The world’s first customer delivery of “green steel” produced without using coal is taking place in Sweden, according to its manufacturer. From a report: The Swedish venture Hybrit said it was delivering the steel to truck-maker Volvo AB as a trial run…
Google Secretly Had a Giant Gaming Vision That Includes Bringing Games To Mac
Apple’s Mac has long been an afterthought for the video game industry, and few think of Google as a games company — despite running Android, one of the biggest game platforms in the world. But Google had a plan to change those things in October 2020, …
Justice Department Says Facial Recognition Helped End an Almost 15-year Manhunt
A fugitive who Justice Department officials say had scammed more than 20 people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, after being on the run for almost 15 years. From a report: Austrian authorities wer…
Facebook Wants You To Hold Your Next Meeting in VR
For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you’re sitting around a table in a conference room. From a report: On T…
Senators Challenge TikTok’s ‘Alarming’ Plan To Collect Users’ Voice and Face Biometrics
TikTok’s plans to collect biometric identifiers from its users has prompted concern among U.S. lawmakers, who are demanding the company reveal exactly what information it collects and what it plans to do with that data. From a report: In a letter sent …
Policy Groups Ask Apple To Drop Plans To Inspect iMessages, Scan for Abuse Images
More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children’s messages for nudity and the phones of adults for images of child sex abuse. From a report: “Though these c…
Facebook Hit by New US Antitrust Case as FTC Seeks Do-Over
U.S. antitrust officials on Thursday refiled their monopoly lawsuit against Facebook, seeking to salvage the landmark case that a judge threw out in June. From a report: The Federal Trade Commission filed the new complaint in federal court in Washingto…
Intel Previews Its Alder Lake Chip, Promises Hybrid CPUs for Desktops and Laptops
Intel has spent much of 2021 announcing plans for its future: a new IDM 2.0 strategy, new naming schemes for its process nodes, and new desktop GPUs. At Intel’s Architecture Day 2021, we finally got a preview of how some of those changes are coming tog…
Nvidia Admits Acquisition of British Chip Designer Arm May Take Longer Than 18 Months
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted for the first time that the company’s planned acquisition of British chip designer Arm may take longer than the initially-scheduled 18 months. From a report: The acquisition, which would bring together two of the mo…
T-Mobile Says At Least 47 Million Current and Former Customers Affected by Hack
T-Mobile has confirmed that millions of current and former customers had their information stolen in a data breach, following reports of a hack over the weekend. From a report: In a statement, T-Mobile, which has more than 100 million customers, said i…