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Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-16 14:03:20

Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK Ofcom, the UK regulator, said: "We expect other companies to follow suit, or face enforcement if they fail to act." Reddit, known for its online communities and discussions, said that while it does not want to know who its audience is: "It would be helpful for our safety efforts to be able to confirm whether you are a child or an adult." The social media platform is bringing in the measures to comply with new rules under the UK's Online Safety A

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TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly building its own mixed reality goggles

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-16 14:25:41

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles, The Information reports. The in-development device is designed to layer digital objects over your view of the real world, and is supposed to compete directly with Meta's upcoming mixed reality products. The goggles are being built by ByteDance's virtual reality startup Pico, the creators of the Pico 4 VR headset. Pico's past products have attempted to match Meta's Quest headsets in terms of features, but th

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PHP License Update

news.ycombinator.com Change Authority 2025-08-16 14:37:27

rfc:php_license_update Date: 2025-07-10 Author: Ben Ramsey, [email protected] Proposed Version: PHP 9.0 Status: Under Discussion First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update Introduction PHP has a long history of confusion, concerns, and disagreements regarding its custom open source license, and the Zend Engine License, which covers the sources in the Zend/ directory, adds to this confusion and additionally complicates matters, since it is not an Open Source Initiative App

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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Hits Digital Tomorrow With Tons of Extras

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-16 14:00:06

If you missed How to Train Your Dragon on the big screen—or more likely, saw it and want to watch it again, based on its box-office haul—tomorrow’s your lucky day. The hit live-action adaptation of the hit animated film arrives on digital July 15, with a physical version coming August 12. Best of all for fans, the home release is jam-packed with over 75 minutes of extras, including deleted scenes and multiple making-of featurettes, as well as a look at the film’s new theme park experience. Here

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These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones With Unbelievable Battery Life Are Still Cheaper Than Ever After Prime Day

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 12:50:05

Amazon Prime Day discount still available: Marshall's Major V headphones are worth it even at full price, but right now they're at an all-time low price of $100 -- or around 38% off. Move quickly though, because with Prime Day done and dusted, who knows how long this price will stick around. I might not be a true battle-tested headphone expert like CNET's David Carnoy, but I still love headphones and I'm confident in what I like about them. My most recent pickup, the Marshall Major V on-ear Blu

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Pebblebee tracker’s new SOS alert reminds us that updates can be good for gadgets

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-16 13:54:39

Pebblebee is adding a free, helpful feature to already-purchased devices. Today, it announced that its Clip Universal Bluetooth trackers, which are compatible with iOS and Android devices, are being updated to include an Alert feature that sets off a siren and strobing light when a user wants help. Pebblebee started selling Android trackers in May 2024 in three different form factors: an AirTag-like Clip version, a credit card-shaped Card SKU, and the smallest version, Tag. In October 2024, Pe

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Rocket Lab stock jumps nearly 11%, building on strong rally

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-08-16 18:07:48

An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab stock soared nearly 11% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the past two months following a slew of successful launches and a deal with the European Union. The stock is up 63% year to date after surging nearly sixfold in 2024. Shares have skyrocketed nearly 70% over the last month. Last month, Rocket

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Bluetooth tracker Pebblebee adds free SOS alarm to already-purchased devices

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-16 18:54:39

Pebblebee is adding a free, helpful feature to already-purchased devices. Today, it announced that its Clip Universal Bluetooth trackers, which are compatible with iOS and Android devices, are being updated to include an Alert feature that sets off a siren and strobing light when a user wants help. Pebblebee started selling Android trackers in May 2024 in three different form factors: an AirTag-like Clip version, a credit card-shaped Card SKU, and the smallest version, Tag. In October 2024, Pe

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TikTok parent ByteDance reportedly developing its own XR glasses

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-16 22:02:11

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR ByteDance is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles. Sources compare the size and shape of the goggles to Bigscreen’s Beyond headset. It will come tethered to a puck, similar to Meta’s XR glasses. Outside of AI, the hottest thing in tech these days seems to be smart glasses. We’ve known for a few months now that Meta is working on XR glasses, internally codenamed Phoenix (previously codenamed Puffin). Not to be confused with Orion, which is the

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Here's how a free software upgrade made the Sonos Ace worth their price tag

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-08-16 22:41:28

Jada Jones/ZDNET The Sonos Ace headphones are currently discounted to $299, $150 off their original price of $450. You can find this deal at Amazon, Best Buy, Sonos, and Walmart. It's been one year since Sonos released its first pair of consumer headphones, and although they made waves when they first dropped, how have they fared after the hype has died down? You can often find the Ace discounted, and if you're interested in them, that's the best time to buy them. Also: The best headphones of

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Xbox Ally Gaming Handheld Price Could Be Higher Than Expected, Leak Suggests

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 21:21:00

The ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming device from Asus and Microsoft debuted last month, and there were a lot of questions about the new portable. The big question about price might have been answered by a leak, and it looks like this handheld won't be cheap. A Google search screenshot showed a listing for the Xbox Ally and upgraded Ally X at 599 and 899 euros, as first spotted by Spanish gaming site 3DJuegos on Sunday and reported by Insider Gaming. This would put the Xbox Ally at approximately $7

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Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-08-16 22:07:18

Medical billing giant Episource is notifying millions of people across the United States that their personal and health information was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. The breach affects more than 5.4 million people, according to a listing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, making it one of the largest healthcare breaches of the year so far. Episource, owned by health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Optum, provides billing adjustment to the doctor

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Two new Android 16 security features protect you better - how to switch them on now

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-17 01:59:00

JEFF PACHOUD/Getty Images Although Google's earlier-than-expected release of Android 16 was missing a few important features, the updated OS does deliver improved security that every Android user would be well-advised to enable. I'll explain these two key security features and how to find and enable them. Also: Google quietly confirms ChromeOS-Android merger - here's what it means for you 1. Identity Check This feature was added in 2024, but it didn't receive much attention until the releas

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Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE

news.ycombinator.com Paige Collings 2025-08-17 00:02:36

For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies. And they show no sign of stopping. This incentivizes other bad actors. If companies collect any kind of personal data and want to make a quick buck, there’s a data broker willing to buy it and sell it t

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Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan Discuss Their Big ‘Superman’ Action Moments

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-17 02:51:59

There’s a moment early on in Superman when Lex Luthor is shouting commands for different fight moves to a team of people remote controlling a supervillain where you think two things. “It looks like Lex is playing a big, elaborate video game,” and “I’ve never seen anything like this in a superhero movie before.” Both things are true, and when io9 spoke with actor Nicholas Hoult about his villainous turn in the DC film, we asked him about it. Speaking in Los Angeles recently, we asked Hoult what

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Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-08-17 02:55:33

Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low orbit. China launched the experimental satellite to test new technologies, but it’s still unclear exactly what it’s doing in its unique inclination. Shiyan-28B 01 launched on July 3 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, riding on board a Long March 4C rocket. The satellite is part of China’s experimental Shiyan series, reportedly designed for exploration of the space envi

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James Gunn's 'Superman': Does It Have Post-Credits Scenes?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 23:02:00

James Gunn's Superman movie swooped into theaters Friday, offering thrilling battles, big-hearted heroes and an amusingly untrained canine sidekick. You might want to see the superhero epic if you're into other films written and directed by Gunn (such as Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy) or want to catch the cinematic start to the new DC Universe. Superman stars Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and David Corenswet as the Man of Steel. The movie isn't an origi

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Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page Out of the Apple Playbook

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 00:41:00

In a move that could make life easier for folks using devices based on its operating systems, Google will eventually unify Android and ChromeOS, according to a high-ranking Google executive. Merging the systems could have positive outcomes for customers using, say, a Chromebook and an Android cellphone, much like Apple users have seamless functioning among MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. "We're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interes

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Rocket Lab stock jumps 8%, building on strong two-month rally

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-08-17 06:44:04

An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab stock soared 8% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the last two months following a slew of successful launches and a deal with the European Union. The stock is up 63% year to date after surging nearly sixfold in 2024. Last month, Rocket Lab announced a partnership with the European Space Agency to la

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Meta announces huge new data centers, but they could gobble up millions of gallons of water per day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-17 06:40:00

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans on investing "hundreds of billions of dollars" to power AI. Meta is building several gigawatt-sized data centers to power AI, as reported by Bloomberg . CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will spend "hundreds of billions of dollars" to accomplish this feat, with an aim of creating "superintelligence." The term typically refers to artificial general intelligence (AGI), which describes AI systems that boast human-level intelligence across multiple dom

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My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-08-17 06:47:39

Allison Murray/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder normally retails for $130 and is available in black and white. The Polar feeder can keep wet food fresh for up to three days and connects to an app to customize feeding schedules. It is a relatively large device and needs power and Wi-Fi to function. After getting our orange tabby cat, Norbert, in 2018, my husband and I quickly realized we needed to invest in an automatic dry food feeder if we ever wante

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Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-17 06:40:19

Meta’s AI spending spree continues. After reportedly offering tens (or in some cases, hundreds) of millions of dollars to lure away top researchers from competing artificial intelligence operations, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Threads that the company plans to build several multi-gigawatt superclusters to ramp up its compute power. Zuckerberg said the first of the superclusters, called Prometheus, will come online sometime in 2026, with “multiple more titan clusters” to follow. According

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Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page out of the Apple Playbook

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 05:41:00

In a move that could make life easier for folks using devices based on its operating systems, Google will eventually unify Android and ChromeOS, according to a high-ranking Google executive. Merging the systems could have positive outcomes for customers using, say, a Chromebook and an Android cellphone, much like Apple users have seamless functioning among MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. "We're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interes

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Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-17 05:38:08

Microsoft’s advertised end-of-support date for Windows 10 is October 14, 2025. But in reality, the company will gradually wind down support for the enduring popular operating system over the next three years. Microsoft would really like you to upgrade to Windows 11, especially if it also means upgrading to a new PC, but it also doesn’t want to leave hundreds of millions of home and business PCs totally unprotected. Those competing goals have led to lots of announcements and re-announcements and

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Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-16 13:03:03

Image by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Studies In a new study, scientists have uncovered evidence that magic mushrooms just might be an effective anti-aging treatment. Published in the Nature Partnering Journal Aging, a new paper by researchers at Emory and Baylor's medical schools suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms — there are a range of species that produce it, but the best known is probably Pisolocybe cubensis — might extend the lifespans of both mi

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Malicious VSCode extension in Cursor IDE led to $500K crypto theft

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-17 06:26:34

A fake extension for the Cursor AI IDE code editor infected devices with remote access tools and infostealers, which, in one case, led to the theft of $500,000 in cryptocurrency from a Russian crypto developer. Cursor AI IDE is an AI-powered development environment based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It includes support for Open VSX, an alternative to the Visual Studio Marketplace, that allows you to install VSCode-compatible extensions to expand the software's functionality. Kaspersky re

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I found an E Ink tablet worthy of replacing my Remarkable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-17 10:21:10

ZDNET's key takeaways The Boox Note Max comes bundled with the pen and case for $649. It's thin and light, has a high-contrast display, and has a long list of features that make it a very versatile device. Theres no backlight, it's monochromatic, and there's a bit of a learning curve to use it to its fullest. View now at Amazon View now at B&H Photo and Video more buying choices I went hands-on with the Remarkable Paper Pro last year and thought that was a big tablet. The latest Boox Note Max

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This countertop ice maker makes the 'good ice' you only get in restaurants

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-17 10:52:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The GE Profile Opal 2.0 nugget ice maker is a smart kitchen appliance that sells for $599. This machine will do the trick if you want those satisfyingly munchable ice pellets often served at fast food restaurants It's also operable via a mobile app. It's pricey, especially given what it is, but I've found the machine well worth the investment. View now at Amazon Whether you call it the good ice, Sonic ice, nugget ice, or pellet ice, there's no denying that the small, mu

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Superheroes Are Spending 2025 in Their Reboot Eras

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-08-17 10:00:45

There have been a lot of superhero stories told over the decades from DC and Marvel, but it’s been a while since things lined up quite like this. Of 2025’s wave of cape movies and shows, several of them—from Thunderbolts* and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man to the just-released Superman and incoming Fantastic Four: First Steps—are reboots in some form or another. In the comics these characters originated from, reboots happen on a regular basis, and their movie counterparts are no strangers

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Texas Governor Says ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’ Emails With Elon Musk Must Remain Secret

gizmodo.com Lauren Mcgaughy 2025-08-17 10:10:30

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t want to reveal months of communications with Elon Musk or representatives from the tech mogul’s companies, arguing in part that they are of a private nature, not of public interest and potentially embarrassing. Musk had an eventful legislative session in Texas this y

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Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK

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PHP License Update

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Hits Digital Tomorrow With Tons of Extras

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Rocket Lab stock jumps nearly 11%, building on strong rally

Bluetooth tracker Pebblebee adds free SOS alarm to already-purchased devices

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Xbox Ally Gaming Handheld Price Could Be Higher Than Expected, Leak Suggests

Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

Two new Android 16 security features protect you better - how to switch them on now

Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE

Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan Discuss Their Big ‘Superman’ Action Moments

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Rocket Lab stock jumps 8%, building on strong two-month rally

Meta announces huge new data centers, but they could gobble up millions of gallons of water per day

My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up

Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page out of the Apple Playbook

Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

Malicious VSCode extension in Cursor IDE led to $500K crypto theft

I found an E Ink tablet worthy of replacing my Remarkable

This countertop ice maker makes the 'good ice' you only get in restaurants

Superheroes Are Spending 2025 in Their Reboot Eras

Texas Governor Says ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’ Emails With Elon Musk Must Remain Secret

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