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Microsoft does not send Xbox users a birthday gift directly, but it does award extra Microsoft Rewards points during a user's birthday week. Those points can be redeemed in the Xbox Rewards hub for items like gift cards, in-game currency for titles such as Sea of Thieves and Minecraft, or small charity donations, rather than for full games.
'Coyote vs. Acme,' the live-action/animated hybrid film that Warner Bros. had shelved as a tax writeoff, has now been released to audiences. The film survived cancellation after backlash and efforts to find it a new distributor.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple built and internally tested a stubbier stylus meant to pair with its upcoming foldable iPhone, but the company is unlikely to release it alongside the device's debut. The design would attach to the phone's side for charging and storage, similar to existing Apple Pencils, but that placement could interfere with the fold mechanism and risk scratching the more fragile foldable display.
Google Maps updated its US display of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' following an executive order from President Trump, part of an ongoing tariff dispute with Canada. The change mirrors Google's earlier adoption of 'Gulf of America' for the Gulf of Mexico, following updates to the federal Geographic Names Information System. Google says users in Canada will still see 'Lake Ontario,' while those outside North America will see both names.
TechCrunch reporting found OSHA filings showing more than two dozen injuries among Waymo and Zoox test drivers in 2024 and 2025, many caused by hard braking or abrupt maneuvers of the autonomous vehicles. Some workers suffered whiplash and other injuries that kept them off the job for months.
The Haiku operating system project has shipped R1/beta6, its first beta release in roughly two years, arriving just after the open-source project marked its 25th anniversary. The release includes updated documentation covering release notes and press inquiries, and is available as a fresh download or as an upgrade path for existing installations.
A new breakdown outlines how fans can watch most NFL games this season without a costly cable package by combining a digital antenna, NFL Plus, and Amazon Prime Video for Thursday games. It also notes that international, holiday, and Super Bowl games are scattered across Netflix, CBS, Fox, NBC, Peacock, ESPN, and ABC, meaning no single cheap service covers everything.
Researchers found that Omarchy's default configuration added users to the Linux docker group, which lets any process communicate with the root-owned Docker daemon without needing sudo or a password prompt. This effectively gave every application running in a user's desktop session the ability to mount host files and execute commands as root. The issue was reported through responsible disclosure and fixed in Omarchy version 4.0.1.
Investors Simeon Simeonov and Itamar Novick of Recursive Ventures are publishing a series cataloging recurring behaviors that increase startup failure risk, building on Simeonov's original 2013 concept. The series will draw on their combined experience backing over 100 startups, plus contributions from portfolio founders, to illustrate each anti-pattern with real examples.
Mike Moore, the former Mississippi attorney general who helped broker the 1998 $246 billion tobacco settlement, is now advising state attorneys general pursuing similar action against social media firms. This follows Meta's roughly $17 billion settlement this week over claims it misrepresented how Facebook and Instagram harm children's mental health, a deal that included usage limits, age verification tools and parental controls. Moore, co-leading a nonprofit called Attention Initiative, wants a broader settlement covering more companies including TikTok and YouTube.
Citrix's Desktop as a Service now includes UniconOS, a lightweight, write-protected Linux environment installed alongside Windows on a separate partition. If Windows is disabled by ransomware or a bad update, employees can boot into UniconOS instead and reach their virtual apps and desktops through Citrix DaaS and SecurAccess, while Windows itself remains untouched and unrepaired.
The article traces how display resolution terminology evolved, noting that '4K' refers to roughly 4,000 horizontal pixels while related terms like Ultra HD, 2160p, and QHD (1440p) describe similar or adjacent resolutions using different naming conventions. It also clarifies older terms like HD (720p), Full HD (1080p), and the difference between interlaced and progressive scanning.