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• Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out (Arstechnica)
  Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.
• Apple TV with Wi-Fi problems? You could get a free replacement (Arstechnica)
  Apple has notified its retail and AppleCare staff of a new replacement program.
• Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing (Arstechnica)
  New Xbox CEO says subscription "has become too expensive for too many players."
• “RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate”: Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster (Arstechnica)
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• Understanding how we sense touch, temperature earns a Nobel (Arstechnica)
  Discoveries triggered a wave of findings about how we sense our environments.
• Twitch leak suggests major response to streaming site’s “hate mob” issues (Arstechnica)
  Follows months of Amazon-owned site playing hate speech whack-a-mole.
• Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro (Arstechnica)
  New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.
• Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday: a Safari of Destruction edition (Arstechnica)
  You know, there are times when I wonder if the Xbox Live Arcade gets a little too much content.
• Intel makes a bid for handheld gaming PCs with new Arc G3 processors (Arstechnica)
  Intel's Arc B390 integrated GPU has offered impressive performance in laptops.
• Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months (Arstechnica)
  The shuttered news aggregator offered stories mainly from right-leaning sources.
• Math 3.0: Microsoft's next-gen math and science tutor (Arstechnica)
  Today, Microsoft announced the release of Math 3.
• Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC (Arstechnica)
  FCC tells court it is “open-minded" about whether ABC should lose licenses.
• EU approves $166 million in funding for Google competitor (Arstechnica)
  CNN/Money reports that the initiative is being developed by a number of corporations, including SAP AG and Siemens AG, and aims to develop…
• Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them (Arstechnica)
  CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr.
• Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text (Arstechnica)
  The AI that powers Gboard's Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.
• No, open source Audacity audio editor is not “spyware” (Arstechnica)
  The community's telemetry concerns were received and addressed two months ago.
• Graphical Linux apps are coming to Windows Subsystem for Linux (Arstechnica)
  You'll need to be on the Dev channel of an Insider build to see the new feature.
• Malware piggybacks on Windows' Background Intelligent Transfer Service (Arstechnica)
  When Windows Update downloads patches to a PC, it relies on a service called the Background Intelligent Transfer Service, or BITS.
• A brief overview of IBM’s new 7 nm Telum mainframe CPU (Arstechnica)
  A typical Telum-powered mainframe offers 256 cores at a base clock of 5+GHz.
• Making SharePoint run FASTer (Arstechnica)
  Text settings Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Share Poi…
• F1 in Belgium: Machine learning algorithms are ruining the sport (Arstechnica)
  Many will say Spa is the best racetrack on earth, but not for these F1 cars.
• In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements (Arstechnica)
  Exposing vulnerable people to vaccine-preventable disease is just part of life, Ladapo said.
• Microsoft acquires mobile advertising firm ScreenTonic (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft added another weapon to its advertising arsenal today, acquiring the European mobile advertising company known as Screen Tonic SA.
• Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future (Arstechnica)
  DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.
• Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback (Arstechnica)
  Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
• Following lawsuit, Activision starts refund program for Guitar Hero Live (Arstechnica)
  Move comes after December server shutdown cut off 90% of the game's music library.
• Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet (Arstechnica)
  Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."
• GameTap finally comes to the Mac (Arstechnica)
  After several initial delays, Game Tap—a service that offers members the ability to emulate a wide variety of video games legally—has relea…
• Supercapacitor "battery" could lead to instant charging, long charge life (Arstechnica)
  The batteries we rely on for everything from our cars to our cell phones use a chemical reaction to store and release an electrical charge.
• Blue Origin is getting serious about developing a human spacecraft (Arstechnica)
  Company seeks: "Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems?"
• Big ISPs fight to save exclusive wiring deals that limit choice in apartments (Arstechnica)
  Exclusive deals boost competition by forcing ISPs to install newer wiring, NCTA claims.
• Pipeline attacker DarkSide suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know (Arstechnica)
  The closure may mean the group is ceasing or altering ops—or pulling an exit scam.
• Microsoft’s Windows 11 outreach efforts aren’t going very well (Arstechnica)
  Overly heavy-handed moderation tends to cause more problems than it solves.
• Microsoft Diggs up a new advertising partner (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft's Online Services Group added a major client today as the company announced a new online advertising partnership with Digg.
• Xbox Play Anywhere: Buy the game once, play on Xbox One and PC (multiplayer too) (Arstechnica)
  Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3 both announced as cross-platform titles.
• Smart light company Govee apologizes for “white supremacy” marketing imagery (Arstechnica)
  PR exec says Govee "did not meet the standard required."
• ASP.NET AJAX plays well with other AJAX frameworks (Arstechnica)
  This week, Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX hit another milestone by passing the Open Ajax Alliance's Interop Fest 1.0 tests.
• Google Maps massively expands its mass transit crowd-reporting service (Arstechnica)
  Google's mass transit crowd reporting will expand to 50x its current reach.
• System76’s updated 15-inch Pangolin laptop ships with Ryzen 7 5700U CPU (Arstechnica)
  System76's second Ryzen-powered model is available today with Ubuntu or Pop!_OS.
• Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it (Arstechnica)
  Framework charges nearly double for the 12GB version of the mobile RTX 5070.
• Microsoft aims for online supremacy, opens up Windows Live ID (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft recently opened up the hooks for its Windows Live ID service...
• Google's Pixel 11 launch event is set for August 12, with possible price increases (Arstechnica)
  Google's new phones could feature glowing LEDs and higher price tags.
• Photo gallery: a day at WWDC 2013 (Arstechnica)
  Not able make it out to San Francisco for Apple's WWDC?
• StatusBoard to Longform to Mail Pilot: 5 iOS apps to check out this weekend (Arstechnica)
  E-mail, long-form articles, crazy videos, and more on our radar this week.
• The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look (Arstechnica)
  For the first time in its history, NASA has a uniquely painted T-38 astronaut training jet among its active fleet of 14.
• The Great MacMod Challenge is once again upon us (Arstechnica)
  August is here and with it comes one of our favorite contests of the year: the fourth annual Great Mac Mod Challenge.
• MS exec: Microsoft's next console will play "Xbox and PC games" (Arstechnica)
  Project Helix is set to open the closed-console ecosystem, but the details will matter.
• AT&T may be moving closer to deploying femtocells (Arstechnica)
  Industry sources have revealed that AT&T has filed a request for proposal (RFP) to suppliers that may be interested in participating in AT&…
• Hackers quickly prove that Neo Geo Doom ports are not "impossible" (Arstechnica)
  Clever coding and graphical compromises get a classic game on more classic hardware.
• Accuracy takes power: one man’s 3GHz quest to build a perfect SNES emulator (Arstechnica)
  How can it take 3GHz to emulate a Super Nintendo?