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Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X Corp. today sued the World Federation of Advertisers and several large corporations, claiming they “conspired, along with dozens of non-defendant co-conspirators, to collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue” from the social network formerly known as Twitter. “We tried peace for 2 years, now it is […]

Enlarge / Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024. Apple As the parent of a younger child, I can tell you that getting a kid to respond the way you want can require careful expectation-setting. Especially when we’re trying something new for the first time, I find that the more detail I can provide, the

Enlarge / A scene from the new season of Doctor Who, which is streaming on Disney+. Disney+ Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ will get more expensive as of October 17, whether users have a subscription with or without ads. After most recently jacking up streaming prices in October 2023, The Walt Disney Company is raising subscription

Robert J. Sawyer WordStar’s most recent claim to fame might be that it’s the word processing application on which George R.R. Martin is still not finishing A Song of Ice and Fire. But many writers loved and still love WordStar, a word processor notably good for actual writing. As computers moved on from DOS to

Enlarge / Half of the upper arm bone of this species can fit comfortably in the palm of a modern human hand. Yousuke Kaifu The discovery of Homo floresiensis, often termed a hobbit, confused a lot of people. Not only was it tiny in stature, but it shared some features with both Homo erectus and

Getty Images | imaginima Illinois has changed its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to dramatically limit the financial penalties faced by companies that illegally obtain or sell biometric identifiers such as eye scans, face scans, fingerprints, and voiceprints. The 2008 law required companies to obtain written consent for the collection or use of biometric data

US workers who work remotely are 27 percent more likely to look forward to doing their job, according to a survey of over 4,400 employees aged 18 and older. The survey from Great Place to Work took place in July 2023, which was “the third year of an ongoing market study of US workplaces,” according

Enlarge / This is the Figure 02, a new humanoid robot that recently tried its hand(s) at assembling BMW chassis in South Carolina. BMW Robots have been working in car factories for decades now, starting with machines performing some welds on a General Motors production line back in 1961. Now, robots work alongside people on

Doesn’t CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site? That’s what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike. Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever

Enlarge / It’s a tale as old as, well, time. Aurich Lawson Google’s story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth. The once-beloved startup—with its unofficial “Don’t Be Evil” motto—has instead become a major Internet monopolist, as a federal judge ruled on Monday, dominating the market