NPR staff discovered that middle schoolers were using the Spotify comment section under an episode of its Wild Card podcast to chat with friends, initially mistaking the flurry of cryptic, emoji-laden posts for bot spam. This American Life host Ira Glass investigated the phenomenon, learning that kids sought out podcasts with few existing comments specifically to use as a private-feeling space. NPR says a similar pattern occurred previously on an episode of Ted Radio Hour.
Current-gen consoles including all PlayStation 5 models and the Xbox Series X and Series S are engineered to operate in either vertical or horizontal orientation. The key consideration is airflow, along with placing the units on stable surfaces, away from walls, and out of cramped cabinets to avoid overheating and dust buildup.
GitHub's Primer Design System team replaced its CSS-in-JS styling approach with CSS Modules after performance problems emerged as component counts grew on pages. The switch removes client and server runtime style processing, instead bundling styles into stylesheets delivered with page HTML, and required updates across every Primer component and consuming component at GitHub.
The Wall Street Journal reports that fraudsters exploited Polymarket by placing wagers with stolen debit card information, then withdrawing winnings into accounts they controlled. A payment processor working with Polymarket flagged the scheme as early as February, rejecting over 80 percent of incoming transactions as fraudulent — far above the roughly 1 percent industry norm — with attempted fraud totaling at least $10 million.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a payment processor working with Polymarket flagged widespread use of stolen debit cards to place bets on the platform starting as early as February. Fraudsters allegedly used stolen financial data to wager and then withdrew winnings through other payment channels, with the processor rejecting more than 80 percent of transactions as fraudulent, far above the roughly 1 percent industry norm.
SanDisk has launched the Optimus GX Pro 850P, a Gen 4 NVMe SSD with a heatsink built for the PS5 that shares its underlying design with the WD Black SN850X. The lineup spans 1TB to 8TB capacities priced from $309.99 to $2,249.99, featuring DRAM, TLC 3D NAND, speeds up to 7,300 MB/s read, and a 5-year warranty.
A newly published Nvidia patent describes an AI chatbot designed to help game developers troubleshoot optimization problems using plain-language questions. Spotted by Patentlyze, the system would let developers type queries like why frame times spike or stutter occurs, then automatically generate and run a diagnostic on the GPU and return results for the developer to interpret.
Bradley Chambers argues that many SaaS vendors charge extra to unlock single sign-on, leaving roughly 37% of enterprise apps unprotected by SSO according to data he cited from Dashlane's Vault Enforcement research. He contends this pricing practice pushes companies toward weak passwords and increases security risk, and suggests Apple could address the issue through an acquisition.
Apple's Always-On Display keeps a dimmed Lock Screen visible on supported Pro-model iPhones, but some users find it fully turns off instead of staying dimmed. The feature is limited to iPhone 14 Pro and later Pro models plus the iPhone Air, and can be toggled in Settings under Display & Brightness. Several common settings issues can cause it to malfunction, each with a simple fix.
A tech guide outlines specific Windows 11 settings menus where users can turn off promotional content, including Start menu app recommendations, lock screen tips, search highlights, and personalized offers found under Settings > Recommendations & offers. It also suggests adjusting notification settings to remove 'Suggested' items and checking Installed Apps for manufacturer bloatware that can be uninstalled.
9to5Mac's deals coverage highlights weekend price cuts on Apple hardware, including Beats' 360-degree audio product, AirPods Pro 3 earbuds, the Mac Studio desktop, and the MacBook Air laptop. The roundup compiles discounts currently available from retailers rather than announcing any new Apple products.
Microsoft has revealed a major redesign of its business-facing Copilot tools, which CEO Satya Nadella describes as a 'new OS for work.' The suite includes Home, which can draft and edit Office files; Code, which builds apps from natural-language prompts using GitHub Copilot's engine; and Autopilot, a rebrand of Scout that autonomously handles tasks like scheduling and follow-ups across Teams, Outlook and other apps. Home and Code enter Microsoft's Frontier testing program in coming weeks, with Autopilot reaching private preview by month's end.
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