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iPhone spyware company NSO must pay Meta $167M for WhatsApp attack [U]
The Android and iPhone spyware company NSO has suffered a major defeat in a US court, after a judge ruled that the company must hand over its Pegasus code to Meta. Update: NSO was yesterday ordered to pay Meta more than $167M in damages for the attack....
2025-05-07 11:45
Microsoft reminds us of another big name supporting WSL that you can now use
A few weeks after it actually dropped, Microsoft has reminded everyone you can now use an official build of Fedora 42 on WSL.
2025-05-07 11:41
Fighting Apple cost Epic Games more than $1B; CEO says it was worth it
Epic Games‘ five year legal battle against Apple has cost the developer well over $100M in legal fees alone, and CEO Tim Sweeney says that the total cost has been north of a billion dollars. While Sweeney thinks it was worth it, one high-profile Appl...
2025-05-07 11:38
Ampere sneaks out a 192-core CPU with 12-channel DDR5 memory
Ampere expands lineup of AmpereOne CPUs with AmpereOne M processors featuring a 12-channel DDR5 memory subsystem that can address 3TB of DRAM.
2025-05-07 11:33
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Apple Watch in significant global decline for two years now; new features needed
Global Apple Watch shipments have now been in significant decline for two years, according to a new market intelligence report. The news is made worse by all competing premium smartwatch brands seeing their shipments grow during the same period. The re...
2025-05-07 10:55
Javaforum Malmø – May 2025
Javaforum Malmø – May 2025 The second event of Javaforum Malmø took place this Monday. We were fortunate enough to have Artur Skowroński visit us and talk about JVM in the Age of AI. Those present experienced a fast-paced presentation that gave a ...
2025-05-07 10:55
I went hands-on with dozens of indie games at Gamescom Latam last week — You need to wishlist these 7 titles right now
I went to Gamescom Latam to play several indie games, and seven killer titles from the event stood out so much that I can't stop thinking about them.
2025-05-07 10:22
AMD posts highest Q1 result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind
AMD delivered record-breaking Q1 2025 results driven by strong sales of premium client CPUs, server processors, and AI accelerators, but warned that newly imposed U.S. export restrictions could reduce annual revenue by up to $1.5 billion.
2025-05-07 10:18
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Xbox handheld console from Asus leaks in regulatory photos
Project Kennan, the upcoming Xbox handheld console from Asus, leaked in regulatory photos in all its gaming glory. Read more...
2025-05-07 10:18
The Netflix CEO just appeared in the latest episode of Apple’s hit comedy series
Apple’s hit comedy ‘The Studio’ is making waves across Hollywood for its incisive and hilarious portrayals of all-too common movie biz scenarios, covering topics like the excessive use of ‘I.P.’, keeping overzealous directors in check, and th...
2025-05-07 10:00
AI taught to analyze Windows crash dumps, released to open source — 'like going from hunting with a stone spear to using a guided missile'
Brings crash dump analysis into the AI era by integrating GitHub Copilot with WinDBG.
2025-05-07 10:00
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"Are we all doomed?" — Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman warns that AI is coming for all of our jobs, just as Bill Gates predicted
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman claims AI is coming for all jobs, including his own, recommending upskilling to remain relevant in an AI-driven job market.
2025-05-07 09:46
OpenAI plays into Elon Musk's hands, ditching for-profit plan — but Sam Altman doesn't have Microsoft's blessing yet
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared an open letter announcing that the firm's non-profit business will retain control over the for-profit side.
2025-05-07 09:24
Gmail to drop support for 'outdated' 3DES encryption in incoming SMTP connections
3DES has been around since 1978, but today, it's considered far less secure than modern standards. Google apps such as Chrome have already dropped support, and now Gmail is following suit. Read more...
2025-05-07 09:10
Technical debt is just an excuse
We need to stop using the term “technical debt” as an excuse. Ward Cunningham coined the term and gave it a precise meaning. For Cunningham, technical debt was a conscious decision. The development team, while realizing that there is a better, mo...
2025-05-07 09:00
8 ways to do more with modern JavaScript
JavaScript is an incredibly durable, versatile, and capable language, and often provides everything you need right out of the box. The foundation for success is knowing the full expanse of what JavaScript offers and how to leverage it in your programs...
2025-05-07 09:00
How to gracefully migrate your JavaScript programs to TypeScript
TypeScript is a variant of JavaScript that provides strong type information, a powerful development tool that minimizes bugs and makes JavaScript programs easier to build in enterprise settings. TypeScript runs wherever JavaScript does and compiles to...
2025-05-07 09:00
Microsoft testing another Windows 11 Start menu Search change that users already hate
Microsoft is testing a new change in the Windows 11 Start menu Search and users are not a fan of it at all. Read more...
2025-05-07 08:08
TDE’s Qt 3 fork drops the 3
The Trinity Desktop Environment, the continuation of the final KDE 3.x release updated and maintained for modern times, consists of more than just the KDE bits you may think of. The project also maintains a fork of Qt 3 called TQt3, which it obviously ...
2025-05-07 08:07
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