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AirPods act like AirTags in helping traveler recover pickpocketed wallet

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-12 15:18:06

AirPods aren’t just the best headphones. AirPods can also act like an AirTag, which happened to a North Carolina family traveling internationally when a pickpocketer stole the bag containing their passport and ID. AirPods help track stolen purse in Italy Karis McElroy shared the story on TikTok: Her mother and stepfather were visiting Venice, Italy, when three people crowded around them on the street. Once they made it to their Airbnb, McElroy’s mom discovered her backpack had been unzipped.

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Spotify adds audio previews and real-time music sharing to Instagram Stories and Notes

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-12 16:13:55

Spotify is expanding how users can share their music on Instagram with two new features rolling out globally today. Audio previews in Stories Audio previews are now included when posting tracks to Stories, while Instagram Notes gets real-time music updates that show what you are currently listening to. Sharing songs to Instagram Stories now includes a short audio clip automatically. Friends can listen to the preview directly in the Story and tap the music sticker to open the full track in Spo

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is coming to PS5 on November 20

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 16:26:56

We learned in July that Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl would come to PlayStation later this year. On Thursday, developer GSC Gameworld gave us a specific release date: November 20. That's exactly a year after its PC and Xbox launch. The PS5 version will support adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, gyro aiming and more. Meanwhile, PS5 Pro users will see upgraded resolution, shadows and reflections (among other enhancements). The game will be available in a $60 standard edition, an $80 deluxe one a

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Unmasking the Privacy Risks of Apple Intelligence

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 15:36:51

Executive Summary Lumia’s Research Team revealed that messages dictated via Siri, including WhatsApp and iMessage are not sent to the Private Cloud Compute. In fact, there is no assurance as to what Apple does with these messages. Siri transmits metadata about installed and active apps without the user’s ability to control these privacy settings. Audio playback metadata such as ‘recording names’, is sent without consent. No user control or visibility exists over these background data flows.

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Unity reintroduces the Runtime Fee through its Industry license

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 14:31:18

Unity Asset Transformer Toolkit offers the easiest way to bring CAD and 3D models into Unity. Prepare data from 70+ file formats, customize levels of detail for target devices, and streamline workflows with automated import tools—designed for seamless use by Unity developers. (Formerly known as Pixyz Plugin.)

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8 Kitchen Tools That Pay for Themselves With the Money You'll Save

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 15:40:00

Restaurants and coffee shop visits drain your wallet faster than you might realize. Those $5 lattes and $15 lunches accumulate into thousands annually. For anyone ready to cook more at home and cut dining expenses, there are kitchen appliances and tools that offer impressive returns on investment. Through comprehensive analysis of popular home cooking equipment -- from water filters to pizza ovens, seltzer makers and coffee machines -- the numbers reveal big potential savings. Some appliances c

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This 'Fantastic Four' Actor Is a Netflix Top 10 VIP Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 16:00:05

Each week, Netflix drops a list of the top 10 films and TV shows dominating the platform. For the week of Aug. 11, two vastly different films, both featuring Vanessa Kirby, are in the US Top 10: Netflix original Night Always Comes and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. If you consider that Kirby is also starring in Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is currently No. 4 at the box office, and she briefly reprised her role as White Widow in Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoni

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Google Pixel Watch 4 Specs vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8: Circle Takes On Squircle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 16:00:06

Google's Pixel Watch 4 has arrived with a sleeker design, better battery life, first-of-its-kind emergency satellite connectivity, and an AI-powered health coach, giving even the most established smartwatches a serious run for their money. Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8, on the other hand, builds on more than a decade of experience, pairing advanced health metrics like Vascular Load and Antioxidant Index with seamless integration across Galaxy phones and the broader Samsung ecosystem. As smartwatche

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LG’s massive 77-inch C5 OLED TV is more than $1,000 off

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-12-12 16:19:13

If you want to spend the rest of the year catching up on the movies, TV shows, and video games you missed over the summer, you should enjoy them on a really nice screen. Thankfully, you can get a 77-inch LG C5 OLED TV for around $2,496.99 ($1,203 off), its lowest price ever at Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy. The C5 has a 120Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports and support for both AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync, so gamers can play PC and current-generation console titles in 4K at up to 120 fr

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YouTube Music turns 10 and adds new ‘taste match’ playlists

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-12 16:40:11

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. YouTube Music is launching shared playlists that evolve based on the listening habits of the people who join them. The platform announced the new “taste match” playlists as part of its 10th anniversary on Thursday, and says it will refresh them with new music ev

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YouTube Music celebrates 10 years with new features that help it compete with Spotify

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-12 16:00:00

YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others. The app will now include “Taste Match” playlists, which are playlists that combine multiple users’ overlapping interests, similar to Spotify Blend. The app will also start notifying users of upcoming releases, merch, and concerts, and is partnering with Bandsintown to help fans discover concerts when watching videos and Shorts on YouTube itself.

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Apple TV+ hikes subscription for third time in three years

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-12 21:32:58

Apple is taking a cue from some of its competitors. The technology giant's Apple TV+ monthly subscription is now $12.99, starting Thursday in the U.S. and other countries. Apple said the new price will hit current subscribers 30 days after their next renewal date. The annual subscription price will not change. For new subscribers, the $12.99 monthly price begins after a 7-day trial period. The change marks Apple's first price hike for its streaming service since 2023. At the time, Apple lift

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Deal: Remember, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is still $300 off

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-12 21:30:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold may be the most talked-about foldable phone right now, as it was just announced. We can’t forget about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, though. Whether you like it better than Google’s alternative is a subjective matter. One thing is for sure, though: it is currently cheaper, thanks to a $300 discount. What’s best is that you don’t have to wait for it (the Pixel 10 Pro Fold doesn’t actually launch until October). Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z

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Meta allegedly bypassed Apple privacy measure, and fired employee who flagged it

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-12 17:00:36

A former Meta product manager has claimed that the social network circumvented Apple’s privacy protections, as well as cheating advertisers, and fired him when he repeatedly raised the issue internally. Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue … App Tracking Transparency hit Meta hard Meta relied heavily on selling personalized advertising, which required it to be able t

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Apple TV+ subscriptions just rose to $13 a month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 21:05:16

Apple is once again raising the price of its streaming service. Apple TV+ is shooting up to $13 per month, from $10 per month. This is effective immediately. Current subscribers will see the price change 30 days after the next renewal date. There's one spot of good news here. The pricing for the yearly subscription remains unchanged, as does the cost of an Apple One bundle. Many platforms start cheap before slowly turning the heat up, using the drug dealer method of salesmanship. However, Appl

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Trump’s Stance on Science Is Starting to Look Uncomfortably Soviet

gizmodo.com Lois Parshley 2025-12-12 20:35:00

In the fall of 1925, agronomist Trofim Lysenko arrived on the dusty plains of what is now Azerbaijan, hoping to keep cows from starving to death over the winter. The young scientist, who learned to read as a teenager during the Russian Revolution, dismissed the rapidly advancing field of genetics. He believed nature could be bent to human will. Lysenko denounced the idea that genes pass traits down as a “degradation of bourgeois culture,” and couldn’t understand why cows bred to produce more mi

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Google’s Pixel Buds 2a Have One Thing Apple Would Never Give Us on AirPods

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-12 21:49:57

Wireless earbuds are better now than they’ve ever been. Trust me, I’ve tried a lot of them. They sound better; they look better; they have impressive noise cancelling, and in the grand scheme of things, they’re pretty affordable. That being said, there is one thing they’re sorely lacking, and that’s modularity and repairability. As solid as Apple’s AirPods are, when the battery goes, so too does the whole pair of wireless earbuds. That sucks, to say the least. This sad fact about most wireless

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Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Freezes Hiring Amid Ongoing Struggles

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-12 21:58:43

No one stays on top forever. It’s a lesson that Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk may be painfully learning about. The Danish pharmaceutical company has enacted a hiring freeze—the latest sign of a sinking financial outlook for the once-titan of the obesity treatment world. Reuters reported on the hiring freeze Wednesday. The company has faced numerous setbacks in recent months, including billions shaved off its stock market value and continued competition from cheaper, compounded versions of its bloc

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PS5 Prices Go Up Today. Here's How Much and Why

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 21:03:00

Sony will increase the prices of its PlayStation 5 consoles in the US, starting today. This follows the trend of console manufacturers such as Microsoft and Nintendo raising prices for their hardware in response to tariffs. The PlayStation-maker posted about the price change Wednesday. The jump in price is $50 more than the current price for each model. The new prices are: "Similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging economic environment," Sony said in a post abou

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Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Chinese Solar Panels

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-12-12 21:00:00

While overall sales to African countries are still small compared to these traditional export markets, the Global South appears to be at a turning point in how it thinks about energy. For decades, energy-starved countries largely had one default option when they wanted to add new power supply: import coal and gas. Now, for the first time, solar energy is emerging as the cheaper and greener way forward, so there’s no need to sacrifice the environment for development. Familiar Story What’s happe

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Is the Flipper Zero the next big car theft gadget?

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-12-12 21:17:29

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. 404 Media has a report out about an underground software market that enables the Flipper Zero to be used to unlock a wide variety of vehicles, including Ford, Audi, Volkswagen, Subaru, Hyundai, Kia, and several other models. The hack w

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price drops further, saving you $270

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-13 00:34:34

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Some of us just want a smaller phone! Since those are becoming amazingly rare, the next best thing is to get a thinner device, and the hottest slim phone right now is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. It’s been on a nice sale since last week, and the deal got even sweeter today. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge for just $829.95 ($270.04 off) This offer is available from Amazon. This lower price is only available for the Titanium Jetblack color version. Other variants

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Don’t pay full price for the XM6! The Sony WH-1000XM5 are $126 off!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-13 02:11:41

The Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones may be super hot and newer, but the Sony WH-1000XM5 don’t fall far behind. It also helps that the previous-generation cans are on sale right now, saving you $126. That brings the cost down to just $273.99. Buy the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for just $273.99 ($126 off) This offer is available from Amazon. Keep in mind that maximum savings only apply to the Black model. All other color versions go for $328. Sony WH-1000XM5 Sony WH-1000XM5 The king of the ANC pack e

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The first update for Proton's privacy-focused chatbot offers major performance improvements

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 02:52:55

In July, Proton, the company behind Proton Mail , released Lumo , a privacy-focused AI chatbot. Now, just under a month later, Proton has begun rolling out Lumo 1.1 to both free and paying users, and according to the company, the updated assistant "performs significantly better across the board" relative to its predecessor. Just how much better is the new version of Lumo? Proton claims it offers a 170 percent improvement in context understanding, meaning the chatbot is able to more accurately a

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I compared the two best Android smartwatches right now - and it was a close one

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-12-13 02:16:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Google just unveiled its new Pixel Watch 4, and upon first glance, it's pretty similar to the Galaxy Watch 8 Samsung released last month. They're both Android smartwatches with AI-powered health coaches, they have around the same battery life, brightness, and storage, and notably, they're the same price. Also: Everything announced at Made by Google 2025: Pixel 10 Pro, Fold, Watch 4, and more Of course, you'll get different watch bands and different brand styles, with Google's

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

news.ycombinator.com Casey Crownhart 2025-12-13 00:52:50

Earlier this year, MIT Technology Review published a comprehensive series on AI and energy, at which time none of the major AI companies would reveal their per-prompt energy usage. Google’s new publication, at last, allows for a peek behind the curtain that researchers and analysts have long hoped for. The study focuses on a broad look at energy demand, including not only the power used by the AI chips that run models but also by all the other infrastructure needed to support that hardware. “W

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Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-12-13 02:25:17

With the Powerball ballooning to $650 million after Wednesday’s drawing, hopeful players have been asking: Is winning the lottery a matter of luck or something that science and artificial intelligence can predict? Three students at the University of Salento in southern Italy say that science wins out. They say they used AI to analyze patterns from past draws to predict future winning numbers. Their experimental approach resulted in a €43,000 jackpot in April, which now has people wondering if

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Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race

theverge.com Alex Heath 2025-12-13 02:00:00

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. One of the biggest topics in AI these days is agents — the idea that AI is going to move from chatbots to reliably completing tasks for us in the real world. But the problem with agents is that they really aren’t all that reliable right now. There’s a lot of work happening in the AI industry to try to fix that, and that brings me to my guest today: David Luan, the head of Amazon’s

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Silksong finally launches in September

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-13 02:35:11

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for years, will be released on September 4th. The news was revealed as part of a “special announcement” video that debuted on Thursday. In Silksong, you play as Hornet, a character that appeared in the

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Raising multiple rounds of venture capital might be wrong for your startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-13 02:00:00

There’s a generally accepted script in Silicon Valley: Identify a startup idea. Sell a chunk of your company to raise venture capital. Make sales. Raise more venture capital, and make more sales. Repeat until the company goes public, or gets acquired, hopefully for billions either way. But what if you didn’t get on a fundraising treadmill after taking a first round? What if you structured your company to sprint to profitability through slower, sustainable growth, rather than the reverse — unpro

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AirPods act like AirTags in helping traveler recover pickpocketed wallet

Spotify adds audio previews and real-time music sharing to Instagram Stories and Notes

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is coming to PS5 on November 20

Unmasking the Privacy Risks of Apple Intelligence

Unity reintroduces the Runtime Fee through its Industry license

8 Kitchen Tools That Pay for Themselves With the Money You'll Save

This 'Fantastic Four' Actor Is a Netflix Top 10 VIP Right Now

Google Pixel Watch 4 Specs vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8: Circle Takes On Squircle

LG’s massive 77-inch C5 OLED TV is more than $1,000 off

YouTube Music turns 10 and adds new ‘taste match’ playlists

YouTube Music celebrates 10 years with new features that help it compete with Spotify

Apple TV+ hikes subscription for third time in three years

Deal: Remember, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is still $300 off

Meta allegedly bypassed Apple privacy measure, and fired employee who flagged it

Apple TV+ subscriptions just rose to $13 a month

Trump’s Stance on Science Is Starting to Look Uncomfortably Soviet

Google’s Pixel Buds 2a Have One Thing Apple Would Never Give Us on AirPods

Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Freezes Hiring Amid Ongoing Struggles

PS5 Prices Go Up Today. Here's How Much and Why

Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Chinese Solar Panels

Is the Flipper Zero the next big car theft gadget?

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price drops further, saving you $270

Don’t pay full price for the XM6! The Sony WH-1000XM5 are $126 off!

The first update for Proton's privacy-focused chatbot offers major performance improvements

I compared the two best Android smartwatches right now - and it was a close one

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race

Silksong finally launches in September

Raising multiple rounds of venture capital might be wrong for your startup

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