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Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support
How does HEVC implementation really work these days?
Scharon Harding
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Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs
Problems with the ground system would have “put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk.”
Stephen Clark
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John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO
Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.
Samuel Axon
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Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer
Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.
Beth Mole
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US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump’s illegal tariffs
Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump’s Supreme Court loss.
Jon Brodkin
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Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs
Problems with the ground system would have “put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk.”
Stephen Clark
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John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO
Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.
Samuel Axon
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140
Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer
Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.
Beth Mole
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US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump’s illegal tariffs
Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump’s Supreme Court loss.
Jon Brodkin
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Here’s how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show
Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record
A humanoid robot’s record half-marathon run shows China’s speed in robotics.
Jeremy Hsu
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Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent
AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.
Ryan Whitwam
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Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen
The future war film, from the director of Moon, is adapted from 2000 AD’s comic series.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Meet Bruce, the “beak-jousting” parrot
Kea parrot missing his upper beak “has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species.”
Jennifer Ouellette
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Anthropic’s Mythos AI model sparks fears of turbocharged hacking
Cyberdefenses could be exposed faster than fixes could be deployed.
Financial Times
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Those who don’t remember the past…
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
Here’s which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.
Dan Goodin
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Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
Blue Origin’s reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn’s upper stage did not.
Stephen Clark
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I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like
The laser was used to study the physics of stellar interiors and fusion energy, among other things.
The Conversation
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Great white sharks are overheating
The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters.
Inside Climate News
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US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by “unfriendly states”
Grinex says needed hacking resources “available exclusively to… unfriendly states.”
Dan Goodin
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Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake”
Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
She’s well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda.
Beth Mole
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$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
Is $20,000–$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows.
Jeremy Hsu
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Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon’s store.
Scharon Harding
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Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer
“The world that was, doesn’t exist. It’s just us, trying to hold onto what was.”
Jennifer Ouellette
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Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
“I’ve been thinking about reentry for three straight years.”
Eric Berger
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Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for “critical components” are surging because of massive data center investments.
Kyle Orland
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Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA’s tentative step toward crew launch
Blue Origin will soon launch the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, this time with a reused booster.
Stephen Clark
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After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars
Europe’s first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
Stephen Clark
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Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon
“The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old.”
Jennifer Ouellette
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Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time
For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down.
Andrew Cunningham
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OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access.
John Timmer
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As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land
“If you had given us the keys to the lander, we would have taken it down.”
Eric Berger
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Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure
New tool builds on deepset’s Haystack toward a “decentralized open source AI ecosystem.”
Kyle Orland
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Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media
FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk’s X.
Jon Brodkin
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New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background
An in-app browser allows visual feedback while building websites and more.
Samuel Axon
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The Ukraine war’s deep impact on Metro 2039’s development, story
Upcoming sequel wants to capture a “uniquely Ukrainian perspective” on the post-apocalypse.
Kyle Orland
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New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone
China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables.
Jeremy Hsu
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Microsoft and Stellantis want to use AI to help car owners
Digital services for brands from Jeep to Peugeot will feel the presence of AI.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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