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Should you buy a refurbished iPad? I tried one from Back Market and here's my verdict

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-20 22:58:08

Maria Diaz/ZDNET I'm no stranger to refurbished products. While buying refurbished or renewed isn't always my first go-to, I did purchase a refurbished 2019 Apple iMac in 2020 that still gets daily use. Buying refurbished, especially with a warranty, is a great way to save money. It's like buying a used car or secondhand furniture; you may not know the whole history, but whether it's worth the risk depends on the buyer. I swapped my iPad Air for a refurbished 10th-generation iPad from Back Mar

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Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-20 22:45:28

The flagship health journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has grown quiet this year, and a report from MedPage Today indicates that a variety of actions by the Trump administration may be to blame for hamstringing the critical resource. Most strikingly, sources told MedPage that the journal's scientific articles must now obtain clearance for publication from health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—who has no health, science, or medical back

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Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2026-01-20 22:14:42

Zoë Schiffer: Totally. OK. I need to shift us to a new topic because I'm already feeling quite depressed. This one is about outer space. So my first question for you is how do you feel about outer space, Jake? And would you go if you had the chance? Normally I would say, no, thank you. I'm not interested. But I don't know after this maybe, yeah, take me to Mars. Jake Lahut: Weirdly, I would probably be more comfortable going to outer space than doing deep ocean exploration. That could be a rece

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Google Chrome adds AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-20 22:00:00

Google on Monday announced an update to its Chrome web browser that will introduce AI-generated store reviews to U.S. shoppers with the aim of helping to determine the best places to make a purchase. The feature, which will be available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address in the browser, will display a pop-up that informs consumers about the store’s reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns. The feature, which is currently a

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Google is testing a cooler, darker design for Gemini Live’s overlay (Update: Video)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 03:31:08

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a visual refresh for Gemini Live’s compact overlay in the latest app beta. The redesigned UI includes rounded corners, smaller icons, and a dark background. The corner widget has also been updated to be circular with a more vibrant waveform. Update, July 28, 2025 (12:31 PM ET): We’re still waiting to see Google push this new look for Gemini Live’s overlay public, but ahead of its formal debut, we’ve got a new, better look at it — now

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My phone struggled to get signal: These 5 quick fixes instantly improved its reception

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-21 03:11:00

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET I grew up watching The X-Files. In the late 1990s, cell phone reception was nothing like it is today. So back then, I couldn't help but question how Scully and Mulder could call their boss, Skinner, back in Quantico even when they were investigating the most remote, bizarre locations across the continental US. Also: How to clear your Android phone cache (and why it makes such a big difference) Suspending disbelief aside, maybe FBI agents Scully and Mulder knew real-life t

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Simplify, then add delightness: On designing for children

news.ycombinator.com Shane O'Sullivan 2026-01-21 02:21:13

I’ve been building Kidz Fun Art (web, iPad & Windows) since 2021, so 4 years at time of writing. It’s a tablet optimized application intended to be used by children of all ages – my daughters were 3 and 5 when I started, and are 7 and 9 now, so I’ve seen how they use it almost daily at various ages. I’ve learned a few things about designing for their usability and how it differs from some more common patterns found in adult focused applications. Topics Covered Minimize Text Use If you want ki

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The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

news.ycombinator.com Bronwyn Has Always Loved Words 2026-01-21 02:06:00

An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark achievement that stands to save millions of lives across the globe. The makers are also providing affordable access to the drug in the US and beyond, signing royalty-free licensing agreements with six generic manufacturers to produce and supply it. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Crunchyroll Is Bringing More Anime to Movie Theaters

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-20 04:30:38

The last few years have seen anime movies and premiere episodes take to the big screen and make a ton of money, so Crunchyroll is getting on that with its new Anime Nights program. During San Diego Comic-Con, the streamer/distributor revealed its plan to put an anime on the silver screen for the third Monday of every month to “honor the past, elevate the present, and celebrate the future of anime.” The titles will range from fan favorites and anniversaries to “curated” TV episodes, and even pre

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Mysterious Petroglyphs Reemerge on Oahu Beach

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-01-21 03:20:46

Shifting sands have once again revealed mysterious petroglyphs on the shores of a remote group of islands. The carvings appear and disappear depending on the water current, sometimes remaining hidden for years at a time before returning like a divine omen. But they’re not (as far as we know) an auspice, and this isn’t a fantasy movie. The petroglyphs are carved in sandstone along a beach on Oahu’s west coast, in front of a U.S. Army recreation center, and could be over 1,000 years old, as first

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The Full ‘Eyes of Wakanda’ Trailer Shows a Whole New Side of the MCU

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-21 03:56:46

This week, Marvel fans get to return to Wakanda, and it looks like it’s going to be a very action-packed ride. Marvel Studios just released a full trailer for Eyes of Wakanda, the Ryan Coogler-produced series that’s set for release on Disney+ August 1. And it shows not just all new characters and places; it shows a few characters we are very, very familiar with. Characters like the Black Panther themselves. Which is both expected, since it’s a show about Wakanda, but also a little unexpected be

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Sony details its ‘FlexStrike’ wireless PS5 fight stick

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-01-21 03:26:07

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. Sony has shared more details about its arcade-style controller for the PlayStation that was first teased during the State of Play event in early June. Originally codenamed Project Defiant, the fight stick is now called the FlexStrike and features a rechargeable battery, mechanical switch buttons, restrictor gates that limit the joystick’s movemen

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‘The Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-20 02:49:34

In Brief The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot, wraparound LED screen. Instead, Sphere Entertainment CEO James Dolan said a 2,000-person team is creating a new experience. That includes using AI to both increase the resolution of the existing film an

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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla vs GM: A tale of two earnings

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-21 03:06:00

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The poll results are in (from last week’s edition) and it’s clear what you want: Analysis with a capital A. You also want scoops, a bit of a news roundup, and deals, but far and away you’re looking for analysis. I’ve always sprinkled my thoughts and insights throughout the newsletter, but over the next few weeks and months you’ll se

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Cognitive Offloading: How AI is Quietly Eroding Our Critical Thinking

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-01-21 05:00:30

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly permeated every facet of modern life, seamlessly performing tasks ranging from trivial errands to complex decision-making processes. The allure of AI lies predominantly in its unmatched potential for efficiency, convenience, and accuracy. However, this unprecedented convenience brings with it a hidden yet profound threat: the subtle erosion of human capacity for critical thinking through cognitive offloading. Understanding Cognitive Offloading Cognitive

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If You've Asked ChatGPT a Legal Question, You May Have Accidentally Doomed Yourself in Court

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 06:44:33

Imagine this scenario: you're worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor — OpenAI's blockbuster ChatGPT, say — to describe what you did and get its advice. This isn't remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already getting legal assistance from AI, on everything from divorce proceedings to parking violations. Because people are amazingly stupid, it's almost certain that people have already asked the bot for advice about enormously consequential questions about, sa

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Android 15 is bricking some Fairphone 5 devices, and here’s how you can avoid it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 08:40:26

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR The Android 15 update is causing some Fairphone 5 phones to become bricked, but only if the fingerprint sensor is broken. A Fairphone rep confirmed stricter hardware checks in Android 15 are to blame. A fix is in the works, but for now, users with faulty sensors should avoid the update. For phone geeks like us, an OS update is usually exciting, but it doesn’t always go smoothly. Multiple reports suggest that the Android 15 update is causing some Fairpho

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Internet Archive is now a US federal depository library

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-21 08:19:31

The Internet Archive has become an official U.S. federal depository library, providing online users with access to archived congressional bills, laws, regulations, presidential documents, and other U.S. government documents. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla designated it as such in a July 24 letter to the Superintendent of Documents at the Government Publishing Office, which oversees the Federal Depository Library Program that coordinates a network of over 1,150 such libraries. "Through its Democracy

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OpenAI could rival Google Shopping with ChatGPT Shop

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-21 08:25:28

AI companies like OpenAI and Perplexity like to be the "everything company," and OpenAI's latest ChatGPT feature, "Shopping," makes that obvious. Financial Times recently reported that ChatGPT is testing a new shopping feature where you could buy products directly from the app. When ChatGPT 'converts' sales for merchants, OpenAI gets a percentage of the revenue. This is similar to the existing affiliate program for publishers. FT reports that OpenAI could partner with Shopify to integrate th

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France's warship builder Naval Group investigates 1TB data breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-21 08:31:55

France's state-owned defense firm Naval Group is investigating a cyberattack after 1TB of allegedly stolen data was leaked on a hacking forum. The company characterized this as a "destabilization attempt" and a "reputational attack," to which it has responded by filing a complaint to protect its client's data. Meanwhile, Naval Group is investigating with the assistance of external experts to determine if the leaked data originated from them. Despite the gravity of the claims, the company main

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Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 12:53:58

Research Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past Share Copy link × Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts. Writing was everywhere in the Roman world — etched onto everything from imperial monuments to everyday objects. From political graffiti, love poems and epitaphs to business transactions, birthday invitations and magical spells, inscriptions offer modern hist

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The First ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Trailer Is a Huge Level Up for Pandora

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-21 08:09:15

Give James Cameron three years to tinker with the same world, and everything is going to get bigger and better. That’s the main takeaway in this first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in Cameron’s mega-blockbuster sci-fi series. Everything in this trailer takes what we expect from Avatar and brings it up a notch. The action is bigger. The sets are more elaborate. The characters are more emotional. And, if we’ve come to learn anything from Cameron and this franchise, it’s sure to

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RFK Jr. May Purge Cancer Screening Panel for Being Too ‘Woke’

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-01-21 08:35:02

It looks as though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t quite done tearing apart the country’s public health system. The antivaccination supporter turned health secretary is reportedly planning to retire the current roster of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on Kennedy’s plan last Friday. RFK Jr. is expected to remove all 16 members of the USPSTF, allegedly because they’re too “woke.” The move would follow Kennedy’s recent gutting and resh

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Avatar: Fire and Ash brings war to Pandora in first trailer

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2026-01-21 08:57:43

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. The first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash is finally here, and it looks like James Cameron might have made another banger. Though Avatar: The Way of Water ended on hopeful note with Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and their family finding a new home with a different group of Na’vi, Fire and Ash’s trailer makes c

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20 national security experts urge Trump administration to restrict Nvidia H20 sales to China

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-01-21 08:29:44

Not everyone is happy that the Trump administration gave Nvidia the green light to start selling its H20 advanced AI chips in China again. A group of 20 national security experts and former government officials wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday urging the Trump administration to reverse its recent decision to let Nvidia resume selling its H20 AI chips in China. The letter called the Trump administration’s recent decision a “strategic misstep”

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Tesla signs $16.5B deal with Samsung to make AI chips

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-21 08:32:25

Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal to get its next-generation chips from Samsung. “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip,” Elon Musk posted on X late Sunday evening. “The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate.” Tesla’s AI6 (AKA Hardware 6) chip is the company’s bet on an all-in-one chip design that can scale from powering its driver assistance system known as Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots, a

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Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 12:46:30

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Our phones have undergone remarkable changes over the years of their existence. Android phones are unwarrantedly sleeker, significantly faster, have larger screens, and even feature cameras that, for most non-professionals, can replace a DSLR or a mirrorless camera. Yet, Android manufacturers have made some compromises to make the phone less bulky, increase internal space for more advanced components, or even just to save costs. Newer Android phones are depriv

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Meta smartwatch with a camera may be announced in September

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-21 12:19:24

Apple at one time considered adding a camera to the Apple Watch, but it looks like Meta may get there first. A new report suggests the company may unveil the upcoming wearable at its September event. A Meta smartwatch with a camera was spotted in development back in 2021, but was said to have been put on pause the following year. However, a new supply-chain report says the project was revived and is now close to launch … Apple Watch with camera Apple has long been considering the idea of addi

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How to install the AirPods public beta with five new features

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-01-21 12:21:53

Last week, Apple released its first-ever public beta for AirPods alongside the first public beta of iOS 26. If you want to try out Apple’s new AirPods features, here’s how to install the beta. How to install the AirPods public beta First, you’ll need to make sure your iPhone is running the iOS 26 beta. This takes just a few taps, and you can find those full instructions in our dedicated guide on installing the iOS 26 beta. The AirPods public beta is available for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4.

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DOGE is reportedly pushing an AI tool that would put half of all federal regulations on a 'delete list'

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-19 11:20:54

According to a report from The Washington Post, DOGE is using an AI tool to analyze federal regulations and determine which to get rid of. A DOGE PowerPoint presentation obtained by the publication notes that its "AI Solution" — reportedly called the DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool — found that 100,000 out of over 200,000 regulations "can be deleted." The document sets a September 1 goal deadline for agencies to complete their own deregulation lists using the tool, which it says can be done i

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