HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

Scharon Harding, Ars Technica

The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.

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You Need to Turn on Apple’s New Stolen iPhone Tool

Matt Burgess

Apple’s iOS 17.3 introduces Stolen Device Protection to iPhones, which could stop phone thieves from taking over your accounts. Here’s how to enable it right now.

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‘Palworld’: 6 Beginner Tips for Getting Started

Reece Rogers

During the first few hours of “Palworld,” aka “Pokémon with guns,” focus on surviving each day, building your base, and eating your Pals.

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This Chinese Startup Is Winning the Open Source AI Race

Will Knight

Kai-Fu Lee, an AI expert and prominent investor who helped Google and Microsoft get established in China, says his new startup 01.AI will create the first “killer apps” of generative AI.

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The Netflix Pivot Is Complete

Angela Watercutter

By spending $5 billion for 10 years of WWE’s “Raw,” Netflix shows just how thoroughly it’s rewritten the old streaming rulebook.

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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

Dhruv Mehrotra

Police around the US say they’re justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea.

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