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Fans of porn, Andrew Tate, and the British royal family had a rough time this week. And as always, today is a day ending in “y” meaning that once again, Elon Musk proved how much of a hypocrite he is. Check out the rest of the big tech stories of the week.

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Do you want to be chained to an outlet for the rest of your life? Of course not. That’s why you got a laptop in the first place. Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance. This is a myth that’s slowly killing your laptop. Once your laptop is charged, you need to unplug it, or you might be tethered to the wall forever. – Maxwell Zeff Read More

Jim Breyer and Angela Chao attends the AFI Awards Luncheon at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Chao with husband Jim Breyer
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File photo showing the skulls of two Marco Polo sheep in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan.

File photo showing the skulls of two Marco Polo sheep in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan.
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An 80-year-old man in Montana pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony wildlife crimes involving his plan to let paying customers hunt sheep on private ranches. But these weren’t just any old sheep. They were “massive hybrid sheep” created by illegally importing animal parts from central Asia, cloning the sheep, and then breeding an enormous hybrid species. – Matt Novak Read More

Figure 01, a robot made in a partnership between Figure and OpenAI, demonstrates amazing precision in autonomous movement in a new video released on March 13.
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As if Elon Musk needed yet another reason to hate OpenAI. Figure, a startup that partnered with OpenAI to develop a humanoid robot, released a new video on Wednesday. And it’s truly heads above anything Tesla has demonstrated to date with the Optimus robot. – Matt Novak Read More

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Andrew Tate, the social media influencer with a huge following of teenage boys, has found himself in legal trouble again, and it’s for the dumbest reason. – Oscar Gonzalez Read More

A close-up of Kate Middleton's family photo for Mother's Day in which Princess Charlotte's arm is partly erased.

The Associated Press said that Princess Charlotte appeared to be manipulated in the photo. You can clearly see that part of her arm has been erased.
Screenshot: The Prince and Princess of Wales / X

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, wants everyone to chill out about the photo of her and her kids, which has caused an international firestorm after being pulled by some of the world’s biggest photo agencies for being “manipulated.” According to Middleton, that is correct. In fact, she Photoshopped it herself. – Jody Serrano Read More

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You’ve probably noticed that your wi-fi slows down when more people or devices use the network. The same goes for larger systems. If you get too many people congregating in one area, the cell phone towers can’t handle the influx. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially and the coming wave of AI poised to make the problem even worse, there are major wireless traffic jams on the horizon. Now, scientists at the University of Florida have a potential solution: just make the chips 3D. – Thomas Germain Read More

Kara Swisher on All the Nonsense in the Tech Industry

Journalist Kara Swisher chats with Gizmodo about the tech industry. Burn Book is out now in stores and online.

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Elon Musk canceled Don Lemon’s new exclusive TV show on X before it even started, according to a statement from Lemon on Wednesday. The former CNN host says Elon Musk didn’t like his interview with Lemon, so Musk canceled their partnership just hours after the conversation concluded. – Maxwell Zeff Read More

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