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2025-04-18

Google "could face breakup" after being found guilty of having illegal ad tech monopolies

Google has been found guilty of antitrust law violation with regards to its ads market monopolization – and the consequences could be major. [...]

Destination

2025-04-18

Ask Engadget: How do I keep my electronics from dying when I travel?

Q: I’m traveling soon and plan to bring all the devices I usually use, including my smartphone, tablet and laptop. What should I buy to keep everything charged? <br /> A: If you’re traveling domestically, one large and one small power bank plus a foldable charging stati [...]

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2025-04-18

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash gives you speed when you need it and reasoning when you can afford it

Google has released an early preview of Gemini 2.5 Flash, a faster, more flexible version of its lightweight AI model.<br /> The article Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash gives you speed when you need it and reasoning when you can afford it appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]

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2025-04-18

The Morning After: Crosswalks are being hacked to imitate tech billionaires

Welcome to your Friday edition of TMA. It’s a public holiday where I’m from, so it’s a shorter briefing than usual. Barring a barrage of new cars (tariffs? shh!) revealed at the New York International Auto Show, it’s been a relatively quiet week, but not without a bit of [...]

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2025-04-18

Safety assessments show that OpenAI's o3 is probably the company's riskiest AI model to date

OpenAI's new language model o3 shows concrete signs of deception, manipulation and sabotage behavior for the first time. External auditors warn that conventional tests are no longer sufficient to reliably detect such capabilities.<br /> The article Safety assessments s [...]

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2025-04-18

A critical Erlang/OTP security flaw is "surprisingly easy" to exploit, experts warn - so patch now

A 10/10 bug in the library can trigger RCE, but a patch is already available. [...]

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2025-04-18

ILM has made a Star Wars mixed reality experience for Meta Quest

After announcing it last month, ILM has revealed more details of its mixed reality "playset" called Star Wars: Beyond Victory for Meta Quest headsets. At its Star Wars Celebration 2025 in San Francisco, ILM released a new video that shows some gameplay and gives a taste [...]

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2025-04-18

Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up

A Falcon 9 core has now launched as many times as there are Merlins on a Falcon Heavy. [...]

Destination

2025-04-18

HP agrees million-dollar settlement over "false advertising" on PCs, keyboards

HP will pay $4 million settlement following lawsuit. [...]