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Roku’s autoplay ads on startup are rubbing users the wrong way

Roku is pushing its luck with startup video ads.

Android Central

As DVDs Start to Die, What Options for Old Media Remain?

If you’re a fan of collecting old DVDs, then it might be time to take a look at your collection to see how well they’re holding up. Recent news reports from Ars Technica have revealed that some older DVD titles from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have experienced a type of…

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Physical game media might perish because of the 25% tariffs on imported discs

According to analysts, disc-based games may become prohibitively expensive if currently planned tariffs are enacted.

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NASA employees spared as White House reverses layoffs decision at the last minute, report says

About 1,000 probationary employees avoided dismissal after the Trump administration's U-turn

The Independent UK

Diablo speedrun sleuths proved its 15-year world record was fake after reverse-engineering the game and failing to replicate the run in 2.2 billion possible randomized dungeons

They were thorough.

PC Gamer

Give your Wikipedia rabbit hole deep dives a dollop of dopamine by reading them in an 'anti-algorithm' TikTok-style feed

WikiTok keeps scrollin', scrollin', scrollin'.

PC Gamer

Who is Janet Petro, Trump's pick for acting NASA administrator?

Janet Petro became the first woman to lead NASA on Jan. 20. Here's what we know about U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for head of the space agency.

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‘Get those rocket ships going’: where will Trump’s space odyssey lead Nasa?

Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk have ambitious plans in space. Are they shooting for the moon?

The Guardian - US

Booking.com says typo bug can give strangers access to your whole trip

Typing the wrong email address when using Booking.com could link your vacation to another user’s account.

TechRadar

'I've been waiting over 4 hours in the cold': Zipcar's Black Friday-related car sharing outage left some users locked out of their rides like leg-using chumps

Nothing convenient about that.

PC Gamer

Meta's nuclear-powered AI ambitions appear to have been thwarted by a swarm of bees

'Not the bees!' says Meta, probably.

PC Gamer

San Francisco will spend $212 million to bid 5.25-inch floppy disks goodbye — Muni Metro light rail upgrade represents a $700 million investment

San Francisco's light rail system will soon replace floppy drives.

Tom’s Hardware

Elon Musk's X changes its terms of service to steer user lawsuits towards a Texas court instead of California. Which is fine. Just happens to be a completely different Texas court district to where X is actually headquartered

Also happens to be the district where a judge recently rejected calls to recuse himself from another X/Musk case just because he's a Tesla investor.

PC Gamer

Amazon follows Google's lead to invest in small nuclear reactors, making for a headline that feels dreamt up in the '50s

I'm not really feeling this energy.

PC Gamer

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Software Developer Calls New Apple AI Feature 'Dystopian' After It Brutally Summarizes Breakup Texts from Girlfriend: 'No Longer in a Relationship'

Apple Intelligence broke up with a man via a 10-word summary of his now ex-girlfriend's texts.

PC Gamer

US Dept of Justice claims Google 'corrupted legitimate competition in the ad tech industry by engaging in a systematic campaign to seize control'

The antitrust trial has only just started but the DoJ is already aiming for Google's ad tech jugular

TechRadar

Turns out the ‘death’ of the Control Panel in Windows 11 has been greatly exaggerated, as Microsoft issues a clarification

Want to see the back of the Control Panel? You wouldn’t be alone, but this ancient bit of the Windows interface isn’t going anywhere for now.

Windows Central

Microsoft breaks dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs with security update sent to wrong systems

Some dual-boot devices running Windows and Linux are unable to boot due to an update sent by Microsoft to the wrong systems by accident. Affected computers show an error message stating, "something has gone seriously wrong."

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NASA may send Starliner home without its crew — leaving astronauts stuck in space until 2025

The Crew-9 handover has been delayed amid rumors that NASA could be planning to return the troubled Starliner spacecraft without its astronauts.

TechRadar

Unsurprisingly, workers who are able to work from home are happier at their jobs

Report suggests (again) remote working is good for the soul, but the results could be more accurate in a study that better balances participants.

TechRadar

Google Chrome users, be warned: a long-planned change to browser extensions is coming to fruition that could nuke your ad blocker

Google's new extension platform aims to enhance security and performance, but raises questions over the future of ad blockers in Chrome.

PC Gamer

Hard to believe but Secure Boot BIOS security has been compromised on hundreds of PC models from big brands because firmware engineers used four-letter passwords

Critical encrypted file with mere four-character password to blame.

LiveScience

This AI-powered robot has worked out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just 0.305 seconds

Footage shows the record-breaking TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubik's Cube so fast that it appears to happen in a single move. But in reality, advanced AI is helping it rapidly turn the puzzle's colored panels in an imperceptibly fast sequence.

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iPad mini 7 rumors: Expected price, release date, specs, and more

Rumors are sparse for Apple's next-gen iPad mini 7, but here's what we know so far about this little tablet's possible specs, price, release date, and more.

TechRadar

US government rules financial firms now have to disclose data breaches within 30 days

The first update to the Regulation S-P in more than two decades.

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