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Why Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after two decades
In the two decades since it was first included in products available to the general public, Bluetooth has become so widespread that an entire generation of consumers may not be able to remember a time without it.
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Read Elon Musk's letter to Twitter calling off his $44 billion takeover deal
Elon Musk is abandoning his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, blaming the company's failure to provide enough information about fake accounts.
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BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report
Oil and gas giant BP has been caught up in a controversy involving low payouts to Mexican villagers participating in its carbon credit program, designed to improve forest conservation while offsetting the company’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Amazon seals deal with Grubhub parent, Prime members get free delivery
Amazon Prime members can now order food from Grubhub without a delivery fee. The offer for Grubhub+ is good for one year, after which Prime members will automatically be charged the current $9.99 monthly rate for the service. There is a minimum $12 order to avoid the fee.
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Google to invest $10 million in new partnerships to fight misinformation
Confronted with a tough spot, many individuals go to a generic wellspring of help - points, for example, self destruction and sexual and abusive behavior at home are addressed day to day in Google Search.
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Jordan Peterson Becomes an Absurd Video Game Villain
Jordan Peterson’s 14-minute rant about being banned from Twitter make a lot more sense coming from the mouth of a Metal Gear Solid Character.
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Apple is building a Lockdown Mode to fend off cyberattacks on high-profile users | Engadget
Apple has announced Lockdown Mode, an "extreme" level of security designed for a "very small number of users who face grave, targeted threats." It will be available this fall when the company rolls out iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura.
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Video game sales set to fall for first time in years as industry braces for recession
Video game sales are set to decline annually for the first time in years, as another industry that boomed in the coronavirus era faces the grim prospect of a recession. The global games and services market is forecast to contract 1.2% year-on-year to $188 billion in 2022, according to research from market data firm Ampere Analysis.
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YouTuber gets scam ring in India arrested after hacking into their office's CCTV cameras
YouTuber allegedly hacked into the CCTV of an India-based scam ring office and gathered enough evidence of fraud to alert local police.
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New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws
From today, new cars sold in Europe must be fitted with technology to help discourage speeding. The European Union has introduced regulations which will
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EU forces Amazon to make it easier to cancel Prime subscriptions in Europe
Amazon has agreed to simplify the process of canceling Prime in Europe, meaning customers in the region will be able to end their subscription in just two clicks, the European Commission has announced. The changes, which were implemented as of July 1st, should bring to an end the “multiple pages” filled with “distracting information” and “unclear button labels” that Amazon has previously used to add friction to the cancellation process.
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Up to 90% of governmental websites include cookies of third-party trackers
"Measuring Web Cookies in Governmental Websites," in which they investigate governmental websites of G20 countries and evaluate to what extent visits to these sites are tracked by third parties. The results reveal that in some countries up to 90% of these websites add third-party tracker cookies without users' consent. This occurs even in countries with strict user privacy laws.
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Smart contact lens prototype puts a Micro LED display on top of the eye
The Mojo Lens has a Micro LED display the wearer controls with their eyes.
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MrBeast explains YouTube’s algorithm at VidCon
At the first VidCon since 2019, YouTube’s top earner in the U.S., MrBeast, got on stage to talk to YouTube’s director of discovery Todd Beaupré about one of the biggest questions on creators’ minds: How does the recommendation algorithm actually work?
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How the new space race will spark a new industrial revolution
The innovation imperative is here, and it will change everything. Strap in and enjoy the rocket-ship ride.
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WhatsApp for iOS will let users hide their online status from everyone
WhatsApp for iOS is working on yet another long-requested feature from its users – the ability to hide the Online status from everyone. This function will come in a future update, and it’s already in development.
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A novel predicted the metaverse (and hyperinflation) 30 years ago
In "Snow Crash," Neal Stephenson envisioned a world transformed by the metaverse, inflation and a virus. Now he's launched a metaverse start-up.
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The GPU shortage is over
We just bought a Nvidia RTX 3070 for MSRP.
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Are Password Managers A Single Point Of Failure?
Are password managers a single point of failure? This is a question that gets asked by many new people to password managers. With all the data breaches happening it’s no wonder people are concerned about using a password manager.
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iOS 16 is more Android than the iPhone has ever been
When iOS 14 came out, TikTok was filled with videos of extreme iPhone interface customization techniques, courtesy of custom widgets and icon replacement via Shortcuts. Everyone’s aesthetic is different, and you might have considered those customizations silly or gaudy, or even ugly, but the success of those videos sent a powerful signal: people want to customize their devices.
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Social networks won’t be able to stay neutral on abortion
Sites like Facebook are navigating moderation questions.
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Who Is Liable when AI Kills?
We need to change rules and institutions while still promoting innovation to protect people from faulty AI
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DALL·E 2
DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.
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Twitter suspends Jordan Peterson's account after comments about Elliot Page
A post by Jordan Peterson about transgender actor Elliot Page that broke Twitter's "against hateful conduct" guidelines reportedly resulted in his suspension from the social media
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A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
Researchers say the remote-access Trojan ZuoRAT is likely the work of a nation-state and has infected at least 80 different targets.
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New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars.
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Police used a reverse keyword Google search to find an accused killer. He says that's illegal.
Privacy advocates are watching the case closely, concerned that police could use reverse keyword searches to investigate people who seek information about abortions.
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Starlink tells customers that a Dish 5G plan would make Starlink “unusable”
SpaceX is asking Starlink customers to help the company win a regulatory battle against Dish Network. In an email urging users to contact the Federal Communications Commission and members of Congress, SpaceX yesterday said a Dish plan to use the 12 GHz spectrum band for mobile service will cause "harmful interference [to Starlink users] more than 77 percent of the time and total outage of service 74 percent of the time, rendering Starlink unusable for most Americans."
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Bored Ape NFT maker Yuga Labs sues artist, claiming he copied tokens
The creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens has sued an artist in Los Angeles federal court, accusing him of selling copycats that are confusing potential buyers.
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An FCC commissioner calls on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, saying...
In a letter to the Apple and Google CEOs, Brendan Carr wrote that TikTok is "not just an app for sharing funny videos or memes."




















