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How to Wash a Heated Blanket Safely

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-29 08:08:00

Crawling into a warm bed after a long, hard day is hard to beat, but it isn't always a given. As we work our way towards the fall, you're probably already looking forward to getting your electric heated blanket out of the closet. And if you don't already own one, now is the time to start shopping for one. But like other blankets, they do need some upkeep -- and things get more complicated when there is electricity involved. One obvious question has probably already sprung to mind. Whether you'r

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Drag x Drive is a uniquely fun and frustrating showcase for Switch 2 mouse mode

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 08:58:13

Game details Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Switch 2 Release Date: August 14, 2025 ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Price: $20 Links: Official Website | Gamestop</a In my decades as a video game player and reviewer, I've used the humble PC mouse in hundreds of games for everything from first-person aiming and third-person character movement to basic menu navigation and unit selection. In all that time, I can't recall a game that required the use of two mice at once. That wa

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Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-29 08:00:00

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. Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its out

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Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-29 08:17:30

Anthropic has acquired the co-founders and most of the team behind Humanloop – a platform for prompt management, LLM evaluation, and observability – in a push to strengthen its enterprise strategy. The terms of the deal were not shared, but it appears to follow the acqui-hire playbook we’re increasingly seeing in the tech industry amid the war for AI talent. Humanloop’s three co-founders – CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess – have all joined Anthropic, alongside around a do

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Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-29 11:43:02

In a tucked-away San Francisco warehouse, four humanoid robots hang out — quite literally, from standalone frames — as they wait for their flesh-and-blood overlords to train them to kill. As reporter and writer Ashlee Vance writes on his Substack Core Memory, this entirely robotic fight club is known as REK, and is operated by virtual reality entrepreneur and fighting robot enthusiast Cix Liv. With one big robot battle win under his belt from San Francisco's Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) league

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Claude just learned a useful ChatGPT trick

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-27 08:37:20

Anthropic has introduced a helpful new feature for Claude that solves a problem similar to one ChatGPT already addressed. As of today, Claude is capable of referencing information from your other conversations with the AI chatbot. Anthropic demonstrates how the feature works: Claude can now reference past chats, so you can easily pick up from where you left off. pic.twitter.com/n9ZgaTRC1y — Claude (@claudeai) August 11, 2025 The new Claude feature matches OpenAI’s ChatGPT memory feature. An

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Deals: M2 iPad Air $300 off or M3 $150 off, 1TB 15-inch M4 MacBook Air $200 off, Mac mini, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-12-29 12:46:41

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is ready to roll starting off with iPad Air. We are tracking $150 price drops to deliver new all-time lows across the latest M3 lineup, but we also spotted a new Amazon all-time low on the least pricey 13-inch Wi-Fi + Cell M2 model at $300 off the original price tag. Those deals also join another rare M4 MacBook Air offer that has the 15-inch model with 24GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD at $200 off the list price alongside 16GB M2 Mac mini starting from $370 Prime shipped, M

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How I used Conky to make my Linux desktop cooler - in minutes

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-29 12:08:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Conky is a customizable desktop widget for Linux. It can display all sorts of information. With a handy GUI, Conky is easy to set up. I love a cool Linux desktop configuration and have spent many an hour tweaking them. Over the years, I've found there's one way to make the most out of your desktop, and that's with an app called Conky. Conky is an overlay app that displays certain types of information. For example, Conky can display the tim

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Why I recommend the Google TV Streamer over competing Roku and Amazon Fire models

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-29 12:21:00

Google TV Streamer ZDNET's key takeaways The Google TV Streamer is a streaming device that typically sells for $100. The Google TV Streamer offers beautiful image, fast performance, and the best smart home integrations of any Google streaming device. It's built for Android users but can work with iOS, with some compromise, and there are only a few audio customization options. View now at Best Buy View now at Google View now at Amazon more buying choices I've been a cord cutter for over a deca

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My AirPods were constantly slipping out of my ears - until I found these $15 accessories

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-12-29 12:37:00

Jada Jones/ZDNET Your AirPods can be your best friend, small enough to stay in your pocket or bag until you need them. But if you like to work out with your AirPods, pushing your slippery earbuds back into your ear can become a particularly intense workout. I've found three products to help with this problem -- a few dollars spent can revitalize your AirPods experience. Also: Best AirPods 2025: I've tested every pair of Apple headphones and earbuds Unfortunately, some people's ear anatomy sim

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Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-29 12:10:41

A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts expect the likely record-breaking event to peak today, and officials have asked residents in parts of the city and borough to evacuate. The flood doesn’t come as a surprise. Years ago, a small glacier on the other side of Mendenhall Glacier—which is just 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Juneau—receded and left a basin in its wake, according to the Associated Press. Since then

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Forget the Crypto Bros. Wall Street Is Driving the New Crypto Boom

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-29 12:38:24

The crypto market is on fire again, but this time, the fuel isn’t coming from “crypto bros” on social media. It’s coming from Wall Street, and it’s all based on a massive bet that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, is leading the charge, surging nearly 10% in the past 24 hours to $4,723.26, bringing its all-time high of $4,878.26 within sight. This rally is, according to some market observers, a calculated move by large, institutional i

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This Is the New Pebble Smartwatch, and Yes, It’s Now Called Pebble Again

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-29 12:39:55

After more than a decade, the Pebble smartwatch is back, and it already looks enticing for those of us who can’t be bothered with today’s health data-obsessed, sensor-filled, and all-too-weighty wearables. The company behind the revitalized watch shared its final designs for what’s coming, and it may be the simple smartwatch we’ve been missing since 2016. Last month, original Pebble designer Eric Migicovsky reported that his new company, Core Devices, was able to recover the Pebble trademark, m

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Tensor wants to be the first company to sell you a ‘robocar’ — but who are they?

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-12-29 12:00:00

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. A new company is launching today that claims to have developed “the first volume-produced, consumer-ready autonomous vehicle — designed from the ground up for private ownership at scale.” The company is called Tensor, and it describes i

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Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis’ longevity company Fountain Life raises $18M

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-29 12:00:00

Eight years ago, orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Kapp attended a medical conference that changed his professional life. He had gone from a private-practice doctor to co-founding a company that built critical care hospitals to then selling that company. It gave him an interest for both sides of healthcare: the medicine and business sides, he told TechCrunch. So he went to the annual conference hosted by famed physician-scientist Dr. Daniel Kraft to learn about new tech that could improve results

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Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-29 17:52:55

An independent contractor wearing a protective mask and gloves loads Amazon Prime grocery bags into a car outside a Whole Foods Market in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 7, 2020. Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery of fresh foods to more pockets of the U.S. as it looks to encourage shoppers to add meat and eggs to their order while they're browsing its sprawling online store. The company announced Wednesday it's bringing the service to more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, including Raleigh

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CoreWeave stock slumps 14% on wider-than-expected loss ahead of lockup expiration

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-29 17:34:37

CoreWeave 's stock dropped 14% after the renter of artificial intelligence data centers reported a bigger-than-expected loss. In its second quarterly financial results as a public company, CoreWeave reported an adjusted loss of 27 cents per share, compared to a 21-cent loss per share expected by analysts polled by LSEG. CoreWeave's results came as the lock-up period following its initial public offering is set to expire Thursday evening and potentially add volatility to shares. The term refers

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A bump in iPhone storage is coming, but Apple already made it irrelevant to me

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-29 17:15:36

We were already expecting higher iPhone prices this year, but it now seems that one of the four models will get a bump in storage in return. That’s always welcome, of course, but a move Apple made two years ago already made it irrelevant to me … iPhone 17 Pro storage bump With Apple facing import tariffs on iPhones manufactured in China, it had always seemed likely that it was going to pass on at least some of these costs to iPhone buyers. My own guess back in May was a $50 price raise, and a

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The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale for 33 percent off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-29 16:56:27

Even though the Switch 2 basically just came out, we're already starting to see discounts on some of its accessories. One of the more charming peripherals, the HORI Piranha Plant camera, is on sale right now for only $40. That's $20 off and a record-low price. It's a good deal for anyone who wants to take advantage of the Switch 2's camera functionality in games like Mario Kart World and that recently-released campfire sim. This was designed specifically for Nintendo's new console, so it's a pl

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watchOS 26 preview: It's the little things

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-29 17:00:35

At WWDC 2025, Apple announced it was replacing the sequential numbering for OS versions and with year numbers. So instead of watchOS 12, I’ve spent the past two weeks with the public beta of watchOS 26. The naming scheme shift is subtle, but helpful — which is how I’d describe the upgrades the new software brings to the Apple Watch. The AI-powered Workout Buddy better contextualizes your Fitness data and an added gesture gives the watch a fun trick that’s actually helpful. Other upgrades — inclu

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Hasbro’s Nano-Mals are a virtual pet that rewards fidgeting

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-29 17:15:53

Since the original Tamagotchi landed on store shelves 28 years ago, not much has changed in the world of virtual pets. The basic gameplay remains, with players being asked to feed, groom and play with small digital creatures inside a handheld device. But new features have also been added, like Bluetooth connectivity and downloadable content (they're also a little bigger than before). This month, however, Hasbro is throwing its hat into the ring with the Nano-Mals, a $20 device that takes the sta

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How Well Do Coding Agents Use Your Library?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 17:23:56

How StackBench Works StackBench simulates how coding agents actually use your library documentation. We extract real use cases, then test if agents can implement them successfully.

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The case for shorter .com domains

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 17:39:02

The fewer words your .com holds, the bigger your impact becomes. chat gpt.com → chat .com convert kit .com → kit .com transfer wise .com → wise .com tiny capital.com → tiny .com micro acquire .com → acquire .com cal endso.com → cal .com feyapp.com → fey.com On a similar note, I wrote about .new domains

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‘Alien: Earth’ Begins With Crucial Context and Constant Chaos

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-29 17:00:30

There’s a moment in the second episode of Alien: Earth where everything changes in an instant. The show you think you are watching, about a crashed ship and some weird hybrids, becomes the show you’ve always wanted to see. One of the most iconic creatures in film history makes its debut on your TV screen, it’s slow-motion, and it’s glorious. From there, things only get more interesting, more disgusting, and more awesome. It’s off to the races. The first two episodes of Noah Hawley’s Alien: Eart

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‘This Was Trauma by Simulation’: ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-29 17:35:05

With about 700 million weekly users, ChatGPT is the most popular AI chatbot in the world, according to OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman likens the latest model, GPT-5, to having a PhD expert around to answer any question you can throw at it. But recent reports suggest ChatGPT is exacerbating mental illnesses in some people. And documents obtained by Gizmodo give us an inside look at what Americans are complaining about when they use ChatGPT, including difficulties with mental illnesses. Gizmodo filed a F

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OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 17:08:47

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4o has returned to ChatGPT following intense user backlash over its removal during last week's GPT-5 launch. The AI model now appears in the model picker for all paid ChatGPT users by default (including ChatGPT Plus accounts), marking a swift reversal after thousands of users complained about losing access to their preferred models. The return of GPT-4o comes after what Altman described as OpenAI underestimating "how much some of the things t

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Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game that actually makes sense

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-29 17:00:00

Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an open-ended, anything-goes story with an AI narrator. Hidden Door, a new platform that’s now in early access, also lets you cowrite a choose-your-own-adventure-style story with AI. But this narrator won’t let you do whatever you want — in fact, that’s a lot of the appeal. Hidden Door is designed to let you play in worlds that include the public doma

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A veteran toy racing company is trading slots for smartphone-controlled RC cars

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-29 17:28:24

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Carrera, a German company that has been making slot car toys since the ‘60s, has announced a new scaled racing experience that does away with the slots altogether. Carrera Hybrid still has you racing 1:50-scale cars around a reconfigurable track, but you cont

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Twelve South’s 120W charger with Apple Find My support is nearly half off

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-12-29 17:41:29

It’s not every day you come across a wall charger that can both power and help you keep track of your devices, but that’s the beauty of Twelve South’s 120W PlugBug. The slim wall charger with four USB-C ports can double as a location tracker when needed, and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for $67.12 (about $53 off) when you clip the on-page coupon. This is a new low price for this high-end configuration. Although the 50W variant was recently on sale for just $19.99, it’s since increased to $5

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OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-12-29 09:11:16

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 OpenAI is once again making GPT-4o — the large language model (LLM) that powered ChatGPT before last week’s launch of GPT-5 — a default option for all paying users, that is, those who subscribe to the ChatGPT Plus ($20 per month), Pro ($200 per month), Team ($30 per month), Enterprise, or Edu tiers, no longer requiring users to toggle on a

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How to Wash a Heated Blanket Safely

Drag x Drive is a uniquely fun and frustrating showcase for Switch 2 mouse mode

Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up

Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

Claude just learned a useful ChatGPT trick

Deals: M2 iPad Air $300 off or M3 $150 off, 1TB 15-inch M4 MacBook Air $200 off, Mac mini, more

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Why I recommend the Google TV Streamer over competing Roku and Amazon Fire models

My AirPods were constantly slipping out of my ears - until I found these $15 accessories

Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

Forget the Crypto Bros. Wall Street Is Driving the New Crypto Boom

This Is the New Pebble Smartwatch, and Yes, It’s Now Called Pebble Again

Tensor wants to be the first company to sell you a ‘robocar’ — but who are they?

Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis’ longevity company Fountain Life raises $18M

Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities

CoreWeave stock slumps 14% on wider-than-expected loss ahead of lockup expiration

A bump in iPhone storage is coming, but Apple already made it irrelevant to me

The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale for 33 percent off

watchOS 26 preview: It's the little things

Hasbro’s Nano-Mals are a virtual pet that rewards fidgeting

How Well Do Coding Agents Use Your Library?

The case for shorter .com domains

‘Alien: Earth’ Begins With Crucial Context and Constant Chaos

‘This Was Trauma by Simulation’: ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints

OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt

Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game that actually makes sense

A veteran toy racing company is trading slots for smartphone-controlled RC cars

Twelve South’s 120W charger with Apple Find My support is nearly half off

OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again

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