Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
PlayStation is removing hundreds of Discovery shows that users already purchased (www.businessinsider.com)
A new approach to create fast-charging lithium-ion batteries with a graphite-based anode (techxplore.com)
Chinese automaker BYD goes after Tesla’s throne with more than 300,000 electric cars sold in a month (english.elpais.com)
How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop (www.theregister.com)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO (apnews.com)
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
Google DeepMind's GraphCast AI weather predictor looks fascinating on paper but ... (www.theregister.com)
Apple suffers setback in fight against EU order to pay £11bn tax bill in Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
IBM releases 1,000+ qubit processor, roadmap to error correction (arstechnica.com)
Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
PlayStation is removing hundreds of Discovery shows that users already purchased (www.businessinsider.com)
Google search ads spotted in compromising placements (techcrunch.com)
Anger as some Google cloud customers locked out of files (www.bbc.com)
New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image (arstechnica.com)
Amazon's iRobot purchase sucks up formal competition concerns in EU (techcrunch.com)
Police warning parents about new iPhone feature (thehill.com)
Rhysida, the new ransomware gang behind British Library cyber-attack (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday (www.reuters.com)
Chinese companies are turning banned RTX 4090 cards into AI products (www.techspot.com)
Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV (9to5google.com)
YouTuber sues Google Spain for alleged wrongful dismissal (www.reuters.com)
A new approach to create fast-charging lithium-ion batteries with a graphite-based anode (techxplore.com)
Chinese automaker BYD goes after Tesla’s throne with more than 300,000 electric cars sold in a month (english.elpais.com)
AI is modeling David Attenborough and the filmmaker isn’t happy (www.androidpolice.com)
How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop (www.theregister.com)
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears (www.theregister.com)
USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide (arstechnica.com)
US telecom regulator wants to bar cable TV early-termination fees (www.reuters.com)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO (apnews.com)
Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma in peril after EU warning (www.theverge.com)
Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business (www.theregister.com)
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns (arstechnica.com)
Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
Sodium-ion battery breakthroughs may be key to our electric future (www.techspot.com)
Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues (www.theverge.com)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
Apple fights EU gatekeeper status to avoid opening up services to rivals (arstechnica.com)
Lawyer guilty of arrogance after ignoring tech support (www.theregister.com)
IBM suspends ads on X after corporate ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.reuters.com)
Twitter’s decentralized offshoot Bluesky now has 2 million users (www.theverge.com)
No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon (arstechnica.com)
TikTok and Meta challenge Europe's new rules that crack down on digital giants (apnews.com)
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get (arstechnica.com)
Google DeepMind's GraphCast AI weather predictor looks fascinating on paper but ... (www.theregister.com)
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians (www.theverge.com)
Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time (techxplore.com)
Tesla threatened to sue buyers who resell Cybertruck without written permission (arstechnica.com)
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive (ghacks.net)
Apple suffers setback in fight against EU order to pay £11bn tax bill in Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
YouTube, TikTok must detail child protection measures by Nov 30, EU says (www.reuters.com)
Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PC (www.theregister.com)