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A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse. (mashable.com)

A year long study shows what you’ve suspected: Google Search is getting worse.::undefined

Micro-Supercolliders Scale Out for 3D Chip Scanning (spectrum.ieee.org)

Supreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust case (www.theverge.com)

Supreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust case::The Supreme Court has rejected petitions by Epic and Apple to reconsider a ruling on Fortnite’s iOS ban and potential changes to the App Store.

Most Sophisticated iPhone Hack Ever Exploited Apple's Hidden Hardware Feature (thehackernews.com)

Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February (www.tomshardware.com)

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools (www.cnbc.com)

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools::OpenAI has quietly walked back a ban on the military use of ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence tools.

When the race for fusion ground to a halt (www.technologyreview.com)

This tool for finding bad USB-C cables (hackaday.com)

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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending (gizmodo.com)

The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending::Self-checkout is a failed experiment, and a growing number of stores are backpedaling on these cursed machines.

Electric vehicles will need 'battery passports' to enter EU from 2027 (www.autocar.co.uk)

Climate denialists find new ways to monetize disinformation on YouTube (arstechnica.com)

Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)

Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,

Google lays off “hundreds” more as ad division switches to AI-powered sales (arstechnica.com)

SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — AirTags tracked vehicle from Canada to Middle East, offering glimpse into shipping routes used by car thieves (www.cbc.ca)

SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — AirTags tracked vehicle from Canada to Middle East, offering glimpse into shipping routes used by car thieves::A Toronto man used location tags to track his stolen GMC Yukon from a rail yard in the GTA to a used car lot in the United Arab Emirates. But despite calls to...

Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023 (arstechnica.com)

Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023::Apple beat all the Android OEMs while selling dramatically more expensive phones.

Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off (www.ign.com)

Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (tech.slashdot.org)

Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)

Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job (www.chron.com)

Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job::Most of the team working on key Siri operations is already based in the Texas captial’s Apple campus. Others in San Diego are receiving al ultimatum.

Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism (www.hepi.ac.uk)

We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England...

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