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Google ordered to let publishers in UK opt out of AI search summaries

Rob Thubron — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 06:58 -0500

The CMA says Google must introduce tools that let publishers opt out of having their content used to power AI features in Search, including AI Overviews.

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The MacBook Neo outsold the MacBook Air in its first three weeks

Skye Jacobs — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 06:15 -0500

Apple shipped about 1.1 million MacBook Neo units in the March quarter, according to IDC figures. That number would be strong on its own, but the timing makes it stand out. The Neo only went on sale in mid-March, leaving it roughly three weeks of availability in the quarter. Even...

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ILL's full trailer is packed with zombie baby-punching, eye-gouging, and ultra-realistic body horror

Rob Thubron — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 05:16 -0500

Teasers showing snippets of ILL have been on YouTube for a while now; the concept trailers first arrived online in 2021. The full trailer was finally unveiled at the Sony State of Play showcase yesterday.

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Intel's upcoming LGA 1954 socket reportedly supports Nova Lake, Razor Lake, and possibly beyond

Daniel Sims — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:51 -0500

Prominent leaker Jaykihn has claimed that Intel's upcoming LGA 1954 socket will support not only Nova Lake processors, but also Razor Lake – its direct successor – and possibly the generation after that as well. The claim reinforces an earlier report from another leaker and aligns with vague public comments from Intel itself.

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Windows 11 may soon let you uninstall the AI models Microsoft keeps installing on your PC

Kishalaya Kundu — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:28 -0500

Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8553 rolled out last week with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Notable changes include expanded customization options for the Start menu, improved Search with substring matching, and support for touch swipe gestures to reveal the Taskbar when it is docked in an...

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Intel launches Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest with 288 E-cores on 18A node, teases Diamond Rapids for 2027

Skye Jacobs — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 13:40 -0500

In the near term, Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest is the part that matters. Formerly known simply as Clearwater Forest, the family uses only E-cores and scales up to 288 Darkmont cores per socket, along with 576 MB of L3 cache.

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Proton Mail now lets you send email from your Gmail address

Alfonso Maruccia — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:57 -0500

Proton Mail has introduced a new way for Gmail users to switch to its hosted email service. The company is making it easier for people to leave Gmail by adding an option to send and receive emails using a Gmail address directly within Proton Mail. Proton argues that users should...

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Asus ROG Ally X20 goes OLED, but the mandatory AR glasses kill the bundle

Skye Jacobs — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:16 -0500

The most immediate change is the screen. The ROG Xbox Ally X20 replaces the 7-inch LCD found in the current model with a 7.4-inch OLED panel. On paper, this is a modest increase in size, but the technical upgrade is more meaningful. Asus says the display reaches 1,400 nits of...

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Gabe Newell says Steam doesn't pressure developers on pricing, emails suggest otherwise

Daniel Sims — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 10:32 -0500

According to transcripts recently obtained by Bloomberg, Valve CEO Gabe Newell told lawyers in 2023 that the company does not pressure developers to synchronize prices on Steam and other storefronts. However, emails revealed as part of a lawsuit suggest that Valve previously exerted exactly that kind of pressure on Warner...

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A startup is using AI to find lithium deposits directly beneath Europe's battery factories

Skye Jacobs — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 09:51 -0500

Using historical geological data and AI-driven analysis, the company identified prospective lithium-bearing areas spanning roughly 1.5 million acres around Salzgitter and Wroclaw. Both regions are home to major battery manufacturing facilities, including a plant linked to Volkswagen's battery subsidiary and another operated by LG Energy Solution.

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Nvidia brings back the RTX 3060 12GB for $350 as GPU market gets weird again

Rob Thubron — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 09:13 -0500

Claims that Nvidia could restart production of the incredibly popular RTX 3060 12GB first surfaced in January. The card was originally discontinued in 2024 and it's believed that all warehouse inventory was depleted in December 2025, but RAMageddon has caused huge disruption to graphics card supply, especially those that use...

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Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in test of who is liable for AI harms

Skye Jacobs — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 08:47 -0500

"Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman," said Uthmeier. "OpenAI and Altman ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of Floridians."

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China's military obtained Nvidia chips despite US export controls, report claims

Rob Thubron — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 08:19 -0500

According to The New York Times, business-intelligence firm Wirescreen reviewed public Chinese procurement documents and found repeated efforts by units tied to the People's Liberation Army to buy Nvidia hardware.

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Hackers tricked Meta's AI chatbot into handing over Instagram accounts, including Obama's

Daniel Sims — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:51 -0500

According to Telegram chat logs uncovered by 404 Media, hackers had been exploiting Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts since the company introduced it in March. The records coincide with account takeovers involving high-profile figures, including former President Barack Obama and Space Force chief John Bentivegna.

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Dashlane users locked out after brute-force attacks target password manager accounts

Rob Thubron — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:22 -0500

The trouble began on Sunday, May 31, when Dashlane users started reporting suspension emails and login problems. Some said they were suddenly unable to access their vaults, while others received messages warning that someone had tried to register a new device using their account.

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Former Tesla employees say full self-driving is nowhere near as capable as Elon Musk claims

Skye Jacobs — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 06:54 -0500

Inside a data-labeling office in Utah, hundreds of workers review footage captured by Tesla vehicles running FSD. The videos are used to train the company's neural networks, with staff tagging everything from routine driving behavior to critical failures. Former employees said those clips frequently showed the system making mistakes, including...

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Review: An Awkward Addition to the Lineup

Steven Walton — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 06:06 -0500

The Radeon RX 9070 GRE arrives outside China, but a year-old GPU with 12GB of VRAM and a $550 price tag struggles to justify its place in AMD's increasingly crowded lineup.

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Craigslist founder and Sesame Street's Count von Count team up to fight online scams

Rob Thubron — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 05:15 -0500

Newmark has founded a public service campaign called Take9, which aims to promote habits that help everyday users stay safe online. The latest push is an expansion of the campaign that Craig Newmark Philanthropies launched in 2024 with the Aspen Institute.

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Anthropic files for IPO, joining OpenAI and SpaceX in the race to go public

Julio Franco — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:44 -0500

Anthropic has officially started the process of going public, confidentially submitting a draft registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO. The company did not disclose how many shares it plans to sell or at what price, and said the offering will depend on market...

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elementary OS 8.1 focuses on polish, security, and a smoother Linux desktop

Ivan Franco — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:18 -0500

elementary OS is a polished Linux distribution built on Ubuntu LTS that emphasizes thoughtful design, simplicity, and a distraction-free desktop experience. Version 8.1 makes the Wayland-based Secure Session the default, improving security, touchpad gestures, and display handling. The update also introduces multitasking enhancements, refinements to the software store, improved hardware compatibility, and more.

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Lenovo's Legion Go S handheld gets a steep discount to $549

Ivan Franco — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 16:49 -0500

The Lenovo Legion Go S is currently available for $549, down from its original $729 launch price, making this Windows gaming handheld more competitive against the likes of the Steam Deck and ROG Ally. The Legion Go S combines an 8" 120Hz display with Ryzen Z hardware.

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Asus unveils 3,000W PSU that can power up to four GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:02 -0500

The ROG Thor 3,000W Titanium III Edition 20 is part of this year's celebration of the Republic of Gamers brand, which Asus has used for gaming-focused peripherals and hardware since 2006. The ROG lineup tends to favor a bombastic, show-off style in its product design and marketing, and the newly...

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Meta's AI training effort is capturing employee emails and browsing history, not just mouse clicks

Skye Jacobs — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 14:20 -0500

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters show that the company's Model Capability Initiative (MCI) is collecting interaction data across more than 200 apps and websites. The goal is to train AI systems to perform routine digital tasks autonomously. But exactly what the tool is collecting – and how far that collection...

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Intel Crescent Island data center GPU supports up to 480GB LPDDR5X with 350W air-cooled TDP

Kishalaya Kundu — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 13:06 -0500

At Computex 2026, Intel shared more details about its Crescent Island GPU architecture, noting that it is designed specifically for agentic AI workloads. While conventional AI accelerators from Nvidia and AMD rely on expensive high-bandwidth memory, Intel's new chip uses consumer-oriented LPDDR5X DRAM and is designed to run in air-cooled...

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Zig project leader says AI-generated code contributions are "invariably garbage" and will be rejected

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 12:19 -0500

Andrew Kelley designed the Zig programming language in 2016 and still presides over the non-profit organization responsible for managing the project. In a recent interview on the developer-focused JetBrains podcast, Kelley said AI-based contributions have no value and will be discarded.

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Dell's new XPS 13 starts at $599 and is gunning directly for the MacBook Neo

Skye Jacobs — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 11:37 -0500

The company is launching the laptop at a promotional price of $599 for students as part of a back-to-school offer that runs through September. After that, the starting price will increase to $699. That places it in direct competition with Apple's MacBook Neo, which has already helped define the budget...

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A top economist says there's "zero evidence" AI is killing jobs, despite thousands of actual layoffs

Rob Thubron — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 10:55 -0500

Writing in a post last week titled "Zero Evidence of AI-Related Job Losses," Sløk points to ADP employment data to support his conclusion. The report found that private companies added almost 110,000 people to their payrolls in April.

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This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium

Skye Jacobs — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 10:16 -0500

The work, led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics, centers on a specially treated surface known as superwicking black metal. The material is created by texturing a metal surface with femtosecond laser pulses, altering its structure at microscopic scales. This process gives the surface two key properties:...

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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of RAM

Kishalaya Kundu — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 09:34 -0500

The Surface Laptop Ultra features a standard design, without the more experimental elements seen in earlier Surface devices. That means it does not include a removable display like the Surface Book series, nor an adjustable screen that can be moved forward or backward, as seen in the Surface Laptop Studio.

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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home

Skye Jacobs — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 08:42 -0500

The foundation of the system is its visual model, which Cheng trained on a custom mosquito dataset. To do that, he relied on a DSLR camera with a high-magnification zoom lens, capturing detailed images of mosquitoes for training data. That same camera setup serves as both the training tool and...

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