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Andy Edser / PC Gamer: Microsoft partners with IBM to release the MS-DOS 4.0 source code under the MIT license on GitHub  —  Fond memories of beige machines.  —  Ah, the PC in the spare room.  Back when “going on the computer” was an event, not a daily necessity, I cut my teeth on MS-DOS

Sony has planned yet another promotional sale for the PS5 in India, promising a discount of Rs. 7,500. The offer is only applicable on the 4K Bluray-equipped disc version of the console, and goes live Thursday, August 24, at select online and brick-and-mortar retailers. The sale is slated to run for nine days, going into

Mathieu Dion / Bloomberg: IBM plans to expand its semiconductor packaging and testing plant in Bromont, Quebec, with more than CA$1B in investments over the next five years  —  – The chips-packaging facility has about 1,000 employees  — ‘What you really need is a full supply chain onshore’: Thomas Source link

Meta Platforms is breaking European data privacy rules in Norway, the country’s data regulator told a court on Wednesday, in a case that could have wider European implications. Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users’ privacy by harvesting user data and using it

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: FTC says Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and other Amazon execs used Signal’s disappearing messages to conceal evidence in FTC’s antitrust case against Amazon  —  – Agency accuses retail giant of failing to preserve documents  — Top executives communicated via Signal disappearing chats Source link

WhatsApp view-once images and videos allow you to send images and videos to other users that can be opened only once, and the company is working on a tweak to the interface that will make sharing these messages easier than before. According to details shared by WABetaInfo, a WhatsApp feature tracker, the application will allow

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google is testing “Speaking practice” in Search, which uses a conversational AI bot to let Search Labs users in some countries improve their English skills  —  Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. Source link

More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month. Across the EU, a host of internet giants – including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms, Chinese-owned video app TikTok and

Kif Leswing / CNBC: As Intel reports disappointing earnings and guidance, and becomes S&P’s worst performing stock in 2024, a look at the long history of company’s missteps  —  Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Source link

Nvidia far exceeded expectations with its quarterly revenue forecast on Wednesday as an artificial-intelligence (AI) boom fueled demand for its chips and said it would buy back $25 billion (roughly Rs. 2,06,318 crore) in stock, sending its shares soaring after hours. Nvidia’s forecast beat expectations by billions of dollars, demonstrating that a boom in generative AI technologies