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Google is getting ready to 'hack back' as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offense
By Nathaniel Mott published
Google is reportedly planning to form a "disruption unit" that will target foreign hackers.

U.S. AI boom is completely upending the electricity market
By Anton Shilov published
The rapid growth of AI data centers is driving up U.S. household power bills as utilities expand the grid to meet their massive, volatile electricity demand.

Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence with a calendar invite
By Nathaniel Mott published
Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence, among other things, with just a calendar invite.

Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and that it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live'
By Mark Tyson published
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'

Tim Cook says Apple is 'very open to M&A that accelerates our road map' for AI'
By Anton Shilov published
Apple is playing catch-up with AI

How to Run a Linux OS on your Chromebook
By Les Pounder published
Running Linux on your Chromebook used to be fraught with hacks and complications, but now we can easily run a Linux virtual machine alongside Google’s cloud based OS.

YouTube is expanding its ad-blocking powers
By Jowi Morales published
YouTube just expanded its ad-blocking capabilities, closing down a few loopholes that Firefox and other ad-blockers used to stop ads.

Google is killing the web with AI Overviews – I made an extension to block them
By Avram Piltch published
Find out how to get rid of AI overviews and other unwanted parts of search.

Musk asserts AI will make search redundant in comment on Google Search share dipping below 90%
By Jowi Morales published
Google Search market share drops below 90% for the first time in a decade, with some experts believing that traditional online search will give way to AI-powered queries.

Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration
By Mark Tyson published
Google is making use of aggressive noncompete clauses and extended notice periods, leaving employees who wish to change track in limbo, claims former GoogDeepMinder Nando de Freitas.
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