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The next Pixel event is on August 20

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 23:28:32

Google will host its next Made by Google event on August 20, the company announced today. In a media invite the search giant shared with Engadget, it promised the event would feature new Pixel phones, watches, buds "and more." At its annual hardware event last year, Google announced the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2. Between the company's invite and what came out of last year's event, expect a refresh of nearly the entire Pixel line.

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Reddit is back online after outage

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 23:43:27

If you were having trouble viewing Reddit today, you weren't alone. Downdetector showed a spike in outages and problems at the site. Reddit acknowledged the problem on Wednesday. At 12:38PM ET, it said the situation had been resolved. Reddit told Engadget that an update was the culprit. "An update we made caused some instability," a company spokesperson said. "We reverted and are seeing Reddit ramp back up." If you tried to visit Reddit this morning, you likely saw a message reading, "Server e

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Best Internet Providers in New Hampshire

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 22:02:00

What is the best internet provider in New Hampshire? CNET's top choice for the best internet provider in New Hampshire is Fidium Fiber. This is thanks to the broadband's extensive fiber network, which, while it isn't everywhere in the area, is pretty expansive overall. With competitive prices and being well-known for its customer-friendly service, there's a lot to like about Fidium Fiber. It helps that the equipment is included, as well as Fidium offering plans that are contract-free. If you're

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Transit software startup Via confidentially files for an IPO

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-22 04:09:40

Via, the transit software startup that garnered attention for its consumer-facing on-demand shuttle service, said it has filed confidentially for an initial public offering. Via has been batting around plans for an IPO for years. The company filed confidentially for an IPO in 2021, but never took the next official and regulatory steps to enter the public markets. Now, the company says it’s ready. Its status as a confidential filing, however, leaves lots of missing details, including the number

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Faraday Future faces potential SEC enforcement action after three-year probe

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-22 04:12:49

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent letters to Faraday Future founder Jia Yueting and president Jerry Wang, alerting them that they may soon face enforcement actions from the agency as the result of a three-year fraud investigation. The letters, known as “Wells Notices,” state that the commission’s staff has made an internal determination to recommend an enforcement action against the electric vehicle company, the two executives, and two former employees who weren’t named, acc

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Stranger Things 5’s first trailer promises an epic showdown

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-22 09:05:31

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful

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Rough road to “energy dominance” after GOP kneecaps wind and solar

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 14:45:56

As the One Big Beautiful Bill Act squeaked its way through Congress earlier this month, its supporters heralded what they described as a new era for American energy and echoed what has become a familiar phrase among President Donald Trump’s supporters. “Congress has taken decisive action to advance President Trump’s energy dominance agenda,” said American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers in a statement after the House passed the bill. Republicans concurred, with legislators r

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UK retail giant Co-op confirms hackers stole all 6.5 million customer records

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-22 14:20:33

The chief executive of U.K. retail conglomerate the Co-op on Wednesday said that hackers had stolen the personal data of all of the company’s customers during an April cyberattack. Co-op Group CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq told BBC News that the hackers copied the company’s member list of 6.5 million members, but that the Co-op shut down its network before the hackers could lock up its systems with ransomware. The members’ data includes names, addresses, and contact information. The retailer’s netwo

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Our favorite budgeting app is 50 percent off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-22 18:44:40

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 . Quicken Simplifi plans will cost you under $40 for the year thanks to this deal. Budgeting can be a challenge, especially when you're trying to pay for the daily cost of life and save for things you want like a new gaming console or laptop. But there are plenty of tools out there that

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Best Camping Chairs (2025): Snow Peak, Kelty, Helinox, and More

wired.com Chris Haslam 2026-01-22 18:30:00

Picking the right camping chair will enhance your time in the outdoors, whether you're thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or pitching up at a boutique campground. Here's what to consider to find the ideal seat for your adventures. Portability: For backpacking beyond the campground carpark, weight and packed size are crucial. Ultralight chairs like those from Helinox and Nemo are designed to be easy to carry. Many hardcore hikers are happy to sit on the ground or take a simple foam sit mat like

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A Staggering Proportion of Teens Say Talking to AI Is Better Than Real-Life Friends

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-23 03:00:48

A new survey found that over half of American teens are regular users of anthropomorphic AI companions like Character.AI and Replika. That's striking on its own, as an illustration of how embedded AI companions have become in mainstream teenage life. But even more startling were the 31 percent of surveyed teens who said their interactions with AI companions were either as satisfying or more satisfying than conversations with real-life friends — a finding that shows how profoundly AI is already

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Is Chrome OS and Android’s merger just hot air or a new era of personal computing?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-23 02:16:09

🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. [/highlight] Google is set to merge two of its mobile computing platforms into one unified system. According to confirmation by Google’s president of Android ecosystem, Sameer Samat, the company will combine Chrome OS and Android “into a single platform.” No timeline was given, but this nod confirms a report we published in Nove

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Tidy up your Mac office space with a Thunderbolt dock hidden under your desk

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-01-23 05:46:13

Like many people these days, I work from home and use a 16-inch MacBook Pro with an external display. I have been a long-time user of the OWC Thunderbolt Dock which lets me connect my display and various peripherals to the hub’s I/O ports, with only a single cable plugged in to the laptop. This dock has simply sat atop the desk, until recently. I came across a further improvement to my setup which helps declutter even more. Quite simply, I discovered this cable management tray that lets the doc

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Metadata Shows That Critical Minutes Were Deleted From the Epstein Video

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-23 12:08:36

Try as he might, President Donald Trump is failing miserably to get the world to move on from the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein crisis. Trump's loyal fan base devolved into a cesspool of conspiracy theories after the White House walked back claims about the late billionaire sex criminal, concluding that Epstein had no "client list" and that the sex criminal had killed himself in jail, rather than being killed to keep him silent. In a wildly backfired attempt to sweep the affair under the rug

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Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders

wired.com Will Knight 2026-01-23 14:02:19

Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by top researchers who fled OpenAI, has raised a record $2 billion seed round that values the fledgling firm at $12 billion. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included Nvidia, Accel, Cisco, and AMD—among others. The mammoth investment reflects the ultracompetitive race to build advanced AI systems, as well as the premium placed on top AI talent. It is the largest seed funding round in history. Thinking Machine

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The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Ventures closes $100M third fund

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2026-01-23 14:36:04

In Brief Mantis Ventures, the venture capital firm co-founded by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the electronic DJ group The Chainsmokers, has raised $100 million in commitments for its third fund. At $100 million, the firm’s newest fund is 25% larger than Mantis’s previous $80 million fund, a notable achievement at a time when many venture firms are struggling to maintain their existing fund sizes or secure new capital. Mantis has invested in B2B companies, such as cybersecurity firm Chainguar

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‘Whatever She Thinks Is Credible’: Trump Says Pam Bondi Should Release Part of Epstein Files

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-23 18:10:55

President Donald Trump angered his own supporters recently when his U.S. Department of Justice said it wouldn’t be releasing any more information about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But after days of outrage, including from the Deputy Director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, Trump is now signaling that Attorney General Pam Bondi might release something. Still, don’t expect to see anything that would make Trump look bad. Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday and was asked

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The M4 Mac Mini Offers the Best Value I've Seen From an Apple Product, and It's $60 Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-23 18:29:00

I bought the M4 Mac Mini after reading CNET laptop expert Joshua Goldman's review of the tiny machine. I was looking for a computer that would increase my productivity and better organize my workflow. Since then, I've found it to be the best value for money among Apple's lineup. For less than $600, you can get a more powerful computer than the $999 MacBook Air. The M4 Mac Mini, Apple's smallest computer, is an easy recommendation for me since it's one of CNET's picks for the best desktop comput

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OpenAI's image model gets built-in style feature on ChatGPT

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-23 23:12:59

OpenAI's image gen model, which is available via ChatGPT for free, now lets you easily create AI images even if you're not familiar with trends or prompt engineering. Right now, if you want to create outstanding anime art, you need to come up with a very well-written prompt, and then ChatGPT will process your request. While prompt engineering is necessary, you might not always get the quality you're expecting from the AI. GPT Styles Source: BleepingComputer.com To help you easily create ima

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Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-23 23:00:05

Meta has fixed a security bug that allowed Meta AI chatbot users to access and view the private prompts and AI-generated responses of other users. Sandeep Hodkasia, the founder of security testing firm AppSecure, exclusively told TechCrunch that Meta paid him $10,000 in a bug bounty reward for privately disclosing the bug he filed on December 26, 2024. Meta deployed a fix on January 24, 2025, said Hodkasia, and found no evidence that the bug was maliciously exploited. Hodkasia told TechCrunch

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A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-23 23:58:31

Three weeks ago, an engineer named Calvin French-Owen, who worked on one of OpenAI’s most promising new products, resigned from the company. He just published a fascinating blog post on what it was like to work there for a year, including the sleepless sprint to build Codex. That’s OpenAI’s new coding agent that competes with tools like Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Code. French-Owen said he didn’t leave because of any “drama,” but because he wants to get back to being a startup founder. He wa

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Analogue says its delayed N64 remake console will start shipping next month

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-24 04:15:20

US tariffs continue to cause problems and supply issues in the gaming space. The latest to feel the effects is Analogue. The company announced today that its Analogue 3D, a modern remake of the Nintendo 64 console, will not start shipping until late August. Analogue noted that "last week's sudden tariffs" were the reason for this change. "We’re absorbing the costs—your preorder price stays the same. No additional charges," the company said in a post on X. This isn't the first time the highly a

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Meta shareholders look to haul CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg to court

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-24 03:45:43

Mark Zuckerberg is slated to make yet another high-stakes courtroom appearance this week as shareholders seek to hold him accountable for the more than $8 billion that Meta has spent to settle lawsuits over privacy violations. The trial, set to begin Wednesday in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, aims to hold Zuckerberg, former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg and other former executives personally liable for the billions the company spent to resolve allegations that it failed to safeguard user data. Sh

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Apple commits $500M to US-based rare-earth recycling firm MP Materials

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-23 22:25:03

Apple is investing $500 million in MP Materials, the only fully integrated rare-earth mining company currently operating in the United States, as part of a broader effort to strengthen the domestic rare-earth supply chain. The tech giant announced on Tuesday that with this deal, it’s committed to buying American-made rare-earth magnets developed at MP Materials’ flagship facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The factory will develop a series of neodymium magnet manufacturing lines specifically designe

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Laid off Candy Crush studio staff reportedly replaced by the AI tools they helped build

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-24 08:41:41

Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping layoffs earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told MobileGamer.biz that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have spent several years helping to build and train AI models that can do their jobs more quickly. Those same em

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Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-24 09:00:39

The Analogue 3D has been hit with another delay, but should still be launching this summer. In an update on its preorder website, Analogue explained that it’s modern take on the Nintendo 64 “is now shipping in late August 2025,” after previously aiming for July. The company said in a separate statement that the decision was made due to the ever-changing situation around US tariffs. “Following last week’s sudden tariff changes, Analogue 3D will now begin shipping next month,” the company explain

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60% of managers use AI to make decisions now, including whom to promote and fire - does yours?

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-01-24 14:33:36

Mohamad Faizal Bin Ramli/Getty Images A recent survey from Resume Builder finds that half of managers are using AI to make crucial decisions about their direct reports, including which employees are promoted -- and which are fired. The survey polled 1,342 managers in the US, 60% of whom reported relying on AI to make decisions about their employees: 78% and 77% used the technology to award raises and promotions, respectively, while 66% and 64% used it to determine layoffs and terminations, res

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A quick look at unprivileged sandboxing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-22 02:41:30

blog - git - desktop - images - contact A quick look at unprivileged sandboxing Disclaimer: This is to the best of my knowledge. It's a complicated topic, there are tons of options, and this only covers a tiny fraction of this topic anyway. If you spot mistakes, please tell me. Suppose you have a server daemon that you want to confine to a single directory. During the startup phase of the program, it also needs to read some files outside of that directory -- you can apply the confinement only

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Reflections on OpenAI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-24 12:49:06

I left OpenAI three weeks ago. I had joined the company back in May 2024. I wanted to share my reflections because there's a lot of smoke and noise around what OpenAI is doing, but not a lot of first-hand accounts of what the culture of working there actually feels like. Nabeel Quereshi has an amazing post called Reflections on Palantir, where he ruminates on what made Palantir special. I wanted to do the same for OpenAI while it's fresh in my mind. You won't find any trade secrets here, more

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Trump Lets Polymarket Off the Hook, Ends Probe Into Crypto Betting Platform

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-01-24 14:35:08

If you bet “Donald Trump ends an investigation into a Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency platform,” you can claim your winnings. According to Bloomberg, two investigations into the prediction market Polymarket have been shut down by the Trump administration, just in time for Republican lawmakers’ planned “Crypto Week.” The probes, which were launched toward the end of the Biden administration, included an investigation by the Department of Justice into whether Polymarket was allowing U.S.-based

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The next Pixel event is on August 20

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Transit software startup Via confidentially files for an IPO

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Metadata Shows That Critical Minutes Were Deleted From the Epstein Video

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The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Ventures closes $100M third fund

‘Whatever She Thinks Is Credible’: Trump Says Pam Bondi Should Release Part of Epstein Files

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OpenAI's image model gets built-in style feature on ChatGPT

Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content

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Laid off Candy Crush studio staff reportedly replaced by the AI tools they helped build

Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

60% of managers use AI to make decisions now, including whom to promote and fire - does yours?

A quick look at unprivileged sandboxing

Reflections on OpenAI

Trump Lets Polymarket Off the Hook, Ends Probe Into Crypto Betting Platform

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