Chances are, your mom changed your diaper, packed your lunch, and helped guide you through your teenage years - all without expecting anything in return. She deserves a standing ovation, but since that's tough to wrap, a thoughtful Mother's Day gift is a fine alternative. This year, we rounded up a collection of gifts that […] Read more ›
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Less than 48 hours after announcing an update to GPT-4o that promised improvements in "both intelligence and personality," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the chatbot had become "too sycophant-y and annoying." In an April 27th post on X, Altman said fixes to GPT-4o's personality would be coming "asap." After the update rolled out, users began […] Read more ›
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The power elites have a Signal group chat, too - and the ones that seem to be reshaping the government, according to a recent report, are the ones Marc Andreesen created to bring the American right wing and the technocracy together. Semafor's Ben Smith published a massive article on Monday detailing an ecosystem of private, […] Read more ›
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Kickstarter is launching a new “Tariff Manager” tool that will allow creators to apply a surcharge to projects after their campaign has ended, as spotted earlier by 404 Media. The tool is supposed to help creators deal with “rising costs” and import fees as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. If a creator’s […] Read more ›
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OpenAI is improving ChatGPT’s web search capabilities to make the AI chatbot a more useful tool for shopping. People already use ChatGPT to do research around products, but before these updates, ChatGPT didn’t make it easy to understand up-to-date prices or see visual images of the results, Adam Fry, OpenAI’s ChatGPT search product lead, told […] Read more ›
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Apple’s App Store review has yet again let at least one unofficial mobile port of a hot new game show up on the store – this time, it’s Blue Prince. In a joint post on Monday, Blue Prince’s developer, Dogubomb, and its publisher, Raw Fury, said that they have “received reports of games claiming to […] Read more ›
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WhatsApp’s web-based client may soon get voice and video call functionality built in, reports WABetaInfo. Currently, WhatsApp users who would like to make calls to others have to either rely on the mobile app or the PC or Mac app on desktop. However, WABetaInfo discovered new call buttons appearing on the web client, which means […] Read more ›
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It’s clay court season in tennis, and instead of questioning the judgments of chair umpires, some players are now questioning the decisions of complex software — specifically electronic line-calling (ELS) systems, which are increasingly tasked with determining whether a ball is in or out. German tennis star Alexander Zverev became the latest to dispute the […] Read more ›
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The GitHub repository for The Homebrew Channel (HBC), a popular piece of software used on hacked Nintendo Wiis, has been archived. Its maintainers are accusing the creators of “libogc,” a software toolkit HBC relies on, of stealing both Nintendo-made and open-source code and presenting it as their own, according to a ReadMe posted to the […] Read more ›
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Three Democratic senators are sounding the alarm over brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies' ability to collect - and potentially sell - our neural data. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Maria Cantwell (D-IN), and Ed Markey (D-MA) called for an investigation into neurotechnology companies' handling of user data, and […] Read more ›
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If all you need is a reliable tablet for everyday tasks like streaming, checking email, or browsing the web, Apple’s latest entry-level iPad delivers good value — and right now, it’s more affordable than ever starting at just $299 ($50 off) with Wi-Fi at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. This is its lowest price to […] Read more ›
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If you’re an Android user who has been staring longingly at the wrists of people with smartwatches, but haven’t had the impetus (or the cash) to buy one yourself, this may be your chance. The last-gen Google Pixel Watch 2 is currently on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Google for about $149, a savings […] Read more ›
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Headphones had existed for well over 50 years by the time Sony’s Walkman debuted in 1979, but the portable cassette player helped popularize the technology by miniaturizing it. km5’s new Lightwear Headphones Hp1 feature a minimal design similar to the one shipped with the Walkman over 40 years ago, but upgraded with wireless capabilities and […] Read more ›
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Google just announced that it will host a separate event ahead of I/O to discuss updates coming to Android. The Android Show: I/O Edition will land on YouTube and the Android website on May 13th at 10AM PT / 1PM ET and will feature Android ecosystem president Sameer Samat. That’s a full week ahead of […] Read more ›
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Google is quietly building key features of its Play Games app, which lets you track achievements on Android games, directly into the Play Store, Android Police reports — signaling plans that the former may be headed for the infamous Google Graveyard. Coder and self-proclaimed APK teardown specialist AssembleDebug posted on X that Google hasn’t made […] Read more ›
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For millions of people, any one of the many unprecedented actions in the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency was enough to show that the US is barreling toward - or has already arrived at - billionaire-helmed fascism. Sure, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has indiscriminately fired thousands of federal employees […] Read more ›
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OnePlus has reversed a big price hike for the Watch 3 and will sell the smartwatch for $349.99, OnePlus spokesperson Spencer Blank tells The Verge via email. That’s $20 more than the price it was initially announced at, but a big drop from the unexplained $499.99 cost it debuted at on April 10th. Blank attributes […] Read more ›
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Today, we have something special for you: A few days ago, I hosted a panel with FTC commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC. We recorded the discussion, and we’re bringing it to you today. That’s all pretty normal Decoder stuff, you might say — except these […] Read more ›
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Nothing has announced the second phone under its colorful subbrand CMF: the Phone 2 Pro. Just like the first CMF phone, this is a modular handset with extra accessories you can screw into place. And also just like the first CMF phone, it’s not getting an official US release. Buy the Phone 2 Pro by […] Read more ›
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In less than 100 days the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President Donald J. Trump. Gone is the agency that used to occasionally care about whether broadband maps were accurate […] Read more ›
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