Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …
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Google is rolling out a new AI-powered experimental feature in Google Translate designed to help people practice and learn a new language, the company announced on Tuesday. Translate is also gaining new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real time with a person speaking a different language. The new language practice feature is designed for both beginners …
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Technology World’s top chipmaker shifts 2-nm tool sourcing as American investment accelerates TSMC plans to start producing chips using 2-nanometer technology, the most advanced in the industry, this year. © Reuters CHENG TING-FANG August 25, 2025 15:00 JST TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is eliminating the use of Chinese chipmaking equipment in its most advanced chip plants to avoid any …
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When it comes to flying, there are certain rules you have to follow. Some examples: Your carry-on luggage must meet your airline’s requirements, you can only bring liquids in containers that accommodate 3.4 ounces or less through security and you have to check in before your flight is scheduled to depart. Now, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is adding some …
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Welcome to another weekly update on quantum computing. The sector continues to advance, with notable progress in finance, security, and hardware research. SoftBank Group (SFTBY) made a major investment in Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT) outlined its quantum-safe roadmap, and a team in Sydney showed a new way to shrink qubit use. Each step adds to the picture of how quantum …
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — August 19, 2025 — Today, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) launched Acrobat Studio, a transformative home for productivity and creativity that unites Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express and AI agents to empower people to quickly, easily and intuitively do their best work. Acrobat Studio transforms PDFs into conversational knowledge hubs that enable people to use customizable AI Assistants to unlock …
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By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -Palo Alto Networks forecast fiscal 2026 revenue and profit above analysts’ estimates on Monday, betting on growing demand for its artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity solutions, sending its shares up 5% in extended trading. The company has been benefiting from an AI-driven upgrade cycle as enterprises accelerate their cloud adoption and modernize security operations amid rising data breach …
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Welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ve had a lot of fun guest-hosting a few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave this summer. If you listened to the last couple of Monday shows, you know I’ve been doing a series with founders who …
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Last year, Google announced it was accelerating Android’s release schedule. In the past, Google typically rolled out a single Android release each year with new APIs for developers. Starting in 2025, however, the company is moving to two such releases annually: one major and one minor. We’ve already received this year’s major release with the stable Android 16 update in …
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Brain cells (artificially coloured) can be infected by a virus carrying the apperatus to correct disease-causing mutations. Credit: Nancy Kedersha/UCLA/Science Photo Library Scientists are closing in on the ability to apply genome editing to a formidable new target: the human brain. In the past two years, a spate of technological advances and promising results in mice have been laying the …
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