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MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario: MSMN News — image from TechCrunch

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MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario: MSMN News

MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.

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Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout: MSMN News — image from TechCrunch

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Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout: MSMN News

Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips.

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How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools: MSMN News — image from TechCrunch

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How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools: MSMN News

AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.

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Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets: MSMN News — image from The Verge

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Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets: MSMN News

Over 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked. We don't know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size. But people have already dug u

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic: MSMN News — image from The Verge

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic: MSMN News

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up

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Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported: MSMN News — image from The Verge

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Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported: MSMN News

Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on Thursday, and today the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters and the Washington Post that he had been deported to the UK. Yiannopoulos came to the

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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale: MSMN News — image from The Verge

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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale: MSMN News

I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year. I always dreamed of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, but life kind of got in the way. (Turns out jobs, wives, and children aren't thrilled

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Chinese Automakers Embrace Humanoid Robots as the Future of Profit: MSMN News — image from TechCrunch

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Chinese Automakers Embrace Humanoid Robots as the Future of Profit: MSMN News

In a significant shift, several Chinese car manufacturers are investing heavily in humanoid robot technology, following Tesla's lead in exploring new profit avenues.