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Smonster writes: The maker of the Snoo, a popular high-tech bassinet, touched off a firestorm of outrage after requiring a paid subscription to use several key features. Most new parents are looking for a way to reclaim even a hint of the sleep they used to get pre-infant. So a smart bassinet that uses sensors to detect when a crying baby needs pacifying, simulating the sounds and rhythms of the womb, offers an irresistible promise to sleep-strapped parents: another hour or two of shut-eye. The dream doesn'
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country would go after the US with its own tariffs if Donald Trump pushed ahead with his. Read more ›
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OnePlus Buds Pro 3 offer the same features as multiple top brands at a much lower price thanks to this superb Black Friday deal. Read more ›
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Bluetooth trackers come in all shapes and sizes. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge For those of us who don’t ever seem to know where our keys, wallets, and remote controls have gone. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Donald Trump's team said the prospect of a Republican president returning to office in the US helped get the deal over the line. Read more ›
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Time to upgrade your rig? Black Friday laptop deals on our favorite models will help. Read more ›
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Dragon Age writer David Gaider has continued sharing stories on the series' most beloved characters in the wake of The Veilguard's release, most recently focusing on the origins of gay mage Dorian. Read more Read more ›
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Elon Musk's xAI could reportedly launch an app to challenge OpenAI's ChatGPT as soon as December, deepening his rivalry with Sam Altman. Read more ›
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It's "nice for both of them to have fun," Maye Musk said about the bromance between the world's richest person and the incoming US president. Read more ›
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There are a plenty of silly things on sale for Black Friday, but good kitchen gear doesn’t fall into that category — if a device helps us cook better food at home, that’s a worthy purchase. Right now, plenty of the cooking gear we've tested and reviewed is on sale. One of the best deals is the Anyday microwave cookware starter set that's 30 percent off. And the Breville Smart... Read more ›
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Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge From smart ovens and calendars to color-changing nail polish, here are some of our favorite gadgets and goods to gift mom this year. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Activision has said it is conducting "hourly sweeps" of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Ranked Play mode and leaderboards, as work to try and combat the game's cheating problem continues. Read more Read more ›
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The Battlemage based Arc B580 has allegedly been tested in Geekbench - wielding 20 Xe Cores, 12GB of VRAM and a healthy 2.85 GHz boost clock. Read more ›
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Walmart is ramping up its efforts this holiday season to get people to shop while watching TV with its "Jingle Bell Love" movie. Read more ›
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Upgrade your phone accessories with ESR charging mounts, stands and more, now up to 52% off for Black Friday. Read more ›
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From earbuds to headsets to Bluetooth speakers, these JBL products are up to 62% off this Black Friday. Those are pretty loud discounts. Read more ›
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We've been focusing on deals on physical products over the past few weeks, but Black Friday is also a great time of year to purchase a streaming membership. Some of the biggest services have great discounts for new and select returning members this week, including Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+, and Peacock. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase,... Read more ›
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The Redmi K80 Pro is here and it brings Snapdragon 8 Elite firepower that is backed up by several Qualcomm chips. And the best thing is that this phone starts at CNY3,700 (this converts to $510/€485/₹43,200), which is quite cheap for one of the best chips currently on the market. Redmi K80 Pro and the Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse special edition The price mentioned above is for the base 12/256GB... Read more ›
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Donald Trump's new trade proposals target China, Mexico, and Canada. Read more ›
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Zhaoxin's KaiXian KX-7000/8 processor tested in various applications: still cannot compete against modern x86 processors from AMD and Intel. Read more ›
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According to Business Insider (paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. Now, Microsoft is working to fix the situation, deploying new tools and a guide to address the privacy concerns. The story was highlighted by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. From the report: These updates are designed "to identify and mitigate oversharing and ongoing governance concerns," the company said in a... Read more ›
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NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found." "Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern." The newly identified substance, named "chloronitramide anion," is produced when water is treated with chloramine, a chemical... Read more ›
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schwit1 writes: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income below $100,000, parents can expect to pay nothing at all toward the full cost of their students' MIT education, which includes tuition as well as housing, dining, fees,... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News could perform searches for their copyrighted content in its... Read more ›
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A Stanford study of over 50,000 software engineers across hundreds of companies has found that approximately 9.5% of engineers perform minimal work while drawing full salaries, potentially costing tech companies billions annually. The research showed the issue is most prevalent in remote work settings, where 14% of engineers were classified as "ghost engineers" compared to 6% of office-based staff. The study evaluated productivity through analysis of private Git repositories and... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Past corporate-sponsored Hour of Code tutorials for the nation's schoolchildren have blurred the lines between coding lessons and product infomercials. So too is the case again with this year's newly-announced Hour of Code 2024 flagship tutorials, which include Microsoft Minecraft, Amazon Music, and Transformers One movie-themed intros to coding. The press release announcing the tutorials from tech-backed nonprofit Code.org, which organizes the Hour of Code... Read more ›
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Apple has pushed out security updates that it says are "recommended for all users," after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. From a report: In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two vulnerabilities that "may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems." The bugs are considered "zero day" vulnerabilities because they were unknown to Apple at... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Plex is beginning to test its "newly reimagined Plex experience," which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms "very soon." Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is "designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface." But don't worry -- while the new version of the app is currently missing... Read more ›
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Pakistan's IT Industry Association (P@SHA) -- the nation's sole tech biz lobby group -- has warned that government policy could lead to business closures and financial losses among its constituents, and damage the nation's IT exports. From a report: P@SHA's main beef is with a slowing of internet access speeds, and government-imposed service outages. Pakistan went offline in May 2022 around the time of mass political protests and blackouts have... Read more ›
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"Scientists have found what seems to be the oldest direct evidence of hot water flowing on Mars during its ancient past," reports Space.com. "The discovery could further indicate that the Red Planet, despite its arid and desolate appearance today, may have been capable of supporting life long ago." The evidence was delivered to Earth and sealed within the well-known Martian meteorite NWA7034, found in the Sahara Desert in 2011. Due... Read more ›
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