$5.6 Million in Refunds Sent to Ring Customers, Settling Unauthorized Access and Privacy Violations - Slashdot
1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution - Wired
10 Best Robot Vacuums (2024): Mops, Budget Vacs, Great Mapping - Wired
160 Tech Startups to Showcase at the Inaugural African Tech Startup Forum 2024 - TechMoran
4 reasons to buy a Vizio TV over a TCL TV - Pocket Lint
45 Drives Adds Linux-Powered Mini PCs, Workstations To Growing Compute Lineup - Slashdot
5 reasons to buy Bose 700 NCH over Sony WH-1000XM5 - Pocket Lint
7 Best Sleeping Pads (2024): For Camping, Backpacking, and Travel - Wired
8 features every LG TV user should use - Pocket Lint
A look at the rise in video podcasts, as YouTube leads in podcast consumption in the US and companies invest in video to gain new audiences and boost ad revenue (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times) - Techmeme
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) - Techmeme
A review of Dana Mattioli's The Everything War, which covers Lina Khan's antitrust battle against Amazon and makes a case that no company should be so powerful (Jonathan Ford/Financial Times) - Techmeme
A US appeals court reverses a 2021 ruling that prevented New York from enforcing a law requiring ISPs to offer low-cost broadband plans to low-income consumers (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica) - Techmeme
A Windows Vulnerability Reported by the NSA Was Exploited To Install Russian Malware - Slashdot
A wrestling match over who should control robotaxis is playing out in California - Techcrunch
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015 (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Apple has reportedly resumed talks with OpenAI to build a chatbot for the iPhone - Engadget
As Intel reports disappointing earnings and guidance, and becomes S&P 500's worst performing stock in 2024, a look at the long history of company's missteps (Kif Leswing/CNBC) - Techmeme
Baltimore Police arrest a high school teacher for allegedly framing his principal by using AI to create an audio file of the principal making racist comments (The Baltimore Banner) - Techmeme
Best Garmin deals: Discounts on 20 models - Pocket Lint
Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware - Hackers News
British Intelligence Moves To Protect Research Universities From Espionage - Slashdot
Canal+ continues its share acquisition spree at Multichoice - Techpoint
Casios newest G-Shock watch is a colorful step counter - Pocket Lint
Ceretone Core One OTC Hearing Aids Review: Tiny and Barely Useful - Wired
Check MP Board result 2024 online - Techcabal
China Reveals Most Detailed Geological Map of the Moon Ever Created - Slashdot
Cisco launches new cybersecurity center to strengthen Kenyas cyber defenses - TechMoran
Court Upholds New York Law That Says ISPs Must Offer $15 Broadband - Slashdot
Creators of Sora-powered short explain AI-generated video's strengths and limitations - Techcrunch
Deal Dive: Givebutter is turning a profit making tech for nonprofits - Techcrunch
Drake deletes AI-generated Tupac track after Shakur's estate threatened to sue - Engadget
Dynamics of Mobility Transition in Kenya - TechMoran
Europe Plans To Build 100-Qubit Quantum Computer By 2026 - Slashdot
Exclusive: EFCC blocks 1,146 bank accounts involved in unauthorised FX deals - Techcabal
EyeEm Will License Users' Photos To Train AI If They Don't Delete Them - Slashdot
Fake Job Interviews Target Developers With New Python Backdoor - Slashdot
Filing: FTC says Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and other Amazon execs used Signal's disappearing messages to conceal evidence in FTC's antitrust case against Amazon (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 review: A fun, quirky instant camera - Pocket Lint
Gambia and Guinea plan to have new subsea cable - Techpoint
Ghana reverses its decision, approves Starlink's broadband service application - Techpoint
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers (William Brown/Firstyear's blog-a-log) - Techmeme
Google asks court to reject the DOJ's lawsuit that accuses it of monopolizing ad tech - Engadget
Google is testing "Speaking practice" in Search, which uses a conversational AI bot to let Search Labs users in some countries improve their English skills (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Google opens its second hardware office in New Taipei City, as VP of Engineering Elmer Peng says "Taiwan is Google's largest hardware R&D hub outside of the US" (Nikkei Asia) - Techmeme
Google plans to invest $2B to set up a data center in Indiana and $1B to expand three Virginia sites, and announces a $75M fund to train Americans on AI skills (Yuvraj Malik/Reuters) - Techmeme
How Rubrik's IPO paid off big for Greylock VC Asheem Chandna - Techcrunch
I played Fire Emblem Engage on easy mode, and it got me back into gaming - Engadget
I tested popular wired headphones to find out which one had the best mic - Pocket Lint
IBM plans to expand its semiconductor packaging and testing plant in Bromont, Quebec, with more than CA$1B in investments over the next five years (Mathieu Dion/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Intel's Stock Drops 9%. Are They Struggling to Remain Relevant - Slashdot
Investors cheer Microsoft and Alphabet's huge AI spending plans as shares of both firms rallied but not Meta's, which saw its worst trading day in 18 months (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Investors won't give you the real reason they are passing on your startup - Techcrunch
IRS Free Tax Filing Pilot Saved Consumers $5.6 Million In Prep Fees - Slashdot
IZI Electric, a pioneer in e-mobility launches its fleet of electric buses in Kigali - TechMoran
Judge Dismisses Superconductivity Physicist's Lawsuit Against University - Slashdot
Lagos State Government and Uber settle real-time data sharing dispute after month-long standoff - Techpoint
Mastodon forms a new US non-profit, to receive tax-deductible US donations and in-kind support, with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and others on its board (Eugen Rochko/Mastodon Blog) - Techmeme
Meta AI tested: Doesn't quite justify its own existence, but free is free - Techcrunch