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From the embarrassing-episode department: Apple has quietly removed the "available now" designation from its Apple Intelligence marketing page following a National Advertising Division review. The change came after the NAD recommended Apple "discontinue or modify" the claim, which "reasonably conveyed the message" that all promoted AI features were immediately available with iPhone 16 devices.
The NAD, part of the Better Business Bureau, determined Apple's footnote explaining feature availability was "neither sufficiently clear and conspicuous nor close to the triggering claims."
Further reading:
Apple Delays 'More Personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence Features;
'Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino';
Apple Shakes Up AI Executive Ranks in Bid to Turn Around Siri.
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Thanks to the detective work of our very own 2005 Boards member nune we have our first stock images of the new NFL x Transformers Collaboration toys! We have the following NFL-inspired robots which transform into helmets of popular teams:
Transformers NFL Kansas City Chiefs KC-59 (#ad)
Transformers NFL Dallas Cowboys Starblitz (#ad)
Transformers NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Steelsmash (#ad)
Transformers NFL Green Bay Packers Tundra Prime (#ad) Additional details are yet to be revealed, but stay tuned with this space for more updates! See the mirrored images after the jump and then let us know your impressions on the
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From the closer-look department: US scientists are fleeing abroad in record numbers as the Trump administration slashes research funding, according to exclusive data analysis by Nature. Applications from American researchers for international positions surged 32% between January and March 2025 compared to the same period last year, while US-based users browsing overseas jobs jumped 35%.
The exodus accelerated in March as the administration intensified science cuts, with job views spiking 68% year-over-year. Applications to Canadian institutions increased 41%, while interest from Canadians in US positions plummeted 13%.
Recent months have seen more than 200 federal HIV/AIDS research grants abruptly terminated, cuts to NIH COVID-19 funding revealed, and a $400 million reduction in research grants at Columbia University.
"To see this big drop in views and applications to the US -- and the similar rise in those looking to leave -- is unprecedented," said James Richards, who leads Global Talent Solutions at Springer Nature.
European institutions are capitalizing on the talent migration. Aix-Marseille University launched its "Safe Place for Science" initiative with $17.2 million to sponsor researchers, while Germany's Max Planck Society created a Transatlantic Program offering positions to scientists "no longer able to work in the United States." The trend extends beyond Europe, with US-based views of Chinese science positions increasing 30% in the first quarter of 2025.
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From the old-habits-die-hard department: Google pays Samsung an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company's practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law. From a report: The company began paying Samsung for Gemini in January, according to Peter Fitzgerald, Google's vice president of platforms and device partnerships, who testified Monday in Washington federal court as part of the Justice Department's antitrust case. The contract, set to run at least two years, provides fixed monthly payments for each device that preinstalls Gemini and pays Samsung a percentage of the revenue Google earns from advertisements within the app, Fitzgerald told Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the case.
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Patch 11.1.5 Live This Week
Patch 11.1.5 launches this week in North America and Europe.
What is Releasing This Week?
Several new content additions are coming in Patch 11.1.5.
Official Patch Notes
Winds of Mysterious Fortune Leveling Buff
Nightfall Scenario
Cooldown Manager
New Mounts
What is Releasing May 20?
Horrific Visions Revisited
What is Releasing June 3?
Dastardly Duos
Official Patch 11.1.5 Notes
Here are the official patch notes for the War Within Patch 11.1.5.
Winds of Mysterious Fortune Leveling Buff
Players can take advantage of a 20% experience buff for a brief period, including more rewards on the journey to 80.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
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From the pulling-the-China-card department: Google has argued in court that the U.S. Department of Justice's proposal to break up its Chrome and Android businesses would weaken national security and harm the country's position in the global AI race, particularly against China. CNBC reports: The remedies trial in Washington, D.C., follows a judge's ruling in August that Google has held a monopoly in its core market of internet search, the most-significant antitrust ruling in the tech industry since the case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. The Justice Department has called for Google to divest its Chrome browser unit and open its search data to rivals.
Google said in a blog post on Monday that such a move is not in the best interest of the country as the global battle for supremacy in artificial intelligence rapidly intensifies. In the first paragraph of the post, Google named China's DeepSeek as an emerging AI competitor. The DOJ's proposal would "hamstring how we develop AI, and have a government-appointed committee regulate the design and development of our products," Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's vice president of regulatory affairs, wrote in the post. "That would hold back American innovation at a critical juncture. We're in a fiercely competitive global race with China for the next generation of technology leadership, and Google is at the forefront of American companies making scientific and technological breakthroughs."
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Season of Discovery - Scarlet Enclave Raid Hotfix Notes
Originally Posted by Blizzard
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Blue Tracker /
Official Forums)
Hi All,
We’ve seen a bit of confusion about the Scarlet Enclave adjustments posted in today’s hotfix notes
here and wanted to post an additional note ahead of tomorrow’s North American resets to clarify that these are not the only adjustments we have planned this week. The adjustments detailed in the post earlier this evening are already live as of today, but the remainder of the adjustments we have planned needed a bit more time for testing but are ready and waiting for deploy with regional downtimes starting tomorrow.
Here’s an overview of the adjustments coming with regional maintenance tomorrow:
Solistrasza, Beastmaster, and Mason and their adds have had their HP reduced by ~15%
Reborn Council, Lillian Voss, and Caldoran and their adds have had their HP reduced by ~10%
Reborn Council enrage increased from 5 minutes 30 seconds to 7 minutes
Lillian Voss enrage timer increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes
Beatrix Trash HP lowered by 20%
We apologize for the confusion on this. We had intended to combine our communications around these two rounds of hotfixes tomorrow for clarity, but there was a miscommunication that prevented that on our end. We will continue to monitor performance in this next week’s reset and make additional adjustments as needed.
Thank you!
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