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Amazon kills remote working, tells workers to be in office 5 days a week
Enlarge / Amazon fulfillment center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Getty Images | 4kodiak) Amazon has told staff they must return to the office five days a week from the start of next year, one of the...
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TCL accused of selling quantum dot TVs without actual quantum dots
Enlarge / TCL's C655 Pro TV is advertised as a quantum dot Mini LED TV. (credit: TCL) TCL has come under scrutiny this month after testing that claimed to examine three TCL TVs marketed as quantum dot...
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Apple pauses iPadOS 18 rollout for M4 iPad Pro after bricking complaints
Enlarge / iPads running iPadOS 18. (credit: Apple) Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pros. The company has stopped signing the update for these iPads,...
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Bricked iPhones 16 feature wireless recovery mode for phone-to-phone...
Enlarge / The iPhone 16. (credit: Apple) If you've ever had an iPhone update go bad, you may have used recovery mode to resuscitate your device. A device booted into recovery mode can't do anything by...
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Amazon “tricks” customers into buying Fire TVs with false sales prices: Lawsuit
Enlarge / A promotional image for Amazon's 4-Series Fire TVs. (credit: Amazon) A lawsuit is seeking to penalize Amazon for allegedly providing "fake list prices and purported discounts" to mislead...
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Patents for software and genetic code could be revived by two bills in Congress
Enlarge / An image from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where in 1874, the newest thing was not software or genetic compositions, but shutter fastenings from H.L. Norton. (credit: Andrew...
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30th-anniversary limited-run PS5 and PS5 Pro bring back mid-’90s gray plastic
The PS5 Pro version of the 30th anniversary bundle comes with both varieties of DualSense controller, a plate for an (optional) optical drive, and other accessories. [credit: Sony ] Sony launched the...
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Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate
Enlarge / Cutting metal with lasers is hard, but even harder when you don't know the worst-case timings of your code. (credit: Getty Images) As is so often the case, a notable change in an upcoming...
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Fitbit users struggle with “very frustrating” app bugs for months
Enlarge / Fitbit's Charge 6. (credit: Google) Users of Fitbit’s iOS and Android apps have been reporting problems with the apps' ability to sync and collect and display accurate data. Some have been...
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Microsoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows apps
Enlarge / The Windows App runs on Windows, but also macOS, iOS/iPadOS, web browsers, and Android. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft announced today that it's releasing a new app called Windows App as an...
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Re-opened Three Mile Island will power AI data centers under new deal
Enlarge / The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011, in Middletown, Penn. (credit: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) Microsoft and Constellation Energy have...
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Ars is seeking a seasoned senior reporter for all things Google
Enlarge / If you get hired for this position, you'll be provided an assistant. It's this guy. This guy is your assistant. His name is "Googly." Update: We've resurfaced this posting one more time to...
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“A total lump of… ”: Customer frustration as ISP’s smart TVs won’t turn on
Enlarge (credit: Sky) Hundreds of owners of smart TVs and streaming devices from United Kingdom telecom Sky reported that their hardware stopped powering on Thursday. Sky hasn't confirmed the cause of...
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Anker warns people to stop using some of its iPhone power banks, issues recall
Enlarge / An Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K) on an iPhone. (credit: Anker) Anker is recalling three models of MagSafe iPhone batteries due to a fire risk, it said yesterday. The models being...
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Reviewing iOS 18 for power users: Control Center, iCloud, and more
Enlarge / Control Center has a whole new customization interface. (credit: Samuel Axon) iOS 18 launched this week, and while its flagship feature (Apple Intelligence) is still forthcoming, the new OS...
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Tandem OLED is OLED’s latest weapon in holding off MicroLED, QDEL
Enlarge / Like a Tandem bicycle, Tandem OLED doubles certain components for exciting momentum. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Tandem OLED has been around for years, but Apple made the...
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Sonos workers shed light on why the app update went so horribly
Enlarge (credit: Sonos) In May, Sonos updated its mobile app—to the dismay of many users. With missing features and bugs, customers complained about a loss of functionality and hardware not working...
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Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004
Enlarge / A photo of Dmitry Grinberg's custom Linux/4004 circuit board. (credit: Dmitry Grinberg) Hardware hacker Dmitry Grinberg recently achieved what might sound impossible: booting Linux on the...
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10 long years with—and good riddance to—Apple’s iPhone 6 design
Enlarge / The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the first iteration of a very, very long-lived phone design. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) This past weekend, I said goodbye to Apple’s 4.7-inch iPhone 6 design after...
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Huawei laptop teardown shows China’s steps toward tech self-sufficiency
Enlarge (credit: FT) China’s demand that the public sector step up use of domestic semiconductors can best be seen within Huawei’s Qingyun L540 laptop. The “safe and reliable” device features a...
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