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May 27, 2024
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WIRED

Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly
“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.
CBS News

Best Memorial Day TV deals at Target
Best TV deals available right now at Target · Samsung 65″ Crystal UHD 4K smart TV: $400 (save $130) · Samsung 55″ Frame 4K smart TV: $1,400 (save $100) · TCL 32″ Class S3 1080p LED smart TV: $140 (save $20) · Samsung 85″ Q60D QLED smart TV: $2,200 ($100 off).
Inc.com

Spotify Kills ‘Car Thing’ Music Player, Tells Customers to Throw Them Away
The small hardware device was designed to be a sort of basic, but modern-day update of the MP3 player, streaming all your favorite audio content over the airwaves, through your car’s sound system. It turned out it was as weird as its name and it didn’t go …
Samsung Global Newsroom

Samsung’s 2024 AI-Powered TV and Soundbar Lineup Impresses Reviewers
Reviewers worldwide were given early access to Samsung’s newest products and it is apparent that the 2024 lineup is generating excitement among industry professionals. △Samsung’s 2024 Neo QLED 8K, Neo QLED 4K and …
Colorado Rapids

Roster Notes | Colorado Rapids 2 vs. MNUFC2
Adam Beaudry, Steve Flores, Michael Edwards, Nate Jones, Jackson Travis, Jasper Löffelsend, Marlon Vargas ©, Daouda Amadou, Noah Strellnauer, Darren Yapi, Jonathan Lewis. Substitutes. Robinson Aguirre, Ethan Bandré, Ricardo Peña, Joshua Belluz, …
The Sydney Morning Herald

Cats on the moon? Google’s AI tool is producing misleading responses that have experts worried
None of this is true. Similar errors — some funny, others harmful falsehoods — have been shared on social media since Google this month unleashed AI overviews, a makeover of its search page that frequently puts the summaries on top of search results.
NDTV

Charge your laptop in a minute or your EV in 10? Supercapacitors can help
Date: May 24, 2024; Source: University of Colorado at Boulder; Summary: Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes. New research could lead to such advances. Share:.
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Active Exploitation of High-Severity Vulnerability in Google Chrome
There have been reports of active exploitation of a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-4947) affecting Google Chrome. The vulnerability is caused by a Type Confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine and also affects other Chromium-based browsers, …
CNET

Best Memorial Day Home Security Sales: Upgrade Doorbell, Cameras and Locks for Less
Thankfully, many of the most popular security devices are on sale now for Memorial Day. We found the best deals on smart locks, cameras, doorbells and more so you can feel reassured knowing you have some control of the safety of your home, even when you’re …
The New York Times

Musk’s AI Firm Raises $6 Billion in Race with Rivals
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, said on Sunday that it has raised $6 billion, helping to close the funding gap with OpenAI, Anthropic and other rivals in the red-hot industry. The funds would be used “to take xAI’s first products to …