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Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits

wired.com Makena Kelly 2026-03-23 13:32:32

Democratic senators have concerns that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could break the Social Security Administration’s tech infrastructure. In a new letter addressed to SSA commissioner Frank Bisignano, senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden say that DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” Social Security IT systems could disrupt the delivery of benefits or result in mass data losses. The warning comes after WIRED reported in March that DOGE officials were planning to rebui

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The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

wired.com Molly Taft 2026-03-23 19:36:25

The US Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back emissions standards for power plants, the second-largest source of CO 2 emissions in the country, on Wednesday, claiming that the American power sector does not “contribute significantly” to air pollution. “The bottom line is that the EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says Ryan Maher, a staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. The announcement comes just days after the National Oceanic and Atmospher

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Windows Notepad and Paint are still free - but the AI will cost you. Here's how much

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-18 05:51:34

ZDNET For years, we've been able to freely use all the features in Windows apps like Notepad and Paint. But those days seem to be gone. Yes, the core features are still freely accessible, but the latest AI skills? Not so much. Also: How to remove Copilot from your Microsoft 365 plan A Windows forum post published Thursday described the ways that Microsoft has added AI to Notepad and Paint in Windows 11. In Notepad, you can request a rewrite of the text and even specify whether you want it sho

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20 years working on the same software product

news.ycombinator.com Andy Brice 2025-11-18 06:22:55

I released version 1 of my table seating planning software, PerfectTablePlan, in February 2005. 20 years ago this month. It was a different world. A world of Windows, shareware and CDs. A lot has changed since then, but PerfectTablePlan is now at version 7 and still going strong. PerfectTablePlan v1 PerfectTablePlan v7 I have released several other products since then, and done some training and consulting, but PerfectTablePlan remains my most successful product. It’s success is due to a lot

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As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 04:55:11

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. In 2021, Linux kernel leaders, like founder and leader Linus Torvalds himself, were impressed with the language but had a "wait and see" approach. Rust for Linux gained supporters and momentum, and in October 2022, Torvalds approved a pull request adding support for Rust code in the kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were frustrated wi

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Meta raises executive bonuses by up to 200% after cutting 5% of its workforce

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-11-18 04:44:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust A hot potato: Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has described 2025 as "an intense year" as the company looks to streamline its business. Part of that involves laying off 5% of its workforce, close to 4,000 people. The company is also giving its executives more money, having just approved a plan giving them bigger bonuses – up to 200% of their base salary. According to an SEC filing submitted yesterday, Met

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Get Outside Just After Sunset to See Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade

cnet.com Joe Hindy 2025-11-18 06:00:02

2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade now visible in the night sky. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. The six planets are visible now, and will remain so until late February. Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. You'll need a high-powered viewing dev

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Best Internet Providers in Naperville, Illinois

cnet.com Amanda Kooser 2025-11-18 06:46:00

What is the best internet provider in Naperville? Xfinity is CNET’s top choice for the best internet service provider in Naperville. We've picked it as the top option for most households in the area because it offers a ton of different plans and solid availability. Xfinity's plans start at $35 a month for 150Mbps and go up to $95 for the 2,000Mbps plan. If you're outside the coverage area of Xfinity, you can consider Astound, T-Mobile and Verizon 5G. Looking for the cheapest internet plans in

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EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 04:15:45

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Ten new electric vehicle battery factories are on track to go online this year in the United States. This includes large plants from global battery giants such as Panasonic, Samsung, and SK On, and automakers such as Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Stellantis, and Toyota. If they all open in 2025, the country’s EV batte

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Google’s cheaper YouTube Premium Lite subscription will drop Music

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 09:45:11

YouTube dominates online video, but it's absolutely crammed full of ads these days. A YouTube Premium subscription takes care of that, but ad blockers do exist. Google seems to have gotten the message—a cheaper streaming subscription is on the way that drops YouTube Music from the plan. You may have to give up more than music to get the cheaper rate, though. Google started testing cheaper YouTube subscriptions in a few international markets, including Germany and Australia, over the past year.

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Elon Musk Just Caused a Huge Headache for the New Head of NASA

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 02:06:08

SpaceX CEO and unelected White House advisor Elon Musk unexpectedly said today that he wants the International Space Station destroyed "as soon as possible." In a tweet today, the mercurial entrepreneur asserted that it's "time to begin preparations for deorbiting the space station," arguing that "it has served its purpose," with "very little incremental utility." Instead, Musk argued, the station should be destroyed within two years — but left the final decision "up to the President." It's a

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Astronomers create first 3D map of a hellish alien planet's atmosphere

techspot.com Zo Ahmed 2025-11-18 03:35:00

The big picture: Nearly 6,000 exoplanets have now been confirmed in the vast expanse of the Milky Way galaxy. Some are believed to have the potential to harbor life, while others are so hostile that they make Venus seem mild by comparison. One such planet is the ultra-hot Jupiter known as WASP-121b, nicknamed Tylos – a world so extreme it defies expectations. Located around 900 light-years away in the Puppis constellation, Tylos orbits its parent star at an absurdly close distance, completing a

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Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2025-11-18 04:20:20

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Patient data records can be convoluted and sometimes incomplete, meaning doctors don’t always have all the information they need readily available. Added to this is the fact that medical professionals can’t possibly keep up with the barrage of case studies, research papers, trials and other cutting-edge developments coming out of the industry. New York City-based NYU L

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Thinking about getting a new mobile plan? These are the best phone carriers in the US

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 03:24:27

When you think of U.S. carriers, what comes to mind? For many, it’s Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile — the three biggest networks in the country. But are they really the best carriers? For a lot of people, the answer could be no. Despite their mixed (and largely undeserved) reputation, prepaid services often offer better value and flexibility. In this guide, we’ll jump right in and explore the best carriers in the US market for 2025, whether they run their own networks or operate on an existing netw

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YouTube Premium Lite is coming to the US for the first time, but there’s a catch for music lovers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 06:47:33

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube plans to launch a “Premium Lite” plan. This plan will allow users to watch videos, except for music videos, without ads. Premium Lite will be announced soon for the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand. Late last year, there were reports of users seeing offers to subscribe to YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper alternative to Premium that ended in 2023. At the time, a spokesperson for Google told Android Authority that the company was “testing a

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A cryptocurrency scam that turned a small town against itself

news.ycombinator.com David Yaffe-Bellany 2025-11-18 02:09:22

Online scams are as old as the internet, but the rise of crypto has given con artists a valuable new tool — digital coins that can be transferred instantly, without oversight from banks legally obligated to monitor transactions for malfeasance. In 2023, crypto fraud cost American investors an estimated $4.8 billion, according to the F.B.I. The scams are so common that law-enforcement authorities have taken to calling them by a pithy name: Pig butchering, a rough translation of an expression wide

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Nvidia helps launch AI platform for teaching American Sign Language

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-11-18 06:00:00

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Nvidia has unveiled a new AI platform for teaching people how to use American Sign Language to help bridge communication gaps. The Signs platform is creating a validated dataset for sign language learners and developers of ASL-based AI applications. It so happens that American Sign Language is the third most prevalent language in the United States — but there are vas

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CalArts launches D.R.E.A.M.S. program to train students in location-based entertainment

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-11-18 06:30:00

The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has launched the D.R.E.A.M.S. (Digital Research Entertainment Arts Media Storytelling) Initiative supported by a gift from Tom Dolan and the Dolan Family Foundation. The initiative is intended to prepare students for dynamic careers in the rapidly growing industry of location-based entertainment (LBE)—the creation of unique immersive experiences designed to entertain and educate visitors. The Dolan Foundation was drawn to CalArts in part because t

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AT&T is taking the hassle out of splitting phone bills with friends and family

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 06:32:53

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR AT&T’s new SplitPay feature makes splitting bill payments with friends and family members on your postpaid plan a whole lot easier. It notifies designated users when the bill is due and provides a link to help them pay their share. SplitPay also lets account owners easily track payments and sends alerts when someone hasn’t paid their share before the due date. AT&T is making it incredibly easy for subscribers with multiple lines on a single postpaid

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Jeep’s parent company announces ‘hands free, eyes off’ driving feature

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-11-18 06:43:29

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. Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Dodge, and Ram, announced its first “hands free, eyes off” partial autonomous driving feature. The company is pitching this new feature, which is called STLA AutoDrive, as for drivers who want to reclaim “valuable time” while stuck in stop-and-go traffic. But that said, Stellantis is

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It’s Raining SpaceX Debris in Poland

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-18 11:40:40

If you happened to be awake and looking at the sky at around 3:30 am in Northern Europe on Wednesday, you got quite the show. It was around that time that a Space X Falcon 9 rocket was making an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, with the fiery debris spotted in the sky by residents in Denmark, Sweden, and England, per the BBC. But it was Poland that got to see the aftermath up close and personal, as what is believed to be parts of the rocket crash-landed across the country. Jasn

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Blow Out the Candles, Not Your Budget – NordVPN 72% Off Birthday Sale

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-11-18 04:15:46

NordVPN turns 13, so let’s wish it the happiest birthday! We say this because NordVPN doesn’t accept gifts. It’s the opposite, as it gifts its loyal user base for its own birthday, with two exclusive incentives. Users can save up to 72% on NordVPN’s 2-year plans and get up to 1 year of NordVPN Prime for free on top. This means you pay for a 2-year plan and get 3 years instead! Let’s see what’s in store for this fiery NordVPN celebration. See At NordVPN Get Up to 1 Year of NordVPN for Free We

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Best Internet Providers in Maryland

cnet.com Amanda Kooser 2025-11-18 00:48:00

What is the best internet provider in Maryland? Looking for high speed internet in Maryland? You’re in luck. Maryland has some of the fastest internet speeds of any state, and most residents have access to at least one fiber provider. CNET recommends Verizon Fios as the best internet service provider in Maryland for most households. It offers symmetrical upload and download speeds, plus unlimited data and affordable pricing. Verizon Fios covers most of Maryland's main metro areas. Just keep in

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Mistral's new AI model specializes in Arabic and related languages

zdnet.com Matene Toure 2025-11-18 06:37:37

chrispecoraro/Getty Images Paris-based AI startup Mistral is focusing on providing large language models (LLMs) that understand regional-specific languages and are tailored to grasp the cultural nuances sometimes overlooked in larger, more general-purpose models trained to be versed in multiple languages. Mistral has released its first "specialized" regional language-focused model, Saba. According to Mistral, the 24-billion-parameter model has been trained on "meticulously curated datasets" fr

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Latest Tech News

Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits

The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

Windows Notepad and Paint are still free - but the AI will cost you. Here's how much

20 years working on the same software product

As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase

Meta raises executive bonuses by up to 200% after cutting 5% of its workforce

Get Outside Just After Sunset to See Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade

Best Internet Providers in Naperville, Illinois

EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year

Google’s cheaper YouTube Premium Lite subscription will drop Music

Elon Musk Just Caused a Huge Headache for the New Head of NASA

Astronomers create first 3D map of a hellish alien planet's atmosphere

Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone

Thinking about getting a new mobile plan? These are the best phone carriers in the US

YouTube Premium Lite is coming to the US for the first time, but there’s a catch for music lovers

A cryptocurrency scam that turned a small town against itself

Nvidia helps launch AI platform for teaching American Sign Language

CalArts launches D.R.E.A.M.S. program to train students in location-based entertainment

AT&T is taking the hassle out of splitting phone bills with friends and family

Jeep’s parent company announces ‘hands free, eyes off’ driving feature

It’s Raining SpaceX Debris in Poland

Blow Out the Candles, Not Your Budget – NordVPN 72% Off Birthday Sale

Best Internet Providers in Maryland

Mistral's new AI model specializes in Arabic and related languages

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