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Musk and the DHS have used The Lord of the Rings references to push anti-immigration messaging, seemingly positioning themselves as underdogs to justify oppression.
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    In a social media post today, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple will be making a donation of an undisclosed amount towards Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. "Our hearts go out to all of those impacted by the destruction of Hurricane Melissa," said Cook. "Apple will be making a donation to help with relief efforts on the ground." Hurricane Melissa has caused catastrophic damage, flooding, and loss of life in... Read more âș
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Among the many humiliations of being American in the current moment is this: Members of the tech right and the conservative ruling class continually fetishize objects of nerd culture while also displaying a willful inability to grasp the very basic messages those objects are sending. While there are certainly worse problems (e.g. white nationalism in [âŠ] Read more âș
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Jumbo debt sales to fund huge artificial intelligence capex threaten to store up new risks for investors Read more âș
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The Republican-led FCC has voted on and approved a proposal that would make it harder for consumers to receive itemized bills with accurate information from their ISPs, as originally spotted by CNET. This proposal revises previous "unnecessary" requirements on the grounds that a fact-based list of charges "may confuse customers." These changes would minimize the benefit of the so-called "nutrition labels" which are otherwise known as Broadband Facts labels. You've... Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not let people decline to be scanned by its new facial recognition app, which the agency uses to verify a person's identity and their immigration status, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document also says any face photos taken by the app, called Mobile Fortify, will be stored for... Read more âș
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There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes. Read more âș
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When rock stars and the royal family need a nanny, they often look to Norland College, which will soon be graduating its first American students. Read more âș
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Creative Labs, the maker of Sound Blaster audio cards, has launched a Kickstarter for a modular audio hub called Sound Blaster Re:Imagine. The universal hub, which is reminiscent of Elgato's Stream Deck, is meant to allow routing from any input to any output with the press of a button. Users can connect their gaming consoles, PC and musical instruments to the Re:Imagine, as well as speakers, wired headsets and wireless... Read more âș
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A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very practical release, right now. Read more âș
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"We're going to promote based on AI," said Amazon VP Jamie Simonoff. "We're going to promote based on how you're integrating AI into your job." Read more âș
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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models could be available in new rich and warm color option, according to a known leaker. The Weibo user known as "Digital Chat Station" today suggested that next-year's âiPhone 18â Pro models will be available in at least one of the following color options: Coffee, purple, and burgundy. The iPhone XR, âiPhoneâ 11, âiPhoneâ 12, âiPhoneâ 14, and âiPhoneâ 14 Pro were all available in lavender... Read more âș
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The rise of infections caused by Mgen, C. auris, treatment-resistant E. coli, and more could become future public-health threats, experts say. Read more âș
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Already under intense scrutiny for alleged ties to China, TP-Link, a now-U.S.-based and operated company is on the verge of being banned. In a new proposal concocted by the Department of Commerce, and backed by the Department of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security, TP-Link routers might no longer be allowed to be sold in America. Read more âș
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A spokesperson for the California pension system said it would "further concentrate power in a single shareholder.â Read more âș
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I'm an American who moved to London. Grocery shopping in the UK has yielded many surprises, including differences in product placement and availability. Read more âș
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A U.S. startup is developing a compact particle-accelerator-based X-ray lithography system that could surpass ASML's EUV scanners in resolution and cut wafer costs tenfold by the end of the decade, but its plan to build its own fabs rather than sell tools means it must reinvent the entire semiconductor production supply chain from the ground up. Read more âș
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Don McGowan is an attorney who knows what he's talking about when it comes to understanding what Microsoft might do following the Trump administration's provocative use of the Halo IP on social media this week. He was a senior attorney at Xbox Game Studios for three years. He was also chief legal officer at The PokĂ©mon Company for a decade - another brand recently abused by the Trump administration. McGowan,... Read more âș
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Almost exactly a month ago, I wrote an article for theverge.com pointing out that the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version) â a.k.a. the Trump phone â had missed its promised release date. Now here I am again, because the phone still hasnât come out. In case youâve forgotten, the T1 is a very gold mid-range Android [âŠ] Read more âș
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Adobe Inc. brought together 10,000 marketers, filmmakers and content creators to its annual conference this week to persuade them that the company's software products are adapting to artificial intelligence and remain the best tools for their work. Read more âș
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The esports partnership between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Saudi Arabia is no more. On Thursday, the IOC said that it and the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) have "mutually agreed" to part ways. The breakup comes weeks after Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and other investors bought EA for $55 billion. The IOC and SOPC agreed on a 12-year esports partnership in 2024. At the time, the... Read more âș
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    SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps. Read more âș
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The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people. Read more âș
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ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. Read more âș
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In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new schoolâs methodsâsurveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachersâto be an education in and of itself. Read more âș
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The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flightâa step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly customers more than twice as fast as commercial airliners. Read more âș
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The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built. Read more âș
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I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubblesâand applied their test. Read more âș
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In its first foray into business content, the platform has asked lingerie entrepreneur and ex-SuicideGirl Rachael McCrary to teach creators how to monetize their ideas. Read more âș
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A little-known algorithmic process called âdifferential privacyâ helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone. Read more âș
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A plea from WIREDâs top boss: Say less. Read more âș
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