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Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training
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Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training
Online education platform Coursera said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing the combined company at $2.5 billion, as the industry consolidates after a post-pandemic slo...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Google sues alleged Chinese scam group behind massive U.S. text message phishing ring
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Google sues Chinese scam ring over E-ZPass and USPS phishing texts
Google says the group’s tools enabled scammers with little technical skill to impersonate agencies like the IRS and the USPS at a massive scale.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The Oscars Moving to YouTube Beginning in 2029, Will Stream Free Worldwide
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The Oscars Moving to YouTube Beginning in 2029, Will Stream Free Worldwide
The Oscars will air on YouTube starting in 2029.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patches
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Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patches
: Both admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and hints of spyware-grade abuse
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December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners
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GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners
updated: Engineers cried foul over plan to charge $0.002/min.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History
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Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History
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December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
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Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
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Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch
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Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch
The Texas Attorney General sued five major television manufacturers, accusing them of illegally collecting their users' data by secretly recording what they watch using Automated Content Recognition (...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Payments firm PayPal files for bank charter in lending push
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Payments firm PayPal files for bank charter in lending push
Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
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Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
Verizon changed policy after he bought the phone, wouldn’t unlock it despite FCC rule.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Roomba vacuum cleaner firm files for bankruptcy
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Roomba vacuum cleaner firm iRobot files for bankruptcy
Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main maker of its devices will take ownership of the firm.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code
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New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code
The GNOME.org Extensions hosting for GNOME Shell extensions will no longer accept new contributions with AI-generated code
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December 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Rust Goes Mainstream in the Linux Kernel
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Rust Goes Mainstream in the Linux Kernel
Rust is no longer experimental. It's now as acceptable as C in the Linux kernel.
thenewstack.io
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices By 50% For DIY Laptops
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Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices By 50% For DIY Laptops
Framework Computer had worked to keep their memory prices lower than other laptop vendors amid the ongoing memory shortages throughput the industry worldwide
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December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.
arstechnica.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
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Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Cisco finally did it
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Cisco finally did it
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December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
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10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using autom...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published e-books
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Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct's self-published e-books | TechCrunch
Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who ...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana To Boost CPU Efforts
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Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana To Boost CPU Efforts
Qualcomm said Wednesday that it has acquired Ventana Micro Systems, a startup that was focused on developing server CPU technology based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Microsoft invests US$17.5 billion in India to drive AI diffusion at population scale
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Microsoft invests US$17.5 billion in India to drive AI diffusion at population scale - Source Asia
Microsoft announces its largest investment in Asia to advance India’s cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling and ongoing operations
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Why We Can’t Quit Excel
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Microsoft Is the House That Excel Built
The ubiquitous spreadsheet software is expensive, derivative and depressing. It’s also the software the world can’t quit, even in the era of AI tools.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Trump to allow certain Nvidia chip sales to China for 25% U.S. cut
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Trump to allow certain Nvidia chip sales to China for 25% U.S. cut
The Trump administration plans to lift the blockade on exports of Nvidia's H200 chips to China.
www.axios.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM