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How to save a smart home company

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-02-08 05:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The smart home can be scary. It seems like every other month, we hear about another smart home company going out of business, leaving you scrambling for a new way to turn on your lights. Why is it so hard for smart home manufacturers

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Alien: Earth is a brilliant and terrifying expansion of the franchise

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2026-02-08 05:16:07

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. While the monsters in each of the nine Alien movies have been a little bit different, the nefarious corporate forces have remained the same. Ridley Scott’s original Alien didn’t need to mention Weyland-Yutani by name for it to be clear that a singular mega-company had cornered the market on space exploration. But subsequent Alien film

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Sling TV’s $5 pass buys you one day of cable TV

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-08 05:43:21

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Sling TV has launched a new option that lets you watch live content without signing up for a streaming or cable subscription. Now, you can pay $4.99 for a “day pass,” offering 24 hours of live and on-demand access to several channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN

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Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-02-08 05:00:12

In Brief Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google’s app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google’s engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported. While Judge Jonathan Beach found that the two tech giants had abused their dominant position in the market for app distribution to limit competition, he rejected Epic’s claims that the companies had engaged in “unconscion

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Why a new UK internet safety law is causing an outcry on both sides of the Atlantic

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-02-08 10:28:18

Illustration of the adult video website PornHub on June 5, 2025. Riccardo Milani | Afp | Getty Images It was well intentioned but a U.K. law mandating age verification on adult sites and a number of other platforms has sparked a backlash from both internet users in the country, as well as U.S. politicians and tech giants. Last month, new provisions in the Online Safety Act requiring large online platforms to implement age checks to prevent children from accessing pornographic and appropriate ma

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Tesla is hiring robotaxi test drivers in New York City, but company hasn't applied for permits

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-02-08 10:00:01

Tesla is recruiting test drivers in New York to operate cars with "automated driving systems," but the company hasn't applied for the permits it would need to test autonomous vehicles in the nation's largest city. A job opening on Tesla's website says the company is looking to hire vehicle operators in the borough of Queens. The hires will be "responsible for driving an engineering vehicle for extended periods, conducting dynamic audio and camera data collection for testing and training purpose

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Google could be building a gaming community forum directly into the Play Store (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-08 06:02:44

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new, in-app community forum for gamers within the Play Store. The feature will allow users to create posts, share tips, ask questions, and start discussions around games. We’ve been tracking a new forum-like feature within the Google Play Store for many months. Initially, the clues weren’t sufficient to reach a conclusion, so we refrained from sharing them. But now we’ve seen enough of them to preliminarily conclude that Google

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I hate Google Search’s AI overviews, so I replaced them with Brave

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:00:39

Megan Ellis / Android Authority A few months ago, I switched from Google to Brave on my Android phone. While I initially did this to force dark mode on my mobile browser and remove ads, I discovered plenty of benefits to using Brave over Chrome. One of these is access to Brave’s search engine, which prioritizes higher quality results with fewer ads and sponsored results compared to Google Search. But as I’ve continued to use Brave Search across devices, I also realized something else: AI summa

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You can now watch Apple TV+ shows for free on United Airlines flights

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-02-08 10:19:21

You can now watch Apple TV+ shows on in-flight entertainment systems across United Airlines’ fleet of planes, thanks to a new partnership announced today. United travellers can get free access to Apple Originals like Severance, Slow Horses, and Ted Lasso, with more titles being added on a monthly basis. The United partnership follows a similar long-running deal Apple has had with American Airlines. In the case of United, customers can watch using the in-flight entertainment system in the back

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Reddit blocks non-profit Wayback Machine from archiving the site

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-08 10:35:55

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is one of the most valuable free services available on the web, ensuring that important sources of information are protected from the vicissitudes of fate and tech companies. Until recently, the archive was able to capture the entirety of Reddit, but that is no longer the case following new restrictions implemented by the for-profit community discussion platform … The Internet Archive The archive has been in operation since 1996. We began in 1996 by arc

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Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia after legal win against Apple

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:00:41

Epic has spent the last five years fighting Apple's in-app purchase policies. Now, after half a decade, the Epic Games Store and Fortnite will once again be available on iOS in Australia. A judge has found Apple's conduct likely diminished competition, in part for not allowing alternative payment methods, the Australian Financial Review reports. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Epic announced, "An Australian court just found that Apple and Google abuse their control over app distribution and

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Elon Musk feels Apple favors OpenAI over xAI in App Store rankings

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:10:34

Elon Musk has accused Apple of committing an "unequivocal antitrust violation" by favoring OpenAI in the App Store rankings. In a post on X, he claimed that Apple has made it impossible for other AI companies to reach number one in those rankings and that xAI "will take immediate legal action." Musk didn't clarify what he meant by that, and he also didn't provide evidence that would prove Apple's supposed antitrust violation. In an earlier post on X that's currently pinned to the top of his pro

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Apple's iPad Air M3 drops to a new record-low price

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:15:38

The back to school season is a good time to save on tech, whether you're returning to campus or not. While some discounts are reserved for students, others are available to everyone. One of the best right now is on Apple's M3-powered iPad Air, which is somewhat of a goldilocks tablet — one that will be a great option for just about everyone. You can grab it for $150 off at Amazon right now. This deal applies to each configuration of the 11-inch and 13-inch versions of the most recent iPad Air.

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Get up to 25 percent off in the Sonos back-to-school sale

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:52:11

No matter how old you get, the back-to-school season will always bring a desire to shop. So, sales at this time of year are always more than welcome — especially when they're on some of our favorite devices. Such is the case with the 10 percent discount currently available on the Sonos Era 100. Our choice for midrange smart speaker is down to $179 from $199 as part of a larger sale on the Sonos website. The same price is available on Amazon, as are some more deals on Sonos products. Sonos debu

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Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:19:30

Manpower, one of the world's largest staffing companies, is notifying nearly 145,000 individuals that their information was stolen by attackers who breached the company's systems in December 2024. Together with Experis and Talent Solutions, the company is part of ManpowerGroup, a multinational corporation with over 600,000 workers in more than 2,700 offices and serving over 100,000 clients worldwide. Last year, ManpowerGroup reported revenues of $17.9 billion and a total gross profit of $3.1 bi

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AOL pulls the plug on dial-up after 30+ years - feeling old yet?

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-02-08 10:19:00

AOL / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Generation X says goodbye to the past. Old technology can linger long after you thought it was dead and done. AOL, once a technology giant, is now little more than a footnote. For millions of people who first heard "You've got mail" over crackling phone lines, an iconic chapter in digital history is coming to a close. AOL, also known as America Online, has announced it will shut down its dial-up internet service on September 30, 2025,

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Radicle 1.3.0

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 09:33:42

Radicle is a peer-to-peer, local-first code collaboration stack built on Git. Radicle 1.3.0 The Radicle team is delighted to announce the release of Radicle 1.3.0 (29043134a). This release contains 48 commits by 7 contributors. We would like to thank everyone for their continued effort in helping us improve the Radicle protocol and tooling via their contributions and usage reports 👾 Installation curl -sSf https://radicle.xyz/install | sh -s -- --no-modify-path --version=1.3.0 Canonical Refe

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High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:19:47

A high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor is under active exploitation by two Russian cybercrime groups. The attacks backdoor computers that open malicious archives attached to phishing messages, some of which are personalized. Security firm ESET said Monday that it first detected the attacks on July 18, when its telemetry spotted a file in an unusual directory path. By July 24, ESET determined that the behavior was linked to the exploitation of an unknown vulnerability

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Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 09:17:33

Feb 7, 2019 by Sahil Lavingia Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company In 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest — before I vested any of my stock — to work on what I thought would be my life's work. I thought Gumroad would become a billion-dollar company, with hundreds of employees. It would IPO, and I would work on it until I died. Something like that. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Now, it may look like I am in an enviable position, running a prof

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Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Community and Events Manager (Remote)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:00:48

Depot is growing rapidly and reinventing the software build space. We’re looking for a Community & Events Manager to own our real-world developer presence from small scrappy meetups to major trade shows. This isn’t a polished field marketing role. You’re not coordinating keynote stages or passing off ideas to an agency. You’re the one planning developer happy hours, running trade show booths end-to-end, and figuring out how to create moments that developers actually care about. You’ll own our

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RFK Jr. Posts Fishing Trip Pics Online Amidst Fallout From CDC Shooting

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-02-08 10:30:28

A horrific shooting took place outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters in Atlanta on Friday. The shooting killed one police officer and left the building’s staff locked down and terrified. The shooter, who unsuccessfully tried to breach the building, has been identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White. He was found dead at the scene. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has not been particularly good at navigating

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New Apple Watch Ultra 3 Rumors Point to an Overdue Upgrade

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 10:00:00

With September inching closer and Apple's next event likely just weeks away, rumors are heating up about the company's fall lineup, which this year could include the Apple Watch Ultra 3 alongside a flagship Apple Watch Series 11 and iPhone 17. In a turnaround from the busy rumor mill, the clearest signal yet for an Ultra 3 release comes from the secretive company itself. Imagery found in the public beta of iOS 26 (first uncovered by MacRumors) reveals new screen specs that don't match any of th

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United Now Offers Complete Seasons of Apple TV Plus Shows

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 10:00:00

United has a new offering for passengers looking to fight in-flight boredom: full seasons of Apple TV Plus original shows. United on Tuesday announced Apple TV Plus is now included at no cost on the airline's more than 130,000 seatback screens and in the United app. The entire first seasons of Severance, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo are among the select titles available. Passengers will also get access to The Morning Show and Bad Sisters in September. An Apple TV Plus subscriptio

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83% of US Adults Still Choose Laptops for Work and School Over Sleek Smartphones and Tablets, CNET Survey Finds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 10:00:00

Upgrading to a new laptop can feel like a never-ending rabbit hole. Even when you know what you need, choosing the best features, specs and design within your budget can be a bit overwhelming, to say the least. Between back-to-school season and the holidays fast approaching, now's the time to shop around for a deal on a new laptop. But what are US adults looking for when upgrading their laptops, anyway? CNET's new laptop survey found that nearly half of US adults are upgrading for better speed

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Here’s How to Watch All of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World Movies in Order

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 10:00:00

I first saw Jurassic Park one fateful day during middle school when my teacher rolled in a cart topped with a CRT television, popped in a VHS tape and pressed play. I was instantly hooked and I've since watched the film countless times, including on a 2013 trip to see it in 3D on the big screen at my AMC theater. Jurassic World: Rebirth hit cinemas on July 2, and I've been rewatching the entire series to get in the mood. With run times ranging from 1 hour and 32 minutes for Jurassic Park III to

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Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search

wired.com Colin Lecher 2026-02-08 10:30:00

Data brokers are required by California law to provide ways for consumers to request their data be deleted. But good luck finding them. More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ personal information, hid their deletion instructions from Google, according to a review by The Markup and CalMatters of hundreds of broker websites. This creates one more obstacle for consumers who want to delete their data. This story is copublished with The Markup and CalMatters. Many of the

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How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-02-08 10:30:00

When Bill Dally joined Nvidia’s research lab in 2009, it employed only about a dozen people and was focused on ray tracing, a rendering technique used in computer graphics. That once-small research lab now employs more than 400 people, who have helped transform Nvidia from a video game GPU startup in the nineties to a $4 trillion-dollar company fueling the artificial intelligence boom. Now, the company’s research lab has its sights set on developing the tech needed to power robotics and AI.

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Trump says he's open to letting Nvidia sell a downgraded version of its most advanced chip to China

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-02-08 18:39:25

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, speaks alongside President Donald Trump about investing in America, at the White House in Washington, on April 30, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled that he'd be open to allowing Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its most advanced artificial intelligence chip to China. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Trump said that he could make a deal with Nvidia if it could reduce the performance of its Blackwell system. "It's possible I'd make a

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Circle shares rise as second-quarter revenue jumps 53% on strong stablecoin growth

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2026-02-08 21:59:51

Circle Internet Group shares jumped Tuesday after reporting its first quarterly earnings as a publicly listed company. While charges related to the stablecoin issuer's debut contributed to a second-quarter loss, it reported a 53% increase in revenue, driven by strong growth in stablecoins. Revenue rose to $658.1 million from $430 million in the same period a year ago. Shares rose more than 7% in premarket trading. The stock has soared nearly 420% since it went public on June 5. "The validatio

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Survey suggests Google should shut up and take your money for Pixel 10

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-08 18:00:05

The Google Pixel 10 series launch is just a week away, but there’s been no shortage of rumors and leaks. All four phones could benefit from a landmark Tensor G5 chip and integrated magnets for Qi 2 wireless charging. However, it sounds like the base Pixel and Pixel 10 Pro Fold in particular could also bring some interesting features. The looming launch got us wondering how many readers are actually planning to upgrade to the Pixel 10 phones. We posted a poll to find out, and the results are in!

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Latest Tech News

How to save a smart home company

Alien: Earth is a brilliant and terrifying expansion of the franchise

Sling TV’s $5 pass buys you one day of cable TV

Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power

Why a new UK internet safety law is causing an outcry on both sides of the Atlantic

Tesla is hiring robotaxi test drivers in New York City, but company hasn't applied for permits

Google could be building a gaming community forum directly into the Play Store (APK teardown)

I hate Google Search’s AI overviews, so I replaced them with Brave

You can now watch Apple TV+ shows for free on United Airlines flights

Reddit blocks non-profit Wayback Machine from archiving the site

Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia after legal win against Apple

Elon Musk feels Apple favors OpenAI over xAI in App Store rankings

Apple's iPad Air M3 drops to a new record-low price

Get up to 25 percent off in the Sonos back-to-school sale

Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up after 30+ years - feeling old yet?

Radicle 1.3.0

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (2019)

Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Community and Events Manager (Remote)

RFK Jr. Posts Fishing Trip Pics Online Amidst Fallout From CDC Shooting

New Apple Watch Ultra 3 Rumors Point to an Overdue Upgrade

United Now Offers Complete Seasons of Apple TV Plus Shows

83% of US Adults Still Choose Laptops for Work and School Over Sleek Smartphones and Tablets, CNET Survey Finds

Here’s How to Watch All of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World Movies in Order

Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search

How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company

Trump says he's open to letting Nvidia sell a downgraded version of its most advanced chip to China

Circle shares rise as second-quarter revenue jumps 53% on strong stablecoin growth

Survey suggests Google should shut up and take your money for Pixel 10

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