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Whoop MG review: a big whoop for a small crowd

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-09-03 11:00:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. The tragedy of a niche product is if it sees any success, two things will happen. First, rivals big and small will copy its ideas. Then, to combat that existential threat and appease investors, there’ll be an appeal to the larger mass market. A handful of niche products survive the transition to the mainstream. Most don’t. (See: Nest,

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Tighten up your cap table with Fidelity, Cimulate, and DepositLink at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-03 11:30:00

Fundraising is already hard — don’t let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” Hosted on the Foundation Stage, this conversation brings together seasoned legal, financial, and founder voices to share what works, what slows things down, and what it actually takes to close qui

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Tripadvisor stock surges 10% as Starboard Value builds sizable stake in online travel company

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-03 15:53:31

Tripadvisor stock jumped 10% Thursday after Starboard Value revealed a more than 9% stake in the online travel company, according to a securities filing. The position was valued at about $160 million as of Wednesday's close. Tripadvisor shares have been flat since the start of the year after plummeting more than 30% in 2024. Last year, the travel review and booking company said it created a special committee to explore potential options.

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‘Hot Spring Shark Attack’ Is Goofy and It Knows It

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-03 01:30:46

If you’re looking for adventure horror filled with toothy creatures and slick special effects, buy a ticket for Jurassic World Rebirth. On a much smaller scale, however, there’s another new movie whose title says it all: Hot Spring Shark Attack. How does a shark big enough to chomp on a person find its way into a hot spring? And how does a town dependent on tourism deal with this extremely inconvenient new threat? All is revealed in the goofiest ways. Hot Spring Shark Attack being released so c

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Amazon Offers Fire TV Cube With Luna Controller for 40% Off as Cloud Gaming Bundle for Early Prime Day

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-03 15:10:11

You have a bunch of options when it comes to finding the right streaming device. Heck, there’s plenty of choices just within Amazon’s family of Fire TV products. However, the crown jewel of streaming is The Fire TV Cube. It’s Amazon’s fastest streaming media player with its app’s loading faster than any other Fire TV. The octa-core processor is to thanks, making it twice as powerful as the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. Right now, you can score the Fire TV Cube with a bonus Luna gaming controller for the

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Google Fiber Takes Its Fiber Internet Game to the Next Level Through Partnership With Nokia

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-03 14:00:00

For Google Fiber customers, your home internet experience could improve very soon. Just recently, Google Fiber announced its partnership with Nokia, a telecommunications company. Through this partnership, Google Fiber and Nokia have begun testing network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their network. Google Fiber Head of Product Nick Saporito tells CNET that “network slicing could give customers more control over how their internet perfo

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How to Fix Your Phone's Personal Hotspot When It's Not Working

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-03 14:00:13

Your phone's personal hotspot feature can come in handy in so many ways. For instance, if your home internet is experiencing an outage or if you brought your laptop to a cafe that doesn't offer Wi-Fi access, you can instead use your cellular data plan to get your other devices online. All recent iPhone and Android phones offer this feature, and if your cellular plan supports it, you can connect your laptop or other devices through your phone's 4G or 5G connection. While your phone's cellular co

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Uber drivers in British Columbia, Canada have unionized

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-03 19:24:34

Uber drivers in British Columbia, Canada have joined a union and are now seeking the first collective deal for ride-share drivers in the country, according to Bloomberg. Drivers from Greater Victoria, in particular, have joined UFCW 1518, the province's largest private sector union, which currently represents over 28,000 workers across multiple sectors. "The organizing victory represents a new chapter for app-based workers, demonstrating that all workers deserve a voice in their working conditio

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The Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam drops to $40 for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-03 19:35:13

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Ring's indoor camera that has a motorized base to give you a 360-degree view is cheaper than ever in a Prime Day deal. The Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam normally goes for $80, but it's dropped to just $40 for the Amazon savings event. That's even lower than the previous all-time low price of $50

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AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-09-03 19:18:28

In the new AI economy, it seems no job is safe, not even at a thriving business. Microsoft’s Xbox division is a case in point. Last quarter, its revenue soared by 8% year over year. And yet, the division is now at the center of the tech giant’s largest wave of layoffs since 2023, with thousands of its employees among the 9,000 jobs cut by Microsoft on Wednesday. In a memo sent to his shell-shocked employees and reviewed by Gizmodo, Microsoft’s head of gaming, Phil Spencer, performed a mastercla

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The 7 Best Kitchen Scales Reviewed by a Former Chocolatier (2025)

wired.com Tyler Shane 2025-09-03 19:03:00

It’s hard to overstate the convenience of a solid kitchen scale for home cooks. Digital kitchen scales open up a new world of possibilities when it comes to upping your cooking or baking game, allowing precision in measuring ingredients, consistency in recipes, and efficiency in the kitchen. As more and more recipes are converted to grams (my favorite measuring metric), there’s no reason to put off investing in a digital scale, especially with how affordable these gadgets can be. Most—like our

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A guide to the best sci-fi streaming this summer

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-09-03 19:00:00

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. It’s that time again: for a third year running, the summer is looking pretty great for streaming some science fiction. There’s just something about cool fictional futures that’s a good fit for hot summer days spent indoors, and it seems the various streaming services agree. It’s been a pretty good year so far for the genre, with the ret

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Here’s why everyone is using YouTube Music — even if they don’t love it!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 03:00:49

Joe Maring / Android Authority Not many years ago, if you mentioned YouTube Music in a room full of long-time Google Play Music users, you could probably hear their collective sigh from space. Google retired its beloved service in 2020 and replaced it with something that, at the time, felt underbaked to be a true music player. Fast-forward to 2025, and while the groans haven’t completely died down, nearly everyone we know, including our readers, is using YouTube Music. This revelation came str

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 get another appearance before launch, this time with cases

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 04:04:28

Ringke TL;DR Casemaker Ringke has listed a range of cases for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7 before the official launch. The images affirm previously leaked design changes coming to Samsung’s foldables. Samsung will unveil these devices on July 9 alongside the Galaxy Watch 8 series. In less than a week’s time, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 will be officially unveiled. Multiple leaks from credible sources have already revealed design changes that Samsung is expected to bring

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

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-04 04:04:20

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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The best fast chargers for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-04 02:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . A good fast charger can make a world of difference when you're low on battery and short on time. With more devices — from smartphones to laptops — supporting quick-charging tech, having an accessory that can deliver serious power in minutes is almost essential. Many newer phones no lon

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Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

news.ycombinator.com Pedro Tavares 2025-09-01 18:43:57

For years, I’ve felt that writing lines of code was never the bottleneck in software engineering. The actual bottlenecks were, and still are, code reviews, knowledge transfer through mentoring and pairing, testing, debugging, and the human overhead of coordination and communication. All of this wrapped inside the labyrinth of tickets, planning meetings, and agile rituals. These processes, meant to drive quality, often slow us down more than the act of writing code itself because they require t

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Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2025: How to Watch From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-04 04:00:08

The Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special is the premier holiday spectacle, and for good reason. For the past five decades, the nation's largest Independence Day extravaganza has pulled out all the stops to entertain viewers -- both in-person and at home. Now in its 49th year, the showcase is back to celebrate America's big day with an array of jaw-dropping fireworks, colorful arrangements and epic musical performances. This year, the New York institution will feature "more than 80,000 shells,"

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What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-03 19:48:04

Image by Kayla Bartkowski / Getty / Futurism Developments A smiling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was seen with a strange white thing in his mouth during a recent Congressional hearing — and we're almost positive we know what it is. When publishing a story about the Health and Human Services secretary's worm-brained plan to start approving new drugs with AI, the fine folks at Gizmodo chose as its header image a photo of the political scion baring a wide and menacing smile. In that photo, a small whi

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The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-04 05:00:36

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The newest wireless earbuds from Apple, Sony, Bose and other big-name brands may get the most attention, but these days you don’t have to spend triple digits to find a decent alternative. If you’re looking to upgrade without spending more than $100, we’ve spent hours researching the ba

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Scary Survey Results: Teen Drivers Are Often Looking at Their Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-04 02:01:03

A new study reveals that teen drivers in the US are spending more than one-fifth of their driving time distracted by their phones, with many glances lasting long enough to significantly raise the risk of a crash. Published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention and released on Thursday, the research found that, on average, teens reported looking at their phones during 21.1% of every driving trip. More than a quarter of those distractions lasted two seconds or longer, which is an amount of time

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Hydrow Discount Code: Save Up to $150 in July

wired.com Chris Haslam 2025-09-04 03:10:00

Hydrow rowing machines transformed the at-home fitness market when they launched in 2017. With their full-body low-impact training methods, Hydrow makes it easier to hit your fitness goals without leaving the house. The flagship Hydrow Pro is their most advanced model, but we also recommend the Hydrow Wave Rower for those with limited space. Both machines come with professional components, high resolution screens and an expansive library of over 5000 live and on-demand classes. With over half of

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AI job predictions become corporate America’s newest competitive sport

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-09-04 03:30:18

In Brief In late May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared to kick open the door on a sensitive topic, warning that half of entry-level jobs could vanish within five years because of AI and push U.S. unemployment up to 20%. But Amodei is far from alone in sharing aloud that he foresees a workforce bloodbath. A new WSJ story highlights how other CEOs are also issuing dire predictions about AI’s job impact, turning employment doom into something of a competitive sport. Several of these prediction

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Whole-genome ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian

news.ycombinator.com Morez Jacobs 2025-09-04 03:24:46

Provenance and ethics The human remains were excavated from the Nuwayrat necropolis near Beni Hasan, Egypt. They were donated between 1902 and 1904 by the Egyptian Antiquities Service to the members of the Beni Hasan excavation committee and subsequently donated to the Institute of Archaeology, University of Liverpool and exported under the John Garstang export permit. The human remains were then donated to the World Museum (previously the Liverpool City Museum) in 1950. Sampling permit was gra

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That XOR Trick (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 01:32:41

There are a whole bunch of popular interview questions that can be solved in one of two ways: Either using common data structures and algorithms in a sensible manner, or by using some properties of XOR in a seemingly hard to understand way. While it seems unreasonable to expect the XOR solutions in interviews, it is quite fun to figure out how they work. As it turns out, they are all based on the same fundamental trick, which we will derive in a bottom-up way in this post. Afterwards we will lo

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Tesla's Self-Driving Mode Causes It to Get Hit by Train

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-04 14:25:04

Tesla's so-called "self-driving" features have some serious issues with train tracks — and in a recent instance, it led to a small collision with a moving freight train. As Pennsylvania-based broadcaster WFMZ reports, a family of three was forced to exit their Tesla in the wee hours of the morning after it decided, when in an assisted driving mode, to turn left onto some train tracks. Jared Renshaw, the fire commissioner for Southeastern PA's Western Berks County, told WFMZ that the car was in

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Features of D That I Love

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 10:45:28

10 features of D that I love This is a beginner-friendly post exploring some of my favourite parts of the D programming language, ranging from smaller quality of life stuff, to more major features. I won’t talk much about D’s metaprogramming in this post as that topic basically requires its own dedicated feature list, but I still want to mention that D’s metaprogramming is world class - allowing a level of flexibility & modelling power that few statically compiled languages are able to rival.

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Amazon Offers the Dreo Smart Tower Fan at All-Time Low Ahead of Prime Day Just in Time for the Heat

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-04 15:10:22

Keeping your house cool during the summer can be tough. Maybe you don’t have central air. Or maybe your family insists that you keep the thermostat higher than what’s normally to your liking. Whatever the case may be, now that the warmer months are here, you might want to cool things down a bit. And the temperature can be hard to bring down when you don’t have a lot of options. Luckily, a fan can be just the soothing balm you need to stop dealing with sweaty nights and frustrating days. And this

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DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-04 18:14:41

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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What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 17:29:37

Credit: Ultra Heaven In this post, I analyze nootropics ratings I gathered through a recommender system. Jump directly to What I learned if you don’t like caveats and methodology. The effectiveness of a nootropic varies a lot from one person to another (your mileage will vary). This is why I built a nootropic recommendation system Enter ratings on nootropics you’ve tried, and it will spit out nootropics liked by people with similar rating patterns. This was initially based on the 2016 SlateSta

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Whoop MG review: a big whoop for a small crowd

Tighten up your cap table with Fidelity, Cimulate, and DepositLink at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

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