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• PARC is turning 50: From ethernet and laser printing to this wild new tech (zdnet.com)
  The legendary Palo Alto Research Center has been the beating heart of tech development during a legendary half-century of R&D.
• It's Pong... in shirt form. And it moves. It's the perfect female repellent! (arstechnica.com)
  The Pong shirt is the most blatant way to let your geek flag fly that I've …
• Snake oil salesmen warning: DoJ, FTC are cracking down on fake coronavirus products (zdnet.com)
  Don’t even think about marketing ‘coronavirus-curing’ goods, the agencies have warned.
• Survey says: supermassive black holes. Lots of 'em. (arstechnica.com)
  A survey of a large area of space by a two orbiting observatories reveals over …
• Apple: This is how you should disinfect your iPhone, iPad, and Mac (zdnet.com)
  But don't mess it up, because liquid damage isn't covered under Apple warranty or AppleCare.
• Apple releases 10.4.9 and iPhoto 6.0.6 updates (arstechnica.com)
  Apple released 10.4.9 today for both Intel and PPC Macs, as well as iPhoto 6.
• The TikTok ban is back in court — in Meta’s antitrust trial (theverge.com)
  Lawyers for the FTC and Meta brought up TikTok’s filings in its case against a US ban of the app during an executive’s testimony in the ant…
• Federal Court rules Telstra does not need council permission to build payphones (zdnet.com)
  In doing so, the telco receives the court's seal of approval to install 1,800 more payphone cabinets across Australia.
• Game Review: Wario: Master of Disguise (DS) (arstechnica.com)
  Wario makes another appearance on the DS, but maybe he should have stuck to …
• What constitutes cyberbullying? A case study from the trenches (arstechnica.com)
  A case of electronic harassment in Washington state shows just how difficult …
• IBM Summit supercomputer joins fight against COVID-19 (zdnet.com)
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory says early research on existing drug compounds via supercomputing could combat coronavirus.
• Microsoft reports strong cloud growth in Q3 earnings (theverge.com)
  Microsoft has reported strong cloud revenues for its Q3 fiscal 2025 earnings. Xbox hardware is down though, and Windows OEM revenue is up.
• Here are our favorite deals from Amazon’s annual gaming sale (theverge.com)
  Amazon’s Gaming Week promo features discounts on a range of games and accessories, including headsets, mice, and storage. Here, we’ve round…
• How soon will Sony be releasing rumbling PS3 controllers? Apparently, in time for God of War 3 (arstechnica.com)
  It's possible that Sony plans to add rumble support for PS3 games. Or someone …
• FBI arrests Russian behind Deer.io, a Shopify-like platform for cybercrime (zdnet.com)
  Feds say Deer.io has been hosting hundreds of online shops where hackers are selling hacked accounts.
• ASD teamed up with GCHQ for stolen credit card crackdown (zdnet.com)
  Cyber spooks are cruising dark web shopping forums looking for credit cards to cancel.
• Sony confirms a new PSP design, but it shouldn't be big news. Here's why (arstechnica.com)
  Sony confirms that a new PSP is coming, but it's something we knew, and so far …
• IKEA assembles first third-party virtual store on Tmall (zdnet.com)
  Swedish furniture retail chain has set up shop on Alibaba's e-commerce platform Tmall, marking the first time IKEA is offering its products…
• The BBC deepfaked Agatha Christie to teach a writing course (theverge.com)
  BBC Studios recreated Agatha Christie in AI-enhanced form to teach an online Maestro class on her work as a detective novelist.
• Going for a swim in the sea... on Titan (arstechnica.com)
  New data sent back to Earth from the Cassini spacecraft suggests that there …
• Years-long campaign targets hackers through trojanized hacking tools (zdnet.com)
  A group believed to reside in Vietnam has been hacking other hackers for years.
• Adium 1.0.2 beta 1 released (arstechnica.com)
  The newest 1. out.
• Sketchy rumors hint at an iPhone desktop mode (theverge.com)
  Rumors suggest that Apple is working on Stage Manager for iPhones with external display support, raising the possibility of a desktop mode…
• Wyze paid $255,000 in tariffs on $167,000 worth of goods. (theverge.com)
  The budget smart home company posted its first tariff bill on X this afternoon, adding that it’s been working on moving manufacturing out o…
• India's highest court overturns cryptocurrency trading ban (zdnet.com)
  Court ruled that cryptocurrency exchanges have not adversely impacted the nation's economy.
• Make your Mac more secure (than you can stand) (arstechnica.com)
  Want to have the last laugh when all those other Mac users who don't take …
• Gameplay 4 Borderlands. (theverge.com)
  Sony and Gearbox just aired a 20-minute deep dive on what it’s like to actually play Borderlands 4. It looks like a Borderlands game, but t…
• Nintendo to use GameSpy technology for Wii online play (arstechnica.com)
  Nintendo finally gives us a piece of their online plan for the Wii. Now we …
• Amazon will invest $4 billion to bring faster deliveries to rural areas. (theverge.com)
  The ecommerce giant says the investment will help grow its rural network to more than 200 delivery stations and create over 100,000 new job…
• ACCC's ad tech inquiry to focus on data and supply chain opacity (zdnet.com)
  Major publishers including Google and Facebook are expected to go under the microscope.
• ING Australia posts AU$440m profit amid commitment to environmental sustainability (zdnet.com)
  The 20-year old bank said it upped its operational efficiencies through the use of artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics.
• The evolution of receptors (arstechnica.com)
  G-protein coupled receptors are found in just about every organism alive and …
• Organic semiconductor fab opens in Austria (arstechnica.com)
  Nanoident Technologies claims that it has opened the world's first organic …
• Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta’s AI app (theverge.com)
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an earnings call on Wednesday that there’s an opportunity to offer a “premium service” within the Meta…
• WiZ’s new TV light sync box undercuts Philips Hue’s pricing by half (theverge.com)
  The new gadget will make your WiZ smart lights change color and brightness based on what’s on your TV screen.
• Vodafone’s first 5G sites go live in Sydney's west (zdnet.com)
  The telco also vows that 5G international roaming is 'coming soon'.
• Microsoft Office XML gets fast-tracked to ISO standard (arstechnica.com)
  OpenXML, Microsoft's XML-based document file format for its Office products...
• Amazon offers retailers access to the tech behind Amazon Go (zdnet.com)
  The "Just Walk Out" technology lets customers pick up what they want in a store and walk out, without the need for a checkout line.
• A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store (theverge.com)
  The Epic Games v. Apple judge banned Apple from collecting commissions on purchases made outside its App Store, finding the company in cont…
• IBM starts 65nm Cell production (arstechnica.com)
  IBM announced yesterday that its 65nm SOI version of the Cell BE has begun …
• Spying concerns raised over Iran's official COVID-19 detection app (zdnet.com)
  Google removes Iran's official COVID-19 detection app from the Play Store.
• Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in the US (theverge.com)
  Following a court order that blocks Apple from taking a commission on purchases made outside the App Store, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says…
• Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Tellme Networks (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft is said to be eyeing voice recognition company Tellme Networks...
• Linux and open-source conferences: List of what's canceled or going virtual (zdnet.com)
  UPDATED: March 10. You can safely assume if you were planning on going to a Linux or open-source conference anytime soon, it's been cancele…
• Teleworking? Go over this checklist before setting up a home office (zdnet.com)
  With the scale of the coronavirus (technically known as COVID-19) growing daily, companies, organizations, and individuals are coming up wi…
• One in four Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have mental health disorders (arstechnica.com)
  The wounds of war aren't always visible, as a new study shows that PTSD rates …
• iPhone users on Google Fi will now get all their voicemails in the Phone app (theverge.com)
  Google is changing how Fi users on iPhone access their voicemails – in an update rolling out now, they’ll access them from the native iOS P…
• Sam Altman takes his ‘io’ trademark battle public (theverge.com)
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has posted private emails between him and the founder of Iyo, the startup that’s suing OpenAI over the name of its up…
• Google's offline P2P: helping scientific progress 1 terabyte at a time (arstechnica.com)
  Google's motto may mention not being evil, but that doesn't stop them from …
• What to look for in your next laptop (zdnet.com)
  Ed Bott shares his checklist to help you avoid being overwhelmed by specs and options when you go shopping for a portable PC.