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    COVID.gov now redirects to site promoting unproven “lab leak”

    This is the worst timeline. No, the dumbest timeline. Can I get off the ride now?
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    End of Life: Gemini will completely replace Google Assistant later this year

    I guess the morning routine I've been using for a good 7 or so years now is finally on the way out. Guess it's time to see if I can replicate it with home assistant.
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    Firefox, one of the first “Do Not Track” supporters, no longer offers it

    Every time I see one of those popups with a "legitimate interest" option that I can turn off I know for a fact they don't give a crap about the law. If you have a legitimate interest then, under the GDRP, you don't even need to give an option to decline consent. The only "legitimate interest" is...
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    Bazzite is a wonderful SteamOS-ish port for lots of non-Valve handhelds

    If you don't have hardware that causes issues (coff*nvidia*coff) then it's very much pick up and play in the same way a steam deck is. You login to your steam account, download a game, click start and play the game. :)
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    iFixit’s FixHub tools want to pull soldering away from the wall socket

    I'm kind of baffled by the decision of having the display and controls on the separate power bank/stand. That sounds like a pain whenever you want to change the temperature. TBF I rarely ever change the temp on my Miniware TS80P but it's nice to have it on hand for the few times where I needed...
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    AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems

    Anandtech (source of the chart) didn't get to the root cause but they estimate that a good 100ns of that latency is the core parking feature at play. They estimate around 100ns for the core to wake up. https://www.anandtech.com/show/21524/the-amd-ryzen-9-9950x-and-ryzen-9-9900x-review/3 If...
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    Google Podcasts shuts down tomorrow, April 2

    I think that, with this, the "play the news" command on Google Assistant will probably die as well right? That I'm going to miss, it was part of my morning routine. :(
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    Emulation community expresses defiance in wake of Nintendo’s Yuzu lawsuit

    Just want to chime in with my 2 cents saying I fully agree with this sentiment. Seems, to me, like a lot of people are ignoring the elephant in the room that is the DMCA anti-circumvention clause. If Nintendo manages to set a precedent that what Yuzu is doing of using dumped keys from a legit...
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    GM will build F1 powertrains in 2028 as long as F1 lets Andretti in

    I believe Andretti had already agreed for a deal with Renault/Alpine to supply engines in the interim. Hence why Alpine seemed to be, for a while at least, the only ally they had in the Paddock. Here's the reuters article on the topic.
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    Biden FCC nominee advances to Senate floor despite Ted Cruz’s protests

    I think John Oliver said it best: View: https://youtu.be/bV42PgyOFE0
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    Volvo’s next EV is here, and it’s affordable—the $34,950 EX30

    My mistake. I completely missed the two buttons on the center console. I'm going to now curl into a ball in shame 😅
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    Volvo’s next EV is here, and it’s affordable—the $34,950 EX30

    Just pointing out that Volvo went the extra mile and even the windows are controlled by the touchscreen. The windows! I think not even that other company managed to go that far in their war against buttons. EDIT: Ignore me. I completely missed the two buttons on the center console. At least...
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    Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds say

    Just a note that automatic braking systems are either already required or becoming required for new vehicles introduced in the EU. https://spectrum.ieee.org/europe-mandates-automatic-emergency-braking
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    China bans Micron’s products from key infrastructure over security risk

    I also believe that China was trying to expand their homegrown chip manufacturing. I'm pretty sure they have their own manufacturer of Memory Chips as well and would love if they would coincidentially grow to fill in the gap left by micron (can't recall the name off the top of my head).
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    Microsoft’s purchase of Activision gets the OK from the EU

    I think it's important to realize that the EU, the UK and the US are working under different scenarios. While the XBox brand has a sizeable market share in the latter two markets, that is very much not the case in the EU. Playstation outsells Xbox heavily in europe to the point where you can...
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    Sony’s $1,400 Xperia 1 V hits the US with a 4K display, textured glass back

    Yes and no. They still have their stamina mode but it really only kicks in at low battery (like 15% or so). Not sure that's even enabled by default. Sony's software is pretty decent. They just use stock Android nowadays with a couple of their own apps (Camera mostly). Even the launcher is...
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    Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree

    Just commenting to give my Kudos for that header image. I let out a hearty laugh when I saw the font choice. Well done sir!
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    Don’t call it a refresh: The 6 most adventurous laptop designs of 2022

    I imagine the real reason is not so much the jack but the DAC and all the audio circuitry to power it and keep it free from EMI.
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    Please take the Ars Reader Survey, 2022 edition

    Just wanted to chime in saying that this reflects my impression as well. I love reading ars and keep coming back because of the actual deep-dive and well researched articles by the Ars team. The syndicated content leaves me, constantly, with a bad taste in my mouth. Especially when I happen to...
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    Report: FTC “likely” to file suit to block Microsoft/Activision merger

    Another thing on the Minecraft acquisition: Microsoft has released new Minecraft games on Playstation and Nintendo systems after the acquisition. Minecraft Dungeons for instance. I have no doubt in my mind that MS's plan is to go back to what the company's core competency is and focus on...