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Did Verizon Toss Your Loyalty Discount? You Might See Higher Bills in September

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 05:58:03

Loyalty works both ways, and Verizon is about to discover whether its longtime subscribers will stick with the mobile carrier after it ends some loyalty discounts. Verizon is also hiking administrative fees, which aren't included in the base prices of many plans. As everything else gets more expensive, Verizon customers are likely to be hit with incrementally higher bills. Loyalty discounts disappearing… and returning? Commenters in Verizon forums on Reddit last week shared notifications from

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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-07 04:15:40

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming t

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Virtual Linux Devices on ARM64

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 18:51:00

500 virtual Linux devices on ARM 64 Underjord is an artisanal consultancy doing consulting in Elixir, Nerves with an accidental speciality in marketing and outreach. If you like the writing you should really try the pro version. This is the first part of an experimental journey as I explore how many instances of my favorite IoT framework I can run on the 192 core Ampere One. Background I work on the Nerves project which is an IoT framework providing best-practice underpinnings and support so

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Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-06 15:30:00

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The United Kingdom had enacted its far reaching child safety laws, which includes an age requirement system to verify users are over 18. Discord’s updates required users to verify their age, either by government ID or a face scan. Siyan (who requested to only be referred to by his screen name for privacy

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Secretive, Peter Thiel-Founded ‘Tech Bilderberg” Group Is Moving Up in the World

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-07 06:30:57

A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C., according to a report from Axios. The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players. Working off information provided by a source with knowledge of the group’s activities, Axios claims that Dialog—which it says is “often compared to a tech-era Bilderberg”—has plans for

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9 Things We Loved, and 4 Things We Didn’t, About ‘Wednesday’ Season Two, Part One

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-07 11:00:20

Netflix hit Wednesday is back with part one of the long-anticipated second season of Tim Burton’s Addams Family spin-off. Jenna Ortega steps back into those black-soled shoes with new mysteries afoot, as new threats rise against the outcasts of Nevermore Academy—but while we largely enjoyed what the first four episodes brought to the table, there are a few things we really hope get cleared up when part two drops. We Loved: More Addams Family antics With Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) attending Neverm

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The Tesla Cybertruck May Have Found Its True Calling: Target Practice

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 09:51:00

Table of Contents The Tesla Cybertruck May Have Found Its True Calling: Target Practice Few vehicles inspire stronger opinions than the Tesla Cybertruck. Drivers and passersby either love or hate the shiny, sharp-angled trucks, many of which have been vandalized and even shot with paintball guns as a reaction against Tesla CEO and former Trump administration staffer Elon Musk. So this one's for you, Cybertruck haters: The Air Force recently had 33 vehicles, including two Cybertrucks, delivered

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DaVinci Resolve has new immersive tools for spatial video editing

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-07 16:35:42

Today, Blackmagic Design announced a major update to DaVinci Resolve Studio, with extended support for editing spatial videos captured with its immersive camera. Here’s what’s new. Last year, Blackmagic Design launched the URSA Cine Immersive camera, which it called “the world’s first commercial camera system designed to capture Apple Immersive Video.” With a double-lens system that records stereoscopic 3D videos, the camera was launched alongside an updated version of DaVinci Resolve that “le

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Lotus is the latest carmaker to upgrade CarPlay

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-07 16:37:23

British sports car maker Lotus is upgrading the CarPlay experience for iPhone users this week with a free software update. Starting this week, Spatial Audio in CarPlay is available in the electric Eletre and Emeya models from Lotus. The update enhances Apple Music playback with immersive Dolby Atmos sound, powered by KEF’s premium in-car audio systems. Pushing the boundaries of the in-car listening experience, ELETRE and EMEYA are equipped with ground-breaking technologies from legendary Briti

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The ISS Crew Is Returning to Earth: Here's How to Watch Online

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 14:53:00

It's time to change crews on the International Space Station. On Friday, you can tune in to NASA's live coverage of the return of Crew-10 on NASA Plus, Amazon Prime and more streaming services. Events begin with the hatch closure and undocking on Friday, and the crew returns on the following day. The return was delayed a day due to high winds at the splashdown sites off the California coast. Weather conditions will be continually monitored, and the specific splashdown location will be determine

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Apple’s F1 film helped drive Formula One Group’s top-speed revenue growth

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-07 21:46:32

The F1 movie isn’t just a hit for Apple. The Formula One Group credits Apple in part for its recent revenue boost. The Hollywood Reporter has the story: The company, which is owned by Liberty Media, saw a one-time revenue increase from the release of the film in late June, which contributed to the group’s 40 percent rise in revenue year-over-year to hit $1 billion. Executives quantified the impact of the movie on revenue as “as a mid-teens number for the quarter,” with other drivers including

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Peloton Is Cutting Jobs and Shifting Focus to Members’ ‘Entire Wellness Journey’

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-08 06:10:31

Peloton, the struggling New York-based fitness tech company, announced today that it plans to cut roughly six percent of its workforce in an effort to save costs and turn the company around. Additionally, the company’s new CEO, Peter Stern, told investors that the company would be expanding beyond its cardio roots and into the general health and wellness space. “This is not a decision we came to lightly, as it impacts many talented team members, but we believe it is necessary for the long-term

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Adam Mosseri says 'people are confused' about how the Instagram map works

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-08 11:47:40

Yesterday, Meta introduced a new map feature that's almost identical to Snapchat's Snap Map. The feature has quickly sparked a backlash, though, and not just because it's yet another example of Instagram ripping off a Snapchat feature. While the map requires users to opt-in to share their location, many users were surprised and alarmed to see that their Instagram map was already populated with the locations of some accounts when it launched. That's because the map automatically pulls in locatio

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The Disturbing AI Interview That Has Everyone Fuming

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-08 11:40:09

It was billed as a “one-of-a-kind interview,” but it may be remembered as a new low for journalism. Jim Acosta, the former CNN anchor turned Substack host, has ignited a firestorm of controversy by conducting what may be one of the most unsettling interviews of the AI era: a televised conversation with an AI-generated version of Joaquin Oliver, the 17-year-old who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The interview aired at the reques

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Survey reveals how Verizon’s price hikes are affecting its customer base, and it’s not good news

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-08 09:52:21

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Verizon is in the news for losing 51,000 postpaid subscribers between April and June this year and then doubling down by removing loyalty discounts and driving bills up. Ironically, the company recently gave away free concert tickets, gift cards, branded freebies, and more. Either way, customers are not amused by their rising bills, and unsurprisingly, many of you are looking to switch carriers. We received over 1400 votes on our survey, and almost 900 of th

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Microsoft has ended 'active development' on Contraband

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-08 16:53:33

The upheaval continues for gaming at Microsoft. The latest victim appears to be Contraband, a planned release from Avalanche Studios with Xbox Game Studios as publisher. The co-op open-world game from the studio behind the entertaining Just Cause series was teased in a brief, mostly atmospheric trailer at E3 2021. But very little had been heard since about the project, and it seems the axe is currently hanging pretty precariously above Contraband. "Active development has now stopped while we ev

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New EDR killer tool used by eight different ransomware groups

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-08 16:58:31

A new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) killer that is considered to be the evolution of 'EDRKillShifter,' developed by RansomHub, has been observed in attacks by eight different ransomware gangs. Such tools help ransomware operators turn off security products on breached systems so they can deploy payloads, escalate privileges, attempt lateral movement, and ultimately encrypt devices on the network without being detected. According to Sophos security researchers, the new tool, which wasn'

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Tesla’s Biggest Rivals Warn the EV Party Might Be Over

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-08 16:10:52

It’s going to be tough, and it’s going to be uncertain. That was the clear message from Rivian and Lucid, America’s two most promising electric vehicle manufacturers, as they gave a grim forecast for the future of the EV market. After a brief sugar rush of sales, Tesla’s top rivals are bracing for a brutal hangover, hit by a double punch of hostile policies from the second Trump administration: crippling tariffs and the fast-approaching end of the federal EV tax credits that have propped up the

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US military finds a good use for Tesla Cybertruck: missile target practice

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-12-08 16:17:49

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. Elon Musk has long bragged that the Tesla Cybertruck is a uniquely impervious vehicle thanks to its stainless steel body and “bulletproof” windows, calling it “an armored personnel carrier from the future.” Now that claim will be put to the test by none other than the US Air Force, which aims to use the Cybertruck for some

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iOS 26’s Notes app adds a clever new way to use its many tools

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-08 21:30:44

Apple Notes gets more powerful every year, and iOS 26 adds its own batch of new features. With new capabilities comes the threat of feature bloat, but Notes has a clever solution that makes its ever-growing set of tools more easily accessible in iOS 26. iOS 26 gives Apple Notes an ‘adaptive toolbar’ Notes was once an extremely simple iPhone app. Features were minimal, as Apple prioritized just making it a quick place to jot down notes. But at some point, the company started aggressively build

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HBO Max plans aggressive crack down on password sharing starting next month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-08 21:43:57

Another major streaming platform is set to crack down on password sharing. JB Perrette, head of streaming and gaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, just told investors that HBO Max will begin an "aggressive" messaging campaign about the practice beginning next month, according to an earnings report. Beyond stricter messaging, the company is looking to close any and all loopholes that allow users to share account passwords by the end of the year. Perette said the company has been testing to determin

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-08 20:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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SonicWall finds no SSLVPN zero-day, links ransomware attacks to 2024 flaw

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-09 02:27:43

SonicWall says that recent Akira ransomware attacks exploiting Gen 7 firewalls with SSLVPN enabled are exploiting an older vulnerability rather than a zero-day flaw. The company says that the attackers are targeting CVE-2024-40766, an unauthorized access flaw fixed in August 2024. "We now have high confidence that the recent SSLVPN activity is not connected to a zero-day vulnerability," reads the update on the SonicWall bulletin published this week. "Instead, there is a significant correlatio

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7 common household devices to unplug to save money on your electricity bill

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-09 00:14:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Costs are steadily rising in the US, and energy costs are a prominent example. This is made worse by summer temperatures being at record highs, with heat waves wreaking havoc across various states in the past few weeks. As someone who's gone through a few of these this summer alone, I'm constantly looking for ways to conserve energy. There are many little things you can do that can shave dollars off your monthly energy bill, and they go beyond switching off the lights when you

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things 99% of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-09 02:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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Let's stop pretending that managers and executives care about productivity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 00:33:39

Let's stop pretending that managers and executives care about productivity I’ve just been on a bit of a summer break. Did a bit of travel locally. Visited Hvalfjörður. Walked a lot. I know from experience that if I don’t take a summer break, the winter becomes more of a slog and my thoughts become groggier. Often, as soon as you rest, your mind starts to “helpfully” come up with ideas to help fill your time. One of the invasive thoughts that kept prodding my brain during my break was about mo

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HBO Max is about to get ‘aggressive’ to stop password sharing

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-09 06:44:20

The days of streaming service password sharing seem to be ending fast. HBO Max just signaled that it’s about to launch an “aggressive” campaign to snuff out password sharing among subscribers. Here’s what that means. HBO Max plans to eliminate password sharing soon Last fall, HBO Max—which at the time was just Max, and had a blue logo—said it would start telling password sharers they had to pay more for the privilege. It seems that campaign didn’t move the needle much. JB Perrette, head of s

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The spellbinding Ball x Pit will hit PC and consoles on October 15

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-09 06:11:56

Back in June, publisher Devolver Digital decided to switch up its usual Summer Game Fest showcase format and dedicate it to a single game, Ball x Pit by indie developer Kenny Sun and a few collaborators. The demo sunk its claws into me , and I've been looking forward to the full game ever since. During Nintendo's Indie World stream on Thursday, it emerged that Ball x Pit is coming to Switch, PC , PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Game Pass on October 15. A Switch 2 version will arrive later this year. B

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FedEx St. Jude Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 05:00:00

The battle to become the 2025 season champion picks up a gear this weekend as the FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway with the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. The first instalment of the three-part playoffs features a 68-man field from 70 qualifiers, with that number set to be cut down t

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How to watch OpenAI’s ‘longer than usual’ GPT-5 reveal, as teased by a Death Star

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-09 16:28:31

“That’s no moon,” as Obi-Wan Kenobi once said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stirred intrigue with a cryptic post last night showing the Death Star from Star Wars as a hint that something big is coming. That “something big” is undoubtedly GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model coming to ChatGPT. The company shared a less ambiguous post on X yesterday teasing the upcoming livestream. Since then, Altman has added that OpenAI’s next livestream will be “longer than usual” with a runtime of “about an hour.”

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