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This week signals the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support. After years of extended security updates, no more bugs or security holes will be patched in the venerable operating systems.Windows 7 had a good run....

Kotlin 1.8.0, an upgrade to the JetBrains-developed, statically typed language for multiplatform mobile, web, and native development, is now available as a production release. The new version introduces experimental functions for recursively copying or deleting directory content on the JVM.The...

Price increases are fairly common for streaming services, but HBO has been the exception to the rule. That’s finally changing, as pricing for HBO’s ad-free streaming tier is increasing. HBO Max has confirmed that the price of its ad-free subscription...

Warner Bros Discovery is exploring a sale of its music library that could be valued at more than $1bn, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest move by chief executive David Zaslav to reduce debt at the sprawling...

The new SL 63 has only just arrived but Mercedes has already brought out an exclusive ‘special model’ which it says reflects the look of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 car from the 2021 seasonMercedes-AMG will build only 100 examples of...

While it may seem abrupt, this doesn’t mean Mercedes is giving up on electric cars — very much the opposite. The outlets report that since Mercedes’ goal is to go fully electric by 2030 with no new internal combustion engines...

“M3gan” and the Ethics of the AI Toy Shop  wweek.com READ SOURCE...

Downing Street’s net-zero tsar is set to recommend a fivefold increase in solar power, an earlier ban on new gas boilers by 2033 and curbs on the export of plastic waste by 2027 in a far-reaching report to be published...

The FAA said Wednesday evening that a “damaged database file” was the root cause of a systemwide failure in its NOTAM safety information database, which grounded flights across the US for several hours that morning. There was “no evidence of...

As Amazon looks to shed staff around the world, it is heading for a showdown with worker and government representatives over its hotly contested Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) in India.Workers say that the program has not been truly voluntary, but...