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Why the US wants to protect Iran’s oil and gas
Waste gases are burned off on the South Pars gas field in Assalooyeh on Iran's Persian Gulf coast, on August 23, 2016. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Trump administration’s...
The White House proposes new AI policy framework that supersedes state laws
The White House has announced a new AI policy framework that calls for Congress to craft federal regulation that overrules state AI laws. The Trump administration has made multiple attempts to...
A new Nintendo Switch 2 could be the poster child for replaceable batteries
Nintendo plans to release a Switch 2 revision in the European Union that will let users replace their own batteries, Nikkei reports. The current version of the Switch 2 has a glued-in battery. But...
Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames
Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro, told Digital Foundry that ML-based frame generation tech is coming to "PlayStation platforms" in the future, letting the game console...
Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar
It's taken almost five years, but Microsoft is finally bringing back the ability to move the Windows taskbar to the top or sides of your screen. The movable taskbar is part of some much bigger...
Microsoft is ending the Windows Update nightmare — and letting you pause them indefinitely
In 2015, Microsoft decided that you shouldn't be in control of updating your PC anymore. At first, it seemed like a good idea to keep malware at bay - but soon, users discovered their computers were...
This is Microsoft’s plan to fix Windows 11
Microsoft has faced a breakdown of trust in Windows 11 and a backlash over AI additions to its operating system in recent months. After promising to rebuild trust in Windows earlier this year,...
Three people have been charged with illegally exporting NVIDIA GPUs to China
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has charged three people with illegally exporting NVIDIA GPUs to China in violation of the Export Control Reform Act. NVIDIA's chips...
Here’s how not to leak military information with your Strava run
A French officer recently leaked the location of an aircraft carrier because of a run on the sports app Strava. This is not the first time this has happened, as the app tracks location data. It was...
Are team sports the secret to living longer?
The Granny Basketball League is more than just a retiree’s sport. In 2005, Barb Trammell gathered some friends for a charity basketball game to raise money for an old historic building in Lansing,...