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Peering Down Into Talking Ant Hill

Watching an anthill brings an air of fascination. Thousands of ants are moving about and communicating with other ants as they work towards a goal as a collective whole. For us humans, we project a complex inner world for each of these tiny creatures to drive the narrative. But what if we could peer down

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Sources: Microsoft plans to release its first ARM-powered Surface Go 4 in 2023, and is working on a smaller Surface Pro with an 11-inch display (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: Microsoft plans to release its first ARM-powered Surface Go 4 in 2023, and is working on a smaller Surface Pro with an 11-inch display  —  Microsoft plans wave of smaller 2-in-1 Windows tablets.  —  What you need to know  — Microsoft is planning to ship the Surface Go 4

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25 years later, Netflix finally won

Netflix’s DVD business was once so big it was 1.3 percent of all US mail. | Photo by Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Netflix was never going to be a DVD shipper forever. But to win the streaming wars, it might need to recapture what made DVDs by mail so special. Continue

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Some iPhone users say Apple’s policies made it hard for them to regain access to their accounts after thieves used the optional Recovery Key to lock them out (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Some iPhone users say Apple’s policies made it hard for them to regain access to their accounts after thieves used the optional Recovery Key to lock them out  —  The recovery key was designed to make Apple IDs safer.  Instead, these victims permanently lost family photos and other precious digital possessions.

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Sources: some US tech companies push to narrow the scope of a Senate bill aimed at a TikTok ban, worried it exposes them to future national security reviews (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: some US tech companies push to narrow the scope of a Senate bill aimed at a TikTok ban, worried it exposes them to future national security reviews  —  US tech companies are pushing to narrow the scope of legislation that could ban TikTok in the US, creating new obstacles …

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The UK CMA opens a consultation after Google proposes letting developers use alternate payment methods for IAP and reducing its cut to settle an antitrust probe (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The UK CMA opens a consultation after Google proposes letting developers use alternate payment methods for IAP and reducing its cut to settle an antitrust probe  —  Google has proposed letting developers offering apps through its UK Play mobile app store to have the option …

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