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prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: The GNOME Project released today GNOME 49 "Brescia" as the latest stable version of this widely used desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions, a major release that introduces exciting new features. Highlights of GNOME 49 include a new "Do Not Disturb" toggle in Quick Settings, a dedicated Accessibility menu in the login screen, support for handling unknown power profiles in the Quick Settings menu, support for YUV422 and YUV444 (HDR) color spaces, support.
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Dell has nearly doubled its long-term growth outlook on the back of surging demand for AI servers, raising revenue and earnings projections through fiscal 2030. Read more âș
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A former leader at Google and Microsoft shares how a traumatic brain injury reshaped her career, leadership, and approach to work. Read more âș
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Thereâs a bizarrely opaque, oddly modern question hovering over the legacy of Jane Austen. And despite centuries of debate, scholars still havenât been able to figure out how to answer it. Jane Austen lived under the rule of a slave-trading empire. What did she think about that? And if we could figure out what someone [âŠ] Read more âș
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Only one smart speaker out of Amazon's lineup is worth investing in during Prime Day. For any other speaker, it's better to wait. Read more âș
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Qualcomm has acquired microcontroller maker Arduino to further its ambitions of bringing AI to the edge. Read more âș
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Premium over-ear headphones no longer need to be overly expensive, believes Nothing's CMF brand. Meet the CMF Headphone Pro, for just âŹ100 (but down to âŹ80 at the moment), these are well-made, feature-rich, and most importantly, they sound excellent. For the price, you get the headphones, a nice soft-touch bag, and a 3.5mm audio cable. The headphones come in Light Grey, Light Green, and Dark Grey. The headphone band design... Read more âș
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Some AI executives are predicting huge job losses. Yet, AI companies are hiring so much it's boosting Silicon Valley's office market. Read more âș
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Realmeâs latest smartphone collaboration comes from the realm of dragons and thrones. The Realme 15 Pro Game of Thrones Limited Edition is now official and makes for a fitting gift for any fan of the series. The phone features several design elements inspired by HBOâs Game of Thrones and features a unique heat-sensitive back panel that changes color when heated up. The black leather rear panel turns red when exposed... Read more âș
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Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble Read more âș
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Itâs day two of Amazonâs Prime Big Deal Days shopping event, and while Apple does not offer the most compelling discounts, weâve scooped up some of the best deals on iPhones from Amazon across the US, UK and Germany. These will be valid until midnight today, and as usual require an active Amazon Prime subscription. iPhone 16e is down âŹ130 in Germany to âŹ569 and ÂŁ494 in the UK. It... Read more âș
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Amsterdam-based Fellos, a digital menâs health clinic, has secured âŹ2,15M in growth capital from strategic investors, including a group of healthcare professionals, Dutch Operator Fund, and Capital Mills. Based out of Amsterdam, Dutch Operator Fund is an investment fund targeting tech-driven Dutch startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund, which was launched last ... Read more Read more âș
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Samsung has offered orange colors before, but this vibrant shade would be more in line with Apple's latest wares. Read more âș
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"There are people that are living in a MAGA universe online," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And that happens as well in progressive content and algorithms." Read more âș
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Tariffs. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. National Guard deployments. Epstein files. Strikes on Iran. Gaza and Ukraine. Sticky inflation. The first year of President Donald Trumpâs time in office has been a firehose of unpopular policies, confrontational tactics, and frequent clashes with his perceived enemies. Each of these developments has tended to trigger [âŠ] Read more âș
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Get Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac for just $39.97 (MSRP $229) through Oct. 19 â a smart one-time purchase for all the essential Office apps. Read more âș
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Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan's $2 billion AI investment has already matched its cost in savings. "It's the tip of the iceberg," he adds. Read more âș
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Microsoft is eliminating all known workarounds that let users install Windows 11 without an internet connection or Microsoft account, forcing everyone through the online setup process. The Verge reports: "We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE)," says Amanda Langowski, the lead for the Windows Insider Program. "While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip... Read more âș
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The director of a tour operation remembers two tourists arriving in a rural town in Peru determined to hike alone in the mountains to a sacred canyon recommended by their AI chatbot. But the canyon didn't exists â and a high-altitude hike could be dangerous (especially where cellphone coverage is also spotty). They're part of a BBC report on travellers arriving at their destination "only to find they've been fed... Read more âș
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James Marriott, writing in a column: The world of print is orderly, logical and rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected and put in its place. Books make arguments, propose theses, develop ideas. "To engage with the written word," the media theorist Neil Postman wrote, "means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning." As Postman pointed out, it is no accident,... Read more âș
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Ford's push for a four-day in-office workweek hit turbulence when someone hijacked meeting room screens to display an anti-RTO protest image targeting CEO Jim Farley. The company quickly removed it and is investigating. The Detroit Free Press reports: According to photos employees took of the image, which were posted on social media and sent to the Detroit Free Press, it contained an image of CEO Jim Farley along with a... Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked in the foothills of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains is a factory that has figured out a way to manufacture in America that's cheaper, quicker and better. It's the home of a famous American writing implement: the Sharpie marker. Pen barrels whirl along automated assembly lines that rapidly fill them with ink. At least half a billion Sharpie markers are churned out here every year,... Read more âș
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Currently DNA synthesis companies "deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity," reports the Washington Post, "by flagging proteins of concern â for example, known toxins or components of pathogens." But Microsoft researchers discovered "up to 100 percent" of AI-generated ricin-like proteins evaded detection â and worked with a group of leading industry scientists and biosecurity experts to design a patch. Microsoft's chief science officer called it "a Windows... Read more âș
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"It's not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast," writes Cory Doctorow. Sunday he shared an excerpt from his upcoming book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. He succinctly explains "this moment we're living through, this Great Enshittening" using Amazon as an example. Platforms amass users, but then abuse them to make things better for their business customers. And then they abuse those... Read more âș
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Paramount has acquired The Free Press, Bari Weiss's Substack-born media outlet, for $150 million and appointed Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move effectively places a conservative-leaning Substack writer at the helm of a legacy news network, following the FCC's approval of the Skydance-Paramount merger, which required CBS to feature a broader "diversity of viewpoints from across the political and ideological spectrum." The Verge reports: Before starting The Free... Read more âș
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Americans' confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a "great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, according to Gallup. From the report: This is down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. Meanwhile, seven in 10 U.S. adults now say they have "not very much" confidence... Read more âș
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The mass adoption of ChatGPT is yet to have a big disruptive impact on US jobs, contradicting claims by chief executives and tech bosses that AI is already upending labour markets. Financial Times: Research from economists at the Yale University Budget Lab and the Brookings Institution think-tank indicates that, since OpenAI launched its popular chatbot in November 2022, generative AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than... Read more âș
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