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  1. Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer

    Federal agencies rush to appoint chief AI officers with “significant expertise.”

  2. Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version

    Proxmox is a Linux-based hypervisor that could replace ESXi for some users.

  3. How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them

    Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.

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  1. FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

    SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50.

  2. Yamaha and Lola pair up to enter Formula E next season

    Lola has Yamaha as a technical partner and Formula E veterans in key roles.

  3. Embracer Group lets go of Borderlands maker for $460M after three years

    Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari-like studio roll-up.

  4. Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova

    Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star.

  5. The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket whose time has come and gone, will fly once more

    The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting.

  6. Thousands of servers hacked in ongoing attack targeting Ray AI framework

    Researchers say it's the first known in-the-wild attack targeting AI workloads.

  7. Quantum computing progress: Higher temps, better error correction

    Amazon, IBM, and traditional silicon makers are all working toward error correction.

  8. Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing

    Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.

  9. Puerto Rico declares public health emergency as dengue cases rise

    Cases so far are up 140 percent compared to this point last year.

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  1. Starlink mobile plans hit snag as FCC dismisses SpaceX spectrum application

    SpaceX application tossed but firm will get another shot in spectrum rulemaking.

  2. Event Horizon Telescope captures stunning new image of Milky Way’s black hole

    There are also hints of an elusive high-energy jet, similar to larger M87* black hole.

  3. Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat usage to confuse advertisers, court docs say

    Zuckerberg told execs to “figure out” how to spy on encrypted Snapchat traffic.

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  1. Canva’s Affinity acquisition is a non-subscription-based weapon against Adobe

    But what will result from the companies' opposing views on generative AI?

  2. Intel, Microsoft discuss plans to run Copilot locally on PCs instead of in the cloud

    Companies are trying to make the "AI PC" happen with new silicon and software.

  3. Google’s Pixel 9 might have three models, adding a small “Pro” phone

    A 6.8-inch "Pixel 9 Pro XL," 6.1-inch "Pixel 9 Pro," and a "Pixel 9" at 6.0 inches.

  4. The company building a rotating detonation engine is pushing the tech forward

    "I'm convinced that this is going to be the engine that unlocks the hypersonic economy."

  5. “MFA Fatigue” attack targets iPhone owners with endless password reset prompts

    Rapid-fire prompts sometimes followed with spoofed calls from "Apple support."

  6. Why the Baltimore bridge collapsed so quickly

    The immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated.

  1. US pricing announced for the Polestar 4 EV; starts at $54,900

    The midsize SUV will have up to 300 miles of range—but no rear windshield.

  2. “The king is dead”—Claude 3 surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena for the first time

    Anthropic's Claude 3 is first to unseat GPT-4 for #1 since launch of Chatbot Arena in May '23.

  3. Microsoft opens a crack in console gaming’s decades-old walled garden

    Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.

  4. Pornhub could block Florida if child safety law takes effect

    Florida plans to start requiring ID for porn January 1.

  5. Cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for highly pathogenic bird flu

    The risk to the public is low, and the milk supply is safe.

  6. Taylor Swift fans dancing and jumping created last year’s “Swift quakes”

    "Shake It Off" produced tremors equivalent to a local magnitude earthquake of 0.851.

  7. SCOTUS mifepristone case: Justices focus on anti-abortion groups’ legal standing

    The case has big implications for women's health and the authority of the FDA.