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• Google is rolling out its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search again – and it has a speed boost (theverge.com)
  Google is expanding access to its “Ask Photos” feature once again, and it has made some changes to make it faster for simple searches.
• LED-based MacBooks coming this or next quarter? (arstechnica.com)
  New chitter chatter has surfaced about LED displays in Apple's laptop line.
• Tokyo Game Show to grow in 2007 (arstechnica.com)
  If you think you'll miss the crushing masses of E3, you've got an alternative …
• Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI (theverge.com)
  A top Meta exec called OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “dishonest” for saying that Mark Zuckerberg is offering researchers $100 million bonuses to le…
• Watch the live stream of Microsoft's Connect, virtual developer event here (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft's event will touch on all pieces of its developer platform, including Azure, Office and Windows.
• Speaking of awards for games, the 1UP award winners announced (arstechnica.com)
  There was a safe round of winners from the 1UP awards, but it's a pretty solid …
• Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids (theverge.com)
  Redwood Materials is taking depreciated but still functional EV batteries and turning them into low-cost energy storage units.
• Singtel secures Premier League rights (zdnet.com)
  A week after Optus won the rights to broadcast the EPL in Australia, its parent company Singtel has secured the same for Singapore.
• Demo impressions: Fuzion Frenzy 2 (arstechnica.com)
  It takes some skill to put together a compelling demo, and Fuzion Frenzy 2 …
• Peeking at a single molecule (arstechnica.com)
  Researchers use a fiber optic cable to look at a single molecule.
• 000webhost hacked, 13 million customers exposed (zdnet.com)
  You get what you pay for, and the same seems to apply to security.
• Ringly review: Handy little messenger that passes as a ring (zdnet.com)
  Luxury Bluetooth wearable Ringly demonstrates the challenges of making a practical wearable adapt to the varied needs of everyday users in…
• Mario’s old soccer pitch comes to the new Switch. (theverge.com)
  Originally released for the Nintendo GameCube console in 2005, Super Mario Strikers will be available exclusively for the Switch 2 on July…
• Month of Apple Bugs wrapup: et fini (arstechnica.com)
  A look at week 4's action as the Month of Apple Bugs project wraps up. What …
• Graphic artists in China push back on AI and its averaging effect (theverge.com)
  Copycats, unrealistic expectations, and budget cuts are AI’s gifts to graphic artists.
• Lost Planet producer talks about American vs. Japanese game development (arstechnica.com)
  How big of an impact do Japanese developers have in America? The producer of …
• Western Digital to buy SanDisk for $19bn (zdnet.com)
  Dominant force in the hard drive market joins with leader in flash storage, reflecting ongoing consolidation in the storage market.
• Threads now has a better word filter than Instagram (theverge.com)
  The Hidden Words setting on Threads is now seperated from Instagram, allowing users to block words, phrases, and emojis in batches, with op…
• Why selling games is a hard business, from someone who tried and failed (arstechnica.com)
  DVD Empire found that the gaming business is much harder to profit from than …
• What Meta and Anthropic really won in their AI lawsuit rulings (theverge.com)
  Two early court cases look like wins for the AI industry, but it’s more complicated than that. Plus, robotaxis, Trump Phones, and more, on…
• Underestimating climate change (arstechnica.com)
  The models used in the 2001 IPCC report have underestimated the extent of …
• M3gan 2.0 review: a pivot into hard sci-fi that feels too self-aware (theverge.com)
  M3gan 2.0 has its moments, but its sci-fi turn makes for a less novel, more predictable film.
• Smelling your food may kill you (arstechnica.com)
  Severe restriction of calories can greatly extend the lifespan of many animals …
• Critical WinRAR vulnerability places 500 million users at risk (zdnet.com)
  A severe security flaw apparently discovered in the WinRAR suite could allow hackers to compromise user systems.
• One Zune exec out; J Allard takes over the program (arstechnica.com)
  Bryan Lee, one of the key executives overseeing the Zune player, is out as …
• Marsboy bone conduction headphones: Great sound without loss of hearing (zdnet.com)
  Bottom line: An unusual design idea that will catch on amongst serious music lovers who do not want to suffer hearing loss with in-ear audi…
• This smart smoke alarm could be a worthy Nest Protect replacement (theverge.com)
  Place’s new line of smart alarms incorporates many of the best features of Google’s discontinued Protect, adding indoor air quality monitor…
• "Postal" trailer surfaces on Youtube; Osama approves (arstechnica.com)
  A trailer for Uwe Boll's seminal classic "Postal" has appeared on the internet …
• Human Services kicks off welfare payments system upgrade (zdnet.com)
  The Department of Human Services on Friday published an expression of interest document, with a tender pinned for 2016, to replace the exis…
• Seagate introduces us to DAVE (arstechnica.com)
  Seagate announced its Digital Audio Video Experience (DAVE) this week: a …
• Google’s Doppl app took off my socks (theverge.com)
  Google has just launched a new app called Doppl, which uses AI to generate clips of you wearing outfits you find across the web. I tried it…
• Digital stethoscope, the newest iPod accessory (arstechnica.com)
  The iPod accesory train just keeps getting stranger and stranger, this time …
• The FTC has reopened claims for Fortnite settlement refunds (theverge.com)
  Eligible Fortnite players who felt bamboozled into making unwanted purchases have until July 9th to submit a claim.
• Hands-on: Testing more Linux distributions on my Aspire V3-331 (zdnet.com)
  I've been using this laptop for a few days now, and installing Fedora, Manjaro, Debian, Mint, LMDE, and Ubuntu. Here's my report on how it…
• Oracle to 'sinner' customers: Reverse engineering is a sin and we know best (zdnet.com)
  Opinion: Stop sending vulnerability reports already. Oracle's chief security officer wants to go back to writing murder mysteries. [UPDATED]
• Microsoft's next Android app is Arrow, a Windows Phone-like launcher (zdnet.com)
  Following in the footsteps of Nokia, Microsoft has an app launcher for Android. Called Arrow, the software is available through a private,…
• Flickr's shift to Yahoo ID requirement sparks (virtual) rioting (arstechnica.com)
  What do hijabs and unshaven facial hair have to do with Web 2. out.
• Google earnings: search sizzles, but ads are the steak (arstechnica.com)
  Google continues its torrid revenue growth with another big quarter. Are its …
• Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court (theverge.com)
  The Supreme Court rejected claims that the way the Universal Service Fund is implemented is unconstitutional.
• Researcher lashes out at Hacking Team over open-source code discovery (zdnet.com)
  When the researcher released his code as open-source, Android spyware development for governments was not its intended purpose.
• Oddworld co-founder speaks out about expendability in the game industry (arstechnica.com)
  Lorne Lanning, co-founder of Oddworld, talks about the industry that he left.
• Does network neutrality mean an end to BitTorrent throttling? (arstechnica.com)
  As the BitTorrent file transfer protocol gains both popularity and legal uses …
• Supreme Court allows Texas online porn age verification law (theverge.com)
  The Supreme Court has ruled in FSC v. Paxton, a case reexamining whether online age verification over pornography is constitutional.
• Love it or hate it, 97% of Apple Watch customers are satisfied in product survey (zdnet.com)
  A range of Apple Watch buyers were asked if they were satisfied with their purchase. Most are and the highest satisfaction comes from non-t…
• Google quietly introduced precise Bluetooth tracking on the Pixel Watch 3 (theverge.com)
  A new Bluetooth 6.0 feature called Channel Sounding has been added to the Pixel Watch 3, improving its tracking capabilities without extra…
• Microsoft shows off new GigJam service for 'getting work done' (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft has been building a new cloud service and light-weight apps, Project GigJam, on the sly for several years. Here's what's under th…
• Dell returns as CEO of his namesake company (arstechnica.com)
  Michael Dell returns to the CEO position at the company he founded in the wake …
• Unpatched Flash exploits unveiled in Hacking Team data dump (zdnet.com)
  One of the vulnerabilities was described by Hacking Team as one of the "most beautiful Flash bug for the last four years."
• Cisco allows Apple to bide its time over lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
  Cisco has graciously agreed to allow Apple more time to respond to the lawsuit …
• Adobe’s Project Indigo app is making me rethink phone photography (theverge.com)
  Indigo is a camera app for camera nerds, by camera nerds. It incorporates computational techniques with a restrained approach to image proc…