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New iPhone 17 Pro leak claims to show Dynamic Island redesign

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-14 23:52:45

One of the oldest iPhone 17 Pro rumors has just reappeared: Apple may be shrinking the Dynamic Island this year after all, but only on the Pro and Pro Max. Here’s what that might look like per the latest leak. Smaller Dynamic Island shown on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max renders Apple is about to reveal full details on its entire iPhone 17 lineup. But for a few more days, we’re left with rumors and leaks. The latest leak comes from the account that_one_g3 on X, who posted images depicting a small

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Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-14 23:31:03

Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. For everyone else, a yearly Microsoft 365 Personal subscription costs $99.99. It provides ransomware protection for photos and files stored on OneDrive, 1 TB of secure cloud storage, and can be used on up to five devices simultaneously. As Microsoft President Brad Smith also revealed yesterday, students who claim their free subscription can also receive a 50

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Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-15 07:15:46

In the era of vibe coding, when even professionals are pawning off their programming work on AI tools, Microsoft is throwing it all the way back to the language that launched a billion devices. On Wednesday, the company announced that it would make the source code for Microsoft BASIC for the 6502 Version 1.1 publicly available and open-source. The code is now uploaded to GitHub under an MIT license (with a cheeky commit time stamp of “48 years ago”). Microsoft called the code—written by the com

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Rocket Report: Neutron’s pad opens for business; SpaceX gets Falcon 9 green light

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-15 16:00:13

Welcome to Edition 8.09 of the Rocket Report! The biggest news of the week happened inside the Beltway rather than on a launch pad somewhere. In Washington, DC, Congress has pushed back on the Trump administration's plan to stop flying the Space Launch System rocket after Artemis III. Congress made it clear that it wants to keep the booster in business for a long time. The big question now is whether the Trump White House will blink. As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't wa

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Xbox engineer brings Windows Mixed Reality headsets back to life

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-15 15:28:48

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Windows Mixed Reality headsets were left in a non-functional state last year, after Microsoft suddenly discontinued the platform with its 24H2 update to Windows 11. Now, an Xbox engineer at Microsoft is bringing these headsets back to life, thanks to a new driver that enables SteamVR suppor

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Microsoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a year

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-15 16:14:40

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is giving away Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions to all US college students. This subscription gives students free access to Microsoft’s Office apps and the Copilot AI assistant integration for a year, after which the students are eligible for a 50 percent discount to continue

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OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft’s LinkedIn

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-15 17:38:11

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. OpenAI has announced it is developing an AI-centered jobs platform as part of broader efforts to expand AI literacy, and as the company grows its consumer and business-facing AI applications. The ChatGPT maker's "OpenAI Jobs Platform" will utilize AI to help connect qualified job candidates to companies, whic

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Trump warns ‘fairly substantial’ chip tariffs are coming; signals Apple, others will be safe

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-15 18:16:02

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., and U.S. President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Sept. 4, 2025. President Donald Trump has reiterated a warning that he will soon impose "fairly substantial" tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do not shift production to the U.S., but will spare firms like Apple that expand investments domestically. Trump made the comments Th

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MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-16 07:24:02

Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. If, like my ZDNET colleague David Gerwitz and I, you were tinkering with computers in 1975, you badly wanted an MITS Altair 8080 computer, the first PC. To build software on it, most of us used Altair BASIC. A pair of

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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-16 18:56:13

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through custom adaptations. The company posted 6,955 lines of assembly language code to GitHub under an MIT license, allowing anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the code that helped launch the personal computer revolution. "Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the

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Microsoft is about to shake up its Copilot pricing for businesses

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-16 23:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s no secret that Microsoft has been struggling to sell its Copilot AI assistant to businesses. The steep pricing has put many businesses off paying extra for Microsoft’s AI services, especially when OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been gaining traction in the all-important enterprise market. Micros

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It’s Possible to Remove the Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water. Will It Happen?

wired.com Molly Taft 2025-10-17 03:05:14

A new study finds that technologies installed to remove forever chemicals from drinking water are also doing double-duty by removing harmful other materials—including some substances that have been linked to certain types of cancer. The study, published Thursday in the journal ACS ES&T Water, comes as the Trump administration is overhauling a rule mandating that water systems take action to clean up forever chemicals in drinking water. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), colloquially r

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Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-17 23:18:23

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee

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Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor – Version 1.1

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 17:28:32

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 Historical Significance This assembly language source code represents one of the most historically significant pieces of software from the early personal computer era. It is the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC Version 1.1 for the 6502 microprocessor, originally developed and copyrighted by Microsoft in 1976-1978. Why This Document is Historically Important 1. Foundation of the Personal Computer Revolution This BASIC interpreter

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Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-18 23:40:38

People in Internet security circles are sounding the alarm over the issuance of three TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1, a widely used DNS service from content delivery network Cloudflare and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Internet registry. The certificates, issued in May, can be used to decrypt domain lookup queries encrypted through DNS over HTTPS, a protocol that provides end-to-end encryption when end-user devices seek the IP address of a particular domain they want to acce

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Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 Basic

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 03:28:32

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 Historical Significance This assembly language source code represents one of the most historically significant pieces of software from the early personal computer era. It is the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC Version 1.1 for the 6502 microprocessor, originally developed and copyrighted by Microsoft in 1976-1978. Why This Document is Historically Important 1. Foundation of the Personal Computer Revolution This BASIC interpreter

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Why the US government is taking a stake in Intel

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-19 03:22:36

The Trump administration wants the United States to be the dominant force when it comes to artificial intelligence, and one way the administration hopes to achieve primacy is by bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S. To help with that transition, President Donald Trump has introduced potential chip tariffs and policies in recent months meant to bring more semiconductor manufacturing stateside. In late August, the Trump administration took an unprecedented step toward that goal w

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Microsoft’s PowerToys are about to add two big missing Windows features

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-19 23:46:56

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Have you ever wanted Windows 11 to automatically switch between light and dark modes based on a schedule, or help you find keyboard shortcut conflicts? Well, Microsoft is about to solve both of these missing Windows features with PowerToys. The latest 0.94 release of PowerToys, the useful

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The U.S. makes it harder for TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung to produce chips in China

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-20 05:35:07

A 300mm wafer on display at the booth of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company during the 2023 World Semiconductor Conference at Nanjing International Expo Center on July 19, 2023, in Nanjing, China. The U.S. has revoked a waiver that allowed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to export key chipmaking equipment and technology to its manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China, as Washington continues to ramp up efforts to limit Beijing's semiconductor advancement. The change will remove a f

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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

news.ycombinator.com Brandon Vigliarolo 2025-10-21 06:30:35

Microsoft, the latest tech firm to agree to big software discounts for the US government, is digging even deeper into its bargain bin than the competition by offering a year of free Copilot access to government agencies willing to put up with its other problem products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year. The GSA di

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Microsoft gave Perfect Dark’s developers a chance to save the game — after it was already canceled

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-21 07:49:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In July, Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs hit Xbox hard, and shuttered the entire game studio that was building Perfect Dark. Officially, the game was canceled. But unofficially, reports Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Microsoft gave Perfect Dark’s other set of

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Police Desperately Seek Info on Burning Man Homicide Suspect

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-21 11:45:23

Nothing puts your problems into perspective like death. Sure, the orgy dome being rendered unusable by wind was a bummer, but it doesn’t compare to the unsolved homicide that appears to have happened on the grounds of Burning Man over the weekend. Making matters worse, the situation remains unsolved, and police are struggling to connect with potential witnesses as they head back home from the desert getaway. Thus far, the details about the situation are pretty sparse. According to USA Today, th

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Microsoft offers U.S. government over $6 billion in savings on cloud services over 3 years

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-22 16:49:21

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017. Microsoft has agreed to give the U.S. General Services Administration $3.1 billion in potential savings over the course of a year on cloud services used at government agencies. Since President Donald Trump's return to the White House in January, the GSA has sought to aggregate spending through a strategy called OneGov that's me

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The Morning After: DJI’s tiny Mic 3 can record four subjects at once

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-22 16:19:20

It was a quiet Labor Day weekend for tech, but the Engadget team has kept busy testing out new gear from the likes of DJI, Sony and Bose. I want to kick things off with the new flagship DJI Mic 3. The wireless mics have a wholesale design change from the Mic 2, plus many improvements in sound quality, noise reduction and the number of subjects you can record at once — though there is one downgrade compared to the last model. I’ve had one for over a week, so I’ll share some impressions as well.

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Windows is finally bringing Mac-style clipboard sync magic to Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 17:57:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The clipboard sync feature allows you to access the Windows clipboard content on your Android smartphone. This feature is currently available in the Windows Dev build. You need to be logged in to your Microsoft account on both devices to use the feature. When you want to copy something like complex code or a long paragraph that’s open on your Windows PC to your Android smartphone, you usually end up copying and sending it to yourself via WhatsApp or

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Microsoft found a way to let you play YouTube in the background on Android, without Premium

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-24 23:57:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Microsoft is testing a new feature on its Edge browser for Android that lets you play videos in the background. The feature can be enabled through the Edge flags page. It works on YouTube, so you can play YouTube videos in the background. Edge Canary for Android also offers a built-in ad blocker that works on YouTube. One of the main benefits of subscribing to the $14 YouTube Premium plan is that it allows you to play videos in the background. But you mig

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C++: Strongly Happens Before?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 03:54:37

Strongly Happens Before? It started innocently enough. I just wanted to brush up on C++ memory orderings. It’s been a while since I last stared into the abyss of std::atomic , so I figured, why not revisit some good ol’ std::memory_order mayhem? Then I saw it. Strongly happens before. Wait, what? When did we get a stronger version of happens before? Turns out, it has been there for quite some time (since C++20 in fact), and it’s actually solving a very real problem in the memory model. If yo

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Meet the Top 10 AI-Proof Jobs That Everyone Wants

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-24 18:25:08

AI is rapidly scaling in the workforce and creating fears of an employment crisis, as workers and people entering the workforce try to figure out if their career is on the chopping block. That quick pace is backed by emerging data. As a result, people are trying to find “AI-proof” jobs that can guarantee job security as companies around the world choose to automate tasks instead of hiring new workers. Although no study can definitively say which occupations are 100% AI-proof and which are doom

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Shared_ptr<T>: the (not always) atomic reference counted smart pointer (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 18:34:13

shared_ptr<T>: the (not always) atomic reference counted smart pointer Introduction This is a write-up of the “behavioral analysis” of shared_ptr<T> reference count in GNU’s libstdc++. This smart pointer is used to share references to the same underlaying pointer. The mechanism beneath works by tracking the amount of references through a reference count so the pointer gets freed only after the last reference is destructed. It is usually used in multi-threaded programs (in conjunction with oth

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No, a Windows update probably didn’t brick your SSD

theverge.com Terrence O'Brien 2025-10-24 11:57:19

For the last week or two, reports have been circulating that recent Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. Tech influencers on YouTube and TikTok were quick to jump on the reports of corrupted data and disappearing drives, laying the blame squarely at Microsoft’s feet. We’re not saying any company is above lying to the public, and Microsoft has a history of rocky update rollouts, but both Microsoft and Phison claim they’

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New iPhone 17 Pro leak claims to show Dynamic Island redesign

Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

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