The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox became household names – but does anyone remember the Zune?
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How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy
When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What’s going to happen to my data?
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“Unprecedented”: White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
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DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a ‘Sputnik moment’ for AI?
Buzz around DeepSeek built into a wave of concern that hammered tech stocks on Monday.
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Kentucky Tiktok suit says company considered using KY creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell
The suit says videos by Kentucky small businesses were identified as possibly of interest to the senator, who has expressed concern about the app’s effect on kids
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From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny brain may show how larger ones work
The first full map of an adult fruit fly’s brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all brains work.
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AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged
A virtual version of a fruit fly’s visual system could help scientists understand how brain networks process information. The model could also lead to more efficient AI systems.
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eBay will pay a $3 million fine over former employees’ harassment campaign
The penalty settles charges against eBay more than three years after then-employees sent spiders and cockroaches, among other things, to a couple over their newsletter’s coverage of the company.
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Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content
The social media company says it’s introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.
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Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content
The social media company says it’s introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.
