
  The companies that had mature data strategies​ boosted profitability by an average of 12.5% of gross profit, according to a Splunk and ESG…
• New Apple iPhone could be delayed by 'months' due to coronavirus (zdnet.com)
  Consumers may be facing weeks of delays for both existing and upcoming models as Apple’s supply chain is weakened by the outbreak.
• A shadowy roadmap. (theverge.com)
  Ubisoft released a roadmap for the first year of post-launch content for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, including new quests, a new game plus mo…
• NIN releases another track in GarageBand format (arstechnica.com)
  Nine Inch Nails has released another song in GarageBand format, but they aren'
• Not so random thoughts: COVID-19, the tech world, and all of us (zdnet.com)
  COVID-19 has impacted the entire world - and we are tending to panic about it. Don't. Here's some ideas to consider, resources to check and…
• YouTube is testing blurred thumbnails for ‘mature content’ (theverge.com)
  A small percentage of YouTube viewers will now see blurred thumbnails in the search results for queries that frequently include sexual them…
• Macworld Expo sees record attendance (arstechnica.com)
  Attendance at this year's Macworld Expo was up. Way up. And will probably …
• Today I’m toying with the magnet mouse. (theverge.com)
  [Media: https://www.tiktok.com/@verge/video/7499105641252916522] The other day, I told you about the ESR MagMouse with its built-in magnets…
• Your IT department is stuck in a time-warp. Agile and DevOps might be able to save it (zdnet.com)
  Collaborative CIOs must create blended IT and business teams that work in an agile way to deliver digital products and services quickly to…
• Breaches of personal data: blaming the myth and punishing the victim (arstechnica.com)
  An analysis of 25 years' worth of the loss of computerized personal data …
• How poor IoT security is allowing this 12-year-old malware to make a comeback (zdnet.com)
  Conficker peaked in 2009, but unsupported connected devices are allowing it to spread in 2020 - and the healthcare sector is where it's inf…
• Windows Server 2003 SP2 released (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft has released the second service pack for Windows Server 2003. What …
• X is losing users in Europe. (theverge.com)
  In a report published as part of X’s compliance with EU laws, the platform revealed that monthly active users in Europe decreased from arou…
• Build this tiny note-taking device to jot down random thoughts. (theverge.com)
  You can always reach for your phone to write down a sudden thought or inspiration you don’t want to forget, but Mateusz Nowak’s EclairM0 wo…
• You had mail: OneCare chucks users' mailboxes (arstechnica.com)
  After several users complained that Windows Live OneCare deleted their inboxes …
• Nintendo limits a game-sharing loophole as it introduces Virtual Game Cards (theverge.com)
  The Nintendo Switch just got a new update that adds Virtual Game Cards as a way to share digital games with other people. But the update al…