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HMD plans to stop selling phones in the US, and you probably know why

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-18 12:58:13

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR HMD Global has revealed that it is scaling back its operations in the US. The company cites the “challenging geopolitical and economic environment” as the reason for the decision. It will continue to honor warranty coverage and service for existing products. If you’re an HMD Global, the Android phone maker that licenses the Nokia brand, fan who lives in the US, we have some bad news for you. The company has decided to stop selling its phones in the US.

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Our favorite budget wireless earbuds are still available and nearly half off for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 12:30:35

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 . There’s a lot to expect from this year's Prime Day, since it's twice as long as usual. One thing is for sure, though: you won't have to spend hundreds of dollars to get good tech this time around. Right now, you can grab a pair of Anker Soundcore Space wireless earbuds for only $45, wh

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EU rules ask tech giants to publicly track how, when AI models go off the rails

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 12:03:22

The European Union is moving to force AI companies to be more transparent than ever, publishing a code of practice Thursday that will help tech giants prepare to comply with the EU's landmark AI Act. These rules—which have not yet been finalized and focus on copyright protections, transparency, and public safety—will initially be voluntary when they take effect for the biggest makers of "general purpose AI" on August 2. But the EU will begin enforcing the AI Act in August 2026, and the Commiss

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Elon Musk wants to bring Tesla’s robotaxis to SF — good luck

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-08-18 12:06:45

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. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is eyeing San Francisco for his next robotaxi city — to which I say, good luck to you, sir. Musk acknowledged that the company is still waiting on “regulatory approval,” which hints at the uphill company Tesla will face in pushing this process forward. (Get it? Uphill? San Francisco?) But the permit do

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With Varda Space, leading Silicon Valley players make big bet on making drugs in space

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-18 12:14:09

Pharmaceutical scientists come up against a hard limitations here on Earth: gravity. Varda Space wants to change that. The company has raised a massive new round to turn space into the “ultimate high ground” for the production of critical pharmaceutical components that can be brought back to Earth and used to make finished drugs. The company’s $187 million Series C funding round announced Thursday will be used to build out a new laboratory facility that could transform Varda’s orbital manufact

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Empowering Disabled Students Through Teaching Tech: The TechAble Training Initiative at KNUST

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-08-18 14:45:12

What Is TechAble? The TechAble training initiative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana began in February 2025 and ran for eight weeks. Aimed at supporting students with disabilities, TechAble provided mentorship and high-quality instruction for three courses: web development, graphic design, and digital marketing. The teaching and mentorship demystified commonly used programs and tools in the three course topics, allowing students to complement what they l

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Microsoft Outlook hit with hours-long outage

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-08-18 16:43:39

Microsoft 's Outlook email service malfunctioned for several hours Wednesday and Thursday, prompting some people to post on social media about the inability to reach their virtual mailboxes. The issue began at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, according to a dashboard the software company maintains. It affected Outlook.com as well as Outlook mobile apps and desktop programs. At 12:21 ET the Microsoft 365 Status account posted that it was rolling out a fix. "Our configuration changes have e

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Nintendo is getting rid of its money-saving Game Vouchers program

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 16:04:09

Nintendo games famously don’t tend to go down in price all that much, but original Switch owners were able to save money on eligible first-party-published titles by taking advantage of the company’s Switch Game Voucher program. But that won’t be the case for much longer, with Nintendo today announcing that the vouchers in question will no longer be sold after January 30 2026 . Currently, Game Vouchers can be purchased as a pair for $99.98, which you then redeem on select digital titles, from Sw

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Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 16:17:05

Razer just announced the pending availability of the DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse , an upgrade to one of our favorite peripherals . The big news here is that this mouse ships with an optical scrolling wheel, and this is the first time Razer has used this tech. The company says the wheel has been "purpose-built for esports." Just like optical switches on keyboards, optical scrolling wheels allow for more precision and durability when compared to their mechanical counterparts. Razer says it off

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How passkeys work: Your passwordless journey begins here

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-08-18 16:23:00

CollinsChin/Getty Images Over the last few decades, compromised usernames and passwords have typically been at the root of some of the most sensational, damaging, and costly data breaches. An incessant drumbeat of advice about how to choose and use strong passwords and how not to fall prey to social engineering attacks has done little to keep threat actors at bay. Additional factors of authentication, such as the transmission of one-time passwords or passcodes (OTPs) over SMS or email, are wid

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This iPad is powerful enough to replace your old MacBook - and it's on sale for 20% off

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-18 16:49:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The 2025 iPad Air is available in an 11-inch model starting at $600 and a 13-inch model starting at $800. The latest iPad Air features Apple Intelligence, an M3 processor, and some of the best performance I've seen on an iPad to date. But the iPad Air gets expensive quickly, with the 13-inch model selling for as much as $1,300. $772.29 at Amazon $699 at Best Buy more buying choices At Walmart, the 11-inch M4 iPad Air is on sale for $479 starting. The 13-inch M3 iPad Air

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YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-18 16:00:00

YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform shifting its attention toward expanding YouTube Charts, which rank top-performing content. YouTube is directing users to lean on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to explore new videos ahead of the Trending page’s removal. YouTub

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Trump taps Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as acting NASA chief

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-18 11:00:28

Amidst unprecedented budget cuts and looming layoffs, U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as acting NASA administrator. The appointment is temporary, and Duffy will continue leading the Department of Transportation while assuming the NASA role, Trump said in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. “Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling our Country’s Transportation Affairs, including creating a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control systems

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The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat's Paw nebula

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 20:47:47

Feast your eyes on the most mesmerizing feline foot known to humankind. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured this image of the Cat's Paw nebula. The European Space Agency (ESA) shared the picture to honor the telescope's three years of service. The Cat's Paw nebula is part of the Scorpio constellation. (You know, the one that looks like a scorpion?) It floats about 4,000 light years away from us. That translates to 23.5 quintillion miles. Put another way, that's a billion miles times

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Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 20:29:18

We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower. We view this result as a snapshot of early-2025 AI capabilities in one relevant setting; as these systems continue to rapidly evolve, we plan on continuing to use this methodology to help estimate AI accel

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Space Ice Is Actually Really Weird, Scientists Say

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-18 20:45:43

For astronomers, probing the mysteries of “space ice”—its molecular makeup and how it formed—could be the key to understanding not just extraterrestrial geology but also the potential for alien life. In a study published Monday in Physical Review B, researchers in England report that “space ice” likely contains countless tiny crystals inside and is less liquid-like than astronomers previously believed. At least, that’s according to computer simulations and experimental replications. The discove

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You Can Soon Own a Very Realistic Pedro Pascal Figure

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-18 20:50:36

From Star Wars to Marvel, The Last of Us, and more, Pedro Pascal is one of the most famous and in-demand actors working today. Everyone loves him. Everyone wants a piece of him. And soon, you can own not just a piece; you can own the whole damn thing. Hot Toys just revealed it’s turning Pascal’s Last of Us character, Joel Miller, into a 6th scale collectible, and it’s got it all. Pedro’s good looks. Pedro’s good hair. Pedro’s “separate rolling eyeballs.” It lacks Pedro’s fashion sense because J

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Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-18 20:29:59

The European Union is moving to force AI companies to be more transparent than ever, publishing a code of practice Thursday that will help tech giants prepare to comply with the EU's landmark AI Act. These rules—which have not yet been finalized and focus on copyright protections, transparency, and public safety—will initially be voluntary when they take effect for the biggest makers of "general purpose AI" on August 2. But the EU will begin enforcing the AI Act in August 2026, and the Commiss

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Investors appear to like a company with big space manufacturing ambitions

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-18 20:43:13

After flying three missions into low-Earth orbit this year, Varda Space Industries appears to be making credible progress toward developing the nascent manufacturing-in-space industry. Investors seem to think the same, as the California-based company announced an impressive $187 million Series C round of funding on Thursday. This brings the company's total amount of money raised since its founding in 2021 to $325 million. "A decent chunk of the capital is going to go toward scaling up our prod

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Meta is trying to win the AI race with money — but not everyone can be bought

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-08-18 19:32:32

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Month after month, message after message, the AI engineer was hearing from Meta recruiters. The recruiters were pestering him to leave his employer and switch over to support the company’s AI efforts, and they were offering a sizable salary package to do so. But he wasn’t so sure. The engineer, who works for a startup that was

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Nvidia reportedly plans to release new AI chip designed for China

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-08-19 00:29:32

In Brief Nvidia seems determined to find a way to sell AI chips in China despite U.S. export restrictions. The semiconductor giant is planning to launch an AI chip specifically for the Chinese market as early as September, as originally reported by the Financial Times. This AI chip would be based on Nvidia’s Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, which is already modified to meet the existing AI chip restrictions, the Financial Times added. These chips wouldn’t include high-bandwidth memory or NVL

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More Than 2,100 NASA Staff Are Getting Gutted

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-19 04:10:14

Elon Musk might have been deposed from DOGE, but the government cuts are still coming. As reported by Politico, some 2,145 high-level NASA employees are about to be launched out of the agency as efforts to cut US government spending continues. The employees represent those with G-13, G-14, and G-15 status — typically specialized or managerial roles which start around the six-figure salary range. The workers are part of a group of nearly 2,700 civilian employees who've agreed to leave NASA volu

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FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-19 04:02:12

Imagine your organization has just won a contract to handle sensitive law-enforcement data – you might be a cloud provider, a software vendor, or an analytics firm. It won’t be long before CJIS is top of mind. You know the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy governs how criminal histories, fingerprints, and investigation files must be protected, but beyond that, it all feels a bit opaque. Whether you’re a veteran security pro or new to the world of criminal-justice data

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Could a Paper Plane Thrown from the ISS Survive the Flight?

news.ycombinator.com Universe Today 2025-08-19 03:51:30

Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone in the universe?" or "What happens if you throw a paper airplane from the International Space Station?" Luckily, that third one has finally been answered, because of course someone would eventually. A new paper from Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki from the University of Tokyo looks at "the dynamics of an origami space plane during Earth atmospheric reentry" – in ot

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Dreame’s X40 Ultra, our favorite mopping vacuum, is over 50 percent off for Prime Day

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-08-19 04:00:00

Keeping your floors clean feels like a second job, but it doesn’t have to. Robot vacuums that can both suck up and mop them can make life easier, although many models out there need a fair amount of babysitting to ensure they’re doing good work. The Dreame X40 Ultra is different. It delivers a nearly hands-free cleaning experience and is currently available at a new low price of $699.99 ($800 off) at Amazon for Prime members during Prime Day. Dreame X40 Ultra $ 700 $ 1500 53 % off $ 700 With a

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Tesla Is in Serious Trouble in China

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-19 08:07:55

As its sales continue to crater in the US and Europe, Tesla's reliance on China — its second-largest market and biggest production hub — is growing. But thanks to a surge in far more price-competitive and lucrative offerings from Chinese EV manufacturers like BYD, Tesla's woes look poised to metastasize there as well. Its market share in China is shrinking, the Wall Street Journal reports, which could represent yet another nail in Elon Musk's carmaker's coffin. The company sold 40,000 fewer ca

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These $60 wireless earbuds have no business sounding this good

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-19 08:05:54

ZDNET's key takeaways The Soundpeats Air5 Pro earbuds are available on Amazon for $60 for a limited time. The Air5 Pro earbuds offer dynamic lows, crisp highs, and smooth mids that make any genre of music sound good The battery life isn't as good as other earbuds in this price range. $32.99 at Amazon Sound clarity is important, especially when the sound is as up close and personal. When earbuds fail to offer clear and dynamic sound, the end result can feel tinny, shallow, and compressed. Thi

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One of my favorite budget OLED laptops for work just got even more affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-19 08:54:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon X Plus processor is on sale now for $689. It's durable and reliable, runs cool, and has a comfortable keyboard and OLED display. However, it might not stand out in a market of similarly-specced devices that are lighter and cheaper. View now at Lenovo View now at Best Buy more buying choices Over at Best Buy, the Lenovo IdeaPad 5x is on sale for $689, a 20% discount. The laptop is on clearance, so supplies are limited. We often t

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This Fact About Netflix's 'Poop Cruise' Still Haunts Me

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-19 07:00:00

It's not often a popular film on a streaming platform is heavily peppered with the phrase "it was raining sewage," but that's one of the joys-slash-horrors of Netflix's Trainwreck: Poop Cruise documentary. The movie is part of the platform's Trainwreck franchise, which focuses on real-life media sensations, news stories and controversial public figures, and for two weeks running, the flick has been in Netflix's Top 10, debuting at No. 2 (yes, No. 2) in its first week before sliding down to No. 6

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Nintendo created Donkey Kong’s biggest adventure by breaking everything

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-08-19 08:00:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. The creation of Donkey Kong Bananza started with destruction. “What we were really going for was this gameplay experience that comes from destruction,” Bananza director Kazuya Takahashi says in an interview with The Verge. From that simple premise, Bananza’s creators have built an entire game about breaking stuff. Bananza

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HMD plans to stop selling phones in the US, and you probably know why

Our favorite budget wireless earbuds are still available and nearly half off for Prime Day

EU rules ask tech giants to publicly track how, when AI models go off the rails

Elon Musk wants to bring Tesla’s robotaxis to SF — good luck

With Varda Space, leading Silicon Valley players make big bet on making drugs in space

Empowering Disabled Students Through Teaching Tech: The TechAble Training Initiative at KNUST

Microsoft Outlook hit with hours-long outage

Nintendo is getting rid of its money-saving Game Vouchers program

Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

How passkeys work: Your passwordless journey begins here

This iPad is powerful enough to replace your old MacBook - and it's on sale for 20% off

YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear

Trump taps Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as acting NASA chief

The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat's Paw nebula

Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Space Ice Is Actually Really Weird, Scientists Say

You Can Soon Own a Very Realistic Pedro Pascal Figure

Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules

Investors appear to like a company with big space manufacturing ambitions

Meta is trying to win the AI race with money — but not everyone can be bought

Nvidia reportedly plans to release new AI chip designed for China

More Than 2,100 NASA Staff Are Getting Gutted

FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

Could a Paper Plane Thrown from the ISS Survive the Flight?

Dreame’s X40 Ultra, our favorite mopping vacuum, is over 50 percent off for Prime Day

Tesla Is in Serious Trouble in China

These $60 wireless earbuds have no business sounding this good

One of my favorite budget OLED laptops for work just got even more affordable

This Fact About Netflix's 'Poop Cruise' Still Haunts Me

Nintendo created Donkey Kong’s biggest adventure by breaking everything

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