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Google ties Search to AI in schools, Canva cuts 22 percent of staff, and AMD posts a record quarter on data center demand.
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Zelda: Ocarina of Time returns as a Switch 2 remake, 28 years after the Nintendo 64 original, and early reviews call it a masterpiece with the heart of the 1998 game intact and controls much improved.
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Poisoned cPGuard updates hit nearly 3,000 web hosting servers after attackers used compromised credentials to get into OpsShield's update servers. The company also confirmed that customer contact details were taken in the supply chain attack.
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Windows 11 gets faster on 8GB machines, with Microsoft claiming multitasking up to 40 percent faster and 20 percent more responsiveness, as rising RAM prices keep cheaper configurations in the market.
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Reddit tests search ads that appear in results based on factors including contextual relevance, as traffic from Google declines and the company looks for ways to reach users showing high purchase intent.
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