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Best Internet Providers in Connecticut

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 23:31:00

What is the best internet provider in Connecticut? Frontier Fiber is CNET's top pick of the best internet provider in Connecticut. The ISP offers fast, symmetrical speeds, with solid availability across the state and clear pricing that doesn't come with extra fees to get equipment or unlimited data. If you want the fastest internet in the state, there are a couple of solid options. Frontier Fiber offers speeds up to 7,000Mbps at a starting monthly price of $110. Optimum is also a solid option

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Best Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories: Controllers, Cases, and More

wired.com Brad Bourque 2026-03-16 23:03:00

The Switch 2 isn’t like other consoles. If you were meant to take your Xbox Series X (7/10, WIRED Review) to the park, you’d probably need a very strange-looking backpack. For the Switch 2, portability isn't just a feature, it's a key selling point. With that in mind, there are two paths you can take to outfit your console for adventure, based on how you play. If your Switch 2 will spend most of its life in the dock or in your hands on the couch, I’d recommend an attachable grip case. Like your

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OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-03-16 21:35:46

OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said that OpenAI “will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains.” The work will primarily be completed in the Washin

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These retro SEGA games are now free on Android until they disappear forever

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-17 07:04:18

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR Nine retro SEGA games ported to mobile are now free without ads, but will lose support soon. You can still download them, and they will likely remain in your account forever. Free games include Crazy Taxi Classic, Shining Force Classics, Streets of Rage 2 Classic, and more. SEGA has a long history of supporting its retro titles, with many ported directly to Android and iOS as part of the SEGA Forever program. However, the company will soon pull suppor

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NFC just got a serious range boost, and your next smartwatch is going to love it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-17 08:51:37

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The new NFC Release 15 specification increases range from 5mm to up to 2cm, making alignment less critical to initiating a compliant connection. This extended range will make NFC connections quicker and more reliable in the future, especially for smaller devices like smart watches and smart rings. It also introduces support for the NFC Digital Product Passport (NDPP), allowing phones to serve as payment terminals. Unless you’re picking up something i

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Meta AI app ‘a privacy disaster’ as chats unknowingly made public [U: Warning added]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-17 07:32:59

Update: Business Insider notes that Meta has now added a warning message when users share chat queries. The Meta AI app has been described as “a privacy disaster,” as users unknowingly make their embarrassing questions public. One tech writer described it as like discovering your web browser history has been public all along without you knowing it … TechCrunch reports that there is an absolutely ridiculous privacy default for many users. Whether you admit to committing a crime or having a we

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A million SMS two-factor authentication codes were intercepted; here’s what to do

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-17 08:27:11

A new report found that around a million two-factor authentication codes sent by text message appear to have been intercepted. A tech industry whistleblower revealed that the 2FA security codes passed through an obscure foreign company with links to government intelligence agencies and companies engaged in digital surveillance … SMS 2FA codes Two-factor authentication (2FA) codes are intended to protect your accounts even if your login details have been obtained by hackers. If you have 2FA en

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Forget Ray-Bans: The new Meta Oakley smart glasses may interest some users more

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-03-17 05:00:18

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses came in various styles and colors. Will the Oakley partnership take a similar approach? Kerry Wan/ZDNET Several months ago, reports emerged that Meta was looking to expand beyond its current smart glasses lineup into sportier versions. It appears those reports were correct, as an official unveiling of a Meta-Oakley partnership is coming this week. Also: I tested the best AR and MR glasses: Here's how the Meta Ray-Bans stack up Meta confirmed the upcoming glasse

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Google Fiber Internet Review: Plans, Pricing, Speed and Availability

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:00

Unavailable in Provider unavailable in 90001 Edit . . . See at Google Or call: Or call to learn more: (877) 991-1614 Google Fiber rating 7.5 /10 CNET Score We score internet providers for speed, value and customer care. Our data sources include the FCC, J.D. Power, The American Customer Satisfaction Index and extensive in-house research. Read more How we calculated our rating 7.5 / 10 SCORE Speed 8/10 Value 7.5/10 Customer Care 7/10 Pros Speeds start at 1Gbps Speeds start at 1Gbps No equipment

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The GameSir Cyclone 2 Has One Thing That Keeps It From Being a Great Nintendo Switch Controller

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:11

GameSir has made a name for itself over the past few years by building solid gaming controllers with top-notch features, often at lower prices than the competition. One of its latest controllers, the Cyclone 2, offers a lot of great things including support for multiple platforms, several connectivity options and solid triggers and joysticks. But the lackluster buttons and janky software make it hard to recommend when there are dozens of other great controllers for around the same price. What I

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How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-17 09:00:13

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database. Manufacturers then use your data to identify your viewing preferences, enabling them to deliver highly targeted ads. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these sec

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Why I like the base iPad more than the Pro and Air - especially at this price

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-03-17 09:00:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The 11th-generation iPad 11th Generation normally retails for $349 The upgraded iPad has double the base storage as the previous generation, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip. However, it still isn't compatible with Apple Intelligence and doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro. $299 at Amazon $349 at Apple $329 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices Multiple 11th-Gen iPad configurations are on sale at Amazon. One of the biggest discounts belongs to

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Show HN: I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas

news.ycombinator.com Justin Greisiger Frost 2026-03-17 07:07:31

Simulated in JavaScript by Justin Greisiger Frost Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas element, or JavaScript is disabled. This experience relies on canvas for visual demonstrations.

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Best Internet Providers in San Jose, California

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 07:36:00

What is the best internet provider in San Jose? If you’re looking for fast, reliable internet in San Jose, fiber is the way to go, andAT&T Fiber stands out as the top choice, according to CNET. It delivers symmetrical speeds up to 5,000Mbps with no contracts, no data caps and no surprise price hikes. Just make sure you’re signing up for the fiber service, not AT&T’s DSL or fixed wireless plans, which offer slower speeds and limited features. If fiber isn’t available where you live, Xfinity is

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You can now set up double dates with friends on Tinder

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-03-17 07:00:00

In an effort to resonate with younger users amid declining user engagement, Tinder announced on Tuesday the launch of a new Double Date feature, which allows users to team up with friends and chat with potential matches together. Double Date lets users pair up with a friend and browse through other paired users who share at least one of their individual preferences, such as gender and sexual orientation. When one person in a pair receives a match, a group chat begins with all four participants.

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-03-17 08:19:00

When Daniel Ek isn’t busy running Spotify or building his new AI-driven health tech enterprise, he’s making massive bets on the future of European warfare, seemingly. The billionaire, who primarily lives in Stockholm, just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, as first reported by the Financial Times and confirmed separately by TechCrunch. The deal makes it one of Europe’s most valuable privately held comp

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Move over Ray-Ban, Oakley Meta glasses are arriving this Friday

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-17 09:43:27

Oakley TL;DR The Oakley Meta glasses are set to arrive on June 20. The smart glasses will be similar in functionality to the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and are expected to be geared toward athletes. While Meta is also working on more advanced smart glasses with built-in displays, this Oakley-branded version is expected to skip the display. Oakley and Meta have announced that “The next evolution is coming on June 20.” This strongly suggests that the two brands are finally ready to unveil the lon

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Brad Pitt and Tim Cook surprise fans at Apple Fifth Avenue ahead of ‘F1 The Movie’ release

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-17 07:58:51

Apple fans visiting the company’s iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York were treated to an unexpected moment this week: following a panel on Apple TV+ hit series Severance, Apple CEO Tim Cook and actor Brad Pitt took the stage to promote the upcoming Apple Original Film F1 The Movie. Their appearance followed an earlier panel at the store, with cast members from Severance joined a conversation moderated by Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner. Actors Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Britt Low

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Identity Assertion Authorization Grant

news.ycombinator.com Aaron Parecki 2026-03-13 08:57:14

This specification provides a mechanism for an application to use an identity assertion to obtain an access token for a third-party API using Token Exchange [ RFC8693 ] and JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grants [ RFC7523 ]. ¶ This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.¶ The latest revision of this draft can be found at https://drafts.aaronpk.com/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant.html. Status information fo

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Battle to eradicate invasive pythons in Florida achieves milestone

news.ycombinator.com Mark Price 2026-03-17 05:22:33

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A startling milestone has been reached in Florida's war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reports it has captured and humanely killed 20 tons of the snakes since 2013, including a record 6,300 pounds of

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Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2026-03-17 09:24:10

The man who allegedly assassinated a Democratic Minnesota state representative, murdered her husband, and shot a state senator and his wife at their homes in a violent spree early Saturday morning may have gotten their addresses or other personal details from online data broker services, according to court documents. Suspect Vance Boelter, 57, is accused of shooting Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, in their home on Saturday. The couple died from their inju

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Why Ukraine is one of the world's most digital countries

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-17 12:16:55

Why Ukraine is one of the world's most digital countries 44 minutes ago Share Save Ben Morris Technology of Business Editor Share Save Getty Images Ukrainians can access 130 services from the Diia portal Rounding a corner in Kyiv on 24 Feb 2022, Oleksandr Bornyakov remembers driving into a gun battle. It was day one of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russian saboteurs were fighting with Ukrainian security forces in the centre of the Ukrainian capital. "There is shooting, cars are

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Inside LinkedIn’s AI overhaul: Job search powered by LLM distillation

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-03-17 10:52:31

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more The advent of natural language search has encouraged people to change how they search for information, and LinkedIn, which has been working with numerous AI models over the past year, hopes this shift extends to job search. LinkedIn’s AI-powered jobs search, now available to all LinkedIn users, uses distilled, fine-tuned models trained on

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Oakley and Meta tease new smart glasses launch for Friday, Apple eyes 2026 debut

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-17 12:41:16

It looks like Meta’s smart glasses lineup is about to expand beyond Ray-Ban. A new verified Instagram page called “Oakley | Meta” popped up this week, teasing a joint product launch scheduled for Friday, June 20. Here’s what to expect. This partnership has been in the rumor pipeline for a while now. Back in January, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Meta was preparing a new set of smart glasses under the Oakley brand, aimed at cyclists and other athletes. Unlike the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, w

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OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 10:31:58

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 15:42:28

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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NASA Sends Scary Email to Staff

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 14:25:57

An agency-wide, internal email sent out to all NASA staff warns of major changes ahead. The space agency is expected to majorly change its direction under the Trump administration's control, severing itself from its science-based roots and doubling down on landing humans on Mars, as the president proclaimed during a speech in front of Congress in March. According to the administration's proposed budget for NASA's fiscal year 2026, the agency could soon go through drastic changes of devastating

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1Password and AWS join forces to secure AI, cloud environments for the enterprise

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-03-17 13:09:25

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more 1Password, the Canadian password management company, announced Monday a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services that puts the firm in position to capitalize on surging enterprise demand for security tools designed for artificial intelligence and cloud-native environments. The partnership is a major milestone for 1Passwo

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I upgraded to Android 16 - here's what I love and what's still missing

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-03-17 12:58:20

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Android 16 looked to be one of the most impressive upgrades to the mobile operating system in recent times. Google teased some seriously cool features that would elevate Android to the next level. However, although some of those expected features made their way to the final release, some did not. Because some of the more hotly anticipated features have yet to materialize, Android 16 seems (on the surface) to be kinda blah. But don't be fooled. Even though the big U

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What Muscles Do Squats Work? Plus, Personal Trainer Tips for the Best Squat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 14:00:00

Squatting is a common exercise that many likely learned in gym class. However, do you know the proper form for a squat and what muscles it works? Ensuring you're doing a squat correctly is essential to help you increase your strength and avoid injury. That is why we reached out to certified personal trainers to learn everything there is to know about squats, how to do them and their benefits. How to do a squat Ellen Thompson, NASM-certified personal trainer and area personal manager at Blink F

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Latest Tech News

Best Internet Providers in Connecticut

Best Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories: Controllers, Cases, and More

OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract

These retro SEGA games are now free on Android until they disappear forever

NFC just got a serious range boost, and your next smartwatch is going to love it

Meta AI app ‘a privacy disaster’ as chats unknowingly made public [U: Warning added]

A million SMS two-factor authentication codes were intercepted; here’s what to do

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Show HN: I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas

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You can now set up double dates with friends on Tinder

Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling

Move over Ray-Ban, Oakley Meta glasses are arriving this Friday

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Identity Assertion Authorization Grant

Battle to eradicate invasive pythons in Florida achieves milestone

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

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NASA Sends Scary Email to Staff

1Password and AWS join forces to secure AI, cloud environments for the enterprise

I upgraded to Android 16 - here's what I love and what's still missing

What Muscles Do Squats Work? Plus, Personal Trainer Tips for the Best Squat

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