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  1. Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not

    The "AI mouse" is just the start.

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  2. HMD’s first self-branded phones are all under $200

    HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too.

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  3. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, overhauls its installation and app experience

    Plus Raspberry Pi 5 support, better laptop power, and lots of other changes.

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  4. Qualcomm says lower-end Snapdragon X Plus chips can still outrun Apple’s M3

    Same NPU, same architecture as X Elite, but fewer cores and lower clock speeds.

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  5. Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

    Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.

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  6. Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

    Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."

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  7. A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists

    Polestar normally makes electric cars, but now it's releasing a phone.

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  8. 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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  9. Is the Arm version of Windows ready for its close-up?

    Checking back in with Windows 11 on Arm on the eve of the Snapdragon X Elite.

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  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. 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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  3. Meta debuts Horizon OS, with Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft on board

    Rivalry with Apple now mirrors the Android/iOS competition more than ever.

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  4. First real-life Pixel 9 Pro pictures leak, and it has 16GB of RAM

    With 16GB of RAM, there's lot of room for Google's AI models to live in memory.

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  5. Home Assistant has a new foundation and a goal to become a consumer brand

    Can a non-profit foundation get Home Assistant to the point of Home Depot boxes?

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  6. Apple reportedly plans M4 Mac mini for late 2024 or early 2025, skipping the M3

    But this would be a faster turnaround time than we saw for the M3 or the M2.

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  7. After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

    Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.

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  8. Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs

    Interested in gadgets with premium displays? QDEL should be on your radar.

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  9. CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot

    New CNN head thinks CNN+ "was abandoned rather briskly." 

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  10. Huawei phone has a pop-out camera lens, just like a point-and-shoot camera

    The retractable camera lens works like a mini point-and-shoot!

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  11. Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

    Accounts with stored payment information went for as little as $0.50 each.

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  12. Prime Video looking to fix “extremely sloppy mistakes” in library, report says

    Business Insider reports of inaccuracy concerns that could hurt viewership.

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  1. Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

    Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.

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  2. Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate

    Google's almost uncountable number of layoffs continues.

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  3. This app tries to do what Apple couldn’t: Multiple Mac monitors on Vision Pro

    New "Splitscreen" app works around the limitations, but it's not perfect.

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  4. Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen

    All-electric, 360° joints give the new Atlas plenty of inhuman movements.

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  5. Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

    Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

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  6. Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap

    One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.

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  7. The lines between streaming and cable continue to blur

    Disney+ to offer 24/7 channels to play Star Wars content, commercials.

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  8. YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked

    Google would really like it if everyone just paid for YouTube Premium instead.

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  9. The Pixel 9 reportedly gears up for satellite SOS support

    No one wants to build an Android satellite phone, so Google is going to do it.

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  10. Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

    New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list.

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  11. SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025

    For media pros' cameras and laptops.

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  12. The DiskMantler violently shakes hard drives for better rare-earth recovery

    A nifty HDD disassembly tool, sure, but we also have a larger global need for magnets.

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