Elon Musk's Terafab Chip Factory Faces Legal Battle Over Its Name

From PC Mag: Elon Musk’s upcoming chip factory, Terafab, is facing a brewing legal battle over its name. That’s because an Illinois-based company called Tera-Print has already been using the “TERA-fab” term for its own photolithography machines.

On Tuesday, Musk’s companies, SpaceX, Tesla and...

Google just fixed 42 Chrome security flaws. Update now

From PC World: In the new versions of Chrome 153.0.8010.47/48 for Windows and macOS, and 153.0.8010.47 for Linux, Google has fixed more than 40 security vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities have been exploited in attacks yet.

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Google Home Stuns by Announcing AI Support for Claude and OpenClaw

From CNET: Google told Google Home customers and developers on Wednesday that it would add smart home support for other AI agents beyond its own Gemini AI. The company’s announcement says that “any agent that supports calling [Model Context Protocol technology] tools can now interact with all of the...

Amazon Is Fixing a Fire TV Bug That Stopped Users Sideloading Apps

From PC Mag: If you’re upset that your Fire TV Stick no longer lets you download third-party apps, there’s good news. Amazon has said that the recent disruption is due to a software bug, and a fix will be applied automatically to eligible devices this week.

“There was a bug in a recent Fire TV...

Firefox 156 opens PDFs 45% faster, plus a few annoying bug fixes

From PC World: Today, Mozilla released Firefox 156 to the Release channel, which is basically all users in the general public. It’s a pretty limp update by all accounts, without any standout new features and just a handful of minor bug fixes spread out across components.

The built-in PDF reader...

AIDA64 v8.40 Press Release

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme v8.40, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; AIDA64 Engineer v8.40, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for corporate IT technicians and engineers...

Microsoft quietly reveals a redesigned Windows 11 mouse cursor

From PC World: Back in June, Zac Bowden of Windows Central said Microsoft was rumored to be working on a mouse cursor redesign for Windows 11, with no real evidence except hearsay via “whispers” heard “internally.” But now it seems that tweet is being vindicated by a preview version of the OS.

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