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Organizers say the āNo Kingsā protests drew more than seven million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables. Read more āŗ
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The platform's immune system kicked in when a large number of accounts associated with Donald Trump sought attention there. Read more āŗ
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Saturday marked the biggest day of protest since the start of Donald Trumpsā second term. Organizers of the No Kings protests estimated that over seven million people took to the streets to declare their opposition to the president, his policies, and his tactics. Indivisible, the group behind the protests, claims that there were over 2,700 [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Cory Doctorow has always warned that companies "enshittify" their services ā shifting "as much as they can from users, workers, suppliers, and business customers to themselves." But this week Doctorow writes in Communications of the ACM that enshittification "would be much, much worse if not for tech workers," who have "the power to tell their bosses to go to hell..." When your skills are in such high demand that you... Read more āŗ
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An unfortunate Reddit user lost access to 3 terabytes of data stored across two drives when BitLocker automatically encrypted them without the user's knowledge, within Windows 11. With no keys to unlock the drives, the data is now permanently gone with no hopes for conventional recovery. Read more āŗ
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X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely covers the original post. Apparently, this leads to fewer people clicking like or otherwise engaging [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy said that agents just aren't working, and it'll take about a decade to get them to a place where they are useful. Read more āŗ
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Two VTubers who met online and fell in love finally got engaged at TwitchCon 2025 after years of friendship, long distance, and shared streaming. Read more āŗ
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iOS 26.4 is expected to introduce a revamped version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence, but not everyone is satisfied with how well it works. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said some of Apple's software engineers have "concerns" about the overhauled Siri's performance. However, he did not provide any specific details about the shortcomings. iOS 26.4 will likely be released in March or April, so Apple... Read more āŗ
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Violent video games have found themselves in the crosshairs of politicians yet again, but this time with Mexico's government. Earlier this week, Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved a comprehensive financial package that includes an eight percent tax on video games with mature content. As first reported by Insider Gaming, the proposed tax covers games that have a C or D rating under Mexico's video game age classification system, which is... Read more āŗ
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Introduced in October 1985, the third-generation x86 processor was the first 32-bit chip in Intelās PC line, the origin point for the IA-32 instruction set, and the architectural turning point that transformed personal computing. Read more āŗ
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Premium Plus and Premium Business users will soon be able to browse and request inactive usernames on the X Handle Marketplace. Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories. Priority handles will be free and āoften include full names, multi-word phrases, or alphanumeric combinations.ā Rare handles, on the other hand, will be [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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"This is an attempt to stop Waymo cars from driving into the dead end," complains a home-made sign in San Francisco, "where they are forced to reverse and adversely affect the lives of the residents." On an orange traffic post, the home-made sign declares "NO WAYMO - 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m," with an explanation for the rest of the neighborhood. Ć¢oeWaymo comes at all hours of the night and... Read more āŗ
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Like a moth to a flame, Windows has attracted yet another bug. In the latest October update, the recovery environment renders your USB keyboard and mouse unresponsive, making it impossible to interact with your PC. Microsoft has already taken note of the issue and plans to fix it in a future update. Read more āŗ
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A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didnāt. Researchers from the University of Florida and MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that the vaccineās immune-activating properties may boost cancer-fighting responses, acting like a nonspecific āflareā that reawakens the immune system. Read more āŗ
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"Eleven days ago, the nonprofit entity that develops the protocol, Signal Messenger LLC, published a 5,900-word write-up describing its latest updates that bring Signal a significant step toward being fully quantum-resistant," writes Ars Technica: The mechanism that has made this constant key evolution possible over the past decade is what protocol developers call a "double ratchet." Just as a traditional ratchet allows a gear to rotate in one direction but... Read more āŗ
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It can a decade or more to develop a top tier video game like Grand Theft Auto 6. A Google gaming exec says AI will change that. Read more āŗ
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An investigation revealed that the popular low-cost Amech SGT-4 thermal paste is a chemically reactive PDMS-based compound containing that releases acetic acid, produces a vinegar odor, corrodes copper surfaces, and even creates ant holes on surfaces. Read more āŗ
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Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project. The move means all future GIMP releases will now be built directly from the team's CI pipeline, ensuring faster, more consistent updates across distributions. The developers also introduced a new "gimp-plugins" interface to support external plugins while maintaining Snap's security confinement, with GMIC and OpenVINO already supported. This Read more āŗ
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Ford's latest remarks on the future of electric vehicles hint at a major shift in the company's expectations and what it could mean for the wider EV market. Read more āŗ
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Here's a complete rundown of the 2021 and 2022 trucks and SUVs affected by the EcoBoost lawsuit, including Ford F-150s and Lincoln Aviators. Read more āŗ
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The C-17 has a reputation as a versatile aircraft that has played a part in a wide range of transport missions for troops, cargo, and medical evacuation. Read more āŗ
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Ram is going all-out with its latest offering, joining forces with Fox to make a powerful, aggressive street truck that has the Ford F-150 Lobo in its sights. Read more āŗ
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We might think of microwaves as residing in the kitchen, but they can be used for military applications. One weapon using the tech just countered 49 drones. Read more āŗ
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Humanoid robots in China are gaetting global attention for their eerie realism. These advanced AI machines are redefining humanāmachine interaction. Read more āŗ
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Moving can be a stressful experience. Those gadgets are not going to change your life, but they'll make settling into your new home a little easier. Read more āŗ
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NASA's experimental X-43A didn't have a pilot and couldn't fly independently, but its blisteringly high speeds showed that hypersonic flight was possible. Read more āŗ
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Until fairly recently, most cars had oil filters that were replaced as a whole unit. Now, though, filter cartridges are gaining in popularity. Why? Read more āŗ
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Nuclear-powered submarines use some of the most advanced military technology in the world. These are the ones that are a cut above all the rest. Read more āŗ
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