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DOGE puts $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards

news.ycombinator.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-06-07 18:10:08

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency put a $1 spending limit on most credit cards belonging to employees and contractors of the General Services Administration—a critical agency that manages IT and office buildings for the US government—along with at least three other federal agencies. Similar restrictions are expected to roll out to the entire government workforce soon, according to several sources familiar with the matter. “Effective immediately, all GSA SmartPay Travel a

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Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-06-07 18:50:28

Hasbro unveiled new action figure releases based on the Spider-Man video game franchise on today’s Marvel Legends Fanstream. Venom, Peter Parker, and Miles Morales headline the releases with the variant looks from the games. Each six-inch figure features over 20 points of articulation and game-authentic accessories for posing as if you’ve taken your player out of the game and into real life. This launch also includes Kingpin, Spirit Spider, Black Cat, and a new release of X-Force figures. Take

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See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-07 19:21:39

Garbage truck fires are never ideal, but they are usually not catastrophic. When a fire broke out on December 6 in the back of a garbage truck making its Friday rounds through the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, the fire department responded within five minutes. Firefighters saw flames shooting five feet into the air out the back of the truck, and they prepared to put the fire out using hoses and water. Four minutes after their arrival on scene, however, the garbage truck exploded in rather

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The 3 Best Essential Oil Diffusers (and One to Avoid)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-06-07 14:09:00

I first learned about Pura from a friend whose house always smelled like a high-end boutique under every circumstance. Cooking project, water leak … no matter what was going on in her house at the time, I only ever smelled berries. I have two cats and a multi-sports-playing tween—I knew I needed this. Now, about 14 months into my Pura journey, I have some thoughts. While most of my time has been with the now discontinued Pura 3, I have also since used the Pura 4 and new large-room Pura Plus, al

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DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-06-07 14:57:48

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency put a $1 spending limit on most credit cards belonging to employees and contractors of the General Services Administration—a critical agency that manages IT and office buildings for the US government—along with at least three other federal agencies. Similar restrictions are expected to roll out to the entire government workforce soon, according to several sources familiar with the matter. “Effective immediately, all GSA SmartPay Travel a

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The Watergate-Inspired Law That’s Being Used to Fight DOGE

wired.com Katie Drummond 2025-06-07 15:01:54

Katie Drummond: And ironically, as you mentioned earlier, that's part of what makes these lawsuits so challenging to see through because a judge is assessing risk based on hypothetical harms to American citizens as opposed to actual harm or actual injury. Is that right? Andrew Couts: I mean it depends on exactly what the lawsuit is alleging or what it's attempting to achieve, what kind of legal standards they're going to apply. But typically judges, if they're looking for actual or potential im

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Kia unveils PV5 electric van as a futuristic ‘people mover’

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-06-07 17:23:25

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. Kia revealed the exterior design of the upcoming PV5 electric van, the automaker’s first EV to come out under its “Platform Before Vehicle” (PBV) brand. With the PV5, Kia has declared its intention to compete with heavy hitters like the Volkswagen ID Buzz, Ford E-Transit, Mercedes eSprinter, and Ram ProMaster EV. There are

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Nickelodeon’s next Avatar animated series is finally coming together

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-06-07 17:39:15

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. Rumours about the next mainline Avatar series have been circulating ever since Nickelodeon announced that Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were returning to lead Avatar Studios. But now, we finally know a bit more about where the franchise is heading after The Legend of Korra. Today, Nickelodeon announced that the Avatar saga (w

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Fitbit’s got a battery problem

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-06-07 19:12:49

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. Last month, Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense owners started getting notifications to download a mandatory firmware update. The problem? Overheating batteries. In an official consumer notice, Google (which owns Fitbit) notes that the firmware update would “reduce the risk of battery overheating and reduce battery capacity.” Affected users, of

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Rivian inches closer to profitability but warns ‘changes to government policies’ could hurt

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-06-07 18:28:25

Rivian’s cost-cutting measures have gotten it a lot closer to profitability, but the company is warning that 2025 could still be a challenging year — especially because of the whorl of uncertainty caused by the new Trump administration. The company announced Thursday its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results, and along with it, shared plans to deliver between 46,000 and 51,000 EVs across 2025. Rivian cautioned that “changes to government policies and regulations, and a challenging

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

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-06-07 18:30:00

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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Brace yourself: The era of 'citizen developers' creating apps is here, thanks to AI

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2025-06-07 17:53:00

ZDNET Generative AI (Gen AI) has eliminated much of the grunt work of building applications for professional software developers. Now, the question is: can citizen developers also benefit from this new paradigm in code creation? Some experts certainly think so. Over the coming year, citizen developers will deliver 30% of Gen AI-infused automation apps, predicted Craig Le Clair, principal analyst with Forrester. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (and what not to use - including DeepSeek R1)

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Samsung 870 EVO Internal SSD Hits Record Low Price, Upgrade Your PC for Less

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-06-07 18:55:00

There are a lot of options when it comes to expanding your PC storage capacity? Samsung is one of the most reliable brands for flash memory, with DRAM and NAND produced in-house, allowing for end-to-end integration. That gets you the high performance and quality customers have come to expect from the company. Right now, the 870 EVO SSD is part of a limited time deal at Amazon. The discounts break down as follows. See at Amazon The limited time deal covers multiple storage capacity options of t

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I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-06-07 15:30:00

Are there generative AI tools I can use that are perhaps slightly more ethical than others? —Better Choices No, I don't think any one generative AI tool from the major players is more ethical than any other. Here’s why. For me, the ethics of generative AI use can be broken down to issues with how the models are developed—specifically, how the data used to train them was accessed—as well as ongoing concerns about their environmental impact. In order to power a chatbot or image generator, an ob

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Scuf’s Valor Pro is a promising start for its Hall effect Xbox controllers

theverge.com Quentyn Kennemer 2025-06-07 18:00:00

is a writer who helps The Verge’s readers save money by surfacing the best tech deals and presenting the latest product recommendations from our experts. He has covered tech and gaming for all of his 15-plus-year career for publications like Forbes, Business Insider, and more. Scuf just announced its latest pro-style controller for Xbox and PC, the first to come close to the $100 price point. The $99.99 Scuf Valor Pro — available for purchase starting today in 15 different styles — isn’t exactl

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

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-06-07 18:43:29

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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OpenAI now serves 400M users every week

techcrunch.com Romain Dillet 2025-06-07 18:45:35

In Brief OpenAI is increasingly looking like a consumer company, telling CNBC that it now has 400 million weekly active users. Usage is still growing at a rapid pace as the AI developer behind the AI chatbot, ChatGPT, “only” had 300 million users in December 2024. Though OpenAI has not revealed the number of paid customers with an active subscription to ChatGPT Plus or ChatGPT Pro. On the B2B front, ChatGPT’s enterprise plans are growing nicely: OpenAI now has 2 million paying enterprise users

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Europe risks becoming a 'museum' if it doesn't innovate in AI and deregulate, Swedish PM warns

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-06-07 18:55:26

STOCKHOLM — Europe is at risk of becoming a "museum" if it doesn't soften strict curbs on artificial intelligence technologies and deregulate, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. "I think we really need to step up in Europe ... the American economy, Chinese economy have been growing far faster compared to the European economies over the last 20 years," the premier told attendees of the Techarena event in Stockholm. "If we don't change that, Europe will actually become some k

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Someone just released a PS3 emulator for Android (Update: And it’s gone)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-07 15:24:07

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority Update (0:24 AM EST, February 20, 2025): The aPS3e PS3 emulator made headlines this week as the first functional PS3 emulator on Android. Unfortunately, the app and developer have seemingly disappeared. The project GitHub page and developer Aenu’s account have both disappeared, now offering a 404 error screen. This comes after reports that this new emulator actually used code from the open-source RPCS3 emulator. Furthermore, the developer was asking for $2,00

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This Switch emulator dev is working on a (legit) PS3 emulator for Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-07 20:53:54

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Sudachi developer Jarrod Norwell is working on a new Android port of RPCS3. He is also behind Folium, one of the few emulators on iOS. There’s no playable build yet, but aPS3e has already proved native PS3 emulation on Android is possible. The barrier to PS3 emulation on Android has never been thinner. Although the initial aPS3e app has been removed from GitHub amid licensing controversies, there’s now new hope from a familiar Australian developer. Cal

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Does Apple’s C1 chip mean mmWave 5G is dead?

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-06-07 21:48:50

Apple achieved a major milestone yesterday, when it launched an iPhone with its own in-house modem instead of a Qualcomm one: the C1 chip. This has been a key goal for the company for a great many years for two reasons, so finally ticking the box is a pretty big moment … The twin benefits of the C1 chip As we noted yesterday, ditching a Qualcomm modem for the C1 is a double-win for Apple. First, Qualcomm’s fee structure, which Apple has long considered unfair. When Apple bought modem chips f

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The Oppo Find N5 is an impressive, very thin foldable with a giant battery

engadget.com Unknown 2025-06-07 21:00:58

Oppo is back with a new foldable, and the Find N5 is a technically impressive balance of thinness and power. Skipping over the whole unlucky number four thing (this is technically the fourth iteration of the Find foldable), the company claims its latest book-style foldable is the world’s thinnest at 8.92mm. That's not a lot thicker than a typical flagship phone. Despite that, the Find N5 has a 6.62-inch outer display and an 8.12-inch inner screen which, Oppo says, features multiple durability im

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I doubled my PC's storage with this thumb-sized accessory. Here's how it works

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-06-07 20:35:16

ZDNET's key takeaways PNY 1TB CS3150 M.2 storage drive, available for around $115. Overall, it's a fast M.2 drive with active cooling to keep running temperatures below the maximum rated temperature. The heatsink makes the drive rather bulky, and you will need a 4-pin fan header on the motherboard to power the fans. $169.99 at B&H Photo-Video In the not-so-distant past, the solution for speed-boosting an aging and sluggish PC was to add more RAM or upgrade the processor. Now, the way to sail

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Siddhartha

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-07 22:01:39

1922 novel by Hermann Hesse Siddhartha: An Indian novel (German: Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung; German: [ziˈdaʁta] ⓘ) is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was published in the United States in 1951 by New Directions Publishing and became influential during the 1960s. Hesse dedicated the firs

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Best Internet Providers in Las Vegas, Nevada

cnet.com David Anders 2025-06-07 19:41:00

What is the best internet provider in Las Vegas? CNET ranks Cox as the top internet service provider in Las Vegas, thanks to its extensive coverage and variety of plans. If you don't have access to Cox or simply want to try other options, Quantum Fiber is a solid alternative. For those without access to either, Verizon or T-Mobile’s fixed wireless options may work (starting from $35), though they typically offer slower speeds. For budget-conscious shoppers, Quantum Fiber plans start at $50 a m

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Disney Plus: 20 TV Shows You Should Definitely Watch Right Now

cnet.com Aaron Pruner 2025-06-07 20:00:06

It took five years for Disney Plus to become a formidable streaming platform. That's a commendable accomplishment. Is it really that shocking, though? Where else can you find copious entries from the catalogs of Marvel and Star Wars? Do I even need to mention Bluey? In true Disney fashion, the company's TV streaming service has something for every family member: riveting comic book adventures, magical tales for young adults, educational docuseries and engaging unscripted shows. And though we're

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$830 Off Verizon Promo Codes and Deals

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-06-07 16:20:00

Back in the day, Verizon proved their expansive reach with the spokesperson who asked “Can you hear me now?" With the spokesman pulling a Benedict Arnold and moving to T-Mobile, Verizon is now called the “Network America Relies On,” proven by their 4G LTE network covering 99% of the U.S. population, and 5G network expanding daily (though hovering around 13% now). The telecommunications conglomerate is the second-largest wireless carrier in the US and the largest network in America; now including

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Volvo’s ES90 sedan will be built with a Nvidia supercomputer

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-06-07 16:00:00

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. Volvo’s next electric vehicle, the ES90 midsized luxury sedan, sounds like its got some serious computing chops. The new EV will come with a dual Nvidia Drive AGX Orin configuration, making it the “most powerful car Volvo ever created in terms of core computing capacity,” the company claims today. The new supercomputer is

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Microsoft's new AI for game development called Muse can generate entire gameplay sequences

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-06-07 16:10:00

In brief: Despite the controversy surrounding generative AI, some game designers use the technology to brainstorm concepts during development. Microsoft's new open-source model aims to make this practice feasible for interactive content. It focuses on maintaining consistency across many frames while recognizing and integrating player input. Microsoft researchers recently introduced Muse, a generative AI model designed to extrapolate interactive video game scenarios from images, clips, and recor

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32 of the Best Gifts Under $100 for 2025

cnet.com Desiree Denunzio 2025-06-07 16:32:00

They say dogs are a man's best friend but so are these personalized pet pillows. Whether it's to liven up their office or home, if someone's not actually cuddling with their pet, they can do the next best thing -- cuddle with their likeness in pillow form. You can choose from eight different colorful backgrounds, from gray to mint to lavender, and all you have to do is upload a photo of the pet to Etsy seller DrawYourPortrait. I gifted this pillow to a family that I Chihuahua-sit for, and they l

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DOGE puts $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards

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