European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries
Sleek slabs could soon be a thing of the past
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Music publishers sue Twitter for $250 million over copyright infringement claims
They cite Musk's description of DMCA as a "plague on humanity"
Godfather of AI says warnings that it's a threat to humanity are "ridiculous," job losses won't be permanent
Some rare optimism regarding AI's future
Jack Dorsey says India threatened to shut down Twitter, raid employees' homes
The Indian government denies the claims
Paul McCartney says All You Need is AI to make one "final" Beatles song
Not much is known about the song other than it was a John Lennon recording on a "ropey" cassette tape
Digital dust: Most Americans don't clean out their camera roll
The average American has more than 3,100 pics and videos stored on their phone
Larry Ellison passes Bill Gates to become world's fourth richest person
The highest ranking ever for Oracle's founder
The first official Atari 2600 cartridge in over 30 years is on its way
Mr. Run and Jump is also coming to modern consoles and PC
Using AI all day could make you drink more, sleep less, and extra lonely
Assuming it doesn't steal your job
AI is polluting the Internet, so one writer bought a physical encyclopedia set instead
Physical encyclopedias are still in demand
30 Years of Civilization - Conquering Gamers' Free Time
Few games have captured gamers minds and free time quite like Civilization. From its humble beginnings as a turn-based strategy game to an expansive, complex empire builder, this is how Civilization has progressed over the past 30 years.
Universal close to finalizing "big deal" with Nintendo for a Zelda movie, report claims
Nintendo's next big movie could be Zelda
Google warns hybrid workers about attendance, asks remote staff to consider coming back
"There is just no substitute for coming together in person," apparently
Coca-Cola's latest soda takes aim at gamers, tastes like League of Legends XP
Please don't LoL at Coke's newest flavor
An Excel mistake resulted in Austrian political party announcing the wrong leader
A bad day at the office
FBI warns that sextortionists are creating explicit deepfakes from people's social media images
Setting your profile to private might be a good idea
Former intelligence official claims US has retrieved partially and fully intact craft of exotic origin
Has the government been lying all along?
I got to play with the Apple Vision Pro and saw the future of computing. Again.
Editor's take: I was one of the lucky few who got to attend Apple's WWDC keynote presentation in person, and also got to try the new Apple Vision Pro headset for a 25-minute hands-on, er, heads-on demo. The experience was very good – as it certainly should be for a product that's going to cost a whopping $3,499 – but it was also a bit more similar to other devices I've tried over the years than I initially expected it to be.
Cat-themed RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4070 cards with bizarre backstories are a thing now
Not just cats, but intelligent alien cats
PayPal, Venmo and other payment platforms don't provide insurance coverage, US government warns
P2P payment apps are not banks, and users could eventually lose all their money
Switzerland is installing solar panels in train tracks
A small step toward a cleaner, greener future