Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors wins final court approval

US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed off on the deal Monday, rejecting objections that the payout was too small, ...

Windows 11 bloat proves too much for Microsoft's new 8GB Surface Laptop

According to The Verge, 8GB of memory works mostly fine for basic tasks such as web browsing, text editing, and video ...

7-Zip patches a flaw that could run malware just from opening a bad file

Researchers have uncovered a fresh vulnerability in the open-source file archiver. The bug lies in the decompression routine ...

Eminent domain laws could let utilities force transmission lines across private property

While 70% of Americans are now opposed to data centers being built near their homes, it's not just the enormous, pollution-and-noise-spewing buildings they're against. There's also ...

Researchers create a drone that becomes almost invisible by spinning 25 times per second

Rather than using camouflage, transparent panels, or Predator-style light-bending materials, Phantom Twist exploits motion ...

AWS billing goes haywire, hits customers with bills as high as $7.8 trillion

Bill Radjewski, who runs CollegeFootballData.com, received the sort of email most of us would rather not receive last week: an AWS alert informing him that he ...

CD sales are up 16%, but half the buyers don't even own a CD player

Much of the growth can be attributed to younger buyers, but here's the unexpected part. According to the market research firm ...