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AeroGarden, which sells Wi-Fi-connected indoor gardening systems, is going out of business on January 1. While Scotts Miracle-Gro has continued selling AeroGarden products after announcing the impending shutdown, the future of the devices' companion app is uncertain.
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If he does succeed DeSantis — a one-time Trump protége — the president-elect will secure yet another a valuable ally in Florida. Read more ›
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Sen. Joni Ernst, who has been tapped to lead the Senate's DOGE caucus, believes there's a "blueprint for success" on planned cuts. Read more ›
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Over the last several years, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said we've all "got drunk on the ChatGPT Kool-Aid" but AI is more expansive than LLMs. Read more ›
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Sam Wilson may be just a guy, but Brave New World will show why he's the right guy to pick up Steve's mantle. Read more ›
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading… Read more ›
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As Comcast readies a sale of its legacy media outlet, the rightwing billionaire has mused about an acquisition. Read more ›
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SpaceX could significantly increase the number of Starship launches in 2025 as it readies the vehicle for crew and cargo trips to the moon and beyond. Read more ›
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"Wicked," Universal Pictures' highly anticipated film, topped the domestic box office with an estimated $114 million after its Friday premiere. Read more ›
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SUVs are great when you want to do a bit of hauling, but some are not as capable as others in the class. Here are the ones that don't hauls trailers as well. Read more ›
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The new legislation likely aims to boost recruitment amid soaring Russian combat losses. Read more ›
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Dataminers have discovered the ages of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's cast as given by developer BioWare. Read more Read more ›
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America's population could plunge as much as 32% if the US were to completely close its borders, one Brookings projection found. Read more ›
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Give away the gift of a lifetime's worth of conversation-starting documentaries for a staggering 60% off this Black Friday. Read more ›
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Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections: Sports Edition No. 63 for Nov. 25. Read more ›
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Nuclear energy could be the long-term solution for the energy demands of AI. In the short-term, though, AI companies may turn to oil and gas. Read more ›
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If you plan on using an extension cord or power strip to juice up your home this year, try to find an alternate option for these specific items. Read more ›
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Bring the outdoors indoors with this TerraFlame s'mores kit that lets you enjoy camping snacks without the mess or hassle. Read more ›
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Microsoft says it’s working with Ubisoft to fix a problem with its latest Windows 11 update that’s been crashing some games, and it’s put the update’s release on pause for devices with those games in the meantime. Following users’ reports of issues after installing the Windows 11 24H2 update, Microsoft confirmed this weekend that certain games may become unresponsive or display a black screen. The problem affects Assassin's Creed Valhalla,... Read more ›
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I've home-tested the Shelfy Smart Refrigerator device. It claims to keep your produce fresher for longer, but I loved its smart app features. 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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AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to "quit their jobs" and follow it. The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots, Oddity Central reported. The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands. Initially, the act... 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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Google has warned websites they will be penalized for hosting marketing content designed to exploit search rankings, regardless of whether they created or outsourced the material. The crackdown on so-called "parasite SEO" targets websites that leverage their search rankings to promote unrelated content, such as news sites hiding shopping coupon codes or educational platforms publishing affiliate marketing material. Chris Nelson from Google's search quality team said the policy applies even... 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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Apple has stopped selling its Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter in the U.S. and most countries, with limited stock remaining only in select European markets. The $9 accessory, introduced with iPhone 7 in 2016 (after the "courageous" move to stop including the headphone jack in iPhones), allowed users to connect traditional headphones to Lightning port iPhones. The discontinuation comes as Apple transitions to USB-C ports across its iPhone lineup. Read more... 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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