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Tesla asks EPA not to roll back emissions rules as Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-08 11:54:33

In Brief Tesla has asked the Environmental Protection Agency not to roll back current vehicle emissions standards, breaking from other major automakers who want to see the rules eased. The company’s request comes the same week that President Donald Trump — who Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent $300 million to help elect — told the United Nations General Assembly that he thinks climate change is a “con job” and a “scam.” Tesla also asked the EPA not to scuttle a 2009 legal standard known as the Endange

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iOS 26.1 beta, iPhone Air thoughts, 17 Pro durability saga

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-08 15:06:23

Benjamin and Chance reflect on how Apple describes the unibody in iPhone history. Then, Benjamin shares his experiences with his first week of having the iPhone Air, meanwhile online durability and battery tests show impressive results across the new iPhone lineup. Nevertheless, Apple is forced to comment on 17 Pro ‘ScratchGate’, and the first iOS 26.1 beta adds some new swipe gestures in the Music app. And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance tries the new Jupiter environment in visionOS 26, as Apple pr

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Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its data centers for mass surveillance of Palestinians

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 15:01:07

Microsoft has ended access to its data centers for a unit of the Israeli military that helped power a massive surveillance operation against Palestinian civilians, according to a report by The Guardian. The company says that the country's spy agency has violated its terms of service. This surveillance system collected millions of phone calls made by Palestinian civilians every day in Gaza and the West Bank. The massive trove of data has been stored via Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, but the

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Amazon Will Pay Up $2.5 Billion in Settlement Over Allegedly Tricking People Into Prime Subscriptions

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-08 15:50:54

Despite Jeff Bezos’s attempts to stay on Trump’s good side, Amazon has agreed to pay up $2.5 billion to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit over its allegedly questionable Prime subscription practices. And the Trump administration seems more than happy to claim credit for the huge settlement. The FTC announced today that Amazon has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of deceiving customers into signing up for Prime subscriptions and then making it too diffi

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‘It’s Moving Slower Than We Want.’ Qualcomm’s Still Trying to Figure Out PC Gaming

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-08 15:55:46

PC gaming has become Qualcomm’s white whale. The company wouldn’t put it in those terms, but it’s clear the company wants users to know its new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip will be gaming capable. It’s far from the ideal, and Qualcomm seems to know it. It wants to show off the new chip’s GPU abilities, but for one of the most common uses of graphics processing, Qualcomm will still be behind everyone else. The looming elephant in the room is the chip microarchitecture Qualcomm is beholden to

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This M4 Mac Mini Is Small, Fast and Now $100 Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 15:25:33

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 the money among Apple's lineup. I would even argue that this is a more powerful computer than the $999 MacBook Air. The best part? The M4 Mac Mini just got a $100 price cut, knocking the price down to $499. The M4 Mac Mini, Apple's smallest comput

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Amazon is paying $2.5 billion to settle FTC claims it duped customers into signing up for Prime

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:06:41

Amazon will pay a record civil penalty to settle a case with the Federal Trade Commission. The agency accused Amazon of tricking consumers into signing up for a Prime membership without their consent (and making it hard for customers to cancel) in a lawsuit filed in 2023. To settle the charges, Amazon has agreed to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and $1.5 billion to refund customers. The company also agreed to "ease unlawful enrollment and cancellation practices for Prime," per the FTC . The ag

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Cisco warns of ASA firewall zero-days exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:49:36

Cisco warned customers today to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited in attacks and impact the company's firewall software. The first one (CVE-2025-20333) allows authenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on devices running vulnerable Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software, while the second (CVE-2025-20362) enables remote attackers to access restricted URL endpoints without authentication. "The Cisco Product S

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New element Web and desktop design

news.ycombinator.com Danielle Kirkwood 2025-10-06 18:44:13

The brand new updates of the Element Web and Desktop apps include a major rework of room listings. It brings the ‘laptop and PC versions’ of the Element apps in line with the Element X design on mobile devices to give a far sleeker experience. This update marks the first step in a broader evolution of Element Web and Desktop — one that brings consistency across platforms, improves accessibility, and lays the groundwork for a more resilient technical foundation. In short: it’s simpler, faster, a

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This Free App Pays You to Record Your Calls for AI Training and It's a Hit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 18:59:00

A new app that promises to pay people for their mobile phone call records, which is then used to train AI models, is getting so popular it's entered Apple's list of top-ranked free apps. As of Thursday, Neon was the fourth most popular iOS free app, ahead of Google, Temu and TikTok. It had earlier been as high as the No. 2 spot. Neon is available on iOS and on Android and the idea is that the company records the outgoing phone calls of users and pays them up to $30 a day for regular calls or 3

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Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:05:47

Amazon has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giants of tricking customers into signing up for Prime and then making it frustratingly hard to cancel. In a press release Thursday, the FTC confirmed that, pending court approval, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds to an estimated 35 million customers "harmed by their deceptive Prime enrollment practices." Former FTC chair Lina Khan initiated the lawsuit, accusing

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LGBTQ+ youth have worse mental health outcomes without access to safe online spaces, studies show

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-08 19:26:45

When LGBTQ+ youth do not feel safe or accepted in their daily lives, they turn to the internet to seek community. Two new studies, conducted by the Trevor Project and Hopelab/Born This Way Foundation, each found that young LGBTQ+ people report greater rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation or attempts when they do not have access to safe online communities. “The majority of LGBTQ+ young people agreed that they go online to connect with others because it is difficult to do so in the

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Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-08 23:57:54

The Amazon Prime logo is displayed on the side of an Amazon delivery truck in Richmond, California, on June 21, 2023. Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company duped users into paying for Prime memberships, the regulatory agency announced Thursday. The surprise settlement comes as Amazon and the FTC were just three days into the trial in a Seattle federal court. Opening arguments took place on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 20

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xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets in new lawsuit

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 23:29:27

Elon Musk's xAI is suing OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker has stolen its trade secrets. The lawsuit comes after the company recently sued a former employee , Xuechen Li, for allegedly stealing confidential information from the company before taking a job at OpenAI. In its latest lawsuit, which was reported by Sherwood, xAI says that Li's alleged actions are part of "a broader and deeply troubling pattern of trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and intentional interference w

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The OnePlus 15 With Brand New Snapdragon Chip Makes Its First Appearance

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 23:29:01

The OnePlus 15 will be among the first phones to be powered by this year's top Android mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which was revealed at the company's Snapdragon Summit on Wednesday. The company revealed the OnePlus 15 on Thursday. The new phone follows the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R, which were released earlier this year. "For more than a decade, OnePlus and Qualcomm Technologies have moved in lock-step to redefine what a flagship can be," said Pete Lau, founder of OnePlus.

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How AI safety took a backseat to military money

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-10-08 22:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI repoter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time

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Xiaomi’s retro handheld phone case is the best, and worst, way to game

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-10-08 23:26:06

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Have you ever thought your favorite mobile games would be improved by awkward ergonomics, a dreadful D-pad, and a couple of camera lenses blocking a third of the screen? Then oh boy, does Xiaomi have the phone for you. Today it announced its flagship 17 series phones in China, led by the

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Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC’s Prime lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-08 23:45:17

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. Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which claimed it tricked millions of customers into subscribing to Prime and made it hard to cancel. Under the agreement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty, al

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Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-08 23:00:00

One day, Shashwat Murarka sat in his college apartment thinking about his relationship with food delivery. Sometimes, the order never arrived, and he had to wander through his apartment building, looking for the misplaced food. Other times, he found himself giving step-by-step directions to confused deliverers who, it seemed, were just as annoyed as he. “What started as frustration turned into a mission to fix one of the most overlooked problems in the supply chain, the final stretch of the las

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What top VCs want from AI founders: Inside the investor lens with Jon McNeill, Aileen Lee, and Steve Jang at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-10-08 23:00:00

From model infrastructure to niche applications, AI is producing a new breed of founders and a new set of investor expectations. In this candid conversation on the AI Stage, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — taking place on October 27-29 in San Francisco — top VCs will share what’s catching their eye (and what’s not), how they’re thinking about defensibility in a world of AI monopolies, and what founders need to show to get that next term sheet. If you are scaling or planning to scale an AI startup,

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Your next Android phone could get a significant performance boost (Samsung models included)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-09 03:21:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. It features the Qualcomm Oryon CPU and next-gen Qualcomm Adreno GPU. Improvements should enable better phone speeds, camera, AI, and more. Nearly every major smartphone launch in the past year has shared a common theme: the devices have an increasing amount of on-device, advanced AI features. These experiences are only made possible by the chip

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Apple says it may stop shipping to the EU

news.ycombinator.com Robert Booth 2025-10-09 02:38:39

Apple has called for the European Commission to repeal a swathe of technology legislation, warning that unless it is amended the company could stop shipping some products and services to the 27-country bloc. In the latest of a series of clashes with Brussels, the iPhone maker said the Digital Markets Act was leading to a worse experience for Apple users, exposing them to security risks, and disrupting the seamless way Apple products work together. The Silicon Valley company hit out in a submis

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AI Isn't Replacing Radiologists

news.ycombinator.com Works In Progress 2025-10-09 02:19:47

Works in Progress is becoming a print magazine. Our first print issue, Issue 21, will land in November. If you live in the United States or the United Kingdom, you can subscribe here. If you live outside the US or UK and want to be notified as soon as subscriptions are live in your country, leave your details here. CheXNet can detect pneumonia with greater accuracy than a panel of board-certified radiologists. It is an AI model released in 2017, trained on more than 100,000 chest X-rays. It is

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Xiaomi 17 series arrives with secondary screens and enormous batteries

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-10-09 03:51:38

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A critic might accuse Xiaomi of copying Apple a little too closely in its launch event for the Xiaomi 17 phones, while a fan might say the company is trying to beat Apple at its own game. Either way, it’s pretty clear that the Chinese giant had Cupertino in mind when announcing its new flagship line, even if the phones themselves are more unique, helped by a second screen found on the back of its two new Pro

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Apple repeats its long held criticism of the EU's Digital Markets Act

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 07:00:58

Apple has long opposed the Digital Markets Act, which is pretty much expected for a Big Tech company. Now, a bit over a year after it came into force, Apple has asked the European Commission to repeal it, according to the Financial Times and Bloomberg. "The DMA should be repealed while a more appropriate fit for purpose legislative instrument is put in place," the company has told the commission in its first public consultation to review the legislation. The EU's Digital Markets Act, which was s

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Feds Say Company That Bought RadioShack Was Running $112 Million Ponzi Scheme

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-09 07:41:12

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged this week that Retail Ecommerce Ventures, the company that bought RadioShack out of bankruptcy in 2020, ran a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of $112 million. REV was founded by Taino Lopez and Alexander Mehr and spent recent years buying up distressed retail ventures including Dress Barn, Franklin Mint, Linens ‘N Things, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Pier 1 Imports, RadioShack, and Stein Mart. Lopez and Mehr allegedly promised investors in t

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The OnePlus 15 With Brand New Snapdragon Chip Lands in the US on Nov. 13

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 07:00:00

OnePlus will bring its upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 15, to North America on Nov. 13. It will be among the first phones to be powered by this year's top Android mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which was revealed at the company's Snapdragon Summit Summit on Wednesday. The company announced the news of the OnePlus 15's North American release at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit on Thursday. "For more than a decade, OnePlus and Qualcomm Technologies have moved in lock-step to redefine w

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Chromebooks vs. PC: The Differences Between Chrome OS and Windows

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-10-09 07:00:00

The big limitation with Chromebook software is in downloading applications from the web. With Chromebooks, you just can’t. So that means you can't download more advanced software like video editing, photo editing, or industry-specific applications. The only apps you can download are the Android apps you’ll find in the Google Play Store. This can be helpful to fill in the gaps, though most of the web apps will be better solutions, as not all of these apps are well-optimized for touchpads. Fortuna

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Apple blames EU’s Digital Markets Act for feature delays

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-10-09 07:02:50

Since it came into effect three years ago, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has sought to rein in major tech platforms’ anti-competitive behavior, largely by making it easier for users to switch platforms and move data between devices and apps. Big tech hasn’t been happy with that, of course, and now Apple’s come out swinging against the regulation. The company on Thursday blamed the EU’s enforcement of the DMA for delaying the launch of some features in the EU, saying the rules a

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Bizarre app that pays you to share your audio calls hits #2 in App Store social apps

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-09 11:30:04

A bizarre app that invites you to record and share your audio calls so that it can sell the data to AI companies has become the second most downloaded social app in the app store. Neon Mobile says that users can sell their privacy for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year by allowing their audio conversations to be used for AI training … TechCrunch spotted the app’s raid climb up the App Store charts. The app first ranked No. 476 in the Social Networking category of the U.S. App Stor

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