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Amazon’s Freevee app gets an expiry date, but here’s how to keep watching for free

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-23 22:06:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon confirmed plans to sunset its free streaming service, Freevee, late last year. The company has now notified users that the Freevee app will be shut down in August 2025. Freevee’s extensive library of movies, TV shows, and live TV will be available through Prime Video. After announcing plans to wind down its free video streaming service late last year, Amazon has now confirmed that the Freevee app will finally be shut down in August. But there’

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Teen drivers spend 21% of the time looking at their phones, reveals alarming study [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-23 22:04:20

A alarming new study has found that som teen drivers in the US spend as much as 21% of their time at the wheel looking at their phones, creating a substantial risk of distracted driving crashes. While much of this was brief glances, more than 5% of driving time comprised looking at their phone for 2+ seconds a time, long enough to qualify as dangerous … CNET reports that the teens did this despite understanding the risks they are taking. The study includes survey responses from 1,126 teen dri

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Microsoft asks users to ignore Windows Firewall config errors

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-23 21:02:03

Microsoft asked customers this week to disregard incorrect Windows Firewall errors that appear after rebooting their systems following the installation of the June 2025 preview update. These warnings are logged in the Event Viewer as 'Event 2042' for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, with a 'Config Read Failed' warning and a 'More data is available' message. Microsoft added that this known issue is caused by a new feature that's still under development and hasn't yet been fully integrat

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Your Brother printer might have a critical security flaw - how to check and what to do next

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-23 21:30:14

Brother / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Hundreds of Brother printer models have been found to harbor a serious security flaw that can't be fully patched on existing devices. First noticed by Rapid7 in May and publicly disclosed on June 25, this unpatchable vulnerability lets an attacker who knows -- or can find out -- your printer's serial number generate its default administrator password. Also: Patch your Windows PC now before bootkit malware takes it over - here's how Yes, the same password

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This fancy automatic espresso machine made me drop my Dunkin' habit - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Alison Denisco Rayome 2025-08-23 22:00:15

The De'Longhi Rivelia is going to have a permanent place in my kitchen. Alison DeNisco Rayome/ZDNET If you're looking for a way to seriously up your home coffee game and you have some budget to do so, look no further than the De'Longhi Rivelia -- a sleek, fully automatic espresso machine that makes it foolproof to make lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, iced coffee, and much more. I've been testing one out for a couple of weeks now, and it's been a game-changer in my daily coffee routine (and ha

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Uber Adds Rental Car Delivery and Discounted Airport Rides Before July 4 Weekend Surge

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 22:15:03

With AAA forecasting that a record-breaking 72 million Americans will travel during the week of July 4, ride-hailing and delivery company Uber is launching various updates to make summer vacations more seamless. Uber is significantly expanding its rental-car delivery service, introducing new airport options for ride-sharing and prescheduled pickups, and adding more flexibility for hotel food deliveries. Read also: Uber's Simplified App for Seniors Is Launching Nationwide Car rental dropoff exp

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Best Family Phone Plans for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 22:39:00

If you compare the specifics of T-Mobile's Essentials and Essentials Saver plans, you might think the company forgot to update one or the other -- they're Essential-ly the same. With both, you get 50GB of fast Premium 5G data (depending on the network capabilities in your area), which drops to 3G speeds of still-unlimited data after that allotment is used up. You can use your phone as a mobile hotspot with unlimited data, but only at 3G speeds and restricted to paltry 2G speeds when you're in Ca

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Google’s customizable Gemini chatbots are now in Docs, Sheets, and Gmail

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-23 20:30:41

• Leverage a copywriting Gem to create posts and content tailored to your target audience, pre-loaded into the Gem. • Create a Gem that helps with sales interactions that is grounded on information for a specific company, prospect, or industry. • Leverage an “assistant gem” tailored to your job role to help provide more relevant summaries for you and content for internal communications. • Leverage a Gem designed to help pressure test content from a certain persona (e.x C-Suite or CEO) to help

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AI voice startup ElevenLabs pushes global expansion as it gears up for an IPO

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-08-23 21:16:14

Founded in 2022, ElevenLabs is an AI voice generation startup based in London. It competes with the likes of Speechmatics and Hume AI. LONDON — ElevenLabs, a London-based startup that specializes in generating synthetic voices through artificial intelligence, has revealed plans to be IPO-ready within five years. The company told CNBC it is targeting major global expansion as it prepares for an initial public offering. "We expect to build more hubs in Europe, Asia and South America, and just k

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Are portable AC units worth it at home? My advice after testing one during a heat wave

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-23 23:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The EcoFlow Wave 3 is a portable air conditioner and heater that costs $1,299 on its own and $2,299 with the add-on battery. This is a portable air conditioner and heater that is more powerful than its predecessor It is also off-grid ready for camping, RVing, and even helping in a pinch. The Wave 3 is pricey, loud in some settings, and is not as efficient in extreme heat, direct sun, or tent camping. $1,299 at Amazon For Prime Day, the EcoFlow Wave 3 with the battery ad

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Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-23 22:10:56

Tesla’s struggles continue as the company reports another drop in vehicle deliveries, deepening concerns that its image problem, especially in Europe, is weighing heavily on consumer demand. In the second quarter of 2025, the electric vehicle giant delivered 443,956 vehicles, a 13.5 percent decline from the same period in 2024. Deliveries are Tesla’s key sales metric and are closely watched by investors and analysts alike. Nearly all of those deliveries — 97.3 percent — were for the company’s t

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What James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Tells Us About the Future of the DC Universe

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-24 02:00:43

It’s been years since James Gunn and Peter Safran first announced their plans for the future of the DC Universe. In that time, plans have changed slightly, and work is ongoing, but, with one exception, we have yet to see exactly how things are going to play out. That changes July 11 with the release of Superman. Not only is the film our first introduction to this brand-new, reimagined version of Superman, it’s our first look at what Gunn and Safran’s DC Universe looks like on the big screen. Sp

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BCPL (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-21 00:18:59

BCPL In recent years many people have kindly offer me links to translations of this web page into other languages. Unfortunately I am no longer permitted by the department to include these links so the link below has been disabled. BCPL is a simple typeless language that was designed in 1966 by Martin Richards and implemented for the first time at MIT in the Spring of 1967. A machine independent interpretive implementation of BCPL is available free of charge for private and academic purposes.

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Blizzard is winding down support for its Warcraft mobile game

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-08-24 09:11:54

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. Microsoft’s layoff of roughly 9,000 employees is continuing to have downstream effects at the company’s subsidiaries. Aftermath reports that as many as 100 developers at Blizzard have been impacted, and as a result the studio is winding down development on its mobile tower defense game Warcraft Rumble. In an announcement, B

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Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-24 09:47:08

Lucid delivered 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a 6% increase in sales from the previous period and a new sales record for the EV maker. Lucid also reported it produced 3,863 vehicles in the second quarter, nearly 1,000 more than it made in the previous period. Lucid produced 2,212 vehicles in the first quarter and shipped another 600 additional vehicles to Saudi Arabia for final assembly. The delivery and accompanying production figures show Lucid has maintained — and even made some pro

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DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-24 12:14:41

An ex-ransomware negotiator is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly working with ransomware gangs to profit from extortion payment deals. The suspect is a former employee of DigitalMint, a Chicago-based incident response and digital asset services company that specializes in ransomware negotiation and facilitating cryptocurrency payments to receive a decryptor or prevent stolen data from being publicly released. The company claims to have conducted over 2,000

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Amazon to shut down Freevee streaming TV service in August

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-08-24 17:43:23

Amazon is discontinuing its standalone free streaming TV service next month as it looks to consolidate its content offerings under Prime Video. The service, called Freevee, launched in 2019 underneath IMDb, the film and TV site Amazon bought in 1998. It offered a stable of free, ad-supported video, including original series and some Prime Video content, primarily through an app. The Freevee app will shut down in August, at which point users will be able to watch shows and movies on Prime Video

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Last Chance: Get a new phone for $1,000 off on any Verizon myPlan account, no trade-in

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-24 17:10:01

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is offering $1,000 off any device on a myPlan account — including entry-level plans — without a trade-in, but you must add a new BYOD line and claim the offer in-store. The new line is free for 36 months, but you’ll still pay around $7–$10 a month in taxes and fees. The deal is a great fit for those who need both a device upgrade and a new line that can be used with their old device, but may not make sense if you have no use for an extra line.

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‘Jaws’ Is Coming to 4DX for the First Time as Part of Its 50th Anniversary Re-Release

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-24 17:45:21

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Jaws is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. While the traditional time to do a rewatch is the Fourth of July weekend, if you want to see the film bigger, sharper, and possibly louder than ever before, you’ll need to hold out until the end of August to catch Universal Pictures’ celebratory 4K re-release screenings in IMAX, RealD 3D, 4DX, and D-Box. Any of those formats would be a treat, bringing Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking blockbuster to giant scree

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Microsoft is closing the studio developing the Perfect Dark reboot and cancelling the game

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-24 21:22:57

The Initiative, the Xbox studio developing a modern reimagining of Perfect Dark, is being shut down, and development of the game is ending. As first reported by Windows Central, the studio's closure is part of major cuts Microsoft is making across its business, affecting around four percent of the company's global workforce. Based on a memo from Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty obtained by Windows Central, which Microsoft has confirmed is genuine, the decision to close The Initiative was born

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How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-24 21:46:19

In a mad, mad world, speedruns for charity can be a calm oasis. Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) has your fix with the 2025 edition of the marathon. You can tune in starting on Sunday, July 6. As usual, the lineup includes loads of fun games and bonkers challenges. It's fitting that this year's lineup includes a Switch 2 game. On the event's last day, the speedrunner Peas will take on Mario Kart World on the new console. Nintendo Perhaps to commemorate the new console's launch, Nintendo is ever

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When an Amazon Driver Broke Down My Gate, This Device Would Have Saved Me $500

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-24 21:41:00

I was home working upstairs when a loud thud in the backyard startled me. I guessed it was an enthusiastically dropped package, but I couldn't have imagined the full scope of the incident that originated the noise. After I made my way downstairs to investigate, I found the double chain link gate on the side of my house had been kicked in by an Amazon delivery driver seemingly unable to figure out the simple butterfly latch. The brute force entry busted the gate's wooden frame, necessitating a r

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Amazon is shutting down its Freevee app in August

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-08-24 21:38:43

Amazon plans to shut down its stand-alone Freevee app in August, according to an in-app notice to users. The free, ad-supported streaming service is directing viewers to continue watching Freevee content on Prime Video. “Prime Video is the new exclusive home for Freevee TV shows, movies and Live TV,” the notice to readers states. “The Freevee app will be accessible until August 2025. Continue watching your favorite Free Originals and our library of hit movies, shows, and live TV on Prime Video

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Android 16 QPR1 adds full support for Live Updates, but apps will need changes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-25 01:10:07

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to launch “Live Updates,” a feature similar to iOS’s Live Activities that prominently displays progress-style notifications. Once live, these special notifications will appear fully expanded on the lock screen and as a persistent chip in the status bar for at-a-glance updates. The feature is already fully functional in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta, suggesting it will likely roll out in the next quarterly update. Google’s stable

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Spain arrests hackers who targeted politicians and journalists

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-25 01:30:05

The Spanish police have arrested two individuals in the province of Las Palmas for their alleged involvement in cybercriminal activity, including data theft from the country's government. The duo has been described as a "serious threat to national security" and focused their attacks on high-ranking state officials as well as journalists. They leaked samples of the stolen data online to build notoriety and inflate the selling price. "The investigation began when agents detected the leakage of p

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Acer 15.6″ Chromebook Is Going for Peanuts at Best Buy, This 4.5-Star Laptop Is Cheaper Than Your AirPods

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-25 01:10:48

Save $160 on the the 15.6-inch Acer Chromebook 315 for a limited time at Best Buy. In search of a new laptop? If you’re primary need for a computer is basic web browsing, email drafting, word processing, and YouTube video-watching, then you really don’t need to shell out for anything crazy expensive. A Chromebook is kind of the perfect tool for these use cases plus they’re super great for travel. Acer has its Chromebook on sale over at Best Buy. Right now, it’s been shaved down 50%. That brings

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Terra CO2 cements $124M Series B to slash concrete’s carbon footprint

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-08-25 01:49:51

Concrete has been around for millennia, but Terra CO2 thinks it has a better way to make the ubiquitous building material, and investors appear to agree. The Golden, Colorado-based startup recently closed a $124.5 million Series B to help bring its low-carbon cement replacement to market. Cement — the stuff that binds aggregate together to form concrete — weighs heavily on the climate. The CO 2 released by the chemical reaction that makes Portland cement, the most common type of cement, and th

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watchOS 26 will alert you if your Apple Watch battery is draining faster than normal

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-08-25 05:58:58

With watchOS 26, Apple is upgrading the battery monitoring features on the Apple Watch. The system will observe your average usage patterns, and notify you if your watch battery is draining faster than normal. This alert gives you a quick shortcut to enable Apple Watch’s Low Power Mode to maximise battery life until you can next get to a charger. As the system compares your current battery usage to your historical average patterns, it means an alert for any abnormalities may help you avoid get

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Everwild has reportedly been cancelled amid Xbox layoffs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-25 05:22:00

In today's gaming world, a decade of development can sometimes amount to nothing. Parent company Microsoft has reportedly cancelled Rare's long-in-development project Everwild. The news comes amid broader layoffs across Microsoft's Xbox division. Rare employees will likely be part of the Xbox layoffs, according to Video Games Chronicle. VGC and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier were the first to report the game's cancellation. (Schreier added that an MMORPG project from Zenimax, codenamed "Blackbird,"

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Double Is Winding Down

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-25 04:33:09

Double is a registered investment adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While such registration does not imply a certain level of skill, it does require us to follow federal regulations that protect you, the investor. By law, we must provide investment advice that is in the best interest of our client. Please refer to Double'sfor important additional information.The publicly available portions of the Platform (i.e., the sections of the Platform that are available to indiv

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Amazon’s Freevee app gets an expiry date, but here’s how to keep watching for free

Teen drivers spend 21% of the time looking at their phones, reveals alarming study [Video]

Microsoft asks users to ignore Windows Firewall config errors

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BCPL (2022)

Blizzard is winding down support for its Warcraft mobile game

Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

Amazon to shut down Freevee streaming TV service in August

Last Chance: Get a new phone for $1,000 off on any Verizon myPlan account, no trade-in

‘Jaws’ Is Coming to 4DX for the First Time as Part of Its 50th Anniversary Re-Release

Microsoft is closing the studio developing the Perfect Dark reboot and cancelling the game

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When an Amazon Driver Broke Down My Gate, This Device Would Have Saved Me $500

Amazon is shutting down its Freevee app in August

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Spain arrests hackers who targeted politicians and journalists

Acer 15.6″ Chromebook Is Going for Peanuts at Best Buy, This 4.5-Star Laptop Is Cheaper Than Your AirPods

Terra CO2 cements $124M Series B to slash concrete’s carbon footprint

watchOS 26 will alert you if your Apple Watch battery is draining faster than normal

Everwild has reportedly been cancelled amid Xbox layoffs

Double Is Winding Down

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