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BetaNews |
Meta is rolling out improvements to the Instagram Reels Camera Instagram users are in line for a better Reels experience thanks to a number of newly unveiled camera experiences. There is quite a lot to explore here, but perhaps the most significant change is the option of posting videos up to 20 minutes in length. The word “creator” is bandied about quite liberally in Instagram’s announcement, giving you a good idea of where the new improvements are to be found right from the start. That said, the new features and options are not really limited to tha...
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The Register |
UK Covid-19 Inquiry finds early pandemic surveillance was weeks out of date Lack of effective data flows and reduced scientific investment hampered response During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, it took up to three weeks for confirmed cases to be recorded on the health database used at the time.…
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Mashable! |
DOGE is dead The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been quietly dissolved since the departure of de facto leader Elon Musk in May.
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Napster’s magical mystery investor vanishes Shareholders told that the long-promised billions may never arrive Napster stunned its faithful when an online shareholder meeting on 20 November revealed that the massive investor it had been boasting about since January was unlikely to deliver the cash. Chief executive officer John Acunto told about 700 of the roughly 1,500 shareholders, including staff and former staff, that the mystery punter who was supposed to lob in $3.36 billion at a $12 billion valuation had apparently vanished into th...
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BetaNews |
Microsoft will not release a 2025 diversity report There has been a phase of tech companies releasing diversity reports each year, giving overviews of workforce makeups. Now Microsoft is bucking the trend. Although the company has not said as much, the move is likely a direct response to pressure from the Trump administration. The US president has scrapped large numbers of diversity, equality and inclusion programs across government, and strongly suggested that private companies follow suit. Microsoft has taken the decision not to release a dive...
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Nokia bets big in US Invests billions away from Finland Former rubber boot maker Nokia is chucking billions into the US as it tries to make its networking gear look clever enough for the AI circus. The outfit said it would sink $3.5 billion into domestic research and development focused on mobile, fixed access, IP, optical, and data-centre kit at Nokia Bell Labs in New Jersey. In comparison, another $500 million would keep factories and labs humming in New Jersey, Texas and Pennsylvania. Nokia joins a long queue of...
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VentureBeat |
DeepSeek injects 50% more security bugs when prompted with Chinese political triggers China's DeepSeek-R1 LLM generates up to 50% more insecure code when prompted with politically sensitive inputs such as "Falun Gong," "Uyghurs," or "Tibet," according to new research from CrowdStrike. The latest in a series of discoveries — following Wiz Research's January database exposure, NowSecure's iOS app vulnerabilities, Cisco's 100% jailbreak success rate, and NIST's finding that DeepSeek is 12x more susceptible to agent hijacking
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The Guardian |
Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuanceComedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a little easier, for the moment at least, research on AI suggests.Experts from universities in the UK and Italy have been investigating whether large language models (LLMs) understand puns – and found them wanting. Continue reading...
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Neowin |
Tim Cook will eventually step down as Apple's CEO, but probably not in 2026 John Ternus is the most likely candidate to succeed Tim Cook, but the transition is unlikely to happen in 2026.
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Neowin |
Linux 6.18 is almost here, then work begins on extended 6.19 development cycle Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 6.18-rc7, meaning there is likely just one week left until we get the final version.
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TweakTown News |
Intel's new 'Johnson City' platform supports next-gen Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' CPUs with 650W TDP Intel's next-gen 'Johnson City' platform supports next-gen Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' CPUs with up to 650W TDP, offering up to a rumored 256-core CPUs.Continue reading at TweakTown
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TechPowerUp |
Valve Will Set Steam Machine Price Like a Regular Gaming PC Valve has revealed that its upcoming Steam Machine will carry price tags comparable to standard gaming PCs, explicitly avoiding the loss-leader strategy that console manufacturers have long employed to expand software and service sales. According to company engineers, the device will be priced in line with current PC hardware economics rather than following the subsidized approach that has defined the console market for decades. This decision positions the Steam Machine as a direct rival to conv...
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TechPowerUp |
Chinese CXMT Shows Homegrown DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 Memory Chinese company CXMT has unveiled its first homegrown DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 memory modules at the 2025 China International Semiconductor Expo. These are CXMT's most advanced memory modules, matching the offerings from major South Korean manufacturers like Samsung and SK Hynix, as well as U.S.-based Micron. The expansion of Chinese server infrastructure for traditional computing and AI has been constrained by domestic silicon production capabilities. CXMT's DDR5 memory operates at 8,000 MT/...
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The Register |
Dev's last-day-of-contract code helped to crash app used by 350,000 people Customer signed off and a remaining staffer triggered the mess Who, Me? Welcome to Monday morning and therefore to a new instalment of Who, Me? It's The Register's weekly column that shares your tales of workplace errors and absolution.…
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AppleInsider News |
Save 40% on any Plex Pass with Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals Plex's biggest sale of the year starts now, with a 40% Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount on your choice of a monthly, annual, or lifetime Plex Pass.Save 40% with Plex Pass Black Friday deal - Image credit: PlexBlack Friday week is here, and Plex is kicking off its biggest sale of the year that runs now through Cyber Monday. Save 40% on any Plex Pass plan — with prices starting at $4.19 for your first month. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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The Guardian |
Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO ‘collapse in enforcement activity’ after Afghan data breach Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK’s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as “a collapse in enforcement activity” after the scandal of the Afghan data breach.A total of 73 academics, senior lawyers, data protection experts and organisations including Statewatch and the Good Law Project, have writt...
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The Register |
Cryptology boffins’ association to re-run election after losing encryption key needed to count votes The shoemaker’s children have new friends The International Association for Cryptologic Research will run a second election for new board members and other officers, after it was unable to complete its first poll due to a lost encryption key.…
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TweakTown News |
Intel W890 platform leak: Granite Rapids CPU will compete against AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Intel's new Xeon 654 'Granite Rapids' workstation CPU family offers up to 86C/172T on its new W890 platform, competing with Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs.Continue reading at TweakTown
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Mashable! |
Hurdle hints and answers for November 24, 2025 Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.
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Mashable! |
Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on November 24 See the moon phase expected for November 24, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.
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VentureBeat |
How to avoid becoming an “AI-first” company with zero real AI usage Remember the first time you heard your company was going AI-first?Maybe it came through an all-hands that felt different from the others. The CEO said, “By Q3, every team should have integrated AI into their core workflows,” and the energy in the room (or on the Zoom) shifted. You saw a mix of excitement and anxiety ripple through the crowd.Maybe you were one of the curious ones. Maybe you’d already built a Python script that summarized customer feedback, saving your team three hours every...
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The Register |
OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026 Or maybe even sooner, warns Octave Klaba, as AI sends storage costs soaring The price of some cloud services will have to rise by five to ten percent by mid-2026, maybe sooner, according to Octave Klaba, CEO of French cloud OVH.…
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