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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinsons Research Among Scientists Purged .. - Wired - 2/04 8:12 am

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the USs leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.





Aurzen ZIP Projector review: Bringing the mobile to the big screen - Appleinsider - 2/04 8:02 am

The Aurzen ZIP is a pocketable tri-fold projector that makes it easier than ever to bring big-screen entertainment on the go. Aurzen ZIP Projector review There's a lot of tech that has benefited from miniaturization and foldability over the years. I grew up familiar with the convenience of a Nintendo DS, and today people can enjoy the advantages of foldable phones. The Aurzen ZIP successfully applies this design solution to a projector that can fit in your hand, pocket, or bag. Continue Reading ..





Lightmatter says it's ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early .. - Theregister - 2/04 7:57 am

AI accelerators to see the light, literally Lightmatter this week unveiled a pair of silicon photonic interconnects designed to satiate the growing demand for chip-to-chip bandwidth associated with ever-denser AI deployments.





US Senate committee reviews Meta efforts to gain access to Chinese market - Star - 2/04 7:44 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate investigative subcommittee on Tuesday is opening a review into Facebook-parent Meta Platforms' efforts to gain access to the Chinese market and is seeking documents from the company. Read full story





Trump to consider final TikTok proposal on Wednesday, CBS News reports - Star - 2/04 7:36 am

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok, CBS News reported on Tuesday, citing sources, ahead of an April 5 deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a U.S. ban. Read full story





SpaceX and Apple reported spat could spell bad news for Starlink and your .. - Techradar - 2/04 7:30 am

Apple and SpaceX might be feuding over satellite communications which could end badly for everyone.



YouTube Could Be Worth $550 Billion as Analyst Crowns Platform 'New King .. - Slashdot - 2/04 7:30 am

MoffettNathanson has crowned YouTube the "New King of All Media" as the Alphabet-owned video platform has become a major force in Hollywood, dominating time spent watching TV. From a report: The firm estimates that YouTube as a standalone business could be worth as much as $550 billion -- or nearly 30% of the tech giant's current valuation. The figure is based on the firm's analysis of enterprise value as a multiple of revenue in 2024 for Netflix (10.5x revenue), Meta (8.8x), Roku (2.4x), ..





Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok's Chinese owners, FT .. - Star - 2/04 7:27 am

(Reuters) -U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is in discussions to invest in TikTok as part of an effort led by President Donald Trump to gain control of the short-video app from its Chinese owners, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Read full story





Meta's head of AI research to depart in May - Star - 2/04 7:21 am

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' head of artificial intelligence research, Joelle Pineau, plans to leave the company, at a time when the tech giant is aggressively investing and competing in the AI space. Read full story





Exclusive-Outsourcing firm WNS fields takeover interest, sources say - Star - 2/04 7:20 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) -WNS Holdings, a technology outsourcing services firm with a market value of $2.8 billion, is exploring a sale after attracting acquisition interest from potential suitors including Capgemini, according to people familiar with the matter. Read full story





CoreWeave rises above IPO price on third trading day - Star - 2/04 7:20 am

(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup CoreWeave's shares were up 17% at $43.50 on their third day of trading on Tuesday, above their initial public offering price of $40. Read full story





We Tasted the Star Wars Foodie Fun at Disneyland’s Season of the .. - Gizmodo - 2/04 7:00 am

Now through May 11, you can enjoy themed eats and sips inspired by the galaxy far, far away.





Gemini hits back at ChatGPT - Malaymail - 2/04 7:00 am

NEW YORK, April 2 Google has now launched Gemini 2.5 Pro, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to rival Cha...



Mozilla To Launch 'Thunderbird Pro' Paid Services - Slashdot - 2/04 6:50 am

Mozilla plans to introduce a suite of paid professional services for its open- source Thunderbird email client, transforming the application into a comprehensive communication platform. Dubbed "Thunderbird Pro," the package aims to compete with established ecosystems like Gmail and Office 365 while maintaining Mozilla's commitment to open-source software. The Pro tier will include four core services: Thunderbird Appointment for streamlined scheduling, Thunderbird Send for file sharing (reviving ..





Poco C71 runs Geekbench confirming its chipset - Gsmarena - 2/04 6:49 am

The Poco C71 will be launched on April 4 in India via Flipkart, and the brand itself started teasing it yesterday. Today, the device has been spotted in the Geekbench database. The listing has confirmed the fact that it's powered by the Unisoc T7250 SoC, which sort of confirms our theory that it's just a rebranded Redmi A5, since that model uses the same chipset too. The Poco ran Geekbench with 4GB of RAM, and it will also have a 6GB option. It will run Android 15. Flipkart has already revealed ..





Take an early look at how Google Messages will let you join group chats .. - Androidauthority - 2/04 6:34 am

The link-sharing system still isn't ready to go, but we're finally getting our first look at how it could arrive.





Visible users discover they can get a hidden discount if they switch to .. - Phonearena - 2/04 6:30 am

Visible users discover they can get a hidden discount if they switch to one of the new plans



National Security Council adds Gmail to its list of bad decisions - Engadget - 2/04 6:26 am

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. National security advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide of his both used their own accounts to discuss sensitive information with colleagues, according to the Post 's review and interviews with government officials who spoke to the newspaper anonymously. Email is not the best approach for sharing information meant to be kept private. That ..





T-Mobile makes huge sacrifice to bring faster speeds to customers - Phonearena - 2/04 6:25 am

The FCC has approved T-Mobile's purchase of fiber company Lumos but only after it agreed to a condition.





Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025 - Tomshardware - 2/04 6:20 am

Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers.



Donkey Kong Champion Wins Defamation Case Against Australian YouTuber Karl .. - Slashdot - 2/04 6:10 am

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A professional YouTuber in Queensland has been ordered to pay $350,000 plus interest and costs to the former world record score holder for Donkey Kong, after the Brisbane district court found the YouTuber had defamed him "recklessly" with false claims of a link between a lawsuit and another YouTuber's suicide. William "Billy" Mitchell, an American gamer who had held world records in Donkey Kong and Pac- Man going back to 1982, as recognized ..





Security firm Check Point confirms data breach, but says users have .. - Techradar - 2/04 6:10 am

Check Point says the breach is old and known.





Not even Intel's top bosses know what's on CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block - Theregister - 2/04 6:09 am

Chipzilla chief asked customers to be 'brutally honest' ... which will lead to what changes, we wonder Vision Not even Intel's top brass know what's on newly minted CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block.





Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto - Cnbc - 2/04 5:54 am

JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are serving as lead underwriters in Circle's IPO, according to the prospectus.





Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps 1M of Microsoft's money into open .. - Theregister - 2/04 5:52 am

Fulcrum is region's latest challenge to the hyperscalers An alliance of cloud service providers in Europe is investing 1 million into the Fulcrum Project, an open source cloud federation tech that gives an alternative to local customers anxious about using US hypercalers.



Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for .. - Wired - 2/04 5:32 am

Its the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musks DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.



FTC Says 23andMe Purchaser Must Uphold Existing Privacy Policy For Data .. - Slashdot - 2/04 5:30 am

The FTC has warned that any buyer of 23andMe must honor the company's current privacy policy, which ensures consumers retain control over their genetic data and can delete it at will. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson emphasized that such promises must be upheld, given the uniquely sensitive and immutable nature of genetic information. The Record reports: The letter, sent to the DOJ's United States Trustee Program, highlights several assurances 23andMe makes in its privacy policy, including that users ..





Meta’s $1,000 Smartglasses Will Likely Have a Tiny Display and a .. - Gizmodo - 2/04 5:15 am

Meta's 'Hypernova' glasses could cost well over $1,000 and include a tiny display on one lens with its own, tiny app tray.





Now You See Me 3 Finally Has the Best, Most Obvious Title - Gizmodo - 2/04 5:15 am

Now You See Me, Now You Don't is directed by Ruben Fleischer and will be in theaters November 14with a fourth film coming, too.





Chatbooks review: Simply great - Tomsguide - 2/04 5:13 am

Chatbooks combines quality with ease of use but lacks advanced design features for its photo books





Samsung's tri-fold smartphone to only launch in two countries, database .. - Gsmarena - 2/04 5:09 am

Samsung's first tri-fold device (which might be called Galaxy G Fold) has been in the rumors a lot this year, and now it seems like it will get a release later in 2025. That's the good news. The bad news is that it could be limited to just two countries. We've seen this play out before with the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, which only launched in Korea and China last year, and incidentally those are the two countries where the tri-fold will be available too. Samsung tri-fold smartphone in the ..





Mastercard may be in for a fight to stay Apple Card network provider - Appleinsider - 2/04 5:07 am

There's been a quiet battle between banks to be the next Apple Card issuer as Goldman Sachs moves on, but another battle is brewing between networks to take over from Mastercard. Apple Card could go with Visa for payment network Apple is set to move Apple Card from Goldman Sachs at some point soon, but Apple could switch payment networks in the process. Goldman Sachs previously suggested it wanted to rid itself of Apple Card in 12 to 15 months as of November 2023 so the move is past due. ..





First tokamak component installed in a commercial fusion plant - Arstechnica - 2/04 5:05 am

A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators.





OnlyFans Sued by Two Dudes Who Suddenly Realized They May Not Be Chatting .. - Gizmodo - 2/04 5:05 am

Two guys from Illinois just learned the terrible truth.



How we built the new family of Gemini Robotics models - Blog - 2/04 5:00 am

Robots powered by Gemini Robotics models can learn complex actions like preparing salads and even folding an origami fox.





ZeniMax workers vote to strike over Microsoft negotiations - Venturebeat - 2/04 4:59 am

ZeniMax Workers United voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike over contract negotiations with parent company Microsoft.





Apple iPhone XR, XS and XS Max to miss out on iOS 19 update - Gizchina - 2/04 4:55 am

Later this year, specifically in June, Apple will hold its developer conference, where it will unveil a couple of current trends in the company. However, ... The post Apple iPhone XR, XS and XS Max to miss out on iOS 19 update appeared first on Gizchina.com .





Arkansas Judge Kills Social Media Age Verification Law, Says It Violates .. - Gizmodo - 2/04 4:50 am

Arkansas takes a hatchet to adults and minors protected speech alike though the Constitution demands it use a scalpel, the judge said.



Arkansas Social Media Age Verification Law Blocked By Federal Judge - Slashdot - 2/04 4:50 am

A federal judge struck down Arkansas' Social Media Safety Act, ruling it unconstitutional for broadly restricting both adult and minor speech and imposing vague requirements on platforms. Engadget reports: In a ruling (PDF), Judge Timothy Brooks said that the law, known as Act 689 (PDF), was overly broad. "Act 689 is a content-based restriction on speech, and it is not targeted to address the harms the State has identified," Brooks wrote in his decision. "Arkansas takes a hatchet to adults' and ..




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Putra Heights fire: Insurance firms ease claims process - NST
KUALA LUMPUR: Two insurers have stepped forward to offer assistance to their customers affected by yesterdays gas pipeline fire in Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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Lebuh Raya Karak sesak, perantau beransur pulang ke .. - Kosmo
PETALING JAYA – Aliran trafik di beberapa lebuh raya utama dilaporkan sesak teruk susulan anak perantau mula pulang ke kota raya selepas dua hari meraikan Aidilfitri. Menerusi tinjauan Kosmo! di televisyen litar tertutup Lembaga Lebuh Raya Malaysia, trafik perlahan di Lebuh Raya Kuala ..
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Apple enables RCS messaging for Google Fi subscribers .. - Arstechnica
Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases.
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At least 322 children killed since Israel's new Gaza .. - BBC
Since the war began, more than 15,000 children have reportedly been killed, the agency says.
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Aston Martin Valhalla nears production after final .. - Carsifu
LONDON: Aston Martin has released official on-road imagery of Valhalla on Monday, showing the new model undergoing final validation sign-off both on-road in the UK and on-track near Barcelona, before the start of production in Q2 2025. The Valhalla is currently undergoing dynamic calibration and ..