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  1. Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time

    Google says UK regulator testing means the advertising tech will last until 2025.

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  2. Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion

    Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.

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  3. The Fall Guy spotlights its amazing stuntmen in meta marketing video

    Ryan Gosling and his stunt buddies spoof Carpool Karaoke and sing along to Journey.

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  1. US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

    Bill gives ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok or app loses access to US market.

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  2. Elite: Dangerous’s real-money ship sales spark “pay-to-win” outrage

    In 2019, dev promised purchases would "only be used to buy cosmetic Game Extras."

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  3. SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch

    Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?

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  4. Mercedes’ electric G-Wagon is more capable than the gas version

    With four motors, deeper fording, and more power, you can forget about the gas version.

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  5. Hackers are using developing countries for ransomware practice

    Businesses in Africa, Asia, and South America hit before moving on to Western targets.

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  6. Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions

    Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half.

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  7. Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

    The test cannot tell if the virus is live. FDA still considers milk supply safe.

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  8. The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC

    The curious case of a living room screen making Windows' Settings app disappear.

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  9. Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine

    Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.

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  1. Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries

    Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added sugars in their diets.

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  2. You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

    Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.

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  3. FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable

    Chamber of Commerce vows to sue FTC, will try to block ban on noncompetes.

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  1. Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

    eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.

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  2. Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

    Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models."

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  3. Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors

    Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.

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  4. iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years

    Every single iPhone and Mac has come with a calculator app, but not the iPad.

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  5. Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid

    The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.

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  6. Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again

    "We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”

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  1. Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues

    It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage.

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  2. You can now disable some of Fortnite’s most toxic emotes

    Epic: "We want emotes to be a source of good vibes..."

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  3. Apple’s next product event happens on May 7, and it’s probably iPads

    Reports point to a new OLED iPad Pro with M3 and a big-screened iPad Air.

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  4. Linux can finally run your car’s safety systems and driver-assistance features

    Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers.

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  5. North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows

    Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.

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  6. The 2024 Porsche Macan EV has character, pace, and the right badge

    The new electric Porsche Macan starts at $78,800, deliveries begin later this year.

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  7. Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo

    Hubble continues to deliver the goods.

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