This Week in Tech 1011

• What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR
• Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED
• Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows 
• PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.
• Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
• The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1
• Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
• Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
• Bluesky emerges
• The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
• Apple’s Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
• SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms
• U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
• Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
• U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America
• U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack
• AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
• National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
• Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.
• New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
• GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
• Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
• Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
• Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
• OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever
• Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
• Netflix’s Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event
• Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge
• Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
• So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas
• Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over
• The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams
• Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks
• We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
• Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
• Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years
• In Memoriam

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• What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR
• Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED
• Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
• Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
• The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
• Apple’s Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
• U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction – Six Colors
• U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America - The New York Times
• Exclusive | U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack
• AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach | TechCrunch
• Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No. - WSJ
• New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
• GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
• Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. | by Kevin Beaumont | May, 2024 | DoublePulsar
• Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
• The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1
• Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
• Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
• National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster - Music Business Worldwide
• The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending - The Verge
• Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
• OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever
• SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms - CBS News
• Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
• Netflix’s Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event
• Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge
• So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas
• Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
• Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
• Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold - The Verge
• The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
• Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks • The Register
• Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over - The Verge
• We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years | PC Gamer
• Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years - IGN
• NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+
• End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
• Microsoft Is Discontinuing HoloLens 2 As Production Ends
• David Kahn, Leading Historian of Codes and Code Breaking, Dies at 93 - The New York Times
• Robert "Bob" G. Heil - Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois
• Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) - File 770
• Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 - The New York Times
• Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died | TechCrunch
• Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 | Peter Higgs | The Guardian
• Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91 - The New York Times
• Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired ‘Doge’ meme, dies at 18 - The Washington Post
• C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 - The New York Times
• Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86
• Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after 2 years with lung cancer - The Washington Post
• Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
• In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024