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In Brief 2:30 PM PDT · June 24, 2026 The AI boom has fueled dozens of new startups and minted a new class of billionaires. It has also produced a serious shortage of memory chips — a critical component for compute-hungry AI models — which some predict could persist through 2027. This
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NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay) A large portion of our space coverage stems from the James Webb Space Telescope, but today we're featuring
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Roborock is well known for its line of robot vacuums, but there are a lot of lines to familiarize yourself with if you're trying to learn the brand. There's the Saros series, the Qrevo Curv series, the Qrevo Edge series, and more. But if you'
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Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte (C) attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW June 24, 2026 05:14 PM ET Senate
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The National Network to End Domestic Violence described extensive concerns with the list of potential information the FCC may require collecting. The proposal “asks whether providers should exclude or subject to heightened scrutiny virtual addresses, shared office locations, PO boxes, and mail-forwarding services, and whether providers should rely on customer-characteristic
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Put a cork in it The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out. Most people perceive a cork in a bottle of wine as a simple plug meant to keep the liquid in and the outside world out. In the recent
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The complaint sought class action certification and a jury trial. Instead, the parties reached a settlement agreement in March (PDF). The court preliminarily approved the agreement later that month. A final approval hearing is scheduled for January 14, as first reported this week by local Alabama news outlet AL.com.
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chalk marks It has 205 miles of bare-bones range. The Slate might be inexpensive but the preproduction prototype didn't feel cheap. Credit: Roberto Baldwin LOS ANGELES—Slate Auto has pulled a Disneyland. Let me explain. At Disneyland, if a sign for a ride says the wait is 45
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With evidence that the tools had overlapping infrastructure, company attorneys invoked RICO statutes that target organized crime; the legal action was then able to treat both tools as part of a single conspiracy. As a result, Microsoft said, it disrupted more than 200 command-and-control servers and severed criminal control of
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Backrooms, the recent horror movie mega-hit, is a film replete with ideas about repetition and degradation. Its central theme—the horror of a world that seems to be mindlessly, monstrously, ripping off our own—was regarded in some circles as a critique of generative AI. The idea has clearly struck
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For creative and AI workloads, this is the RTX 5090 PC to get in the sales, with the HP Omen 45L now $2740 (was $3230) at HP. The savings are significant, but the real reason to buy this is the package itself: RTX 5090, Core Ultra 9 285K, HP’s
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In Brief 2:04 PM PDT · June 24, 2026 When it comes to securing accounts against hackers, passkeys are now widely considered the gold standard. And yet they are still not offered by one in four major apps and services on the internet, including Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify. Those stats
