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Under new bill, Bigfoot could become California’s “official cryptid”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-09 16:01:35

You might suspect that a one-line bill about Bigfoot that bears the number "666" is a joke, but AB-666 is apparently a serious offering from California Assemblymember Chris Rogers. Rogers represents a California district known for its Bigfoot sightings (or "sightings," depending on your persuasion—many of these have been faked), and he wants to make Bigfoot the "official cryptid" of the state. His bill notes that California already has many official symbols, including the golden poppy (official

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The first iOS 18.4 developer beta is here, with support for Priority Notifications

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-07-09 15:33:39

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Apple just released its first developer betas of a new round of software updates, and early testers have spotted support for Priority Notifications in the iOS 18.4 preview. It’s an Apple Intelligence-powered feature that uses on-device processing to try to detect which updates are especially important and sort them into a separate section

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Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in India

techcrunch.com Charles Rollet 2025-07-09 14:17:34

Meta made headlines last month for announcing plans to cut 5% of its employees, controversially deeming them “low performers.” But the job cuts aren’t holding Meta back from expanding in certain geographic areas. Meta is setting up a new site in the country’s tech hub of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), multiple Meta employees posted on LinkedIn this month. Meta is currently hiring for 41 positions there, according to its careers webpage, most of which were posted over the last month.

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iOS 18.4 will bring Apple Intelligence-powered ‘Priority Notifications’

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-07-09 15:34:27

Apple on Friday released its first developer beta for iOS 18.4, which adds a new “Priority Notifications” feature, powered by Apple Intelligence. The addition aims to help users manage their notifications by prioritizing important alerts and minimizing distractions from less important ones. These priority notifications are displayed in a separate section on the phone’s Lock Screen. Apple Intelligence will analyze which notifications it believes should be shown in this section, but you can still

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Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti vanishes in seconds as supply woes continue

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-07-09 16:20:00

Facepalm: After Nvidia's RTX 5090 and 5080 faced immediate shortages, consumers hoped that the company's new mid-range graphics cards would at least stay in stock for more than a millisecond. Unfortunately, the RTX 5070 Ti sold out just as quickly, and reports suggest that the RTX 5070 and 5060 may face similar supply issues. As the RTX 5070 Ti officially "launched" on February 20, screenshots of storefronts revealed just how quickly every model sold out. Screenshots of Newegg's front page, ta

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Sony former exec says the company is "printing money" by releasing PlayStation games on PC

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-07-09 17:38:00

The big picture: Shuhei Yoshida spent more than three decades at Sony, leading the PlayStation project from its early years. Now retired, the BAFTA Fellowship-awarded industry veteran is revealing some of the gaming industry's worst-kept secrets – starting with the significant role played by the PC platform. In a recent interview, Shuhei Yoshida confirmed the "rumors" that everyone in the gaming industry has known for years: Sony is making substantial profits from PC conversions of its PlayStat

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Shares of Hims & Hers tumble 23% after FDA says semaglutide is no longer in shortage

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-07-09 17:56:39

Shares of Hims & Hers Health tumbled more than 23% on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight loss drugs Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. Those medications are part of a class of drugs called GLP-1s, and demand for the treatments has exploded in recent years. As a result, digital health companies like Hims & Hers have been pr

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Doctors and patients are calling for more telehealth. Where is it?

technologyreview.com Isabel Ruehl 2025-07-09 11:00:00

But doctors are generally allowed to practice medicine only where they have a license. This means they cannot treat patients across state lines unless they also have a license in the patient’s state, and most physicians have one or two licenses at most. This has led to what Ateev Mehrotra, a physician and professor of health policy at the Brown University School of Public Health, calls an “inane” norm: A woman with a rare cancer boarding an airplane, at the risk of her chemotherapy-weakened immu

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T-Mobile users beware: New scam tricks customers into returning ‘free’ phones to fraudsters

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-09 10:29:15

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR It looks like scammers are posing as T-Mobile reps, offering “free phones” to loyal customers and tricking them into placing real phone orders. Victims receive a phone, and then the scammer contacts them claiming the wrong model was sent. The victim is asked to return the phone, which ends up in the hands of the scammer, leaving the victim with an unpaid installment balance. T-Mobile users, beware. There’s a new, highly convincing scam targeting subs

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iPhone 16e benchmark results, RAM, and charging speed revealed

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-07-09 13:07:27

The iPhone 16e is powered by the A18 chip, but there’s one difference between its GPU and the version in the chip that powers the iPhone 16. While the iPhone 16 has a 5-core GPU, the iPhone 16E has a 4-core GPU. New Geekbench results for the iPhone 16e reveal just how much of a performance impact buyers can expect, plus a few other tidbits about the device. The Geekbench results were spotted by MySmartPrice this morning. In testing, the iPhone 16e scored 24,188 points in graphic testing. This

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Apple is removing iCloud end-to-encryption features from the UK after government compelled it to add backdoors

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-07-09 15:03:00

Apple is removing the option to enable Advanced Data Protection for iCloud users in the United Kingdom. This feature let users fully protect their data stored in iCloud with end-to-end encryption. However, a recent UK government order forces companies like Apple to put backdoors in its encryption systems. Rather than comply and compromise Advanced Data Protection, Apple is left with no choice but to remove the feature altogether. In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said that current users of ADP i

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Your Apple Vision Pro is getting a lot better with visionOS 2.4

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-07-09 18:03:01

Apple is releasing the first beta of visionOS 2.4 today, and it just might be the biggest update yet for Apple Vision Pro users. The update brings support for Apple Intelligence, major improvements to Guest Mode, a new Spatial Gallery app, an Apple Vision Pro app for iPhone, and more. Here’s everything you need to know… “Apple Vision Pro is helping users communicate, collaborate, and experience entertainment in entirely new ways — and we’re continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible i

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The best microSD cards in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-09 10:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . We put several microSD cards through a range of tests to figure out which offer the best value for your storage needs. Most microSD cards are fast enough for boosting storage space and making simple file transfers, but some provide a little more value than others. If you’ve got a devi

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The Morning After: Apple reveals its new cheapest iPhone. What’s missing?

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-09 13:19:44

The price has been bumped up, but so have the specs. If you couldn’t stomach $800 for a new iPhone with Apple Intelligence, don’t worry: Apple just announced the iPhone 16e. At $599, it strikes a balance on specs, which is the soft and cosy way to say it doesn’t have everything. It has a lot, though. With a 6.1-inch screen, it’s a much bigger device than the 4.7-inch iPhone SE, with a notch for FaceID (no more TouchID), USB-C (adios, Lightning) and the company’s A18 processor. There’s also an

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Coinbase says Trump’s SEC has ended its enforcement case against the crypto company

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-09 17:13:31

Coinbase says that the SEC has agreed to end an enforcement case that accused it of illegally running an unregistered securities exchange. This could signal a major change in how the US government will enforce the crypto market now that Trump is in office. The lawsuit, which was filed during the Biden administration , has long-been considered an attempt to bring the crypto industry under the same investor-protection rules that govern stocks and other securities. Coinbase had been fighting the l

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Apple disables iCloud's Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-09 17:30:17

Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company's most powerful data protection tools, as first reported by Bloomberg. The feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), allows iPhone users to add optional end-to-end encryption to a variety of iCloud data. The move comes amid an ongoing dispute between Apple and the UK over a government order that would require the company to build a backdoor to allow British security officials to access the encrypted data of users globally. "ADP protec

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Apple Intelligence is headed to the Vision Pro in April, dev beta available today

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-09 18:10:14

The rumors are true: Apple confirmed today that the Vision Pro will get Apple Intelligence features in April with the arrival of visionOS 2.4. A developer beta is also rolling out today for the less patient. As we've seen on other devices, Apple is starting out the Vision Pro's AI rollout with basic features. Those include Writing Tools, which can help you summarize, rewrite and proofread text, as well as generate text with ChatGPT; Image Playground for creating AI imagery; and Genmoji for build

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Is your phone truly waterproof? Here's what the IP rating tells you

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-09 15:39:03

Just how water-resistant is that box filled with electricity? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I remember a time when you wouldn't dare let water anywhere near a smartphone or power bank, as it would almost certainly mean disaster. Today, however, most smartphones are designed to be water- and dust-resistant to some extent, and even gadgets like power banks and portable power stations are following suit. Also: The best portable power stations you can buy But how can you determine exactly how wate

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American Airlines now lets you track your luggage with AirTags - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-07-09 16:10:44

ZDNET One of the world's biggest airlines is making it a little easier to track down your lost luggage. Last fall, Apple introduced "Share Item Location," a feature that lets you share the location of an AirTag or Find My accessory with someone else. Apple partnered with a number of airlines, including Air Canada, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa, and United, to incorporate this feature into official customer service protocols. Also: Finally, Bluetooth trackers for Android users th

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YouTube May Finally Offer a Cheaper Way to Get Rid of Ads

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-07-09 15:30:08

Folk who want to watch their multi-hour-long YouTube documentaries without an ad break every few minutes may finally have a cheaper way to do it. The Alphabet-owned streaming service has long been testing a cheaper ad-less subscription tier called YouTube Premium Lite. If the latest reports can be believed, it may come to fruition in 2025, though it probably won’t offer all the perks of the $14-a-month Premium subscription. The last time we heard about Premium Lite was in October last year. You

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Apple Says ‘No’ to UK Backdoor Order, Will Disable E2E Cloud Encryption Instead

gizmodo.com Thomas Maxwell 2025-07-09 16:50:53

Good work, Britain. Owners of Apple devices in the United Kingdom will be a little less safe moving forward as the company pulls its most secure end-to-end (E2E) encryption from the country. The move is in response to government demands there that Apple build a backdoor into its iCloud encryption feature that would allow law enforcement to access the cloud data of any iPhone user around the world. Apple has for many years marketed its products as being the most safe and secure personal electron

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This Ethiopian Volcano Just Burped a Staggering Amount of Methane

gizmodo.com Adam Kovac 2025-07-09 17:25:42

There’s something odd happening under an Ethiopian national park. Volcanic and seismic activity were on the rise under a volcano named Mount Fentale, but the gas that began spouting out of the ground wasn’t what you’d expect from an impending eruption. Canadian greenhouse gas monitoring company GHGSat said in early February that the amount of methane being emitted from Mount Fentale is “substantial.” When GHGSat began measuring the emissions on January 31, they found that the volcano was spewin

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Get Outside Just After Sunset to See Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade

cnet.com Joe Hindy 2025-07-09 15:00:02

2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade now visible in the night sky. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. The six planets are visible now, and will remain so until late February. Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. You'll need a high-powered viewing dev

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Apple Pulls iCloud Encryption Feature Following UK Government Demands

cnet.com Katie Collins 2025-07-09 16:24:00

Apple is withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection tool from the UK, leaving iCloud users without the highest level of encryption the company currently offers. The move comes just weeks after reports emerged that the British government was pressuring Apple to create a backdoor into its encrypted services for law enforcement and spying purposes. ADP is an opt-in security tool, which provides end-to-end encryption for iCloud services to those who want it. The UK's Home Office had refused to confir

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HP realizes that mandatory 15-minute support call wait times isn’t good support

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-09 15:45:17

In an odd approach to trying to improve customer tech support, HP allegedly implemented mandatory, 15-minute wait times for people calling the vendor for help with their computers and printers in certain geographies. Callers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, and Italy were met with the forced holding periods, The Register reported on Thursday. The publication cited internal communications it saw from February 18 that reportedly said the wait times aimed to "influence customers

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What Are Those Weird Devices Basketball Players Are Holding?

wired.com Ben Dowsett 2025-07-09 14:00:00

The mood during the second half of the 2024 NCAA women’s basketball national title game was predictably intense. In what would later be revealed as the most-watched women’s college game of all time, the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks were looking to close out a perfect season against Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark. The score margin had rarely left single digits. Players on both squads were leaving everything on the floor. As Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley instructed her team during time-ou

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YouTube reportedly launching new ‘premium lite’ tier soon

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-07-09 15:40:11

In Brief YouTube is close to announcing a new lower-priced “premium lite” version of its subscription service, Bloomberg reports. The new tier is expected to launch in the United States, Australia, Germany, and Thailand “soon.” The tier will give users access to YouTube’s library of podcasts and how-to clips without ads, Bloomberg notes. Premium lite will be targeted toward viewers who mainly want to watch videos other than music videos. It’s unknown how much the tier will cost. While the pre

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The real reason why oil and gas companies are bullish on carbon capture

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-09 17:41:46

Two years ago, oil and gas company Occidental bought carbon capture startup Carbon Engineering. The transaction was hailed as a win-win: A climate tech company scored a significant exit, and a fossil fuel company gained a foothold in a sector that could be worth up to $150 billion by 2050. Now we have a better idea why Occidental was keen to pick up the pricey technology: They want to use it to pump more oil. Previously, the company had said it would use the technology to zero out its climate

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Show HN: I built an AI voice agent for Gmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-09 05:04:04

It's secure and free Power through emails with Pocket, the ultimate voice-based AI assistant. Designed for dealmakers. for more Take Action Get through your email with an assistant that understands intent Speak Freely You're in control – pause, interrupt, or change your mind at any time Just Ask Find exactly what you're looking for with conversational search

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Will quantum computers disrupt critical infrastructure?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-09 13:40:04

Will quantum computers disrupt critical infrastructure? 3 hours ago Joe Fay Technology Reporter Google Many organisations are developing quantum computers Twenty five years ago computer programmers were racing to fix the millennium bug amidst fears that it would cause banking systems to crash and planes to fall out of the sky. Much to everyone's relief the impact turned out to be minimal. Today, some fear there is a new critical threat to the world’s digital infrastructure. But this time, we

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Under new bill, Bigfoot could become California’s “official cryptid”

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Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in India

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Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti vanishes in seconds as supply woes continue

Sony former exec says the company is "printing money" by releasing PlayStation games on PC

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The Morning After: Apple reveals its new cheapest iPhone. What’s missing?

Coinbase says Trump’s SEC has ended its enforcement case against the crypto company

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YouTube reportedly launching new ‘premium lite’ tier soon

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