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Kindle’s new ad-filtering setting keeps NSFW promos off your lockscreen

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-04 05:11:14

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. The release notes for the latest Kindle software update that launched a few weeks ago were vague, but some users have discovered a useful feature for anyone with cheaper ad-supported e-readers. In addition to more robust line and text spacing options, you now have the option to filter ads that “may not be appropriate for everyone” so they don’t s

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Razer’s got a new version of its popular DeathAdder Pro gaming mouse

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-08-04 05:57:11

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Razer is announcing a new gaming mouse, the $169.99 DeathAdder V4 Pro. This fresh version of its popular wireless mouse promises to be faster, lighter, and yet more power efficient than its V3 Pro predecessor. The V4 Pro now uses optical sensors for its left- and right-click buttons that are rated for 100 million clicks. It’s also Raze

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This Linux distro combines the best parts of Windows and MacOS - and it's gorgeous

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-04 09:17:00

Jack Wallen/ZDNET There are so many Linux distributions on the market, and they range from the command line only all the way to functioning works of art. The majority of distros fall somewhere in the middle, of course, and that's perfectly fine because most users prefer a blend of aesthetics and functionality. That's why the likes of Linux Mint, ZorinOS, elementaryOS, and Ubuntu are so popular. But every once in a while, a team releases an update to its distribution that reminds you that Linux

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ExTiX's new release is an even better Windows 11-like Linux desktop

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-04 09:30:23

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Back in 2022, I reviewed ExTiX with the idea of using it to get the Deepin desktop experience, without the possible security/privacy issues associated with Deepin Linux. Now ExTiX has a new release, based on Deepin 25 Stable. This new release vastly improves on the experience to deliver a desktop with a layout that would make any Windows 11 user feel right at home, only there are no intrusive ads, unexpected reboots, or concerns that something will come crashing down. When yo

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Bret Victor on why current trend of AIs is at odds with his work

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 05:25:56

Dynamicland FAQ An independent nonprofit research lab, whose mission is to enable universal literacy in a humane dynamic medium. This involves inventing a humane form of computing, and developing educational and community-based institutions in which a culture can grow. [more] A computing environment (operating system, programming languages, philosophy) invented by Dynamicland researchers to enable us to prototype a new medium. In Realtalk, people work together side-by-side in the real world,

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HMD plans to stop selling phones in the US, and you probably know why

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-04 13:58:13

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR HMD Global has revealed that it is scaling back its operations in the US. The company cites the “challenging geopolitical and economic environment” as the reason for the decision. It will continue to honor warranty coverage and service for existing products. If you’re an HMD Global, the Android phone maker that licenses the Nokia brand, fan who lives in the US, we have some bad news for you. The company has decided to stop selling its phones in the US.

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Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 17:17:05

Razer just announced the pending availability of the DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse , an upgrade to one of our favorite peripherals . The big news here is that this mouse ships with an optical scrolling wheel, and this is the first time Razer has used this tech. The company says the wheel has been "purpose-built for esports." Just like optical switches on keyboards, optical scrolling wheels allow for more precision and durability when compared to their mechanical counterparts. Razer says it off

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UK authorities arrest four suspected members of hacker group Scattered Spider

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 17:25:32

The National Crime Agency (NCA) in London has arrested two 19-year-old men, a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of blackmail, money laundering, organized crime and contravening the Computer Misuse Act . These arrests are part of an investigation into a series of cyberattacks on three large UK retailers — Marks & Spencer, Harrods and Co-op — earlier this year. UK investigators believe the suspects are connected with a loose-knit English-speaking hacker group called Scattered S

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State of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of Paintings

news.ycombinator.com Clément Gorin 2025-08-01 13:44:18

We would like to thank Dionissi Aliprantis, Laure Athias, Sascha Becker, Karol Borowiecki, Nicolas Baumard, Davide Cantoni, Don Davis, Shari Eli, Oliver Falck, Oded Galor, Ed Glaeser, Claudia Goldin, Erik Hornung, Robert Johannes, Hubertus Kohle, Ruru Hoong, Michael Hutter, Bob Margo, Stelios Michalopoulos, Petra Moser, Nathan Nunn, Ömer Özak, Dominic Rohner, Stefanie Schneider, Munir Squires, Marco Tabellini, Mathias Thoenig, Daniel Trefler, Matt Turner, Hans-Joachim Voth, Fabian Waldinger, and

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Mycopunk Review: It's Deep Rock Galactic With a Fungal Infection

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 16:00:00

There's a complex science to differentiating between first-person shooter games. The movement shooter is the antithesis of the military simulation, and you can't be any farther away from a boomer shooter than a battle royale. A slurry of subgenre archetypes, tags and "gameplay feels" serve as the building blocks for FPS taxonomy, creating a tried-and-true system to organize new games. That's why it's all the more thrilling when a new experience resists being cleanly categorized. Yes, developer

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PerfektBlue Bluetooth flaws impact Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-04 21:01:19

Four vulnerabilities dubbed PerfektBlue and affecting the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack from OpenSynergy can be exploited to achieve remote code execution and potentially allow access to critical elements in vehicles from multiple vendors, including Mercedes-Benz AG, Volkswagen, and Skoda. OpenSynergy confirmed the flaws last year in June and released patches to customers in September 2024 but many automakers have yet to push the corrective firmware updates. At least one major OEM learned only recent

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Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 21:29:18

We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower. We view this result as a snapshot of early-2025 AI capabilities in one relevant setting; as these systems continue to rapidly evolve, we plan on continuing to use this methodology to help estimate AI accel

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Kissing Bugs Are Creeping Into Florida Homes—and They’re Carrying a Dangerous Parasite

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-04 21:55:08

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows these bugs are often loaded with a parasite that can cause a chronic, potentially life-threatening infection. Scientists from the University of Florida (UF) and Texas A&M University led the study, published Monday in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. They collected samples of kissing bugs found inside people’s homes, finding that a third were infected with the parasite Trypa

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The Best Prime Day MacBook Deal Is Not the One You Think

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-04 21:42:25

We've been hawking the M4 MacBook Air deal all week as we hunt for the best Prime Day deals, and for good reason, as $850 for the 13-inch M4 MacBook Air is a great price on what is clearly the best laptop you can currently buy. But now a MacBook deal has dropped that just might top it. Over at Walmart, you can now buy the M1 MacBook Air for just $599, bringing that laptop to an unprecedented low. That's $50 off the price it's been for the past year and $400 off the price it was when it launched

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Meta is trying to win the AI race with money — but not everyone can be bought

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-08-04 20:32:32

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. Month after month, message after message, the AI engineer was hearing from Meta recruiters. The recruiters were pestering him to leave his employer and switch over to support the company’s AI efforts, and they were offering a sizable salary package to do so. But he wasn’t so sure. The engineer, who works for a startup that was

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OpenAI’s next big launch could be an AI web browser

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-05 01:33:07

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. OpenAI is planning to launch an AI web browser in the “coming weeks,” according to a report from Reuters. Sources tell the outlet that OpenAI could build its Operator AI agent into the browser, allowing it to book reservations, fill out forms, and complete other tasks on a user’s behalf as it moves toward an “agentic” future. As noted by Reuters, t

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FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-05 05:02:12

Imagine your organization has just won a contract to handle sensitive law-enforcement data – you might be a cloud provider, a software vendor, or an analytics firm. It won’t be long before CJIS is top of mind. You know the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy governs how criminal histories, fingerprints, and investigation files must be protected, but beyond that, it all feels a bit opaque. Whether you’re a veteran security pro or new to the world of criminal-justice data

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Galaxy Chromebook Is Cheaper Than AirPods, Samsung Is Clearing Out All Remaining Stock

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-05 05:35:11

Samsung is an electronics giant that retails everything from smartphones to laptops and TVs. Prime Day includes nearly the entire Samsung range at discounted prices, and one of those is the Galaxy Chromebook Go. Right now, this Chromebook is Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in “Traditional Laptop Computers” which goes to show just how much it’s in demand during this sale. The price has a lot to do with it: For Prime Day, the Samsung 14″ Galaxy Chromebook Go will only set you back $219, down from its nor

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Dreame’s X40 Ultra, our favorite mopping vacuum, is over 50 percent off for Prime Day

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-08-05 05:00:00

Keeping your floors clean feels like a second job, but it doesn’t have to. Robot vacuums that can both suck up and mop them can make life easier, although many models out there need a fair amount of babysitting to ensure they’re doing good work. The Dreame X40 Ultra is different. It delivers a nearly hands-free cleaning experience and is currently available at a new low price of $699.99 ($800 off) at Amazon for Prime members during Prime Day. Dreame X40 Ultra $ 700 $ 1500 53 % off $ 700 With a

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Authorities arrest four hackers linked to UK retail hacking spree

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-08-05 05:53:25

In Brief U.K. authorities confirmed on Thursday they had arrested four individuals for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks earlier this year targeting the British retail sector, including Marks & Spencer, Harrods, and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency said a woman aged 20, two men aged 19, and a youth aged 17, were arrested on Thursday at locations across the U.K. under suspicion of hacking, blackmail, money laundering, and participating in an organized crime group. The suspects weren

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Employee AI agent adoption: Maximizing gains while navigating challenges

venturebeat.com Vb Staff 2025-08-05 08:50:00

While agentic AI definitely marks a turning point in human-computer interaction, moving from tool use to collaboration, the next step is integrating these agents and actually deriving value. At VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, Matthew Kropp, managing director and senior partner at BCG, offered a game plan for workflow evolution, employee adoption, and organizational change. “The companies that are at the top of this curve — what we call future built, the ones that are most mature — are seeing subs

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Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrod cyberattacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-05 09:46:02

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four people suspected of being involved in cyberattacks on major retailers in the country, including Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals are two 19-year-old males, one 17-year-old male, and a 20-year-old female, who were apprehended earlier today in their homes in London and the West Midlands. One of them is Latvian, and the rest are English. The police also confiscated electronic devices to examine them for potential incr

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Samsung's Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop has one of the best displays - and it's $300 off

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-05 09:31:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge comes with a 16-inch AMOLED display, 1TB of storage, and 16GB of RAM for $1,149. It's an impressive Copilot+ PC with a marathon battery and impressive performance. It's pricey, has some design quirks, and finds its full potential in the Samsung ecosystem. View now at Best Buy At Best Buy, the Galaxy Book4 Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor and 16GB of memory is on sale for $1,149. Samsung has carved out a seat at the table with the

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One of my favorite budget OLED laptops for work just got even more affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-05 09:54:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon X Plus processor is on sale now for $689. It's durable and reliable, runs cool, and has a comfortable keyboard and OLED display. However, it might not stand out in a market of similarly-specced devices that are lighter and cheaper. View now at Lenovo View now at Best Buy more buying choices Over at Best Buy, the Lenovo IdeaPad 5x is on sale for $689, a 20% discount. The laptop is on clearance, so supplies are limited. We often t

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The death of partying in the USA

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2025-08-04 16:43:43

In January, The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing published an essay with an admirably blunt title: “Americans Need to Party More.” Burrowing into the appendix tables of the American Time Use Survey, she unearthed the fact that just 4.1 percent of Americans said they “attended or hosted” a party or ceremony on a typical weekend or holiday in 2023. In other words, in any given weekend, just one in 25 US households had plans to attend a social event. The ATUS is a government questionnaire that asks a larg

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This Fact About Netflix's 'Poop Cruise' Still Haunts Me

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-05 08:00:00

It's not often a popular film on a streaming platform is heavily peppered with the phrase "it was raining sewage," but that's one of the joys-slash-horrors of Netflix's Trainwreck: Poop Cruise documentary. The movie is part of the platform's Trainwreck franchise, which focuses on real-life media sensations, news stories and controversial public figures, and for two weeks running, the flick has been in Netflix's Top 10, debuting at No. 2 (yes, No. 2) in its first week before sliding down to No. 6

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Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used for the Texas floods – but several problems

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-05 13:02:06

Authorities came under fire when it was suggested there were no warnings of the flash floods in Texas, which resulted in at least 120 lives being lost, with many more people still missing. In fact, the Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used to send multiple warnings, but a number of issues meant that many Texans didn’t receive them or act on them – and a new report suggests that’s a hard problem to fix … Texas flood tragedy CNN reports that 120 people are confirmed to have died, and that t

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OpenAI’s own web browser could arrive within weeks

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-05 13:00:39

OpenAI is said to be almost ready to unleash its own web browser, which could be out in the wild within weeks. According to Reuters sources, the company is aiming to more deeply integrate its services into users’ work and personal lives, and the browser is part of that strategy (as is its push into hardware ). Naturally, the browser is slated to have a ChatGPT-style chatbot baked in. OpenAI is reportedly looking to use the browser to capture more user data — a strategy that has worked out to Go

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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-05 22:44:30

Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks 17 minutes ago Share Save Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Share Save Getty Images / PA Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males - aged between 17 and 19 - were detained in London and the West Midlands. They were apprehended on suspicion of

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I wanted to hate Samsung’s proprietary Galaxy Watch 8 bands, but I can’t

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 20:30:08

I didn’t expect to care this much about a watch band system, but here we are. With the launch of its newest smartwatches, Samsung has officially streamlined its wearable portfolio, bringing its questionable squircle shape to every model. This also means that all the Galaxy Watch 8 models now feature the brand’s Dynamic Lug system. This particular facet of the redesign might seem minor at first glance, and for anyone who’s ever struggled to swap a watch strap, it’s a meaningful improvement that’s

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Latest Tech News

Kindle’s new ad-filtering setting keeps NSFW promos off your lockscreen

Razer’s got a new version of its popular DeathAdder Pro gaming mouse

This Linux distro combines the best parts of Windows and MacOS - and it's gorgeous

ExTiX's new release is an even better Windows 11-like Linux desktop

Bret Victor on why current trend of AIs is at odds with his work

HMD plans to stop selling phones in the US, and you probably know why

Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

UK authorities arrest four suspected members of hacker group Scattered Spider

State of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of Paintings

Mycopunk Review: It's Deep Rock Galactic With a Fungal Infection

PerfektBlue Bluetooth flaws impact Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars

Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Kissing Bugs Are Creeping Into Florida Homes—and They’re Carrying a Dangerous Parasite

The Best Prime Day MacBook Deal Is Not the One You Think

Meta is trying to win the AI race with money — but not everyone can be bought

OpenAI’s next big launch could be an AI web browser

FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

Galaxy Chromebook Is Cheaper Than AirPods, Samsung Is Clearing Out All Remaining Stock

Dreame’s X40 Ultra, our favorite mopping vacuum, is over 50 percent off for Prime Day

Authorities arrest four hackers linked to UK retail hacking spree

Employee AI agent adoption: Maximizing gains while navigating challenges

Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrod cyberattacks

Samsung's Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop has one of the best displays - and it's $300 off

One of my favorite budget OLED laptops for work just got even more affordable

The death of partying in the USA

This Fact About Netflix's 'Poop Cruise' Still Haunts Me

Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used for the Texas floods – but several problems

OpenAI’s own web browser could arrive within weeks

Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks

I wanted to hate Samsung’s proprietary Galaxy Watch 8 bands, but I can’t

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