Apple’s M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max compared to past generations, and to each other M4 and M4 Pro get core count bumps; M4 Max relies on architectural improvements.

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Apple’s M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max compared to past generations, and to each other

M4 and M4 Pro get core count bumps; M4 Max relies on architectural improvements.

Dropbox lays off 528 employees, slashing total workforce by 20 percent Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had "excess layers of management."

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Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed

Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had "excess layers of management."

Android trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.

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Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy

FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.

Robert Downey Jr. vows legal action against future AI replica use In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.

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Downey Jr. plans to fight AI re-creations from beyond the grave

In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.

Proton expands its VPN offerings to Apple TV, where the use cases get tricky Why are there so many VPNs for Apple TV? Oh, right—geofencing.

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Proton is the latest entrant in the quirky “VPN for your TV” market

On its face, Proton VPN’s app for Apple TV seems to add another privacy layer to your life. But there’s a whole other, complicated, internation...

AT&T praises itself after getting caught taking too much money from FCC program AT&T obtained subsidies for duplicate users and non-users, will pay $2.3 million.

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AT&T praises itself after getting caught taking too much money from FCC program

AT&T obtained subsidies for duplicate users and non-users, will pay $2.3 million.

Amid controversial changes, Reddit is getting more popular—and profitable With Reddit finally making money, the Reddit of yesteryear isn't coming back.

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Reddit’s getting more popular—and profitable

With Reddit finally making money, the Reddit of yesteryear isn't coming back.

Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers using AI continue that tradition.

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Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI

We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI to continue that tradition.

While ULA studies Vulcan booster anomaly, it’s also investigating fairing issues "We have integrated some corrective actions and additional inspections of the hardware."

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While ULA studies Vulcan booster anomaly, it’s also investigating fairing issues

We have integrated some corrective actions and additional inspections of the hardware."

There’s no M4 MacBook Air this week, but the 8GB M2 and M3 models are going away All baseline Macs have jumped from 8GB to 16GB this week, new processors or no.

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M2 and M3 MacBook Air models get bumped to 16GB of RAM for no extra money

All baseline Macs have jumped from 8GB to 16GB this week, new processors or no.