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In the early morning of January 21, David Balland and his wife were forced at gunpoint into separate vehicles outside their home in Méreau, a commune in the opulent Loire Valley, France. The kidnappers had targeted Balland, who cofounded cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger, with the goal of winning a ransom, a prosecutor has claimed. The kidnappers communicated their demands—the specifics of which have not been disclosed by law enforcement—to Éric Larchevêque, another Ledger cofounder. To flus
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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. On a recent Saturday afternoon, around 50 sign-wielding protesters stood outside the Tesla showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking neighborhood, screaming insults at passing Tesla vehicles. “Uncool car!” “Don’t buy a Swatsticar!” “Major loser!” The excitement peaked when an unsuspecting Cybertruck suddenly pulled around the
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The big picture: Having the last name "Null" is apparently the modern equivalent of being cursed. Just ask the Nulls who endure a never-ending loop of website errors, processing failures, and customer service reps telling them their accounts don't actually exist. And it's all thanks to a computer scientist who decided that, when it comes to programming, the word should be reserved for signifying an invalid or non-existent value. One of the victims is Nontra Null, a 41-year-old clothing designer
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At PayPal 's first investor day in four years, CEO Alex Chriss will deliver a clear message to shareholders: Venmo isn't just an easy way to split the dinner tab. Chriss, who took the helm in September 2023, is trying to spur a turnaround at the payments company, and Venmo is a key part of his effort. The company told investors in New York on Tuesday that Venmo can top $2 billion in revenue by 2027. The last time PayPal provided an annual revenue figure for Venmo was 2021, when it was about $90
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Google TL;DR Google is opening a new retail store in Santa Monica next month. The store will feature demos, sales, and repairs for Google products. This will be Google’s sixth US retail location, with a seventh store planned. Part of what gives Apple its passionate fan following is that the company makes a lasting impression right from the beginning with its retail experience. Apple has physical stores in many high-profile locations worldwide, and they let consumers try out Apple devices wit
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A months-long iPhone 16 ban in Indonesia finally looks set to be lifted, after Apple reportedly agreed to increase its billion dollar investment in the country. The launch of the iPhone 16e would have further added to pressure on the Cupertino company to agree a deal. The latest report says that Apple will sign an agreement with the Indonesian government later this week, with an official lifting of the ban set to be announced immediately afterwards … The saga of the iPhone 16 ban Apple initia
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ZDNET Writers are persnickety creatures. George R.R. Martin wrote all of the Game of Thrones books using DOS and the WordStar word processor -- both artifacts from the 1980s. But when it comes to fussiness about their tools, writers of words don't hold a candle to writers of code. Also: Brace yourself: The era of 'citizen developers' creating apps is here, thanks to AI We coders are extremely particular about the coding environments and setups we use. Many of us work on codebases with hundred
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It's still worth blogging in the age of AI My post about blogging as writing the tutorial that you wished you'd found really took off on Hacker News. There were a lot of excellent comments, but one thing kept coming up: what's the point in blogging if people are using ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek to spoon-feed them answers? Who, apart from the AIs, will read what you write? I was asking myself the same question when I started blogging semi-regularly again last year, and this post is an attempt
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If you need a new phone for less than $300, there are a plenty of options that could fulfill your most important needs. But there's a big trade-off when it comes to phones in this more affordable range. A phone with modern specs like an eye-catching design, improved multitasking and wireless charging might still only receive one or two major software updates and three years of security patches. Some sub-$300 phones have a longer timeline of four years for software updates and five years of secur
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Balatro was selected as CNET's Best Game of 2024, and if you haven't played the addictive poker-themed deckbuilding game now's your chance. On Monday, Microsoft added the game to Xbox Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate -- a CNET Editors' Choice award pick -- offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Series S, Xbox One, PC and mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription provides access to a large library of games, with new titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 added every mo
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What is the best internet provider in Roanoke? CNET recommends Cox as the best internet provider for most households in Roanoke, Virginia. With extensive coverage and budget-friendly plans starting at $30 per month, Cox delivers reliable cable internet to nearly every home in the area. It comes close to T-Mobile Home Internet's $35 discounted rate for the lowest starting price locally but comes with trade-offs like a 1.25TB monthly data cap on select plans and slower cable upload speeds. If sp
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What is the best internet provider in Sugar Land? Xfinity is the best internet provider in Sugar Land, according to our CNET broadband experts. It takes the top spot thanks to its affordable pricing and wide availability in the Sugar Land area. Xfinity provides a lot of options with its plans, which start as low as $20. If you don't live in an area serviced by Xfinity, you can also consider Kinetic by Windstream and T-Mobile Home Internet, both of which are solid options. The fastest plans in
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Last week, a Jeep driver turned to Reddit to do what people do best on the site—complain. Every time they hit the brakes on their Jeep, they wrote, a promotion for an extended warranty plan popped up in the center console. “Press the ‘call’ button to speak to a specialist,” they say the ad encouraged, welcoming the user to use their Bluetooth connection to complete the upsell then and there. Ads are annoying and occasionally insidious; an ad that repeatedly appears inside one’s own car more so.
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It looks like Samsung may have an answer to Oppo’s Find N5 after all, as new leaks claim that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will only be fractionally thicker than the world’s thinnest foldable. That’s according to renders created by OnLeaks based on leaked information. OnLeaks, together with Android Headlines, reports that the Z Fold 7 will be just 4.5mm thick when open. The Find N5 — currently the world’s thinnest book-style foldable — is 4.2mm thick, and the previous record-holder, Honor’s Magic V3, is
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What just happened? More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and the Eurythmics' Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws. The new rules could allow companies to use artists' work to train their AI models without permission. The album, called Is This What We Want?, features recordings of empty studios and performance spaces. Organizers say this represents the potential impact on artists' livelihoods, and creativ
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Room 8 Group said it is strengthening its business structure by combining a couple of gaming brands and hiring new game development and technology leaders. Dragons Lake and Solid Bash brands will consolidate under the Room 8 Group brand. For 2025, Room 8 Group aims to be an end-to-end strategic partner in external game development. The company has established new Technology and Game Development solutions, enhancing its offering and leadership expertise. This change marks a strategic shift from
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A fresh render of the upcoming Motorola Razr Plus 2025 showcases the device in a new Rio Red colorway. It has a striking deep red finish with glossy side rails and faux leather on the back panel. The device is expected to be a minor upgrade over last year’s model, featuring a new Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. The Razr Plus 2024 is currently one of the best foldable phones on the market, but you probably shouldn’t buy it as it’s due for a refresh soon. Motorola
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Apple famously likes to take its time with most forms of new tech, preferring to be best rather than first, and that’s been true of a folding iPhone. The company reportedly hasn’t been impressed with the quality of Android models to date, with one issue in particular most bothering the iPhone maker … The biggest barrier to a folding iPhone One of the biggest complaints about folding phones in general has been a very visible crease in the center of the display when it’s unfolded. Apple was sai
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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 . Apple AirTag packs are on sale at Amazon right now, and you can get a bundle of four for just $68. That's the lowest we've see the four-pack go for on the e-commerce website at $2 less than the previous all-time low. It's a great chance to grab a bunch of the tracking devices in one go
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Amazon doesn’t usually do device events in February, but in a year of turbulence, why not? The company is holding a presentation in New York, and, like in the past, Amazon won’t be livestreaming anything. Engadget will attend, however, and liveblog the event so you’ll know what’s happening. Amazon has teased its next-gen Alexa for what feels like years, promising a conversational vibe and the ability to process and execute complex requests. Is it ready to chat? And what random tech will Amazon
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Maria Diaz/ZDNET Apple has disabled its most advanced data security feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), for UK users following a government request for access to encrypted data. Apple, a staunch opponent of encryption backdoors, chose to disable Advanced Data Protection (ADP) for UK users last Friday. ADP, which provides end-to-end encryption to ensure only account holders can access their iCloud data, is no longer available in the country. Also: The best VPN services (and how to choose
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'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Human LUC7 proteins impact 5’ splice sites with distinct composition. Credit: Connor J. Kenny et al RNA splicing is a cellular process that is critical for gene expression. After genes are copied from DNA into messenger RNA, portions of the RNA that don't code for proteins, called introns, are cut out and the coding
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is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Today is the third anniversary of Valve’s Steam Deck, the handheld gaming PC that all but created the market for handheld gaming PCs. It was a mess to start! But three years later, The Verge has data showing how it has dominated the nascent market. While Valve told us in November 2023 that it had sold “multiple millions” of the AMD-powered
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“Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment. Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed to employ generative AI in specific contexts… and investors are rushing to fund the most interesting of these. In one of the latest examples, a startup out of Israel called Perfect — a platform for recruiters to improve how they source and hire candidates for jobs — has raised seed funding of $23 million. Recruiting teams use Perfect as a co-pilot as they write ope
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Smartwatch shipments in India dipped annually for the first time in 2024, as consumers moved away from cheap, unknown brands. Apple bucked the broader trend, however, with a reported 2.4x growth for the year. According to data from analyst firm Counterpoint, India’s smartwatch shipments dropped 30% year-on-year in 2024. Signs of slowing sales emerged last year, as the market was flooded with unknown brands. The trend aversely impacted established domestic players, slowing the pace of innovation
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Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images On Oct. 5, 2024, Google released a security update for Android 9 and later, which included a new service, Android System SafetyCore. Most of these patches were the usual security fixes, but SafetyCore was new and different. Google said in a developer note that the release was an "Android system component that provides privacy-preserving on-device user protection infrastructure for apps." The update said nothing else. This information left ordinary users in
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A US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars while operating her failed blood-testing startup, once valued at $9bn, rejecting her multi-year appeal. The court also upheld the conviction of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, once Holmes’s romantic partner and president of Theranos. A three-judge panel for the 9th US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco rejected claims of legal errors at their separate trials h
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The independent researcher Adarsh Pandit recently introduced me to the concept of the “gentleman scientist”: a researcher who funds their work independently. After digging around a bit, I was fascinated to learn that independent researchers were fairly common in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many researchers were personally wealthy or had access to deep pockets. Charles Darwin pursued scientific collection as a hobby, and his first voyage on HMS Beagle was funded by his family. James Prescott J
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Tesla's European sales plunged in January, falling 45% compared with the same month in 2024. The decline came despite a rise in EV sales in Europe, with Tesla falling behind China's SAIC Motor. Elon Musk has waded into European politics in recent months, backing far right-wing German party AfD. Tesla sales in Europe plunged in January, falling 45% compared with the same month last year, while overall sales of electric vehicles increased. Elon Musk's automaker sold 9,945 vehicles last month i
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