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• Everything you need to know about Zen 4, socket AM5, and AMD’s newest chipsets (Arstechnica)
  Ryzen 7000 CPUs use a new platform—with plenty of changes.
• XNA Game Studio 2.0 release slated for late 2007 (Arstechnica)
  When Microsoft released the XNA Game Studio last year, it made an instant splash in the software development community.
• Windows Media Player add-on for Firefox released (Arstechnica)
  Yesterday, the Windows Media team and Port 25—Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab (OSSL)—released a Firefox add-on that will give users th…
• "Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC (Arstechnica)
  It could be one way to make your old PC play nicely with a high-end GPU.
• Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law (Arstechnica)
  Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says.
• San Francisco to vote on municipal WiFi network (Arstechnica)
  Voters in San Francisco will get a chance to express their feelings about the city's planned municipal Wi Fi network.
• Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk (Arstechnica)
  Leaked BIOS passwords led investigators to Tina Peters' office in Mesa County, Colo.
• Why Minecraft is now Microsoft-owned but not Microsoft-exclusive (Arstechnica)
  Or: Why Microsoft paid $2.5 billion to become a PS4, iOS, and Android game-maker.
• How long will Switch 2’s Game Key Cards keep working? (Arstechnica)
  Nintendo's history suggests we can look forward to decades of support.
• New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI" (Arstechnica)
  But Asha Sharma faces scrutiny for lack of gaming experience.
• Helio Ocean now supports Microsoft Exchange (Arstechnica)
  This week Helio, a mobile virtual network operator, launched the first beta of a new Ocean application called Mail for Exchange.
• Visual FoxPro 9 SP2, Sedna betas released (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft has released a new beta of Visual Fox Pro 9 Service Pack 2 along with the Sedna extensions.
• Airlander 10, world’s largest aircraft, takes to the skies (Arstechnica)
  Airlander 10 continues its flight test programme after crashing last year.
• Study shows how toxic RFK Jr.’s change to measles vaccine is for US toddlers (Arstechnica)
  The children who get a combination shot are some of the most vulnerable.
• A brief tour of the Steam Deck’s Linux implementation (Arstechnica)
  Until further notice, use Deck's built-in KDE desktop to unlock system's full potential.
• Next version of Microsoft Works will be free but ad-driven (Arstechnica)
  With all the hype being gathered up by Microsoft Office 2007, there is a tendency to forget about Microsoft's other office suite known as M…
• Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment (Arstechnica)
  New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
• Linux Foundation says companies are desperate for open source talent (Arstechnica)
  The 2021 survey shows 97% of hiring managers prioritizing FOSS professionals.
• Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally (Arstechnica)
  Bespoke handheld interface hides the desktop while offering access to "all Windows games."
• Web page exposes Longhorn's final branding (Arstechnica)
  After managing to keep the final name of Windows Server Longhorn under wraps for months now, a Microsoft employee accidentally let the cat…
• Office 2007 SP1 Beta released to small group of testers (Arstechnica)
  Yesterday, Microsoft gave a small group of testers an early look at Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
• Rumor: Zune 2 announcement coming tomorrow (Arstechnica)
  Beta News is reporting that Microsoft will take the wraps off of the Zune 2 tomorrow, October 2.
• Microsoft's Steve Riley discusses security overkill (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft's Steve Riley has a very simple approach to assessing security needs. When the cost of implementing new, state-of-the-art protect…
• RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn (Arstechnica)
  Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.
• Gaming on a budget: high-def the cheaper way (Arstechnica)
  Though I may share some tastes with the masses, there is one particular area of gaming where I find myself in a definite niche: my gaming s…
• This race car is made from plant fibers, volcanoes, ... and seawater? (Arstechnica)
  The T70S can be eligible for racing events or built to be road-legal.
• Microsoft's Live product line: Follow the Xbox (Arstechnica)
  Xbox Live seems to have done things right for an online service.
• Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market (Arstechnica)
  But human artists still "must remain at the center," PlayStation maker says.
• Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork (Arstechnica)
  Disagreement over security disclosures and bug-fixing priorities led to split.
• FCC permits well-connected lobbyists to skirt anti-lobbying rules (Arstechnica)
  A new report from the Government Accountability Office (PDF) takes a look at FCC rulemaking procedures from the last five years to see if t…
• RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge (Arstechnica)
  The startling claim came amid a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• iPhone 5 users get an updated audio profile via iOS 6.1.4 (Arstechnica)
  Developers weren't seeded the update before public release.
• 78-minute Steve Jobs comedy film iSteve now online (Arstechnica)
  Pop some popcorn and get ready to watch Justin Long as Steve Jobs.
• iPhone 4 “antennagate” settlement checks arriving in the mail (Arstechnica)
  i Phone 4 owners who filed claims over the so-called “antennagate” have begun receiving their settlement checks.
• Security audit raises severe warnings on Chinese smartphone models (Arstechnica)
  The audit red-flagged Xiaomi and Huawei phones but gave OnePlus a pass.
• "Super ZSNES" is a stab at a modern SNES emulator from the original developers (Arstechnica)
  Upgrades to SNES graphics and sound go way beyond the typical screen filtering.
• Original iPhone to go the way of the dodo on June 11, 2013 (Arstechnica)
  An internal Apple document says the device will soon become obsolete.
• Case closed: the Windows Vista DVD hologram mystery (Arstechnica)
  Over the last few days, the Internet has been abuzz with the discovery of three mysterious men in the hologram of the Windows Vista Busines…
• Firefox 89 delivered more speed—today’s Firefox 90 adds SmartBlock 2.0 (Arstechnica)
  Mozilla's browser continues ramping up its speed and blocking efforts.
• Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs (Arstechnica)
  First four compatible titles can be run with an 11-year-old graphics card.
• Here’s why some games aren’t “verified” for Steam Deck compatibility (Arstechnica)
  Vast majority of early listings are at least "playable," with no graphics issues.
• A decidedly non-Linux distro walkthrough: Haiku R1/beta2 (Arstechnica)
  1995’s finest operating system in 2020—plus, our $140 EVOO laptop rides again.
• Microsoft falls below the average in customer satisfaction survey (Arstechnica)
  This week, the University of Michigan released the Q1 results of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).
• FCC plans to rein in “gateway” carriers that bring foreign robocalls to US (Arstechnica)
  FCC proposes STIR/SHAKEN and call-blocking rules for gateway phone companies.
• Alan Wake 2 and the death of disc-based video games (Arstechnica)
  Big-budget digital-only release could be a preview of console gaming's future.
• Survey: Microsoft's web server market share continues to grow (Arstechnica)
  Here comes Microsoft, lighttpd, and Google.
• Apple Q307 conference call deflects deeper iPhone questions (Arstechnica)
  The quarterly conference call was mostly boring financial data and obfuscation on the part of Apple executives Peter Oppenheimer and Tim Co…
• CDC director overrules experts, allows Pfizer boosters for health workers (Arstechnica)
  Boosters also OK'd for frontline workers, day care providers, teachers, grocery workers.
• Jacqui Cheng: Editor at Large (Arstechnica)
  Jacqui is partially evacuating the Ars Orbiting HQ and going rogue.
• Microsoft is going to pretend to release Visual Studio for Mac (Arstechnica)
  Visual Studio "15" finally has a real name, too.