Half-Life 3 is just the hot exclusive Valve needs to propel SteamOS past Windows Opinion: Just as *Half-Life 2* helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming.
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Half-Life 3 is just the hot exclusive Valve needs to propel SteamOS past Windows
Opinion: Just as Half-Life 2 helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming.
SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship's eighth test flight as soon as Monday.
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SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship's eighth test flight as soon as Monday.
Android 0-day sold by Cellebrite exploited to hack Serbian student’s phone Android users who have installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP.
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Serbian student’s Android phone compromised by exploit from Cellebrite
Android users who haven't installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP.
Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children.
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Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing
Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children.
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior.
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Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior.
Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic Mozilla says it deleted promise because "sale of data" is defined broadly.
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Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Mozilla says it deleted promise because "sale of data" is defined broadly.
Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks Google says it has no immediate plans to change work-from-home policies.
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Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks
Google says it has no immediate plans to change work-from-home policies.
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories from February Dancing sea turtles, the discovery of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, perfectly boiled eggs, and more.
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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories from February
Dancing sea turtles, the discovery of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, perfectly boiled eggs, and more.
Commercials are still too loud, say “thousands” of recent FCC complaints 1,700 complaints about boisterous TV ads hit the FCC in 2024.
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Commercials are still too loud, say “thousands” of recent FCC complaints
700 complaints about boisterous TV ads hit the FCC in 2024.
“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews GPT-4.5 offers marginal gains in capability and poor coding performance despite 30x the cost.
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“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews
GPT-4.5 offers marginal gains in capability and poor coding performance despite 30x the cost.