Enlarge / Note: This is not what the actual software update looks like when it fails; in reality, it just causes the screens to go black. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Rivian)

The more innovation-minded people in the auto industry have heralded the advent of the software-defined car. It’s been spun as a big benefit for consumers, too—witness the excitement among Tesla owners when that company adds a new video game or childish noise to see why the rest of the industry joined the hype train. But sometimes there are downsides, as some Rivian owners are finding out this week.

The EV startup, which makes well-regarded pickup trucks and SUVs, as well as delivery vans for Amazon, pushed out a new over-the-air software update on Monday. But all is not well with 2023.42; the update stalls before it completes installing, taking out both infotainment and main instrument display screens.

Rivian VP of software engineering Wassym Bensaid explained the problem in a post on Rivian’s subreddit:

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Google yesterday sued a group of people accused of weaponizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to get competitors’ websites removed from search results. Over the past few years, the foreign defendants “created at least 65 Google accounts so they could submit thousands of fraudulent notices of copyright infringement against more than 117,000 third-party website URLs,” said Google’s lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Another 500,000 URLs were also targeted, according to Google. “To date, Defendants’ scheme has forced Google to investigate and respond to fraudulent takedown requests targeting more than 117,000 third-party website URLs, as well as takedown requests targeting more than half a million additional third-party URLs that are likely fraudulent based on preliminary investigation,” the lawsuit said.

Google filed the lawsuit against Nguyen Van Duc and Pham Van Thien, who are both said to live in Vietnam, and 20 defendants whose identities are unknown. Google alleged that the defendants “appear to be connected with websites selling printed t-shirts, and their unlawful conduct aims to remove competing third-party sellers from Google Search results.”

Enlarge / The Steam Deck OLED (bottom) sunbathing with its older brother.

When the Steam Deck first launched, our extensive review specifically called out the “ho-hum” LCD screen as “the system’s biggest heartbreak.” The “washed-out” color reproduction and “obvious light bleed” were among the more obvious effects of Valve “cut[ting] corners to save cash” on the Deck’s 7-inch LCD panel.

In the many months since that launch, Valve has offered frequent software updates to fix other early issues in areas like game compatibility, stability, and system-level features. But that lackluster LCD screen has remained the Steam Deck’s biggest flaw, a headache that users need to tolerate to enjoy a portable PC gaming experience that’s otherwise quite low on compromises.

With the Steam Deck OLED, Valve is ready to eliminate that issue. The new unit, which goes on sale later this week, sports a brilliant screen that’s finally on par with the one Nintendo provided to eager Switch owners over two years ago. Paired with a handful of other small quality-of-life hardware upgrades, the new version of Valve’s handheld should arouse plenty of jealousy in those who are stuck with a now-outdated LCD unit.

Enlarge / ULA’s Vulcan rocket rolls to the launch pad for testing. (credit: United Launch Alliance)

There is precedent for a private equity firm—typically a group of investors that purchases a company, overhauls it, and then resells the business—buying a launch company. In early 2022, AE Industrial Partners acquired the launch and space services company Firefly.

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With Europa and Enceladus getting most of the attention for their subsurface oceans and potential to host life, other frozen worlds have been left in the shadows—but the mysterious Jovian moon Ganymede is now making headlines.

While Ganymede hasn’t yet been observed spewing plumes of water vapor like Saturn’s moon Enceladus, Jupiter’s largest moon is most likely hiding an enormous saltwater ocean. Hubble observations suggest that the ocean—thought to sit under 150 km (95 miles) of ice—could be up to 100 km (60 miles) deep. That’s ten times deeper than the ocean on Earth.

Ganymede is having a moment because NASA’s Juno mission observed salts and organic compounds on its surface, possibly from an ocean that lies beneath its crust of ice. While Juno’s observations can’t provide decisive evidence that this moon has an ocean that makes Earth look like a kiddie pool, the Juno findings are the strongest evidence yet of salts and other chemicals making it to the exterior of Ganymede.

Enlarge / Climate change presents risks while action to limit warming and reduce risks presents opportunities for the US. (credit: 2023 National Climate Assessment)

In a sprawling, multimedia report that stresses it is not too late to act, the Biden administration on Tuesday delivered a sobering catalog of climate change’s impacts in every corner of the United States—from battered coasts to parched cornfields to blazing forests. It measures the human toll, including at least 700 people dying of heat-related illness each year, in a nation warming 60 percent more quickly than the world as a whole.

“The effects of human-caused climate change are already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” the report says. But it adds that each increment of warming avoided through cutting carbon emissions will reduce the risks and harmful impacts.

“While there are still uncertainties about how the planet will react to rapid warming, the degree to which climate change will continue to worsen is largely in human hands,” the report says.

Enlarge / The three pouches so far linked to lead contamination. (credit: FDA)

At least 22 toddlers across at least 14 states have suffered acute lead poisoning linked to recalled apple cinnamon fruit puree pouch products found to contain “extremely high levels of lead.”

The products contained such high lead levels that some of the poisoned toddlers showed blood lead levels as high as 29 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL), roughly eight-fold above the federal reference level of 3.5 µg/dL to identify children at high exposure.

Given that at least one of the recalled products (WanaBana) was sold nationally and through multiple retailers, including Amazon and Dollar Tree, it’s likely that there are more cases in more states.

Enlarge / GM says the only way Cadillac enters F1 is in the back of an Andretti car. (credit: Cadillac)

At the start of the year, we got the surprising news that Andretti Global was partnering with Cadillac to try to field a team in Formula 1. That has been a contentious process, exposing a rift between the sport’s stakeholders, some of whom aren’t keen to add a new fish to the pond.

But on Tuesday, the Andretti Cadillac program got even more serious with the news that General Motors, which owns Cadillac, has now registered as an official F1 powertrain constructor—although only from the 2028 season.

“We are thrilled that our new Andretti Cadillac F1 entry will be powered by a GM power unit,” said GM President Mark Reuss. “With our deep engineering and racing expertise, we’re confident we’ll develop a successful power unit for the series and position Andretti Cadillac as a true works team. We will run with the very best, at the highest levels, with passion and integrity that will help elevate the sport for race fans around the world.”

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What do Boeing, an Australian shipping company, the world’s largest bank, and one of the world’s biggest law firms have in common? All four have suffered cybersecurity breaches, most likely at the hands of teenage hackers, after failing to patch a critical vulnerability that security experts have warned of for more than a month, according to a post published Monday.

Besides the US jetliner manufacturer, the victims include DP World, the Australian branch of the Dubai-based logistics company DP World; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; and Allen & Overy, a multinational law firm, according to Keven Beaumont, an independent security researcher with one of the most comprehensive views of the cybersecurity landscape. All four companies have confirmed succumbing to security incidents in recent days, and China’s ICBC has reportedly paid an undisclosed ransom in exchange for encryption keys to data that has been unavailable ever since.

Citing data allowing the tracking of ransomware operators and people familiar with the breaches, Beaumont said the four companies are among 10 victims he’s aware of currently being extorted by LockBit, among the world’s most prolific and damaging ransomware crime syndicates. All four of the companies, Beaumont said, were users of a networking product known as Citrix Netscaler and hadn’t patched against a critical vulnerability, despite a patch being available since October 10.

Enlarge / Behold, it is Arp 273. (credit: James Peirce)

Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.

In this case, Arp 273 is not one but two galaxies located about 300 million light-years from Earth. The two spiral galaxies are in the process of interacting with one another, and astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believe the distinct signs of intense star formation in the nucleus of the smaller galaxy were probably triggered by the encounter with the larger one.

Enlarge / That spoiler on the back is the mop pad, but it’s not mopping right now. (credit: iRobot)

• iRobot Roomba j6+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $400 (was $800) at Amazon
• LG 77-inch Class B3 series OLED 4K UHD TV for $1,800 (was $3,300) at LG
• Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Over-Ear Headphones for $328 (was $400) at Amazon
• Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation, USB-C) for $200 (was $249) Amazon
• Samsung 55-inch Class QLED 4K Q70C for $750 (was $1,000) at Samsung
• Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular for $650 (was $749) at Amazon
• Samsung HW-B650 Powered 3.1-channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer system for $208 (was $398) at Crutchfield
• HP Smart Tank 6001 Wireless Cartridge-Free all-in-one printer for $230 (was $345) at Amazon
• Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $590 (was $800) at Amazon
• LG 43-inch 4K UHD IPS Smart Monitor for $500 (was $600) at LG

Home and office tech essentials

• HP Color LaserJet Pro M283fdw Wireless All-in-One Laser Printer for $429 (was $549) at Amazon
• HP Smart Tank 6001 Wireless Cartridge-Free all-in-one printer for $230 (was $345) at Amazon
• HP Envy 6455e Wireless Color Inkjet Printer for $100 (was $150) at Amazon
• HP Envy Inspire 7955e Wireless Color Inkjet Printer for $160 (was $220) at Amazon
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Wireless Black & White Printer with Fax for $369 (was $539) at Amazon
• HP OfficeJet 250 All-in-One Portable Printer with Wireless & Mobile Printing for $400 (was $490) at Amazon
• HP Laserjet Pro MFP 3101fdw Wireless Black & White Printer with Fax for $259 (was $379) at Amazon
• Amazon eero Pro mesh WiFi router for $70 (was $160) at Amazon
• Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system 2-pack for $155 (was $240) at Amazon
• Netgear Cable Modem WiFi Router Combo C6300 for $105 (was $200) at Amazon
• TP-Link Deco AX3000 WiFi 6 Mesh System 3-pack for $180 (was $230) at Amazon
• TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Router 802.11ax Wireless, Gigabit, Dual Band Internet $108 (was $130) at Amazon
• TP-Link AC1750 Smart WiFi Router (Archer A7) Dual Band Gigabit for $53 (was $80) at Amazon
• TP-Link Deco AX7800 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (Deco X95) 2-pack for $350 (was $450) at Amazon
• TP-Link AC1900 WiFi Extender (RE550) for $70 (was $80) at Amazon
• Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi System 2-pack for $280 (was $400) at Amazon
• Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi router for $90 (was $140) at Amazon
• Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) for $70 (was $130) at Amazon

Apple gear

• Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular for $650 (was $749) at Amazon
• Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB for $499 (was $599) at Amazon
• Apple iPad (9th Generation) with A13 Bionic chip,  64GB for $249 (was $329) at Amazon
• Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 45mm) Smartwatch with Midnight Aluminum Case for $379 (was $429) at Amazon
• Apple MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop, M2 chip,16GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,499 (was $1,699) at Best Buy
• Apple MacBook Pro 13.3-inch Laptop, Apple M2 chip, 8GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,299 (was $1,499) at Best Buy
• Apple AirTag 4-pack for $87 (was $99) at Amazon
• Apple 2020 MacBook Air Laptop M1 chip, 13-inch for $950 (was $999) at Amazon
• Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) with USB-C charging for $200 (was $249) at Amazon
• Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at Amazon

Robo vacuums

• Samsung Jet Bot AI+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner w/Object Recognition, Intelligent Cleaning for $700 (was $1,300) at Amazon
• Samsung Jet Bot+ Robot Vacuum with Clean Station for $600 (was $800) at Best Buy
• Shark Matrix Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum with Precision Home Mapping for $400 (was $500) at
• Shark AI Ultra Robot Vacuum with Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base for $404 (was $600) at Best Buy
• Shark  ION Robot Vacuum, Wi-Fi Connected for $150 (was $250) at Best Buy
• Roborock Q7 Max+ Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum and Mop with Auto-Empty Dock for $500 (was $870) at Best Buy
• iRobot Roomba i3+ EVO (3550) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $350 (was $550) at Best Buy
• iRobot Roomba j6+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $400 (was $800) at Amazon
• iRobot Roomba i4+ EVO Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $350 (was $600) at Amazon
• iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $500 (was $900) at Best Buy
• TP-Link Tapo Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo with Self Empty Base for $250 (was $400) at Amazon
• Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni Robot Vacuum and Mop for $840 (was $1,100) at Amazon
• Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, 2 in 1 Mopping Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Schedule for $179 (was $730) at Amazon
• Lefant Robot Vacuum Cleaner with 2200Pa Powerful Suction, Tangle-Free, Wi-Fi/App/Alexa for $100 (was $200) at Amazon
• roborock Q7 Max+ Robot Vacuum and Mop with Auto-Empty Dock Pure for $500 (was $870) with coupon at Amazon

Headphones

• Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation, USB-C) for $200 (was $249) Amazon
• Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Over-Ear Headphones for $328 (was $400) at Amazon
• Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II Noise Canceling Earbuds for $199 (was $279) at Amazon
• Edifier W820NB Plus Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones for $64 (was $90) at Amazon
• Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro Noise Canceling Earbuds for $190 (was $230) at Best Buy
• Shure AONIC 40 Premium Wireless Headphones for $100 (was $200) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser Momentum 3 True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Headphones for $200 (was $280) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Adaptive Noise-Canceling Over-The-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser HD 660S2 Wired Audiophile Bass-boosted Over-the-Ear Headphones for $500 (was $600) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser HD 458BT Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones for $100 (was $200) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser Sport True Wireless Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser CX Plus True Wireless Noise Canceling Earbuds for $130 (was $180) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser  IE 200 In-Ear Wired Headphones for $120 (was $150) at Best Buy
• Sennheiser HD 560S Wired Open Aire Over-the-Ear Audiophile Headphones for $180 (was $230) at Best Buy
• Jabra Elite 7 Active True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $115 (was $180) at Best Buy
• Jabra Elite 7 Pro True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at Best Buy
• Marshall Major IV Bluetooth Headphone with wireless charging for $109 (was $150) at Best Buy
• Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at Amazon
• Beats Studio Buds Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at Best Buy
• Beats Studio Pro Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at Best Buy
• Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Earbuds for $180 (was $200) at Best Buy
• Beats Solo 3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at Best Buy
• JBL Tune 510BT: Wireless On-Ear Headphones for $25 (was $50) at Amazon
• Poly – formerly Plantronics – Voyager 4320 for $158 (was $170) at Best Buy
• Soundcore by Anker P20i True Wireless Earbuds for $20 (was $40) at Amazon
• Soundcore by Anker A20i True Wireless Earbuds for $24 (was $40) at Amazon
• Soundcore by Anker Life P3i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $50 (was $60) at Amazon

Soundbars and home audio

• Samsung HW-B650 Powered 3.1-channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer system for $208 (was $398) at Crutchfield
• Samsung – Q-series 3.1.2 ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar w/Q-Symphony Q600C for $330 (was $600) at Best Buy
• Samsung S-series 3.0 ch. Soundbar S50B for $150 (was $250) at Samsung
• Samsung Sound Tower Party Audio ST40B for $230 (was $500) at Samsung
• Samsung Q-series 3.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q700C for $400 (was $700) at Samsung
• Samsung Q-series 5.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q800C for $690 (was $1,000) at Samsung
• Samsung Q-series 7.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q900C for $990 (was $1,400) at Samsung
• Samsung Q-series 9.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q910C for $990 (was $1,400) at Samsung
• Samsung Q-series 11.1.4 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q990C for $1,400 (was $1,900) at Best Buy
• Samsung HW-S50B/ZA 3.0ch All-in-One Soundbar for $148 (was $248) at Amazon
• Klipsch Cinema 600 Sound Bar 3.1 Home Theater System for $380 (was $549) at Amazon
• LG 5.1.2 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $300 (was $449) at Best Buy
• JBL Cinema SB170 2.1 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $150 (was $250) at Best Buy
• LG Eclair 3.0 Channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos for $300 (was $450) at Best Buy
• Yamaha SR-C20 2.1-Channel Soundbar with Built-in Subwoofer for $130 (was $180) at Best Buy
• LG 4.1 ch Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and Rear Speakers for $180 (was $400) at Best Buy
• Sony HT-A7000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $998 (was $1,398) at Crutchfield
• Sony HT-S2000 soundbar for $348 (was $498) at Crutchfield
• Sony HT-A3000 soundbar for $498 (was $698) at Crutchfield
• Sennheiser AMBEO Dolby Atmos Soundbar | Max for $2,000 (was $2,500) at Crutchfield
• Sony HT-A5000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $698 (was $998) at Crutchfield

TVs

• Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $590 (was $800) at Amazon
• Amazon Fire TV 75-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $880 (was $1,100) at Amazon
• Amazon Fire TV 43-inch 4-Series 4K UHD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $250 (was $370) at Amazon
• Amazon Fire TV 40-inch 2-Series HD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $180 (was $250) at Amazon
• Hisense 65-inch Class U8 Series Mini-LED ULED 4K UHD TV for $890 (was $1,400) at Amazon
• Samsung 55-inch Class QLED 4K Q70C for $750 (was $1,000) at Samsung
• Sony 55-inch 4K Ultra HD TV X85K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $778) at Amazon
• Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A95K 4K HDR OLED Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at Best Buy
• Sony 55 Inch 4K Ultra HD TV X90K Series: BRAVIA XR Full Array LED Smart Google TV for $798 (was $1,300) at Amazon
• Sony 65 Inch Mini LED 4K Ultra HD TV X93L Series: BRAVIA XR Smart Google TV for $1,598 (was $1,798) at Amazon
• Sony 65 Inch 4K Ultra HD TV X80K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $900) at Amazon
• TCL 55-inch Q7 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $498 (was $750) at Amazon
• TCL 55-inch Q6 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $348 (was $500) at Amazon
• Samsung 85-inch Class The Frame QLED 4K LS03B for $3,300 (was $4,300) at Samsung
• Sony 65-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,600) at Best Buy
• Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,400 (was $1,900) at Best Buy
• Sony 83-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K UHD Smart Google TV for $4,500 (was $5,300) at Best Buy
• Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,300 (was $1,900) at Samsung
• Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,600 (was $2,600) at Samsung
• Samsung 83-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $3,500 (was $5,400) at Samsung
• Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $2,400 (was $3,300) at Samsung
• Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $1,900 (was $2,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 77-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $3,600 (was $4,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 55-inch Class TU690T Crystal UHD 4K TV for $300 (was $380) at Samsung
• Samsung 65-inch Class QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at Samsung
• Samsung 98-inch Class QLED 4K Q80C TV for $5,000 (was $8,000) at Samsung
• Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at Samsung
• LG QNED85 Series 65-Inch Class QNED Mini-LED Smart TV (2022) for $1,097 (was $1,800) at Amazon
• LG 65-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $2,300 (was $3,000) at Best Buy
• LG 77-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $3,500 (was $4,300) at Best Buy
• LG 83-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $5,000 (was $6,000) at Best Buy
• LG 77-inch Class B3 series OLED 4K UHD for $1,800 (was $3,300) at LG
• Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $3,000 (was $3,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $6,000 (was $6,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $880 (was $1,800) at Samsung
• Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $1,500 (was $2,800) at Samsung
• Samsung 75-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900C TV for $4,500 (was $6,300) at Samsung
• Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 43-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,000 (was $1,200) at Samsung
• Samsung 85-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $2,800 (was $4,800) at Samsung
• Samsung 55-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN85C TV for $1,000 (was $1,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 86-inch Class Crystal UHD TU9010 (2021) TV for $1,600 (was $1,700) at Samsung

Lenovo deals

• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1270P for $1,216 (was $3,379) at Lenovo
• Lenovo Yoga C940 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1035G4) for $635 (was $1,250) at Lenovo
• Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 (Intel Core i7-13700KF, RTX 4080) for $2,061 (was $2,900) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,155 (was $2,889) at Lenovo
• Lenovo Slim Pro 7 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 Intel (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P16v (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,499 (was $3,339) at Lenovo
• Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8 (16-inch, Intel Core i9-13900HX and RTX 4090) for $2,360 (was $2,850) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1335U) for $1,319 (was $2,399) at Lenovo
• Lenovo LOQ (15-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX 4050) for $1,030 (was $1,400) at Lenovo
• Lenovo LOQ (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and RTX 4050) for $911 (was $1,260) at Lenovo
• ThinkPhone by Motorola for $450 (was $700) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5675U) for $629 (was $2,688) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1250P) for $945 (was $3,049) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Coire i5-1235U) for $632 (was $1,404) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700HX and RTX A1000) for $1,749 (was $3,899) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7730U) for $894 (was $1,719) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX A2000) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 5 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U) for $610 (was $1,219) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,143 (was $2,859) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, Intel Core i5-1355U) for $725 (was $1,449) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,529 (was $3,389) at Lenovo
• Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 7840U) for $1,099 (was $2,199) at Lenovo
• Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1260P) for $1,238 (was $3,439) at Lenovo

Monitors and displays

• Acer EZ321Q wi 31.5″ Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS Monitor for $160 (was $200) at Amazon
• Alienware AW2524H Gaming Monitor 24.5-inch 480Hz 1ms IPS Anti-Glare Display for $600 (was $800) at Amazon
• Dell Curved Gaming Monitor 27 Inch Curved with 165Hz Refresh Rate, QHD for $200 (was $300) at Amazon
• Dell Gaming Monitor 32 Inch, 165 Hz, Quad-HD Widescreen LED LCD, IPS Display for $300 (was $450) at Amazon
• Dell S3221QS 32 Inch Curved 4K UHD, VA Ultra-Thin Bezel Monitor, AMD FreeSync for $320 (was $400) at Amazon
• Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K USB-C Monitor UHD (3840×2160) Display, 60Hz Refresh Rate for $280 (was $370) at Amazon
• Dell 32-inch 4K Monitor, UHD (3840×2160), 60Hz, Dual HDMI 2.0 for $250 (was $365) at Amazon
• Dell S2421HS Full HD 1920×1080, 24-Inch 1080p LED for $140 (was $180) at Amazon
• Acer 23.8-inch Full HD 1920×1080 IPS Zero Frame Home Office Computer Monitor for $100 (was $150) at Amazon
• Samsung 22-inch T350 Series FHD 1080p Computer Monitor for $110 (was $150) at Amazon
• Samsung 34-inch G85SB OLED Ultra WQHD for $900 (was $1,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K UHD for $1,900 (was $2,700) at Samsung
• Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 DQHD for $1,200 (was $1,500) at Samsung
• Samsung 32-inch Odyssey G32A FHD for $220 (was $330) at Samsung
• LG 34-inch 34WN80C-B UltraWide WQHD IPS for $400 (was $550) at LG
• LG 27-inch UltraFine 4K OLED pro for $1,800 (was $1,900) at LG
• LG 43-inch 4K UHD IPS Smart Monitor for $380 (was $600) at LG
• LG 22-inch Class Full HD IPS for $80 (was $120) at LG
• LG 27-inch FHD IPS 3-Side Borderless for $110 (was $180) at LG

Herman Miller office and gaming chairs

• Herman Miller Aeron Chair for $1,354 (was $1,805) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Embody Chair for $1,703 (was $2,270) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Sayl Chair for $588 (was $735) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Sayl Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $816 (was $1,020) at DWR
• Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Low Back for $1,048 (was $1,310) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Mid Back for $1,256 (was $1,570) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Cosm Chair, High Back for $1,680 (was $2,100) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller x Logitech G Vantum Gaming Chair for $636 (was $795) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at DWR
• Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Executive for $2,040 (was $2,550) at DWR
• Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Management for $2,296 (was $2,870) at DWR
• Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Chair, Executive Height for $3,516 (was $4,395) at DWR
• Herman Miller Setu Chair, With Arms for $668 (was $835) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Aeron Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $1,354 (was $1,805) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Aeron Stool for $1,391 (was $1,855) at Herman Miller
• Herman Miller Lino Chair for $684 (was $855) at Herman Miller

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The Biden administration is studying 2,786 megahertz of spectrum that could be reallocated for purposes including wireless broadband networks, satellites, and drones, the White House said today. Some of the spectrum bands were already being investigated by federal agencies, though inclusion in the updated national strategy may speed up those processes.

“These spectrum bands are a mix of Federal and shared Federal/non-Federal bands—with an emphasis on mid-band frequencies,” the new National Spectrum Strategy says. The bands “will be studied for a variety of uses, including terrestrial wireless broadband, innovative space services, and unmanned aviation and other autonomous vehicle operations.”

The plan details “five spectrum bands meriting in-depth study in the near term,” saying they could be useful for “expanded governmental and non-governmental use for an array of advanced, next-generation applications and services.”

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Google’s default search deal with Apple is worth so much to the search giant that Google pays 36 percent of its search advertising revenue from Safari to keep its search engine set as the default in Apple’s browser, Bloomberg reported.

Google and Apple objected to making this key detail public from their long-running default search deal. But their closely held secret came out on Monday during testimony from Google’s main economics expert, Kevin Murphy, during the Department of Justice’s monopoly trial examining Google’s search business.

“Probably the biggest slip of the entire trial,” Big Tech on Trial, an account dedicated to providing updates from the Google trial, posted on X (formerly Twitter).

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On Monday, Nvidia announced the HGX H200 Tensor Core GPU, which utilizes the Hopper architecture to accelerate AI applications. It’s a follow-up of the H100 GPU, released last year and previously Nvidia’s most powerful AI GPU chip. If widely deployed, it could lead to far more powerful AI models—and faster response times for existing ones like ChatGPT—in the near future.

According to experts, lack of computing power (often called “compute”) has been a major bottleneck of AI progress this past year, hindering deployments of existing AI models and slowing the development of new ones. Shortages of powerful GPUs that accelerate AI models are largely to blame. One way to alleviate the compute bottleneck is to make more chips, but you can also make AI chips more powerful. That second approach may make the H200 an attractive product for cloud providers.

What’s the H200 good for? Despite the “G” in the “GPU” name, data center GPUs like this typically aren’t for graphics. GPUs are ideal for AI applications because they perform vast numbers of parallel matrix multiplications, which are necessary for neural networks to function. They are essential in the training portion of building an AI model and the “inference” portion, where people feed inputs into an AI model and it returns results.

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With Tesla’s first Cybertruck deliveries expected later this month, a now-deleted update to the electric carmaker’s terms of service said the firm could sue customers for $50,000 or more if they resell during the first year of ownership without first getting written permission from Tesla. The provision seemed designed to deter scalping for a car expected to be available only in limited quantities after CEO Elon Musk’s statement that Tesla “dug our own grave with the Cybertruck.”

But the clause was deleted from Tesla’s terms just days after people noticed its appearance. It was still in the Tesla Motor Vehicle Order Agreement Terms & Conditions earlier today, but was removed from the document while we worked on this article. The document still has a more general rule against quick resales but without the lawsuit threat.

Tesla may have decided to remove the clause after several news reports spread word of the change over the weekend. It’s not clear whether the company will bring the clause back in a modified form. We contacted Tesla and will update this article if we get a response.

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The Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU series was AMD’s first to include a small integrated GPU by default to make the chips more appealing for budget and business desktops where a dedicated GPU would be overkill. These bare-bones GPUs won’t play many games, as we found when we tested them, but they’re a reliable way to light up a couple of monitors.

AMD said at the time that it also planned to continue making desktop APUs, the company’s longstanding terminology for a Ryzen CPU paired with a more powerful integrated Radeon GPU, but we haven’t heard anything about a new Ryzen desktop APU since. That could be changing early next year, according to the release notes for a slew of BIOS updates for Gigabyte motherboards. According to Gigabyte, a new series of APUs for socket AM5 motherboards will be released starting in January 2024, and they’ll be compatible with any current socket AM5 motherboard running version 1.1.0.0 or newer of AMD’s AGESA firmware.

Tom’s Hardware has a breakdown of the Ryzen 8000G series, purportedly gleaned from this new AGESA version. According to this, the chips will be named the Ryzen 8000G series, and they’ll use the same “Phoenix” silicon that AMD uses in its Ryzen 7040U laptop processors and the Ryzen Z1 series of chips for gaming handhelds.

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After scammers spent years swiping hundreds of millions from Zelle users by inducing people to authorize fraudulent payments, lawmakers were horrified to discover in fall 2022 that “the vast majority” of defrauded Zelle users never got their money back. To regulators, it seemed like Zelle was shirking responsibility for policing this increasingly common fraudulent activity on its payments platform.

But now, Zelle has changed its mind and is working harder to protect users from imposter scams. On Monday, Zelle confirmed that at the end of June, the payments app finally started refunding users targeted by scammers.

According to Reuters, this was possible because Zelle’s network operator, Early Warning Services (EWS), found a solution that lets Zelle’s network of 2,100 financial firms off the hook for reimbursing transactions where “potentially billions of dollars” might be stolen by imposter scammers. Instead of expecting financial partners to foot the bill to cover this fraudulent activity, Zelle simply “implemented a mechanism that allows banks to claw back funds from the recipient’s account and return them to the sender.”

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One of the iPhone 14’s major new features was “Emergency SOS via satellite.” During normal usage, smartphones struggle to connect to something as far away as a satellite, but it’s possible to send out tiny bits of data under ideal conditions with the help of an aiming app. Apple turned this into a way to send a message to emergency services even when you’re off the grid, and the Android ecosystem immediately set about copying the feature. Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon Satellite” was announced in January 2023, and now, ten months later and with zero customers, the plan is dead.

Qualcomm’s satellite partner for the project, Iridium, announced the dissolution of the partnership in a press release, though Qualcomm says it still wants to work with Iridium for future projects. Iridium wrote:

Iridium previously announced that it entered into agreements with Qualcomm to enable satellite messaging and emergency services in smartphones powered by Snapdragon Mobile Platforms using Iridium’s satellite network. The companies successfully developed and demonstrated the technology; however, notwithstanding this technical success, smartphone manufacturers have not included the technology in their devices. Due to this, on November 3, 2023, Qualcomm notified Iridium that it has elected to terminate the agreements, effective December 3, 2023.

Essentially, the project is dying because Qualcomm couldn’t get a single Android manufacturer to add satellite messaging to a phone. Qualcomm’s satellite solution didn’t require much in the way of new hardware, so the rejection was apparently due to Qualcomm’s design of the feature and (presumably) any tack-on fees it was adding to the bill of materials. In a statement given to CNBC, Qualcomm says smartphone makers “indicated a preference towards standards-based solutions” for satellite-to-phone connectivity, a plan the company now wants to pivot to.