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Worse Than a Recession? Trump's Tariffs Risk 'Self-Inflicted' Stagflation

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-03 02:00:00

An economic downturn combined with high inflation is a double-whammy for your finances. DNY59/Getty Images/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET President Donald Trump's turbulent tariff agenda, combined with mass deportations and increased national debt, has created heightened volatility in financial markets. Though many economists say there's low risk of a job-loss recession, others say we're at a critical crossroads, as consumer sentiment sours and the labor market sputters. Some analysts have even posite

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The 25 Best Non–Prime Day Deals From Retailers That Are Not Amazon

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-02 12:38:31

Prime Day started as a one-day sale, but Amazon has expanded it to nearly a week in its pursuit of absolute ecommerce dominance. We were all sucked in by fast shipping and low prices, but if you’re wary of feeding the beast, you needn’t go without great deals on tech. Plenty of other retailers are offering discounts and bargains this week, including Walmart, REI, Target, Wayfair, Best Buy, and Home Depot. You can also snag deals on many of the best tech devices direct from the manufacturers. Her

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Prime Day is Finally Over But These 142 Deals Are Still Available

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-03 00:27:04

Prime Day may be over, but not every deal is dead. These hand-picked Prime Day deals are still on. Whether you're treating yourself or buying a gift, you can still bag a bargain if you’re quick. Everything we highlight has been vetted, tested, and recommended by a member of the WIRED Reviews team. And we cross-check picks with our buying guides and track prices to ensure you're getting genuine discounts worth biting on. Just beware, these deals could end at any moment. Jump to Section: Tech Dea

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, July 12

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-02 23:55:36

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Measuring power network frequency using junk you have in your closet

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-03 00:24:16

Over the weekend starting on Saturday, the 8th of February 2025, the Baltic states’ electricity grid is switching from being synchronized with the Russian electric grid to being synchronized with the continental European electrical grid. This involves first disconnecting from the Russian grid, then operating a while as an island system, regulating the frequency alone and doing various tests, and finally, synchronizing frequency and phase with the EU grid and throwing the breaker. Which made me w

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Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-03 04:28:55

The latest version of Chrome (138) removes Manifest v2 and all extensions that rely on it.

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20 Best Prime Day Fitness Tracker Deals and Smart Ring Sales (2025)

wired.com Adrienne So 2026-02-03 03:18:22

In the northern hemisphere, it's hard not to spend the winter in a state of slumbering sloth, just waiting for sunshine and good times to start again. Conveniently, Prime Day fitness tracker deals (all four days of them) drop right in the middle of summer, which makes this a great time to pick up the smartwatch or smart ring that you just didn't have the cash for at Christmas. This year, you have four whole days to shop the Amazon deals, but if you don't want to take that much time, I've highli

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Some Verge-favorite gadgets are still on sale as Prime Day winds down

theverge.com Verge Staff 2026-02-03 05:25:19

Every month, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s tech, kitchen tools, or camping gear. Their answers provide some interesting insights into what the folks here like to use when they’re at the job or enjoying some time off. Now that Amazon’s Prime Day is in its final hours, this might be the last time for a while that deals from some of our recent “favorites” articles are available at a substantial discount. We recommend checking them out in case you read about the

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Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, others in latest AI talent deal

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-02-03 08:03:23

Google on Friday made the latest a splash in the AI talent wars, announcing an agreement to bring in Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. As part of the deal, Google will also hire other senior Windsurf research and development employees. Google is not investing in Windsurf, but the search giant will take a nonexclusive license to certain Windsurf technology, according to a person familiar with the matter. Windsurf remains free to license its techn

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Robinhood is up 160% this year, but several obstacles are ahead

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-02-03 12:18:37

Robinhood stock hit an all-time high Friday as the financial services platform continued to rip higher this year, along with bitcoin and other crypto stocks. Robinhood, up more than 160% in 2025, hit an intraday high above $101 before pulling back and closing slightly lower. The reversal came after a Bloomberg report that JPMorgan plans to start charging fintechs for access to customer bank data, a move that could raise costs across the industry. For fintech firms that rely on thin margins to

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9to5Mac Daily: July 11, 2025 – Apple’s plans for new Macs, iPads, and more

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-02-03 12:17:07

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Roborock:The smartest vacuums just got more affordable. Roborock’s Prime Day sale has arrived—with exclusive, limited-time savings on their top models. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or

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Bill Gates says Trump's cuts to USAID are devastating: 'It’s not too late to reverse them'

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-02-03 17:50:25

Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025. Bill Gates, the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, on Friday said it's not too late to reinstate international aid funding that President Donald Trump cut off. The Trump administration placed staff members at the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, on administrative leave in February. The last day of the independent agency was June 30. "The devastating effects of these cuts are entir

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 12, #1484

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-03 16:00:06

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 12 #496

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-03 16:00:07

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. If you love attending baseball games in summer, you'll hit a home run with today's NYT Strands puzzle. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword ans

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17 Best Prime Day Board Game Deals for Kids of All Ages (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-03 17:16:19

With summer vacations still stretching off into the distance, taking advantage of Prime Day board game deals or snagging some discounted toys could be a very smart move. The WIRED Reviews team has a gaggle of kids of all ages between us, and most of us are still big kids at heart, so we’ve tried a lot of board games and toys over the years. Some of the best family board games are on sale for Prime Day. You can also find deals on some of the best STEM toys. I have handpicked a selection of WIRED

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13 Best Prime Day Mattress Deals Plus Top Bedding Sales (2025)

wired.com Julia Forbes 2026-02-03 17:34:16

As you may have noticed, mattress shopping holidays aren't limited to just Memorial Day, Labor Day, or even the Fourth of July anymore. Now that Amazon Prime Day is nearly a week long, it's become something of a holiday in and of itself, so it makes sense that mattresses (plus other bedding!) will be on sale too, both on Amazon and beyond. We've listed our favorite Prime Day mattress deals that someone on our staff has tested themselves and personally vouched for. If you want to know more about

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Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat is more than $60 off for Prime Day

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2026-02-03 17:30:00

Google’s fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat (the latest model) is one of the few smart home accessories I rely on every day, and it’s at an all-time low price of $218.99 ($61 off) at Amazon for Prime Day. Prime Day is almost over, but Best Buy and Google are also offering a $40 discount. This generation introduced greater compatibility with HVAC and smart home platforms, improvements to its Smart Scheduling feature, and a significant hardware redesign. Verge reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tu

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AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-03 15:56:41

Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot, which promise to enhance productivity by automatically writing lines of code, fixing bugs, and testing changes. The tools are powered by AI models from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and xAI that have rapidly increased their performance on a range of software engineering tests in recent years. However, a new study published Thursday by the non-profit AI research

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Report: Apple set to land US F1 streaming rights in $150 million+ deal

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-02-03 22:38:19

Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that Apple was in active negotiations to acquire the streaming rights for Formula 1 in the United States. Business Insider now builds on that report and says that “barring a last-minute change,” Apple is poised to secure this deal. From today’s report: Apple has submitted a bid worth at least $150 million a year to stream the races starting in 2026. And ESPN isn’t going to try to match or beat that, according to a source familiar with negotiatio

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Dutch Childcare Benefits Scandal

news.ycombinator.com Dutch Data Protection Authority 2026-02-03 22:38:46

2005–2019 false allegations of fraud The typical red-and-white envelopes used by the Benefits agency, previously part of the Belastingdienst The Dutch childcare benefits scandal (Dutch: kinderopvangtoeslagaffaire or toeslagenaffaire, lit. '[childcare] benefits affair') is a political scandal in the Netherlands involving false allegations of welfare fraud by the Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) against thousands of families claiming childcare benefits.[1][2] Between 2005 and 20

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I'm more proud of these 128 kilobytes than anything I've built since

news.ycombinator.com Mike Hall 2026-02-03 21:55:39

No FOUT About It There were some hard choices to make immediately. The first thing we discarded was webfonts, as these were bytes we simply didn’t have to spend. font-family: -apple-system, ".SFNSText-Regular", "San Francisco", "Roboto", "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; Discarding webfonts and instead using the system font on the device had three benefits for us. First, it meant we didn’t have to worry about a flash-of-unstyled-text (FOUT). This happens when the browser renders the

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Dan Bongino Might Quit FBI as ‘Epstein Files’ Scandal Boils Over: Reports

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-02-03 22:10:49

Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, didn’t show up to work on Friday and is thinking about resigning from the agency after clashing with Attorney General Pam Bondi about the so-called Epstein files, according to reports from Axios and CNN. Earlier this year, Bondi promised to release more information about the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell in 2019, but the Attorney General declared this week that the case was closed and there would be no more disclo

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The Best Anti-Prime Day Sales to Shop Before They're Over

wired.com Nena Farrell 2026-02-03 22:10:30

If you're over seeing what you could buy on Amazon but still want to shop good sales, this is the story for you. We've hunted the web for all the sales going on with small businesses we love, ranging from outdoor pizza ovens to the best iPhone accessories, and even some local bookstores. Shop all the sales below that are still happening today before they're over (most end at midnight tonight!). Open to more true Prime Day shopping? Don't miss our guide to the Best Prime Day Deals, plus our Prim

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Samsung's New Phones Show How Far Ahead China Is on Innovation

wired.com Andrew Williams 2026-02-03 22:38:37

Earlier this week, Samsung announced the latest generation of its high-end foldable phones at its Summer Galaxy Unpacked event. The Galaxy Z Fold7 and the Galaxy Z Flip7 are variously lighter, thinner, less crease-prone than before. They are more expensive too. Some call them the “foldables to beat.” It’s Samsung messaging and a commentator response that sounds an awful lot like what we heard last year. And the year before that, for that matter, in a hall of echoes typical of the iterative prog

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The great AI agent acceleration: Why enterprise adoption is happening faster than anyone predicted

venturebeat.com Matt Marshall 2026-02-04 02:43:35

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now The chatter around artificial general intelligence (AGI) may dominate headlines coming from Silicon Valley companies like OpenAI, Meta and xAI, but for enterprise leaders on the ground, the focus is squarely on practical applications and measurable results. At VentureBeat’s recent Transform 2025 event in San Francisco, a clear picture emerg

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ITC rules Insta360 infringed on GoPro patents

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-04 03:55:18

The US International Trade Commission has determined that Chinese camera company Insta360 has infringed on at least some of GoPro's patents. Based on a press release from GoPro, the determination specifically found that "Insta360 violated federal law by importing and selling in the United States products that infringe GoPro intellectual property." GoPro was particularly "pleased" the ITC's judge found that Insta360 infringed on "a patent covering GoPro's iconic Hero camera design" and that they

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WordPress Gravity Forms developer hacked to push backdoored plugins

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-04 03:30:07

The popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms has been compromised in what seems a supply-chain attack where manual installers from the official website were infected with a backdoor. Gravity Forms is a premium plugin for creating contact, payment, and other online forms. Based on statistic data from the vendor, the product is isntalled on around one million websites, some belonging to well-known organizations like Airbnb, Nike, ESPN, Unicef, Google, and Yale. Remote code execution on the server

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Save $1,200 on the Alienware x16 R2 gaming laptop at Dell

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2026-02-04 03:07:00

Looking to invest in a high-end gaming laptop with top-tier components and all the power you need for serious gaming and content creation? Right now at Dell, you can save $1,200 on the Alienware x16 R2 gaming laptop. But you'll have to hurry - with a deal this good, stock might not last. Also: The best Amazon Prime Day 2025 PC gaming deals live now The 16-inch display provides 1920 x 1200 resolution for better detailing in both indie and triple-A game titles as well as a truly impressive 480

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Save 45% on the Omen Max 16 gaming laptop at HP with promo code

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2026-02-04 03:26:00

The Omen Max 16 is one of the latest additions to HP's lineup of gaming laptops, offering both AMD and Intel-based builds as well as plenty of configuration options to tailor your new laptop to both your gaming needs and your budget. And right now when you buy directly from HP, you can save up to $900 with the promo code: LEVELUP20. Also: The best Amazon Prime Day 2025 PC gaming deals live now The 16-inch display offers 1920 x 1200 resolution for cleaner detailing as well as a max refresh ra

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15 Best Amazon Prime Day Vacuum Deals for Dust and Dirt in 2025

wired.com Nena Farrell 2026-02-04 03:21:42

Cleaning isn't just for spring, and these Amazon Prime Day vacuum deals are ones you can't miss if you're looking for a better vacuum. The insanity of summer—beach days! sunscreen spills! sticky ice cream!—leaves me cleaning more often than in the springtime or any other season. A great vacuum makes a huge difference. Whether I'm grabbing my favorite stick vacuum for the stairs, a car vacuum for my Sisyphean car mess, or a Dyson to solve all my problems, you can usually find me with a vacuum in

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