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It was announced today that Nova Launcher has been acquired by Instabridge, a Swedish company that “builds products that help people get online.” The announcement starts off rather positive. It confirms that Nova is not shutting down and that Instabridge wants to, “keep Nova stable, compatible with modern Android, and actively maintained.” While all of … Continued
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Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy due in July. Read more ›
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Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest. Read more ›
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The multibillionaire took a break from being the most hated man in America. He's back. Read more ›
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Sony is ceding control of its Bravia TV brand to China's TCL as part of a new "strategic partnership," the companies announced in a joint press release. The Japanese electronics giant plans to sell a majority 51 percent stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL, while retaining a 49 percent share. The joint venture is set to start operations in April 2027, pending regulatory and other approvals. The new... Read more ›
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The film grossed about $260 million from the one Las Vegas location, which generally charges over $100 a ticket. Read more ›
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) broke protocols, had more access to sensitive data on Americans than previously disclosed, and were in touch with a political advocacy group hunting for election fraud, the Trump administration admitted in a recent court filing. Justice Department officials told a federal court […] Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta's Oversight Board is tackling a case focused on Meta's ability to permanently disable user accounts. Permanent bans are a drastic action, locking people out of their profiles, memories, friend connections, and, in the case of creators and businesses, their ability to market and communicate with fans and customers. This is the first time in the organization's five-year history as an oversight... Read more ›
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Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a non-binding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture, and Sony holding 49 percent. With this partnership, TCL […] Read more ›
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After years of lagging behind rivals, Samsung's Bixby voice assistant is getting a much-needed brain transplant with AI from Perplexity. Read more ›
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Last year, Musk swore off political spending. Now, he's reportedly made his biggest political contribution since the 2024 election. Read more ›
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Streaming giant says it makes up a relatively low share of US ‘TV time’ in quarterly letter to shareholders Read more ›
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The Pixel 10a might launch on March 5 with prices that match last year’s Pixel 9a. That’s the latest word anyway. With Google’s Pixel 10a starting to make headlines last week, thanks to online distributor screw-ups, the info surrounding Google’s next budget phone keeps sneaking into our live. While we didn’t take any stabs at … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 10a Gets Unofficial Launch Date and Price Read more ›
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A little over a month ago while we were all deep in the holiday trenches, Google released a somewhat secret feature within Google Labs that was a part of Gmail. This new feature, called “Google CC,” was an all-in-one daily schedule, to-do list, and organizer of sorts that’s (of course) powered by AI. This thing … Continued Read the original post: Google CC is the Best New Secret Gmail Feature Read more ›
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Spotify is raising prices in the US across all of its plans, including Individual, Student, Duo, and Family. After raising prices elsewhere back in August, we assumed Spotify would increase prices in the US and they’ve now confirmed plans to do that. No plan is spared either, as the increase will hit everyone, including students … Continued Read the original post: Spotify Slaps All Plans With Price Increases in US Read more ›
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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 remains the best foldable in the game. In my opinion, there isn’t a foldable close to this one – it’s near perfection from Samsung. Somehow, Samsung is still allowing you to take an instant $1,000 off of it with a proper trade-in. That level of discount brings the starting price … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Smacks $1,000 Off Galaxy Z Fold 7 Read more ›
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By now you are likely back on Verizon’s network after it experienced a 10-hour outage yesterday. We have yet to find out what caused such a major outage, as they have yet to explain or provide details, but Verizon has at least stepped up to offer account credits for all of that time lost. Verizon … Continued Read the original post: Verizon’s Massive Outage Gets Customers $20 Credits Read more ›
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A Verizon outage has taken out service to several areas in the US. Taking a look across the internet this morning reveals a major Verizon service outage throughout the US. Checking places like reddit or Downdetector show that there were hundreds of thousands of reports shortly after 9AM Pacific (12MP Eastern). Hotspots of outages include … Continued Read the original post: Verizon Outage Spreads Across US Read more ›
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Google’s Gemini now has Personal Intelligence and can reason across your data, assuming you give it access. For AI as an assistant to be any good, it probably needs to know almost everything about you. In order to know everything, well, AI is going to need access to a big chunk of your digital life, … Continued Read the original post: Google Just Gave Gemini “Personal Intelligence” Read more ›
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T-Mobile announced is new Better Value plan last week and that plan is now available for those with 3 lines or more. The T-Mobile “Better Value” plan that was first introduced last week has gone live on their website. This is a plan that appears to have been built specifically for Verizon or AT&T customers … Continued Read the original post: T-Mobile’s New Better Value Plan Goes Live: Should You... Read more ›
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Verizon announced today that it would give all of its customers a $20 credit after experiencing a 10-hour outage yesterday. Claiming those credits has been a bit of a confusing situation, so we wanted to tell you exactly how to claim your Verizon $20 outage money. How to claim Verizon $20 outage credit According to … Continued Read the original post: How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit Read more ›
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RCS has been a part o the iOS and iMessage bag of tools since 2024 with the release of iOS 18. Since then, there have been billions of RCS messages sent between Android and iOS devices, proving that the adoption by Apple was a really big deal for messaging. However, all of those messages have … Continued Read the original post: iMessage to Android RCS Messages Might Finally Be Super... Read more ›
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