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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Korean game publisher Nexon is using the U.S. legal system to address online copyright infringement. The company obtained a DMCA subpoena that requires Discord to hand over the personal details of suspected pirates. While Discord has shared information in the past, it doesn't plan to cooperate any longer, refusing to play the role of 'anti-piracy police'. [...] The messaging platform wrote that it is prepared to file a motion to quash the subpoena, if n
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Subscription providers will be required to inform customers what they're signing up for, obtain customer consent, and provide clear mechanisms to cancel. Read more ›
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Elon Musk is giving a series of events in Pennsylvania this week. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has donated more than $75 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Read more ›
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It’s been less than 24 hours since Google began rolling out Android 15 to Pixel devices, but already we’re pretty curious how it’s been treating owners. We’re looking for the hot takes, people. I’ve come across a couple of very minor hiccups so far, but honestly, if I hadn’t known I updated my phone to … Continued Read the original post: Wednesday Question: Pixel Owners, How’s Android 15 Treating You? Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a fantastic folding phone. However, Samsung newest foldable could be here before the month is over. Read more ›
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Amazon has just revealed four new kindles, including the first color model. Here's everything you need to know about the features, pricing, and release dates. Read more ›
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Amazon’s new Kindle family. | Image: Amazon Amazon just announced four new Kindle e-readers. The Colorsoft Signature Edition is the first color Kindle, there’s a new Kindle Scribe note taker, a faster version of its most popular Paperwhite, and a new entry-level Kindle. The Spanish-language announcement with US pricing seems accidental as none of the links to the Amazon store currently work. Nevertheless, here’s what we know. The Kindle Colorsoft... Read more ›
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Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge The US Federal Trade Commission is taking action against subscriptions that are difficult to get rid of. On Wednesday, it adopted a final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up. Under the rule, businesses can’t force customers to cancel a subscription using a method different from how they signed up. For example, if you signed up... Read more ›
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The troubled startup has records of millions of Americans' DNA and personal information. Read more ›
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My family of four moved with whatever we could fit in four duffle bags and four backpacks. I don't miss all the things we left back in the US. Read more ›
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Amazon this week is discounting a collection of Apple Watch models, including the new Series 10 and Black Ultra 2 devices. Apple Watch Series 10 Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You can get the 42mm GPS Apple Watch Series 10 for $374.28, down from $399.00.... Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO called his PAC "centrist" because you can just say whatever you want on the internet. Read more ›
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Elizabeth Bagdon moved to San Antonio, Texas, for her partner's job. She misses the community feel and affordability of small-town Wyoming. Read more ›
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What’s a color screen for? Color book previews! | Image: David Pierce / The Verge For years, Kindle users have asked Amazon to make a color version of its e-reader. Now, the company is finally delivering: it’s launching the new Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, a device that has a lot in common with the new Paperwhite except instead of black and white it’s color all over. The Colorsoft costs $279.99... Read more ›
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MacPaw today released a redesigned version of CleanMyMac, its long-running Mac optimization and maintenance software. The update introduces a new interface and expanded functionality, aiming to provide a more comprehensive set of tools for Mac care. The revised CleanMyMac now features six main modules and over 25 tools for various maintenance tasks. A new assistant offers Mac health and security reports and maintenance reminders, while an updated My Clutter module... Read more ›
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If the App Store is currently down for you, you are not alone, as many users on social media have indicated that the App Store is not working for them right now. The issues are not yet reflected on Apple's system status page. We'll update this post when the issues are resolved for all users, or as more information becomes available.Tags: App Store, System StatusThis article, "App Store is Down... Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Users on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac are having trouble downloading apps from Apple’s App Store right now. When users tap “Get” to download an app, the icon swirls briefly to indicate that it’s loading, but then it reverts to “Get,” leaving them unable to install the app they want. Reports of App Store issues are starting to mount on social media, while... Read more ›
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A year after it was first teased, Analogue says it’s nailed its most complicated project yet: rebuilding the Nintendo 64 from scratch. The Analogue 3D will ship in Q1 2025 — it was originally slated for 2024 — and pre-orders start on October 21 at $250. Like all of the company’s machines, the Analogue 3D has an FPGA (field programmable gate array) chip coded to emulate the original console on... Read more ›
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Kan Huang was a leader in Two Sigma's vaunted machine-learning techniques group. He's joining Cubist and Jin Choi will be sole head of the group. Read more ›
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Uber and Lyft driver Tristan Thomas said he's worried Tesla's robotaxis will threaten driver jobs, but thinks Elon Musk's 2027 timeline is unlikely. Read more ›
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With less than two weeks to go before Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 makes its debut, Microsoft has removed its £1/$1 Game Pass trial deal. Read more Read more ›
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9to5Mac: Following apparent photos of an M4 MacBook Pro box and a subsequent unboxing video, the unreleased model has now been offered for sale on a Russian classified ads site -- at a highly inflated price, naturally. Multiple units were advertised before the listings were removed, and it does now seem increasingly likely that the leaks are real. Apple Pro tweeted a screengrab of one of the listing, which offered... Read more ›
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt urged prioritizing AI infrastructure over climate goals at a Washington AI summit this week. Schmidt, who led Google until 2011, argued that AI's rapid growth will outpace environmental mitigation efforts. "We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we're not organized to do it," Schmidt told attendees, addressing concerns about AI's surging energy demands. Data centers powering AI are projected to consume 35... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today. Friends and associates remember Christensen as humble and unassuming, a quiet... Read more ›
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Cutting calorie intake can lead to a leaner body -- and a longer life, an effect often chalked up to the weight loss and metabolic changes caused by consuming less food. Now, one of the biggest studies of dietary restrictions ever conducted in laboratory animals challenges the conventional wisdom about how dietary restriction boosts longevity. From a report: The study, involving nearly 1,000 mice fed low-calorie diets or subjected to... Read more ›
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"Technical outerwear brand Arc'teryx and wearable technology startup Skip have teamed up to create exoskeleton hiking pants, powered by AI..." reports CNN. After four years of collaboration and testing, the two companies plan to start selling the battery-powered pants in 2025 for $5,000 — but they're also "available to rent and try out now," according to CNN's video report: "You can think of it like an e-bike for walking..." says... Read more ›
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One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. From a report: Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each year (Microsoft still hasn't provided pricing for end users, only saying that it will release pricing info "closer to the October 2025 date.")... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR : For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns. The confidential material was part of a more than two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general that led to state officials suing the company... Read more ›
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The Wall Street Journal reports on a "suspicious fleet of unidentified aircraft... as many as a dozen or more" that appeared in Virginia 10 months ago "over an area that includes the home base for the Navy's SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval port." The article notes this was just 10 months after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon... After watching the drones... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Fisker's Chapter 11 bankruptcy has hit a major snag, as the company buying the startup's remaining fleet of electric SUVs says it might not complete the purchase because of a surprising technical issue. The buyer, a New York-area leasing company called American Lease, says in a new filing that Fisker now believes there is no way to transfer the information connected to... Read more ›
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A new study suggests game piracy costs publishers 19% of revenue on average when digital rights management (DRM) protections are cracked. Research associate William Volckmann at UNC analyzed 86 games using Denuvo DRM on Steam between 2014-2022. The study, published in Entertainment Computing, found cracks appearing in the first week after release led to 20% revenue loss, dropping to 5% for cracks after six weeks. Volckmann used Steam user reviews... Read more ›
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