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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Prospective Vizio TV buyers should know there's a good chance the set won't work properly without a Walmart account. In an attempt to better serve advertisers, Walmart, which bought Vizio in December 2024, announced this week that select newly purchased Vizio TVs now require a Walmart account for setup and accessing smart TV features. Since 2024, Vizio TVs have required a Vizio account, which a Vizio OS website says is necessary for accessing "exclusive
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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The Avata 360 marks DJI's boldest camera drone move yet: a fully immersive 360° FPV experience backed by flagship-grade imaging, smart obstacle sensing, and a suite of cinematic tools that make the competition sweat. Read more ›
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Google is rolling out two new Gemini tools on Thursday which could attract users who are thinking about switching their preferred AI chatbot but don't want to "retrain" a new AI. Gemini's new "Import Memory" and "Import Chat History" features help users quickly copy over everything their current AI already knows about them with a […] Read more ›
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Apple has discontinued its Mac Pro tower, which hasn't been updated since a version with the M2 Ultra processor arrived in 2023. Read more ›
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Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at great risk—and might still fail. Read more ›
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Netflix just raised prices for the second time in a little over a year. Price hikes may be helping free streamers like YouTube gain steam. Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s X laid off its chief marketing officer and more than 20 other staff in non-engineering roles in recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company has also brought in Jon Shulkin, a longtime Musk investor and ally, to work as chief revenue officer as the site tries to cut ... Read more ›
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Apple's iOS 27 update will allow users to choose the AI chatbot they want to link with Siri. That's according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who says third-party chatbots downloaded from the App Store, like Google's Gemini or Anthropic's Claude, will be able to fetch replies for Siri - similar to how the […] Read more ›
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Don't miss out on this lesser-known Prime membership perk. Save 10 cents per gallon at participating gas stations. Read more ›
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Live translation now works on any smartphone with any earbuds. One of travel's oldest frictions — not speaking the language — is becoming less of a barrier. Read more ›
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Netflix, a year after rising prices, is doing it again. Insert that deranged Goofy meme here. Here’s the breakdown for those in the US. As you can see, all plans are getting either a $1 or $2 price increase monthly. In a statement sent to Variety, Netflix says, “Our approach remains the same: We continue... Read the original post: Netflix Increasing Prices… Again! Read more ›
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Growing up poor installs decision-making architecture that filters every choice through scarcity long after the material poverty ends. Neuroscience reveals this wiring is real but not permanent — and rewiring requires experience, not affirmations. Read more ›
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X Pro, the feature most users would recognize as TweetDeck, has been removed as a benefit of the social network's Premium subscription. It is now only part of the Premium+ tier, which costs $40 a month. TweetDeck was rebranded to X Pro in 2023 following Elon Musk's renaming of Twitter to X. It became a subscription feature shortly after. The tool offered a popular interface for showing multiple timelines, feeds... Read more ›
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OpenAI is reportedly pausing the erotic chatbot feature "indefinitely" in the latest example of shifting priorities. Read more ›
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Meta sets ambitious AI usage goals under CEO Mark Zuckerberg's leadership, aiming for an AI-native company with increased AI tool adoption in 2026. Read more ›
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The UK regulator Ofcom fined 4chan nearly $700,000 (520,000 pounds) for failing to implement age checks and address illegal content risks under the Online Safety Act, but the platform mocked the penalty and signaled it won't pay. A lawyer representing the company responded with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster, writing in a follow-up post on X: "In the only country in which 4chan operates, the United States, it... Read more ›
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Cloudflare's CEO predicts AI-driven bot traffic will surpass human internet traffic by 2027, as AI agents generate vastly more web requests than people. "If a human were doing a task -- let's say you were shopping for a digital camera -- and you might go to five websites. Your agent or the bot that's doing that will often go to 1,000 times the number of sites that an actual human... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: A lobbying trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim measures blocking Broadcom from terminating the VMware Cloud Service Provider program, calling the decision a death sentence for some tech suppliers and an illegal squeeze on customer choice. As The Reg revealed in January, Broadcom shuttered the scheme, a move sources claimed affects hundreds of... Read more ›
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AleRunner writes: "China is helping Cuba race to capture renewable solar energy as the United States imposes an effective oil blockade on the Caribbean island, creating its worst energy crisis in decades," reports The Washington Post. Later in the article, it states that "China's decades-long push into clean energy technology is now helping to protect it from the soaring oil and gas crisis spurred by Trump's war against Iran," and... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Opera GX has officially landed on Linux, bringing its gamer-focused browser experience to Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE-based systems. The browser includes GX Control for limiting RAM and network usage, a Hot Tabs Killer to shut down resource-heavy tabs, and built-in sidebar integrations for Discord and Twitch. Opera says this is not just a one-off port, but a long-term effort with ongoing updates and community engagement. "PC gaming... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics worker in Beijing, has recently started raising a "lobster," hoping that the AI agent he has been training can help organize his specialized industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. "OpenClaw can actually help you accomplish many practical things," the 60-year-old said at a recent event hosted by AI startup Zhipu to teach people how to use... Read more ›
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Amazon is reportedly developing a new AI-focused smartphone that doesn't rely as heavily on traditional apps. "The phone is seen as a potential mobile personalization device that can sync with home voice assistant Alexa and serve as a conduit to Amazon customers throughout the day," reports Reuters. From the report: As envisioned, the new phone's personalization features would make buying from Amazon.com, watching Prime Video, listening to Prime Music or... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader SchroedingersCat writes: Chuck Norris, known for his roles in action films and as Texas Ranger Cordell Walker on the TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger," passed away on March 19, leaving behind a legacy of inspiring millions around the world. He was 86. He became Internet phenomenon after "Chuck Norris Facts" went viral online with such wildly hyperbolic statements as, "Chuck Norris had a staring contest with the... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from CNN: The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips to China, in violation of U.S. laws barring exports to that country without a license. Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a repot from the Portland Tribune: There was plenty of uncertainty and debate about the effectiveness of a cell phone ban decreed (PDF) by executive order last summer. But at least in Estacada, the policy has earned two thumbs up, including approval from a "grumpy old teacher." Jeff Mellema is a language arts teacher at Estacada High School. He has worked in the building for 24... Read more ›
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