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Microsoft Accidentally Breaks Replying To an Email On Outlook

Microsoft has accidentally introduced a bug in Outlook for Mac that omits the original message from email replies, making it difficult for recipients to follow conversation history. Until Microsoft releases a fix, its suggested workaround is to roll back from version 16.110 and disable automatic updates, which is "great for users in full control of their devices -- not so good for anyone with a managed device," notes The Register. "Administrators with fleets of Macs running Outlook should brace for helpdesk tickets." From the report: In some instances, having a user copy and paste the salient bits of the email they are responding to might not be such a bad thing. We've all had emails that required epic amounts of scrolling to find what started the conversation, so forcing users to think about what they actually need to include is no bad thing. However, disrupting user workflows without warning -- well, that is undoubtedly a bad thing.

This is, after all, one of the most basic things an email client needs to do, so shipping a product with a bug that breaks this functionality says more about Microsoft's approach to quality than anything else.

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Following User Outcry, AMD Reinstates Memory Encryption In Consumer CPUs

Last week, AMD was found to have stripped memory encryption from its consumer CPUs without any warning or notice. Now, following a wave of backlash on social media, the chipmaker has now reinstated the protection, though it still hasn't explained why the safeguard was disabled in the first place. Ars Technica reports: Following the revelation, social media was deluged by comments from AMD consumers decrying the move. They noted that AMD's quiet removal of TSME after supporting it for so long seemed underhanded. The move came solely as a result of firmware changes made in a recent update. With no physical changes required to silicon, continued support was largely, if not purely, a matter of will rather than a necessity required by changes to hardware. The critics called on AMD to reverse the move.

Over the weekend, AMD said it planned to do just that in a firmware update scheduled for release next month. More often than not, the chipmaker refers to TSME as Memory Guard. "Regarding certain non-PRO Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors, a BIOS option to enable Memory Guard was previously available but was removed in a recent update," AMD said in an email. "Based on valuable community feedback, we will reinstate this option in an upcoming BIOS release in July."

The company has yet to explain why it removed the protection. Critics speculate that AMD dropped it in an attempt to steer customers toward more costly CPUs. It's possible, though, that there were less nefarious reasons, such as the difficulty of continued support as chip designs changed. Another possibility is that AMD made the move for performance reasons. Encrypting and decrypting data in memory creates latency. Slowdowns are the enemy of gamers, one of the more popular customer segments using the 9000-line of Ryzen processors. Since many gamers already voluntarily disabled TSME and had little need for it in the first place, AMD may not have considered the change of much consequence.

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Valve Will Finally Let You Build Your Own Steam Machine With SteamOS For Desktop

With the price of the new Steam Machine starting at $1,049, you might want to consider making your own Steam Machine instead. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." Alongside that improved compatibility, Valve is giving gamers the green light to install SteamOS on their own desktops. In an interview with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said Valve has been "rolling out improvements to [SteamOS] so it's more compatible with desktop hardware," including eventual support for Nvidia graphics. Griffais says Valve has "a growing team" working on Nvidia driver support for SteamOS, adding, "We're collaborating with Nvidia very closely." While he mentioned that Nvidia support might not come this year, Griffais emphasized that "it's certainly something that we're working on in the background."

It's technically been possible to run SteamOS on your own hardware for a while now, but compatibility has been mostly limited to AMD systems. So far installing it has also required using a Steam Deck recovery image, a process that, speaking from experience, is much less straightforward than the installation process for most other Linux distributions. Trying to run SteamOS on Intel or Nvidia hardware has not been easy so far. According to Griffais, Valve is working to change that, which could mean that down the line, you'll be able to run SteamOS on just about any gaming PC hardware you want, including Nvidia.

For the more immediate future, Griffais says SteamOS in its current state should offer a "good experience" on console-like PC setups: "If you have something that is similar to the use case of a Steam Machine, where you have a PC that's gonna be plugged into a TV, and has a single hard drive that you're not going to try and dual boot [] you can put SteamOS on there, and you'll have an experience that is very similar to a Steam Deck docked or a Steam Machine, with some caveats, of course," like a lack of HDMI-CEC support. But "the core bits of the experience are there. The SteamOS graphics driver, the shader precompilation [...] you can get at all of that with the SteamOS." Griffais says SteamOS does not yet offer an easy way to dual-boot alongside Windows or another operating system, but envisions "a time where it's a better experience to install on your desktop and have it coexist with a different operating system."

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Google Invests $75 Million In A24 To Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools

Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24 as part of a research partnership with DeepMind to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools and workflows. "The deal represents the latest marriage between a Hollywood studio and AI in an era where companies have oscillated between partnerships and lawsuits," reports Variety. From the report: A24 partner Scott Belsky, who leads the studio's technology division A24 Labs, told the Journal the studio's Google partnership differed from other deals because AI developers mistakenly advertised their products as a means to make films cheaper and faster. His division is developing applications for AI-generated storyboards, another reimagination of the production process that has seen filmmakers like Martin Scorsese rubber-stamp. "We think there are better uses that preserve creative control and support risk-taking," said Belsky, arguing the new tools "won't look anything like the prompted generation type of AI that people feel uncomfortable with."

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 23-06-2026 01:15 CEST...

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 23-06-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 20.7°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 18.8°C / Max 28.6°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 18.8°C, Max 28.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1021.8 hPa ↘️ -2.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↙ 43°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

02:00: 20.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↙ 67°
03:00: 20.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1024.1 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↙ 59°
04:00: 20.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1023.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 69°
05:00: 19.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1023.2 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ← 71°
06:00: 19.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1022.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ← 82°
07:00: 19.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 21%, 🧭 1023.4 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 72°
08:00: 20.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1023.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↙ 62°
09:00: 21.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1023.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 80°
10:00: 23.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1023.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 99°
11:00: 25.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ← 100°
12:00: 27.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 83°
13:00: 28.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 90°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

woensdag 24 juni: Min 19.4°C, Max 31.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ↘️ -3.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ← 88°
donderdag 25 juni: Min 25.4°C, Max 38.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1017.6 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 187°
vrijdag 26 juni: Min 22.4°C, Max 33.5°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, 🧭 1015.0 hPa ↘️ -2.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 55°
zaterdag 27 juni: Min 25.1°C, Max 37.5°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1015.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.9 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 144°
zondag 28 juni: Min 25.0°C, Max 38.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1015.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 117°
maandag 29 juni: Min 21.7°C, Max 34.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1019.7 hPa ↗️ +4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: → 281°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 20.7°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 18.6°C (-2.1°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 54°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 27.7 km/h (7.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 58%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1024.6 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 26.5 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:22 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 22:05

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 36 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 4.0 μg/m³
• PM10: 7.5 μg/m³

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Julián Alvarez sparks transfer frenzy by telling Atlético Madrid he wants to leave

  • Argentina forward wants to ‘fulfil dream’ by departing

  • Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG linked with 26-year-old

Julián Alvarez has said he wants to ⁠leave Atlético Madrid to “fulfil his dream” following reported interest from Barcelona, Real Madrid ⁠and Paris Saint-⁠Germain.

“I ​spoke with people at the club [Atlético], with those I had to speak with, ⁠and the best thing for everyone is a transfer and I want to fulfil ⁠my dream,” Alvarez said after Argentina’s World Cup Group ​J win over Austria.

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Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas

Technology to be used in six more areas next year as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’

The Metropolitan police is to expand its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology, first into London’s West End by Christmas and then into a further six areas next year.

The new cameras will be fixed, and could be attached to street furniture such as lamp-posts. Critics said the new plans mean tens of thousands of people will be forced into a “digital police lineup”.

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Plan to auction over 100 Titanic artifacts faces US government opposition

Company wants to sell objects despite agreements to only display them at museums and traveling exhibitions

A plan to auction more than 100 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic – including personal belongings, currency, kitchen items and decor – is facing pushback from the US government, according to newly unsealed court documents.

RMS Titanic Inc, the company that owns exclusive salvage rights to the famous wreck deep in the North Atlantic, wants to sell the artifacts for the first time despite previous agreements to only display them at museums and traveling exhibitions.

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