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    Media Matters sues the FTC to block its “retaliatory” investigation.

    Last month, the FTC opened an investigation into the nonprofit watchdog group to determine whether it worked with advertisers to carry out a boycott of X. The Elon Musk-owned platform sued Media Matters for defamation after the organization found neo-Nazi content next to ads on the platform in 2023.

    In its lawsuit, Media Matters claims that the FTC is using “sweeping governmental powers to attempt to silence and harass an organization for daring to speak the truth.”

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    Google Chrome will soon require Android 10 or later.

    In an update on Monday, Google says Chrome 138 is the last version of the browser that will support Android 8 and Android 9, both of which were released over five years ago. The browser will continue to work on these versions, but it won’t receive additional updates.

    Chrome 139 and up will require at least Android 10 when it launches in August.

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    Reddit reportedly explores verifying users with Sam Altman’s eyeball scanner.

    Sources tell Semafor that Reddit wants to combat AI bots using World ID, the cryptocurrency and human identification project co-founded by Altman. It uses an iris scanner known as the Orb to assign people a World ID, which Semafor says Reddit could use to verify human users while keeping them anonymous.

    In addition to World ID, Reddit would also allow users to verify themselves with “many” other options, according to Semafor.

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    Latest Fairphone 6 leak shows off the two-part back cover.

    We already got a glimpse at what seems to be the repair-friendly Fairphone 6 earlier this month, but now Winfuture is back with another leak that shows how you can remove the lower half of the two-part back cover to reveal the phone’s battery.

    As reported by Winfuture, you still have to unscrew the battery, but it’s not glued in, making it far easier to replace. Fairphone is expected to launch the new device on June 25th.

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    AMD’s partnership with Xbox will extend beyond consoles.

    “Moving forward, AMD will go beyond building custom chips for Xbox consoles to designing a full roadmap of gaming-optimized chips, combining the power of Ryzen and Radeon for consoles, handhelds, PCs and the cloud.” AMD CEO Lisa Su says in a video posted on Thursday.

    Su adds that AMD is “doing it all with backward compatibility,” allowing gamers to access titles “across platforms.” Xbox announced this week that its next-gen console will feature an AMD chip.