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John L. Young, the Guy Who Created Wikileaks Before Wikileaks, Dies at 89

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-05 20:50:56

John L. Young, often hailed as an under-recognized hero of the digital age and co-founder of the groundbreaking transparency platform Cryptome, passed away on March 28th in New York City. His death, in relative anonymity, stands in stark contrast to the thunderous revelations that defined his pioneering work. His passing was quietly acknowledged by Archinect, a professional publication for architects, on June 4th: “John L. Young, architect and the co-founder (with his wife Deborah Natsios) of

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Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs for Decades, New Report Finds

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-05 23:00:26

UFOs have been back in the news a lot lately, and it may be the case that the government wants it that way. Last week, the Wall Street Journal published the first of a two-part series that probes the ways in which the Defense Department has been responsible for creating and fostering the UFO mythology in America. The article shows that the government has, at various points over the years, purposefully sown disinformation about UFOs, in an effort to make Americans believe in little green men. Th

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This JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Is Cheaper Than Last Prime Day, No Need to Wait for Upcoming Sales

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-12-05 23:10:18

We can all agree that Summer is here, right? Sure, it might not be the kind of Summer we’re all excited about, but the season of long days, BBQs, and big old get-togethers is upon us. It’s just nice to get outdoors and spend time with friends and family, and one key part of all of these things is music. That’s where this JBL PartyBox Club 120 portable party speaker comes in, and it’s currently $100 off on Amazon. This thing is an excellent way to boost the vibes at any party, no matter where yo

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Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 17:20:53

Apple/Screenshot by Joe Maldonado/CNET The Camera app in iOS 26 is nearly bare, populated primarily with a shutter button and a switch to toggle between Photo and Video modes. It's the one app so far where I imagine Apple's designers said, "Let's do Liquid Glass, but even less." And from a visual standpoint, I get the appeal: You want to be absorbed by the photo you're about to take, not distracted by the controls around the periphery. But I'm admittedly wary of the fact that, without any cues

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Apple's VisionOS 26 Hands-On: Virtual Me and 3D Memories Are Stunning

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 18:02:00

My virtual Scott Stein persona is hauntingly real, spatial scenes feel like living 3D memories and even the experience of sticking widgets to virtual walls – and virtual windows – is better than I ever thought. Hey. That's me. My first experience in Apple's new Vision OS 26, announced Monday at WWDC, was making my new 3D-scanned Persona, a feature that Apple says is finally out of beta. I used to find its uncanny style funny, but not anymore. I find it unsettlingly real. Like, I feel like I'm

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Apple's Games App Unveiled at WWDC 2025 Closes the Book on Game Center

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 18:47:22

At WWDC 2025 on Monday, Apple announced Games, a streamlined app store and unified library for gamers using multiple Apple devices -- showing a greater commitment to the video game industry than ever before. The App Store won't be rendered useless, since you'll still need to access it for nongaming app downloads. But the old Game Center app, which provided leaderboards and social features to mobile gamers (and has long been relegated to a deep, dark corner of the iPhone's Settings menus), will

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HP's New AI-Powered 3D Conferencing With Google Beam: Here's What Stands Out

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 20:56:00

HP has partnered with Google for a new virtual conferencing solution that doesn't need VR headsets or other wearables, called HP Dimension with Google Beam. Instead of glasses, it's a giant 3D-enabled display that sits on a conference desk in front of you and mimics the feeling of interacting with someone just a few feet away. It also costs $25,000. Previously called Project Starline, HP's Dimension with Google Beam promises to be "AI-powered," which refers to algorithms in charge of adjusting

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I Want Workout Buddy to Be More Boot Camp Trainer Than Cheerleader on the Apple Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 20:56:00

I was expecting, and hoping, Apple would launch some kind of AI-powered health feature on the Apple Watch at WWDC 2025, but Workout Buddy wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I'm the kind of person who spoils any and all surprises by reading the last page of a good mystery novel, or the finale synopsis of a Netflix whodunit before I've even gotten through the pilot. So I went into WWDC, Apple's annual developers conference, having read all the rumors, feeling pretty confident that I knew most of

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Switch 2 Battery Percentage Acting Weird? Try This Hidden Fix

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 21:12:00

It's been almost a week since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, which broke records for a console release by selling more than 3.5 million units in its first four days. However, there is a bit of an issue with the system's battery indicator, which may cause owners some frustration. Switch 2 owners noticed that, even though the system's battery said it was at 0%, the console was still playable for hours. Nintendo has since confirmed that this is an issue, although it appears to be a problem w

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 12, #466

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 22:00:03

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. Today's NYT Strands puzzle was an easy one, for a change. Maybe it's because I grew up on a Minnesota lake that I found all the answers super-familiar. 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 t

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Get a Free Marvel Rivals Future Foundation Skin and Hawkeye Skin in Season 2.5

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 22:24:06

Marvel Rivals season 2.5 is moving the Hellfire Gala afterparty to space -- our heroes are heading to the sentient planet Arakko to prevent Ultron's planet-exterminating plans from coming to fruition. Stopping a robot army is going to require a whole new wardrobe's worth of battle gear. Luckily for you, there are many ways to unlock some free skins in the hit hero shooter right now -- including a new seasonal pass that unlocks a free Mister Fantastic skin. This Combat Chest event is the debut

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Switch 2 Blows Past Records to Reach 3.5 Million Sales in Just 4 Days

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 22:36:00

Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR as a testing zone for the latest security products to digging into the nuts and bolts of the best data privacy guidelines, Tyler has experience in all aspects of protecting your home and belongings. With a BA in Writing from George Fox and certification in Technic

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Yes, an iPhone Could Cost More Than $2,200 With Tariffs. Should You Buy One Now?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 00:02:00

Tariffs could soon raise the price of iPhone. James Martin/CNET President Donald Trump announced he has made a deal with China, which could potentially affect the cost of a new iPhone -- but maybe not as much as you think. "WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%," Trump said in a post on Truth Social, noting that he and China's president, Xi Jinping, still need to give their final approval for the deal. However, 55% "total" tariff incorporates 30% the countries agreed to

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FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-04 17:03:18

The Federal Communications Commission is facing widespread criticism after threatening to revoke EchoStar licenses for spectrum bands that rival firms, including SpaceX, want to take over. Opposition to license revocations came from conservatives, telecom consumer advocates, and some industry groups. The Free State Foundation, a free-market group that has generally supported Republican priorities at the FCC, filed comments saying that "arbitrary" decisions would create instability in the market

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She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-05 11:00:09

Bridgit Mendler was not in Hollywood anymore. Instead, she found herself in rural North Dakota, where the stars sparkled overhead rather than on the silver screen. And she was freezing. When her team tumbled out of their rental cars after midnight, temperatures had already plummeted into the 40s. Howling winds carried their breath away before it could fog the air. So it was with no small sense of urgency that the group scrambled to assemble a jury-rigged antenna to talk to a spacecraft that wou

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HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at $25,000

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-05 17:17:32

Amid all the Gemini hype at Google I/O last month, the company also turned one of its experiments into a (kind of) real product. Project Starline was reborn as Google Beam, a 3D video conferencing system that makes it look like you're in the same room with the other party. Google said HP would reveal the first Beam setup, and now it has. The HP Dimension is coming this year, and the price tag is a predictably hefty $24,999. Google Beam calls for a lot of advanced hardware, so the high price isn

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Fair or fixed? Why Le Mans is all about “balance of performance” now.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-05 22:32:18

This coming weekend will see the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans take place in France. In total, 62 cars will compete, split into three different classes. At the front of the field are the very fastest hypercars—wickedly fast prototypes that are also all hybrids, with the exception of the V12 Aston Martin Valkyries. In the middle are the pro-am LMP2s, followed by 24 GT3 cars—modified versions of performance cars that include everything from Ford Mustangs to McLaren 720s. It is racing nirvana. But wit

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New Apple study challenges whether AI models truly “reason” through problems

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-05 23:56:47

In early June, Apple researchers released a study suggesting that simulated reasoning (SR) models, such as OpenAI's o1 and o3, DeepSeek-R1, and Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking, produce outputs consistent with pattern-matching from training data when faced with novel problems requiring systematic thinking. The researchers found similar results to a recent study by the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) in April, showing that these same models achieved low scores on novel mathematic

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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 00:20:40

CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this week, he did it the same way he introduced the Calculator app for the iPad last year, or timers in the iPad's Clock app the year before—with a hint of sarcasm. "Wow," Federighi enthuses in a lightly exaggerated tone about an hour and 19 minutes into a 90-minute presentation. "More windows, a pointier poin

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Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-12-03 09:12:04

Katie Drummond: And particularly at a moment where, as you said, we're in this Cold War with China, we're in this AI arms race. You hear it from the administration, you read about it in WIRED, you hear about it from Sam Altman, other leaders of the AI industry, this like, “We must beat China. We must beat China.” And then stuff like this happens and you feel like, “Let's just hand it to them. Let's just give it to them.” Because we are basically doing that by disincentivizing not only Chinese st

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One, Big, Beautiful Breakup

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-12-03 11:56:42

Leah Feiger: Well, I mean, because it’s the safer option. This is the richest man in the world and the president of the United States. I would like to believe that there is thought behind any of this. Zoë Schiffer: 100 percent. Leah Feiger: And that's exactly what a bunch of these conspiracy theorists have been saying over the last 24 hours. Senior reporter David Gilbert published a story today about how the entire conspiracy world thinks that the Musk-Trump breakup is a psyop, it's “5D chess.

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Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2025

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2025-12-03 14:03:00

Apple held its annual developer conference today, and as usual used the keynote address to announce all of the new software features coming to Apple’s many products this fall. This year’s WWDC is occurring at a moment of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Apple’s sales are expected to take a hit as President Trump continues to threaten the company with increased trade tariffs. The event also comes in the aftermath of the very AI-heavy conference of Apple’s archrival Google, putting pressure on

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The iPad Is a Full-On Computer Now

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-12-03 15:59:09

“This is what you've all been waiting for.” That's what Craig Federighi stated with a gleeful grin on his face as he introduced the latest changes to the iPad at Apple's WWDC25 keynote. He wasn't talking about new iPad hardware, new software features, or AI implementation that didn't suck. He was talking about windows. You know, those things that computers have. With the release of iPadOS 26, Apple gives these tablets the ability to use conventional windowing—and iPads will never be the same.

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We've Finally Reached the End of the Road for Intel Macs

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-12-03 16:14:00

Today, Apple announced the latest version of its Mac operating system, macOS Tahoe, sporting a handful of new features and apps. The update will also, however, mark the final substantial version of macOS to be supported on Intel-based Macs. The final supported Intel-based Macs that will receive macOS Tahoe include the following models: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019), MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports), iMac (27-inch, 2020) and Mac Pro (2019). That means if you own one of these M

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Apple Is Pushing AI Into More of Its Products—but Still Lacks a State-of-the-Art Model

wired.com Will Knight 2025-12-03 17:22:26

Apple continued its slow-and-steady approach to integrating artificial intelligence into devices like the iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch on Monday, announcing a raft of new features and upgrades at WWDC. The company also premiered the Foundation Models framework, a way for developers to write code that taps into Apple’s AI models. Among the buzzier AI announcements at the event was Live Translation, a feature that translates phone and FaceTime calls from one language to another in real time. Appl

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‘Beautiful’ and ‘Hard to Read’: Designers React to Apple’s Liquid Glass Update

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-12-03 20:11:49

Apple’s translucent design update for iOS 26, called Liquid Glass, is now available to developers, with a public beta scheduled for next month. The refresh—Apple’s first major interface overhaul in 10 years—makes app icons, buttons, menus, and pop-ups look like they are made of frosted glass, with blurred background colors peeking through. The sweeping software changes are not just for iPhones. This glassy look—inspired by the operating system in the Vision Pro headset—will eventually roll out

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Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-12-04 06:00:00

Self-driving vehicle developers don’t usually love talking about “teleoperation”—when a human guides or drives robot cars remotely. It can feel like a dirty secret. Shouldn’t an autonomous vehicle operate, well, autonomously? But experts say teleoperations are, at least right now, a critical part of any robot taxi service, including Tesla's Robotaxi. The tech, though impressive, is still in development, and the autonomous systems still need humans to guide them through less-common and especiall

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The Top New Features in Apple WatchOS 26

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-12-04 08:09:36

This year at WWDC 2025, Apple introduced a rather drastic change to its naming conventions. What should be the upcoming WatchOS 12 will now be WatchOS 26 when it launches in the fall, since the company decided to stop labeling its operating systems sequentially and instead name them according to the fiscal year they are released. Every OS now also has a new, overhauled display aesthetic called Liquid Glass, which makes certain apps, icons, buttons, and pop-ups look like frosted glass and other f

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A Google Shareholder Is Suing the Company Over the TikTok Ban

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-12-04 14:34:31

The Trump administration is still refusing to enforce a federal ban on TikTok, and Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan is fed up. Last month, Tan sued the US Department of Justice for allegedly failing to turn over records about why it has not taken action against Google and Apple, which Tan believes are violating the law by continuing to host TikTok on their respective app stores. Tan is now stepping up his fight against what he sees as a worrying and potentially costly trend away from r

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The Top New Android 16 Features (2025): How to Install, Features, Release Date

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-12-04 15:00:00

Another year, another version of Google’s mobile operating system. Android 16 brings a whole new look (Apple also just announced a redesign in iOS 26), more customization options, some chunky security enhancements, and a few welcome accessibility improvements. Android 16 is rolling out to select devices today—these are the new features that caught our eye. Google officially ditched the delicious dessert names for Android years ago with Android 10, but it still uses them internally. Android 15 w

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Latest Tech News

John L. Young, the Guy Who Created Wikileaks Before Wikileaks, Dies at 89

Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs for Decades, New Report Finds

This JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Is Cheaper Than Last Prime Day, No Need to Wait for Upcoming Sales

Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

Apple's VisionOS 26 Hands-On: Virtual Me and 3D Memories Are Stunning

Apple's Games App Unveiled at WWDC 2025 Closes the Book on Game Center

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I Want Workout Buddy to Be More Boot Camp Trainer Than Cheerleader on the Apple Watch

Switch 2 Battery Percentage Acting Weird? Try This Hidden Fix

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 12, #466

Get a Free Marvel Rivals Future Foundation Skin and Hawkeye Skin in Season 2.5

Switch 2 Blows Past Records to Reach 3.5 Million Sales in Just 4 Days

Yes, an iPhone Could Cost More Than $2,200 With Tariffs. Should You Buy One Now?

FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash

She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at $25,000

Fair or fixed? Why Le Mans is all about “balance of performance” now.

New Apple study challenges whether AI models truly “reason” through problems

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The iPad Is a Full-On Computer Now

We've Finally Reached the End of the Road for Intel Macs

Apple Is Pushing AI Into More of Its Products—but Still Lacks a State-of-the-Art Model

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Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question

The Top New Features in Apple WatchOS 26

A Google Shareholder Is Suing the Company Over the TikTok Ban

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