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Josh Hawley Says Trump Tariff Rebate Checks Won’t Go to ‘Biden Voters’

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Lucas Ropek @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 08:40 EDT

It sounds like only Trump voters would be eligible for Hawley's theoretical rebate. Read more ›

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Inside the relentless race for AI capacity

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Financial Times 1 place · today 00:00 EDT

The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed Read more ›

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Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders?

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Abdallah Fayyad @ Vox 1 place · today 06:30 EDT

Since former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election, the Democratic Party has been in a panic over how it can win back more voters. Ideas have so far included Democratic officials going on podcasts, finding their own Joe Rogan, and growing facial hair. But when it comes to actual issues Democratic voters […] Read more ›

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I got a job in California so I could live closer to my partner. We split up, and I still wonder if moving was the right choice.

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Rachel Sacks @ Business Insider 1 place · today 10:09 EDT

I moved from California to Michigan and dated my partner long-distance. I decided to move back to be with him even though I knew he wasn't the one. Read more ›

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Nvidia confirms end of Game Ready driver support for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs — affected products will get optimized drivers through October 2025

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · today 09:00 EDT

End of the line for a wide range of iconic graphics cards Read more ›

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China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips — hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · today 08:47 EDT

China has raised security concerns over Nvidia’s H20 GPU shortly after a U.S. export ban was lifted, signaling potential political pushback against American hardware. Read more ›

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I'm a software engineer and I've lost my job 4 times in the last 18 years. I don't think AI is the problem.

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Ana Altchek @ Business Insider 2 place · today 10:17 EDT

AI has changed the job landscape in some ways, but I don't think it's the reason why the industry is experiencing more layoffs. Read more ›

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Colleges are on notice: Too many graduates with student loans are behind on payments

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Ayelet Sheffey @ Business Insider 3 place · today 04:44 EDT

A third of student-loan borrowers from for-profit colleges are behind on payments. Trump's Education Department is issuing a warning. Read more ›

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Prices leak for every Pixel 10 phone

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Emma Roth @ The Verge 1 place · today 09:57 EDT

We’ve already seen what every Pixel 10 model looks like, and now we might know the pricing, too. A new leak from Android Headlines suggests the base Pixel 10 with 128GB of storage will have the same $799 starting price as its predecessor, while the rest of the lineup isn’t seeing any major changes, either. […] Read more ›

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Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget 1 place · today 09:30 EDT

Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite." The model uses a system called "embedding," which works by taking big volumes of pubic information from various sources every day, such as optical satellites, radars and climate simulations, and then combining them all together. It then divides lands and coastal waters into 10x10 meter squares, which it then analyzes and... Read more ›

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The smart way Ukraine is keeping its F-16s safe from Russia could be key to airpower survival in modern war

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Sinéad Baker @ Business Insider · today 05:41 EDT

Ukraine has new mobile complexes to keep its F-16s moving while Russia hunts them. That sort of dispersal is something the West is looking at, too. Read more ›

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Join Us for WIRED’s AI Power Summit

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WIRED Staff @ Wired 1 place · today 09:16 EDT

On September 15, WIRED is gathering a panel of leaders across technology, politics, and media to tell you everything you need to know about the future of generative AI. Read more ›

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iPhone 17 Pro Max Rumored to Have 3 Advantages Over iPhone 17 Pro

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Joe Rossignol @ MacRumors 1 place · today 09:00 EDT

Apple's highest-end iPhone 17 Pro Max model may have three key advantages over the smaller iPhone 17 Pro model, according to rumors. Specifically, the iPhone 17 Pro Max is expected to have…A larger 6.9-inch display (vs. 6.3-inch display on the iPhone 17 Pro) Even longer battery life (an approximately 5% thicker design may allow for a 5,000 mAh or higher battery capacity) A smaller Dynamic Island compared to the Pro... Read more ›

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I enjoyed my first organized tour of a country, but I wouldn't book another until I'm much older

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Melissa Noble @ Business Insider · today 09:14 EDT

Although my first organized tour with a local guide in Bhutan was mostly great, the cons made me realize I wouldn't do it again until I'm older. Read more ›

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Xbox Game Pass hits almost $5bn in annual revenue and Microsoft profits grow, despite thousands laid off

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Ed Nightingale @ Eurogamer.net 1 place · today 06:26 EDT

Xbox Game Pass made Microsoft almost $5bn in annual revenue last year, proving the company is in a healthy state despite last month's shock layoffs. Read more Read more ›

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Staying close to my Indian parents while I was in the US was a logistical nightmare. I started an app to make it easier.

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Kelly Burch @ Business Insider · today 08:42 EDT

Kunal Nayyar is known for being on "The Big Bang Theory," but he also founded IQ121 after his own struggles keeping track of important documents. Read more ›

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I visited 'the best beach in the US.' It transported me to the Caribbean coast where I grew up.

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Kristine Villarroel @ Business Insider · today 08:51 EDT

Siesta Key Beach, a white-sand beach located on Florida's Gulf Coast, has been ranked as the US' top beach and one of the best in the world. Read more ›

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I took Proton’s privacy-first chatbot for a spin and it failed to impress

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Mitja Rutnik @ Android Authority 1 place · today 08:55 EDT

I'm sticking with Gemini for now. Read more ›

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Adding the Epic Games Store to Your Steam Deck video

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Sean Booker @ CNET 1 place · today 08:00 EDT

Here's a step-by-step guide to using the Heroic Game Launcher to play your Epic Games Store library on a Steam Deck. Read more ›

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25 people were injured after a Delta plane encountered severe turbulence less than an hour into a 9-hour flight

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Pete Syme @ Business Insider · today 06:23 EDT

The flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam hit trouble over Wyoming and diverted to Minneapolis so injured passengers could be treated. Read more ›

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Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 13:00 EDT

A music and science lover has demonstrated the capacity of birds to store and retrieve digital image data. Read more ›

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Power usage in Wyoming AI data center could eclipse consumption of the state's human residents by 5x — tenant of colossal investment remains a mystery

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 07/30/2025 07:44 EDT

Plans are afoot to create a massive new data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with power demands many multiples of the state's population. Read more ›

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Zalman's jet engine-inspired CPU cooler hits the shelves — striking design lands in Korea for less than $60

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 09:15 EDT

Korean cases and cooling specialist Zalman Technologies has released the jet-engine inspired Zet5 CPU cooler to retail. Read more ›

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Intel might cancel 14A process node development and the following nodes if it can't win a major external customer — move would cede leading-edge market to TSMC and Samsung

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Tom's Hardware · 07/24/2025 18:36 EDT

Intel admits that it may halt or cancel development of its 14A (1.4nm-class) process node — its first to use High-NA EUV — if it fails to secure a major external customer or meet key milestones, which would likely mean its exit from the leading-edge semiconductor race. Read more ›

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China advances toward tech independence with new homegrown 6nm gaming and AI GPUs — Lisuan 7G106 runs Chinese AAA titles at 4K over 70 FPS and matches RTX 4060 in synthetic benchmarks

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Tom's Hardware · 07/26/2025 12:39 EDT

Lisuan Technology has unveiled the 7G106 and 7G105, China’s first 6nm gaming and AI GPUs built on the TrueGPU architecture. With up to 24 TFLOPs, 24 GB of GDDR6, and performance rivalling the RTX 4060, these cards ran Black Myth: Wukong at 4K high settings at over 70 FPS. Mass production starts September 2025. Read more ›

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IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 09:05 EDT

IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack Read more ›

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Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs could finally answer AMD's V-Cache — Nova Lake could boast massive 144MB L3

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 07/25/2025 07:23 EDT

Intel is allegedly working on a large L3 cache for Nova Lake, something big enough to compete with AMD's 3D-VCache technology. The new cache pool is expected to offer 144MB of memory capacity. Read more ›

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Eco-friendly 3D-printed house uses soil, not cement — building still scores top earthquake resistance rating

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 10:59 EDT

Japanese company advances 3D house building materials, relying on soil as its primary constituent. Read more ›

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Amazon sells a legacy MSI CPU air cooler for $5,340 — the Core Frozr L launched in 2016 with a $50 MSRP

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Tom's Hardware · 07/26/2025 10:46 EDT

MSI is selling a nearly 10-year-old air cooler for over 10,000% above MSRP. Read more ›

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ChatGPT agent casually brushes aside ‘I am not a robot’ captcha — 'so now I’ll click the 'verify you are human' checkbox to complete this verification' it declared without a hint of irony

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 09:04 EDT

A Redditor has demonstrated the ability of the recently launched ChatGPT agent to casually swat away a captcha, so that it can complete its assigned task(s). Read more ›

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