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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25461728/STK432_Government__CVirginia_D.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "FBI’s warrantless ‘backdoor’ searches ruled unconstitutional")
Source: The Verge Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these “backdoor” searches violate the…
Source: Venture Beat Phoenix Labs, the maker of Dauntless and Fae Farm, has laid off a majority of its staff two years after it was quietly acquired by blockchain gaming firm Forte. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25623448/DSCF0028.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Now Apple tells us how to update AirPods")
Source: The Verge Apple updated its AirPods firmware support page today with a more detailed step-by-step guide on how to upgrade the AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max with their latest firmware, according to MacRumors. While most Apple devices, like the iPhone or Apple Watch, can start updates in the settings, with the AirPods you…
Source: Venture Beat DeepSeek-R1 can collect and store on servers located in China, but there’s an easy way to circumvent this. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25637669/M10S_front.jpeg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Sony reduces OLED burn-in fears with a three-year warranty on InZone monitors")
Source: The Verge Sony is upping the limited warranty on some InZone gaming monitors to three years and is tossing in OLED burn-in coverage for the 27-inch M10S. The company announced the additional coverage today after launching both the InZone M10S OLED and M9 II LED in September with only one-year limited warranties out of…
Source: Venture Beat Midwest Games, which is focused on indie games in the Midwest and elsewhere, introduced a new service support model, shadow publishing. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25848984/STKB320_DEEPSEEK_AI_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks")
Source: The Verge A chatbot made by Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has rocketed to the top of Apple’s App Store charts in the US this week, dethroning OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app. The eponymous AI assistant is powered by DeepSeek’s open-source models, which the company says can be trained at a…
Source: Venture Beat Ubisoft confirmed that it’s laying off yet more employees and closing its Leamington office as it restructures in Europe. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4232811/pebble1_2040.0.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, with some help from Google")
Source: The Verge Eric Migicovsky still wears his Pebble. Thirteen years after he founded the wearables company and found huge success on Kickstarter, and more than eight years after he sold the company to Fitbit, which was then acquired by Google, Migicovsky’s watch still works. (In case you’re wondering: when I saw him at CES…
Source: Venture Beat For now, ChatGPT remains the better-rounded and more capable product, offering a suite of features that DeepSeek simply cannot match. Read Full Article
