by Paresh Dave on (#6PPKC)
The social media company, already fighting for its existence in the US, now has to contend with a potentially expensive penalty stemming from its policies toward users under 13.
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by Helen Massy-Beresford on (#6PPH4)
The goal of the Seine-cleansing project is to produce swimmable conditions for the people of Paris for years to come-the Olympics was just a milestone in getting there.
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by Lily Hay Newman on (#6PPH5)
Social Security numbers, death certificates, voter applications, and other personal data were accessible on the open internet, highlighting the ongoing challenges in election security.
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by Will Knight on (#6PPE9)
Researchers have developed a way to tamperproof open source large language models to prevent them from being coaxed into, say, explaining how to make a bomb.
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by Simon Lucas on (#6PPB0)
These wireless planar magnetic headphones are the perfect way to maintain pristine audio quality on the go.
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by Jason Parham on (#6PPAZ)
The vice president's political theater is inspiring raucous reactions and online goodwill-but it's also already showing cracks, and obscuring the harsher realities of America.
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by David Nield on (#6PPB1)
Hiding your streaming habits increases your privacy and improves the recommendations you see. Here's how to clear your viewing history on every major streamer.
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by Steven Levy on (#6PPB2)
At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Donald Trump promised the crypto community the moon. They'd better hope they don't get it.
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by Eric Ravenscraft on (#6PP8T)
Even MSI is ready to replace this poorly functioning gaming handheld.
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by Nena Farrell on (#6PP70)
The Echo Spot takes many of my favorite features from smart displays and cuts a ton of clutter (and the ads).
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by Aarian Marshall on (#6PP72)
New technology and a drive toward electrified powertrains have converged to create a flashy new car-lighting landscape. What comes next could be an international light language.
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by Angela Watercutter on (#6PP71)
You can call politicians castigating the childless and companies marketing AI assistants a lot of things, but it's au courant to call them weird. The Era of Weird has been a long time coming-but may have a cringey future ahead.
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by Rhett Allain on (#6PP73)
The New Zealander came up with a better way to jump, using a front flip in midair. But the sport's stodgy authorities shut him down before the 1975 Games.
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by Ashwin Rodrigues on (#6PP74)
If you've listened to any rap or pop music made in the 21st century, you've heard John Lehmkuhl's most famous creation, a thwacking metallic percussion sample named Tribe."
by Will Knight on (#6PNTB)
The chipmaker, which has fallen behind competitors, is slashing 15 percent of its workforce.
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by Megan Farokhmanesh on (#6PNTC)
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard created an environment that helped workers. Amid layoffs and worries about AI, their efforts could be an indicator of the future of the industry.
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by Paolo Armelli on (#6PNTD)
Imane Khelif has always defined herself as a woman, and has every right to compete.
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by Leah Feiger on (#6PNQT)
WIRED speaks with Jesselyn Cook, whose recent book chronicles five families impacted by QAnon.
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by Will Knight on (#6PNHH)
US Commerce Department undersecretary Laurie E. Locascio says America needs to invent new chip manufacturing techniques.
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by Ali Winston, Jake Hanrahan on (#6PNHJ)
Joshua Caleb Sutter infiltrated far-right extremist organizations as a confidential FBI informant, all while promoting hateful ideologies that influenced some of the internet's most violent groups.
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by Daniel Thorp-Lancaster on (#6PNEK)
This is a good basic budget laptop, but aggressive Chromebook Plus sales might have you thinking twice.
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by Justin Pot on (#6PNEM)
Using the free service Privacy.Sexy, you can generate custom scripts that will rid your Mac or Windows PC of preinstalled apps and features you never use.
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by Vittoria Elliott on (#6PNEP)
From abolishing the Federal Trade Commission to rolling back labor rights, the right's vision for tech is unfettered deregulation.
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by Parker Hall on (#6PNEN)
This gorgeous high-end TV is this year's best buy for home cinephiles.
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by Michael Calore, Lauren Goode on (#6PNBX)
This week, we talk about the arrival of Date Like Goblins and chart the rise of niche, interest-specific platforms for online dating.
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by Makena Kelly on (#6PNBY)
After struggling through a changing social media landscape for years, Democratic strategists have figured out how to go viral.
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by Andy Greenberg on (#6PNC0)
The RayV Lite will make it hundreds of times cheaper for anyone to carry out physics-bending feats of hardware hacking.
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by Jeff Wilser on (#6PNBZ)
In June, Iranian authorities claimed the crypto game was distracting voters during the presidential election. Last month, Telegram's CEO touted its potential to bring millions to blockchain. Its creators say they're just getting started.
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by Clive Thompson on (#6PN9J)
Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They're how we can break society's absurd addiction to single-use plastics.
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by Rhett Allain on (#5MKGA)
Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn't quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament-but it's pretty darn tough.
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by Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica on (#6PMYB)
Regulators found that Amazon is responsible for defective products sold by its third-party vendors-which include flammable pajamas, faulty carbon monoxide detectors, and hair dryers that could electrocute you.
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by David Gilbert on (#6PMP3)
After working for months to challenge thousands of voter registrations, election denial groups are now pushing ahead with plans to challenge voters and votes ahead of the election.
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by Makena Kelly on (#6PMJZ)
Taylor Swift enthusiasts' experience operating stan accounts has provided them with the skills to organize-and the vice president's campaign is getting in on the action.
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by Terrence O’Brien on (#6PMFE)
This eight-voice analog synthesizer isn't cheap, but it delivers a lot for the money.
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by Paresh Dave on (#6PMFG)
Newly announced measures by the search giant aim to make AI-generated, or otherwise spoofed explicit content, more difficult to discover.
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by Amanda Hoover on (#6PMFF)
More niche dating apps hope to disrupt the dominance of giants like Tinder and Hinge. The latest encourages people to date in goblin mode."
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by Joel Khalili on (#6PMD0)
The former US president has promised to establish a "national bitcoin stockpile" if he's reelected and use it to offset inflation. But economists think the plan has little merit.
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by Brenda Stolyar, Adrienne So on (#6AP7K)
From a can of Spam to a mini suitcase, these are our favorite ways to disguise (and protect) Apple's wireless earbuds and over-the-ear headphones.
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by David Nield on (#6PMD1)
This DIY coding project can add useful utility to Chrome, Firefox, or your daily web browser.
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by Kate O'Flaherty on (#6PMAD)
OpenAI's newest model is a data hoover on steroids," says one expert-but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk.
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by Julian Chokkattu on (#6PMAE)
The company has bafflingly turned to its head of finance to be the unlikely voice of its irreverent news app-now available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus.
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by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica on (#6PKX6)
The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expired in May, around 100,000 Charter subscribers have had to pull the plug.
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by Boone Ashworth on (#6PKKZ)
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn't help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
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by Kate Knibbs on (#6PKM0)
Beloved alt-weeklies like the Village Voice have started publishing what appears to be AI-generated clickbait about OnlyFans.
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by Eric Geller on (#6PKM1)
This year's Intelligence Authorization Act would mandate penetration testing for federally certified voting machines and allow independent researchers to work on exposing vulnerabilities.
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by Jorge Garay on (#6PKGR)
Recycled shells of mollusks native to the Mediterranean Sea were used to manufacture the synthetic floor of the athletics track, as part of the Games' commitment to sustainability.
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by Stephanie Pearson on (#6PKER)
Coros' debut cycling gadget has a battery life that beats all comers.
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by Eric Ravenscraft on (#6PKES)
Elgato has built the simplest way to read from scripts while recording for YouTube.
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by Chris Nashawaty on (#6PKET)
In 1977, Ridley Scott was considering making a medieval period piece. Then he saw Star Wars and set about making two sci-fi classics, Alien and Blade Runner.
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by Amit Katwala on (#6PKCP)
In a gold-trimmed command center on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, scientists are seeking to wring moisture from desert skies. But will all their extravagant cloud-seeding tech-planes that sprinkle nanomaterials, lasers that scramble the atmosphere-really work at scale?
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