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• iPhone cracked: activate without AT&T altogether (Arstechnica)
  DVD Jon, otherwise known as Jon Lech Johansen, has figured out and published a way to activate your i Phone so that you can use it as a Wi…
• SCOTUS lets Texas enforce app store law that Big Tech calls "censorship regime" (Arstechnica)
  Texas win at 5th Circuit left in place as attempts to overturn age law continue.
• PlayStation CEO nixes free cross-gen PS5 upgrades for good (Arstechnica)
  Upgrading God of War, Gran Turismo 7, and others from PS4 to PS5 will cost $10.
• Exchange/Outlook autodiscover bug exposed 100,000+ email passwords (Arstechnica)
  A flaw in the Autodiscover protocol can expose email passwords to third parties.
• EU wants “readily removable” batteries in devices soon—but what does that mean? (Arstechnica)
  Whenever regulation passes that seems to herald the dawn of a new age of repairable devices, there is almost always a catch, a loophole, or…
• IIS7 Go Live license now available for Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" Beta 3 (Arstechnica)
  After months of development, Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) team believes that it has reached a point of extreme stability…
• Gallery: Apple Pop-Up museum and Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (Arstechnica)
  The Apple Pop-Up museum was so popular, it'll re-open on May 18 and June 8.
• Amid massive bugs, CDPR offers refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 on consoles (Arstechnica)
  Studio promises patches in next two months will fix “most prominent problems.”...
• Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models (Arstechnica)
  Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
• NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations (Arstechnica)
  Industry finally knows what NASA is asking of them."
• The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux (Arstechnica)
  WSL is finally easy to install—and offers automatic sound/graphics support.
• New Microsoft Update Catalog makes managing updates easier (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft has released their new Microsoft Update Catalog, a web-based tool that works on Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
• Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state (Arstechnica)
  Adults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification, 6–3 ruling says.
• Bitrot and atomic COWs: Inside “next-gen” filesystems (Arstechnica)
  We look at the amazing features in ZFS and btrfs—and why you need them.
• Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way (Arstechnica)
  It cost us ~$100 to wirelessly connect two buildings across a small wooded area.
• Google upstages itself with Gemini 1.5 AI launch, one week after Ultra 1.0 (Arstechnica)
  Google confusingly overshadows its own pro product a week after its last major AI launch.
• Microsoft to release unified communications products in October (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft announced this week that it will be releasing Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, Office Communicator 2007, and Of…
• Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day (Arstechnica)
  “We will own nothing, it's truly sad.”...
• Halo Infinite to skip co-op at launch: “We needed to pick a moment” (Arstechnica)
  Coming as part of game's second "season" of content; "Forge" delayed even longer.
• A "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability. (Arstechnica)
  It's very clear that in the United States there is a big need for an additional crew vehicle."
• The Nintendo Switch's days are numbered—but what is that number? (Arstechnica)
  Ars analysis suggests the 9-year-old console could keep selling for years.
• ProtonMail removed “we do not keep any IP logs” from its privacy policy (Arstechnica)
  Swiss courts compelled it to log and disclose a user's IP and browser fingerprint.
• Second child dies of measles—anti-vaccine advocate reported it before officials (Arstechnica)
  Another tragic death highlights growing power of anti-vaccine advocates.
• Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too (Arstechnica)
  Context bombing" tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
• Pandemic of unvaccinated continues to rage as states set new COVID records (Arstechnica)
  Seven states have hit new peaks for COVID hospitalizations.
• Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist (Arstechnica)
  Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and linked shots to autism.
• Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups (Arstechnica)
  Nvidia's next frame-gen tech goes way beyond upscaling, and not in a good way.
• Investigation underlines difficulty in accounting for grant money (Arstechnica)
  Today's issue of Nature includes a report on some investigations into accounting for grant money being conducted by the National Science Fo…
• Valve compares its loot boxes to Labubus in lawsuit defense (Arstechnica)
  Steam maker says settling the case would be easier but would set a bad precedent.
• Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?" (Arstechnica)
  ArsGames looks at a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass.
• Microsoft releases first CTP of Rosario (Arstechnica)
  Last week Microsoft dropped the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Rosario, which will be the next release of the Visual Team Syst…
• New MSN Video site cuts back on pre-roll ads (Arstechnica)
  With the new MSN Video website launching today, one of the niceties that Microsoft is adding as part of the service is a limitation on the…
• New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows (Arstechnica)
  Adventurous users can try the new implementation now by adding a registry key.
• AMD brags about Ryzen 9000’s efficiency, extends AM5 support guarantee to 2027 (Arstechnica)
  Ryzen 9000 will also have more overclocking headroom, for those interested.
• RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized (Arstechnica)
  Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US health department is considering changing how vaccine recommendations are…
• French junior minister says Apple was “brutal” with AppGratis (Arstechnica)
  Fleur Pellerin wants the EU to crack down on "repeated abusive behavior."
• Hakia: semantic search... set to music (Arstechnica)
  If you ever wondered what search queries sound like when set to music, Hakia has your answer.
• Apple’s attempt to ditch skeuomorphism resulting in tight iOS 7 deadlines (Updated) (Arstechnica)
  Engineers are reportedly racing against the clock to release iOS 7 by September.
• Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial (Arstechnica)
  Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.
• Rocket Report: Firefly completes static fire, Blue Origin gets HLS stay (Arstechnica)
  This requirement is in alignment with our US government customer."
• Valve's Steam Deck is back in stock after months, but you won't like it (Arstechnica)
  Four-year-old handheld is saddled with an unfortunately modern price tag.
• Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required (Arstechnica)
  The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.
• Heartbreaking video shows deadly risk of skipping measles vaccine (Arstechnica)
  SSPE is rare but tragic—more so because it's completely vaccine-preventable.
• A year later, 45% of COVID patients in Wuhan still have symptoms (Arstechnica)
  Fatigue, sweating, chest tightness, anxiety and myalgia were most common.
• Google Maps now shows traffic lights at intersections (Arstechnica)
  Zoom all the way in and you'll see a tiny little traffic light icon in an intersection.
• Tesla raises Model Y prices after Treasury says it counts as an SUV (Arstechnica)
  After dropping prices by up to $13,000, now they've increased by up to $2,000.
• Apple changes its mind on iOS VPN changes following VirnetX verdict (Arstechnica)
  Apple now says VPN behaviors within iOS will remain the same.
• SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation (Arstechnica)
  Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers.
• Microsoft issues emergency patches for 4 exploited 0-days in Exchange (Arstechnica)
  Attacks are limited for now but may ramp up as other hackers learn of them.
• Microsoft Zune (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft Zune Player Manufacturer: Microsoft (product page) System requirements: Windows 2000 or Windows XP, PC with USB 2.0 port Price: $…