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WTF?! The endlessly beleaguered facial recognition company Clearview AI is making news again. However, it’s not over the startup’s image scraping practices, which are questionable at best. This time, the company is attempting to keep itself out of bankruptcy by offering millions of plaintiffs in a privacy class action a stake in the company worth […]

Forward-looking: As consumers and hardware manufacturers adapt to PCIe 5.0, the connection standard’s regulatory body is preparing its two successors, PCIe 6.0 and 7.0. Neither was expected to reach end users anytime soon, and new roadblocks have delayed their implementation by a year. The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) recently provided an update on the

Overview: Qualcomm chips powering the lineup of Copilot+ PCs that Microsoft has heavily promoted are based on designs that Arm claims Qualcomm does not have the rights to use. Amid its lawsuit, Arm stated that it wanted to halt the impending shipments of numerous notebooks, but Qualcomm disputes the complaint. The Copilot+ PCs will likely

Overflowing with games: During routine inspection of passengers at the Liantang Port in Shenzhen, China, customs agents noticed a woman that seemed unusually nervous. Upon closer inspection, they observed abnormal behavior and even thought her “look and attitude were not innocent.” The passenger was also well endowed – so much so that one customs official

Facepalm: After weeks of anger and outcry, Microsoft has decided to postpone the upcoming release of its controversial Recall feature. The auto-screenshotting tool was supposed to arrive on June 18 alongside the launch of the Copilot+ PCs. Now, its availability will be limited to Windows Insiders, at least for the time being. There has been

In brief: Building a PC can be complex and intimidating, but it allows savvy customers to save money and learn more about how PCs work. Soon, two companies will collaborate to give school-aged children an early start on grasping the basics of PC building. Starting July 26, a Tokyo children’s amusement center will offer an

Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things. It can also be about adventuring with friends or watching the sunrise over a blocky ocean. It’s pretty. Brave players battle terrible things

In a nutshell: Like other tech giants, Google is trying to integrate its new AI language models across its products and services, including its ChromeOS desktop operating system. Although the process will be gradual, Google plans to use Android as a pathway to embed AI into ChromeOS’s foundations. Google recently announced plans to integrate the

In a nutshell: Japan’s parliament has passed new legislation aimed at increasing competition in the tech industry by requiring companies like Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores on their platforms. This move follows the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which compelled Apple to permit alternative app distribution platforms on iOS in Europe.

What just happened? A discovery has been made within an ancient volcano in Europe that has major implications not just for the continent’s renewable energies industry, but also for the EU’s goal of lessening its reliance on China for rare earth deposits. Norwegian mining company Rare Earths Norway (REN) announced that after three years of