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Trailers of the week: Thunderbolts, Rumors, and Disclaimer

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This week, I’ve been slowly catching up on Dark Matter; I’m about 20 hours into Paper...
This week, I’ve been slowly catching up on Dark Matter; I’m about 20 hours into Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Switch; and I’m still trying to work a trip to the movie theater into my schedule to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I’m behind, in other words! And this week’s trailers shoveled so much more onto ...
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Apple’s homework is due Monday no matter what, says judge

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Apple, the most valuable company in the world, will have to work this weekend to meet...
Apple, the most valuable company in the world, will have to work this weekend to meet a legal deadline on Monday. That’s after Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson on Friday denied the company’s request for more time to produce 1.3 million documents related to App Store changes it made in January to comply with a 2021 ...
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Samsung’s gorgeous Galaxy Book4 Edge has fallen to its lowest price to date

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The portability of a laptop is nice and all, but oftentimes, the tradeoff is a smaller...
The portability of a laptop is nice and all, but oftentimes, the tradeoff is a smaller screen that can feel cramped if you’ve got a lot of tabs open. Thankfully, there are laptops like Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 Edge, which offers a 16-inch display in a thin and lightweight package. It typically starts at $1,499.99, but...
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Now that Balatro’s on mobile, here are some tips to get started

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Now that Balatro is out on mobile, I wanted to see what all the fuss was...
Now that Balatro is out on mobile, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. And while it’s a great game, its tutorial doesn’t do the best job of setting you up for the kind of success necessary to hook you. In my first few hours, though I was completing the objectives laid out, it felt like I was stumbling my wa...
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Welcome to Meta’s future, where everyone wears cameras

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All around Meta’s Menlo Park campus, cameras stared at me. I’m not talking about security cameras...
All around Meta’s Menlo Park campus, cameras stared at me. I’m not talking about security cameras or my fellow reporters’ DSLRs. I’m not even talking about smartphones. I mean Ray-Ban and Meta’s smart glasses, which Meta hopes we’ll all — one day, in some form — wear.I visited Meta for this year’s Connect conference...
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The messy WordPress drama, explained

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WordPress is essentially internet infrastructure. It’s widely used, generally stable, and doesn’t tend to generate many...
WordPress is essentially internet infrastructure. It’s widely used, generally stable, and doesn’t tend to generate many splashy headlines as a result.But over the last week, the WordPress community has swept up into a battle over the ethos of the platform. Last week, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg came out with ...
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Arc Browser adds security bulletins and bug bounties

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OpenAI was a research lab — now it’s just another tech company

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Here’s the thing about asking investors for money: they want to see returns.OpenAI launched with a...
Here’s the thing about asking investors for money: they want to see returns.OpenAI launched with a famously altruistic mission: to help humanity by developing artificial general intelligence. But along the way, it became one of the best-funded companies in Silicon Valley. Now, the tension between those two facts is ...
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The DOJ indicts Iranians for alleged Trump campaign ‘hack-and-leak’ scheme

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The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranian nationals linked with a cyberattack against Donald...
The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranian nationals linked with a cyberattack against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to an indictment on Friday.The three hackers, all of whom have ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, allegedly gained access to the accounts of campaign offic...
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A truck full of batteries has been burning for almost a full day, shutting down ports in LA

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A truck full of lithium-ion batteries is burning in Los Angeles, shutting down ports and a...
A truck full of lithium-ion batteries is burning in Los Angeles, shutting down ports and a bridge. It’s not clear what the batteries were for — but LA’s Vincent Thomas Bridge, leading to the Port of Los Angeles and the next-door Port of Long Beach, has been shut down for at least 15 hours now while local firefighter...
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The best robot vacuums you can buy

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Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well without complaining (much). As prices...
Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well without complaining (much). As prices have dropped, these busy little bots have become less of a luxury and more of a necessity. They can reach places most standup vacs never see (under beds and sofas) and, thanks to better batteries and robot bra...
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The best smart doorbell cameras

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With a smart video doorbell, your front door’s communication skills go from 1980s landline to a...
With a smart video doorbell, your front door’s communication skills go from 1980s landline to a modern smartphone. Combining a motion-activated camera with a microphone, speaker, and doorbell, a doorbell camera sends alerts to your phone to show you who’s calling without you having to open the door or even be at hom...
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Threads now lets you tag your location

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This robot arm can detach its hand to grab things

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Researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed an articulated hand...
Researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed an articulated hand that can extend the reach of a robotic arm by detaching and crawling away on its own to grab things. The research was recently presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (I...
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Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens

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The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to...
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters the atmosphere. The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that scientists can learn how to prevent the creation of more space debris.Space junk is becom...
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Nintendo’s shiny new museum needs more dirt

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The inspiration for Nintendo’s new museum came, at least in part, from an ongoing irritation for...
The inspiration for Nintendo’s new museum came, at least in part, from an ongoing irritation for Shigeru Miyamoto. At a certain point every year, the Super Mario creator does a presentation for the hundred or so new staff that have joined the company. It’s an attempt to explain the core of what makes Nintendo a crea...
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The Moonwalkers robot shoes are back, and they’re lighter this time

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Shift Robotics has launched a new version of its Moonwalkers shoes / motorized roller skates that...
Shift Robotics has launched a new version of its Moonwalkers shoes / motorized roller skates that claim to boost the speed of your natural walking gait. Unlike the first generation, there are six wheels instead of 10 on the Moonwalkers Aero, which the company says makes them lighter and quieter. That makes them simi...
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‘Robot lawyer’ company faces $193,000 fine as part of FTC’s AI crackdown

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DoNotPay, a company that claimed to offer the “world’s first robot lawyer,” has agreed to a...
DoNotPay, a company that claimed to offer the “world’s first robot lawyer,” has agreed to a $193,000 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced on Tuesday. The move is a part of Operation AI Comply, a new law enforcement effort from the FTC to crack down on companies that use AI services to d...
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How to choose an Apple Watch

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Editor’s note: Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo, new Apple Watch Series...
Editor’s note: Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo, new Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 units sold in the US no longer have the blood oxygen feature. Older models are unaffected. You can tell if you have a unit with the blood oxygen feature disabled if the part number ends in LW/A. It used...
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This Apple Watch clone straps a retro gaming machine to your wrist

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Taito Corporation, which gave the world Space Invaders over 45 years ago, has collaborated with the...
Taito Corporation, which gave the world Space Invaders over 45 years ago, has collaborated with the designers of Floor 84 Studio to create a watch that pairs retro gaming with basic health tracking capabilities. The Space Invaders: My Play Watch is now available for $60 for the earliest backers of a Kickstarter crow...
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Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of plastic recycling

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California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about plastic recycling....
California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about plastic recycling. The Golden State filed suit against the oil giant this week, alleging that it has misled consumers for years by marketing recycling as a way to prevent plastic pollution. Plastic is difficult and relatively cos...
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Suunto’s new bone conduction headphones are up to $30 off right now

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I’m a big fan of noise-canceling earbuds in most situations, but when it comes to running,...
I’m a big fan of noise-canceling earbuds in most situations, but when it comes to running, I’ve always preferred something that doesn’t drown out the sound of approaching cars, dogs, and other obstacles. Luckily, if you’re in the same camp as me, Suunto’s new Sonic headphones are on sale at Amazon and direct from Su...
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Meta is giving its metaverse avatars a glow-up

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Meta is overhauling its metaverse avatars, and you’ll be able to use them soon: the new...
Meta is overhauling its metaverse avatars, and you’ll be able to use them soon: the new look will be available on October 1st, the company announced at its Connect conference on Wednesday. The new avatars will be available on Meta Horizon OS (its VR operating system), as well as Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.Me...
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving

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