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AppleCare One Will Protect Multiple Devices in One Plan, Just in Time for an iPhone 17

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 10:00:59

AppleCare is getting a revamp Wednesday, with Apple announcing the new AppleCare One plan and updates to AppleCare Plus. That new One plan will let you cover multiple devices with a single monthly subscription, and AppleCare is expanding its coverage eligibility to include devices that are up to four years old that remain in good condition. You'll also be able to get AppleCare with theft and loss coverage for the Apple Watch and the iPad starting Wednesday, which previously was only available fo

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Apple launches $20 subscription service to protect your gadgets

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-02-08 10:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple is announcing a new AppleCare subscription called AppleCare One that lets you cover multiple products with a single plan. For $19.99 per month, AppleCare One covers up to three products, and tacking on a new product costs $5.99 per month each. With the products covered under AppleCare One, you get the same coverage you would under AppleCare Plus, including battery cover

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Sony’s new PS5 Power Saver mode sounds ideal for a PlayStation handheld

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-02-08 10:29:30

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Sony is starting to test a new Power Saver mode for PS5 consoles that will allow games to “run with lower power consumption.” The Power Saver mode is being revealed as part of a new PS5 system update beta today, which lets you to pair a DualSense controller with multiple devices. The new PS5 Power Saver mode will scale back game performance in favor of lower power consumption,

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Apple launches $19.99 monthly AppleCare One subscription with coverage for three devices

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-08 10:00:00

Apple announced on Wednesday that it’s launching AppleCare One, a new $19.99 monthly subscription plan that includes coverage for up to three products. Customers can choose to add protection for more devices for $5.99 per month each. Until now, people have had to enroll their Apple devices into separate AppleCare+ plans if they wanted additional coverage for their products beyond the standard warranty. Now, the company is offering bundled coverage. AppleCare One includes all of the benefits of

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The Galaxy Z Flip 7’s new cover screen camera tricks will elevate your selfie game

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-08 21:00:35

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR The Galaxy Z Flip 7’s larger cover screen greatly improves the camera experience, allowing for much better selfies without unfolding the phone. A revamped camera UI offers more on-screen controls optimized for one-handed use, an enhancement that is also coming to older Z Flip models. Other new features like cover screen effects and FlipShot add visual indicators and customization options to the cover screen while taking photos. People often buy clamsh

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Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-08 21:11:44

It's not that believers in conspiracy theories are massively overconfident; there is no data on that, because the studies didn't set out to quantify the degree of overconfidence, per Pennycook. Rather, "They're overconfident, and they massively overestimate how much people agree with them," he said. Ars spoke with Pennycook to learn more. Ars Technica: Why did you decide to investigate overconfidence as a contributing factor to believing conspiracies? Gordon Pennycook: There's a popular sense

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New UK law would ban ransomware payments by publicly funded orgs

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-09 10:08:51

The British government has announced plans to move forward with a law that would bar public organizations from paying off ransomware attackers. The proposed legislation would add schools, town councils, National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and critical infrastructure managers to a ban which already applies to the national government. The logic behind banning payments is simple. If cybercriminals know a ransomware attack against a UK school or hospital won't get them paid, they'll look somewh

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Asymmetry of verification and verifier's law

news.ycombinator.com Jason Wei 2026-02-05 22:45:27

Asymmetry of verification is the idea that some tasks are much easier to verify than to solve. With reinforcement learning (RL) that finally works in a general sense, asymmetry of verification is becoming one of the most important ideas in AI. Understanding asymmetry of verification through examples Asymmetry of verification is everywhere, if you look for it. Some prime examples: Sudoku and crossword puzzles take a lot of time to solve because you have to try many candidates against various c

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Asymmetry of Verification and Verifier's Law

news.ycombinator.com Jason Wei 2026-02-06 04:45:27

Asymmetry of verification is the idea that some tasks are much easier to verify than to solve. With reinforcement learning (RL) that finally works in a general sense, asymmetry of verification is becoming one of the most important ideas in AI. Understanding asymmetry of verification through examples Asymmetry of verification is everywhere, if you look for it. Some prime examples: Sudoku and crossword puzzles take a lot of time to solve because you have to try many candidates against various c

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NonRAID – fork of unRAID array kernel module

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 15:16:18

NonRAID - unRAID storage array compatible kernel driver NonRAID is an fork of the unRAID system's open-source md_unraid kernel driver for supported kernels, but targeting primarily Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, enabling UnRAID-style storage arrays with parity protection outside of the commercial UnRAID system. Unlike in UnRAID, where the driver replaces kernels standard md driver, the NonRAID driver has been separated into it's own kernel module ( md_nonraid ). This allows it to be easily added as a DKMS

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Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-09 12:49:46

Google's search results have undergone a seismic shift over the past year as AI fever has continued to escalate among the tech giants. Nowhere is this change more apparent than right at the top of Google's storied results page, which is now home to AI Overviews. Google contends these Gemini-based answers don't take traffic away from websites, but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center says otherwise. Its analysis shows that searches with AI summaries reduce clicks, and their prevalence is i

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Windows 11 gets new Black Screen of Death, auto recovery tool

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-09 20:30:25

Microsoft is rolling out significant changes to Windows 11 24H2 as part of the Windows Resilience Initiative, designed to reduce downtime and help devices recover from serious failures, as well as an overhaul of the all-too-familiar BSOD crash screens. Microsoft's Windows Resiliency Initiative is a new effort by Microsoft to make Windows more stable, self-healing, and faster to recover from critical failures. This initiative is in direct response to recent incidents that caused widespread disru

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UK government wants ransomware victims to report breaches so it can carry out ‘targeted disruptions’ against hackers

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-02-09 16:36:20

The U.K. government wants to require victims of ransomware to report if they were breached with the goal of providing law enforcement with information that could help target the cybercriminals responsible. On Tuesday, the U.K.’s interior ministry, the Home Office, published a proposal with the aim of changing the British government’s strategy to counter ransomware. Among the three key proposals is a reporting requirement, which would aid authorities in identifying and disrupting hacking operati

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Honda and Acura EV owners gain access to Tesla Supercharger network

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-10 00:06:55

This currently includes just two vehicle models but lays the groundwork for future growth. Honda and Acura EV owners can now take advantage of the sprawling Tesla Supercharger network with the release of the first Honda-approved NACS -CCS DC fast-charging adapter. This means that Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX owners can join the growing ranks of non-Tesla EVs that you might see filling up at any one of the more than 23,500 selected Tesla Superchargers. "Combined with other growing charging netw

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Research shows Google AI Overviews reduce website clicks by almost half

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-10 00:49:46

Google's search results have undergone a seismic shift over the past year as AI fever has continued to escalate among the tech giants. Nowhere is this change more apparent than right at the top of Google's storied results page, which is now home to AI Overviews. Google contends these Gemini-based answers don't take traffic away from websites, but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center says otherwise. Its analysis shows that searches with AI summaries reduce clicks, and their prevalence is i

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$16.5B Apple tax windfall will pay for new electricity and water infrastructure in Ireland

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-10 05:00:00

With the last remaining part of the Apple tax windfall paid to the Irish government recently, we are today learning what the country plans to do with the €14.25B ($16.5B). The country’s prime minister has promised “unprecedented” investment in the country’s ailing infrastructure, with Apple’s money to be spent mostly on electricity and water projects … Irish government receives €14.25B ($16.5B) You can read a summary of the nine-year saga over whether or not Apple owed the Irish government bi

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I Tasted Dozens and Found the Cheapest and Best Meal Kits and Services

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-09 23:00:00

Most prepared meals either arrive frozen or can be frozen after unboxing. That means it's less of an issue if you order too many meals on your first go around. Most services allow you to change the number of meals or servings in your plan even after you've started. With almost every service, the more meals or servings you order per delivery, the cheaper it becomes per meal. You'll want to decide exactly how much food makes sense for your household. If you can't imagine yourself cooking more tha

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UK government wants ransomware victims to report cyberattacks so it can disrupt the hackers

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-02-10 04:36:20

The U.K. government wants to require victims of ransomware to report if they were breached with the goal of providing law enforcement with information that could help target the cybercriminals responsible. On Tuesday, the U.K.’s interior ministry, the Home Office, published a proposal with the aim of changing the British government’s strategy to counter ransomware. Among the three key proposals is a reporting requirement, which would aid authorities in identifying and disrupting hacking operati

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Finally! Chrome is getting vertical tabs - why I'm a huge fan, and where you can try them now

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-02-10 10:10:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Chrome is catching up to other browsers with vertical tabs. This feature has been requested for years and is already available in several popular browsers, such as Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi. And given that Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi are also based on Chromium, this should have been a no-brainer for Google all along. No more third-party extensions Well, according to Windows Report, the Chromium Gerrit (a code review system for Chromium projects) now

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After Fight With Musk, Trump Reportedly Ordered Review of Government SpaceX Contracts

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-10 14:15:31

Now that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are no longer seeing eye to eye, it sounds like the White House is working to undercut the richest man in the world's revenue from Washington. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Trump aides initiated a review of SpaceX contracts with the federal government to identify potential waste — pointed scrutiny not unlike the so-called Department of Government Efficiency helmed by Musk himself prior to his ousting from the Trump administration.

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Leaked Lenovo Legion Go 2 Will Make You Mad at Xbox and Nintendo

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-02-10 20:10:32

If you’re on the fence about whether to snatch up a $450 Nintendo Switch 2, or if you’re still hemming and hawing about that upcoming Xbox handheld made by Asus, there’s one more device that looks set to make your wallet scream bloody murder. We haven’t seen hide nor hair of Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 for about six months now, but leaks suggest it could be the sequel handheld you were actually looking for, thanks to a major screen upgrade that neither Nintendo nor Xbox is offering for its current-gen

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A-lister antics and Schedule A shenanigans

theverge.com Mia Sato 2026-02-10 18:00:00

is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Summer blockbusters like the new Superman and Jurassic World movies may be doing great at the box office, but promoting them is more complicated than ever. The old celebrity playbook of magazine profiles, TV chat shows, and press junkets isn’t enough in an era of audience fragmentation. Publicists now have to strategize which podcasts to make time for, and whether th

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The Verge Launches New Site Features Aimed at Deepening Audience Engagement and Announces New Editorial Newsletters

theverge.com Dane Mcmillan 2026-02-10 20:55:32

NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2025) – The Verge today launched a suite of homepage and editorial product updates aimed at deepening its direct relationship with readers. The announcement includes a new feature that allows readers to follow topics and individual Verge journalists, view those stories in a personalized feed on the homepage, and receive them via a daily digest email. Over the next month, the site will also launch several new editorial newsletters: a daily free flagship newsletter to give r

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UK to ban public sector orgs from paying ransomware gangs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-11 00:01:02

The United Kingdom's government is planning to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks. The list of entities that would have to follow the new proposed legislation includes local councils, schools, and the publicly funded National Health Service (NHS). "Ransomware is estimated to cost the UK economy millions of pounds each year, with recent high-profile ransomware attacks highlighting the severe operational, financial, and even l

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The Great Unracking: Saying goodbye to the servers at our physical datacenter

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Donovan 2026-02-07 00:06:49

Since October 2010, all Stack Exchange sites have run on physical hardware in a datacenter in New York City (well, New Jersey). These have had a warm spot in our history and our hearts. When I first joined the company and worked out of the NYC office, I saw the original server mounted on a wall with a laudatory plaque like a beloved pet. Over the years, we’ve shared glamor shots of our server racks and info about updating them. For almost our entire 16-year existence, the SRE team has managed a

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OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-11 12:35:01

OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services 3 hours ago Share Save Mitchell Labiak & Imran Rahman-Jones Business & technology reporters Share Save Getty Images OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has signed a deal to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase productivity in the UK's public services, the government has announced. The agreement signed by the firm and the science department could give OpenAI access to government data and see its software used in education, defence, secu

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The best mobile VPNs of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-02-11 15:15:14

NordVPN is a fast and reliable VPN with an extensive server network, regardless of what device you use, making it one of my favorite mobile VPNs. Why we like it: Once you've figured out NordVPN, there's no additional learning curve for using it on other devices. When you first open it, you'll see a landing screen map. From here, you can pick a country or head to the fastest local server automatically. If your screen's too small for that to be convenient, you're only a swipe away from a VPN ser

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California DMV Seeking 30-Day Tesla Sale Suspension for Unrealistic 'Autopilot,' 'Full Self-Driving' Claims

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-11 23:23:00

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has brought suit against electric car manufacturer Tesla, alleging false advertising and misleading customers with its "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" features. The DMV is angling for a 30-day suspension of the automaker's license to sell EVs in California for at least 30 days while the courts hash out whether fines or retribution should come next. Tesla is, of course, looking to fight the allegations. What does this mean for you? If the CA DMV's

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The special hell of Bolt, Europe's Uber clone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-12 10:23:40

I was in Latvia a few weeks ago. Riga’s one of the Europeans cities without a good transit link from the airport into city. Snooping around online, I found that the recommended way to get a ride was the use of an app called Bolt, a European clone of Uber. I realize now that I didn’t actually check that Uber wasn’t available in Latvia, but I’m not against experimenting with a new app here and there. I used it twice to get to and from the city center, and it worked perfectly. Neither of my driver

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Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say

news.ycombinator.com Ellen Nakashima 2026-02-11 06:58:06

Hackers exploited a major security flaw in widely used Microsoft server software to launch a global attack on government agencies and businesses in the past few days, breaching U.S. federal and state agencies, universities, energy companies and an Asian telecommunications company, according to state officials and private researchers. The U.S. government and partners in Canada and Australia are investigating the compromise of SharePoint servers, which provide a platform for sharing and managing d

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AppleCare One Will Protect Multiple Devices in One Plan, Just in Time for an iPhone 17

Apple launches $20 subscription service to protect your gadgets

Sony’s new PS5 Power Saver mode sounds ideal for a PlayStation handheld

Apple launches $19.99 monthly AppleCare One subscription with coverage for three devices

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Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

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Honda and Acura EV owners gain access to Tesla Supercharger network

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I Tasted Dozens and Found the Cheapest and Best Meal Kits and Services

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