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Elon Musk's DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-13 21:50:33

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency originally promised to save the government $2 trillion in waste. That target quickly dropped to $1 trillion. Then in April, Musk started intimating that the savings would only be in the region of $150 billion, making it clear to all but his most diehard supporters that DOGE was failing on its own terms — even going by its own dubious estimates of its progress. Now, it's looking like those purported "savings" are somehow even more pitiful than onc

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U.S. Allegedly Super-Charged Its Efforts to Prevent China From Getting American Chips

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-08-14 02:45:02

The Trump administration has made curbing China’s access to high-powered AI chips a high priority. According to the government, China may use the chips to build up its arsenal of military technology, and it simply can’t have that. At the same time, America’s considerable and longstanding chip export controls may also be aimed at slowing China’s own chip industry. Now, a report from Reuters claims that the government has been embedding location tracking devices in AI chip shipments, in an effort

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Report: Apple’s smart home ambitions include “tabletop robot,” cameras, and more

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-14 02:38:49

Rumors about a touchscreen-equipped smart home device from Apple have been circulating for years, periodically bolstered by leaked references in Apple's software updates. But a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman indicates that Apple's ambitions might extend beyond HomePods with screens attached. Gurman claims that Apple is working on a "tabletop robot" that "resembles an iPad mounted on a movable limb that can swivel and reposition itself to follow users in a room." The device will also turn t

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Apple's 'tabletop robot' companion rumored for 2027 launch

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-14 06:49:04

Apple is still hard at work on becoming a relevant player in AI. The latest missive from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg suggests that Apple is shifting its artificial intelligence goals to center on new device segments. Sources reportedly told the publication that Apple has a slate of new smart home products in the works that could help pivot its lagging AI strategy. The center of the new lineup is a tabletop AI companion that has been described as an iPad on a movable robotic arm. It would be able t

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Fighting with YouTube to show a preview image

news.ycombinator.com Shane O'Sullivan 2025-08-12 02:11:16

TLDR: Click here for code to implement a lightweight, resilient clickable YouTube preview. YouTube videos are expensive to load on a web page. This compounds if you want your page to display many videos at the same time for the user to choose from. Before the user even plays the video, it loads 4MB onto your previously zippy page. Of course, YouTube does a decent job of caching these resources, but your browser is still doing all this work, creating another complete page context per video, exe

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NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard to Protect Small Devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-14 06:43:46

Lightweight cryptography is designed to protect information created and transmitted by the Internet of Things, as well as for other miniature technologies. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST It’s the little things that matter most, as the saying goes, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has got their back. NIST’s newly finalized lightweight cryptography standard provides a defense from cyberattacks for even the smallest of networked electronic devices. Released as Ascon-Based Li

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Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-14 10:41:37

The KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update, released earlier this week, fails to install on some systems according to widespread reports from Windows administrators. As many admins have reported on social media and BleepingComputer, this issue affects Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) users, who are experiencing 0x80240069 errors when installing the August 2025 security updates. On impacted devices, users will also see "Service wuauserv has unexpectedly stopped" and "The Windows Updat

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I found a 36-in-1 multitool that absolutely belongs in your kitchen drawer - here's why

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-14 10:47:00

Kelvin Tools 36-in-1 Multitool ZDNET's key takeaways A strange-looking multitool that looks rather Fisher-Price but is actually very good. It has everything from screwdriver bits to a hammer and tape measure! Looks bulky, but it is actually rather ergonomic in use! $79.99 at Amazon $79.99 at Walmart more buying choices I have... wait, let me just have a look around me... countless multitools. They're something I've been buying and using since I got my first fake Swiss Army Knife at about seve

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DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-08-14 10:15:21

The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has been a project largely defined by ever-diminishing expectations. At the outset of DOGE’s journey, its chief operator, Elon Musk, famously claimed, in a bout of wild optimism, that he hoped to cut “at least” $2 trillion out of the federal budget. Not long after the election, Musk reduced his ambitions to $1 trillion. Throughout the first few months of Trump’s second term, DOGE claimed to be saving Americans billions, but analyses

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Report: Apple planning ecosystem of home security devices to compete with Ring and Nest

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-08-14 14:36:46

A new report from Bloomberg dives deep into Apple’s plans to lean on artificial intelligence as a way to expand into robotics, home security, and smart displays. One interesting tidbit in the report is that Apple is aiming to develop a system of smart home cameras and other home security products to compete with the likes of Amazon’s Ring brand. Bloomberg first reported that Apple was developing a home doorbell with support for Face ID last December. As it turns out, the company’s ambitions ex

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Siri could get Finder-inspired new visual appearance next year, per report

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-14 14:43:24

Apple has a big future planned for Siri, as outlined by a new Bloomberg report that mentions the assistant could be in store for a complete visual overhaul, gaining an animated personality that looks like the Mac’s iconic Finder icon. Finder-inspired Siri design being considered for launch next year with AI upgrades In a wide-ranging new report on Apple’s Home device plans, Mark Gurman mentions that two upcoming devices—the rumored 2026 ‘HomePad/HomePod Touch’ and a 2027 ‘tabletop robot’—could

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Want free e-books? You can get hundreds for a few more days - here's how

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-14 14:23:34

'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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Amazon adding 1,300 more cities to its same-day grocery delivery service - check yours here

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-14 14:37:05

'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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13 Horror Movies You Really Need to Stream on HBO Max

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-14 13:19:22

You have a swathe of streaming services to choose from when you want to watch a horror movie. So why should you spend time sifting through HBO Max? With new movies like Sinners and classics like Carrie in its catalog, HBO Max's library is up there with the best of them. The streamer recently reinstalled the HBO portion of its name and starts at $10 per month or $100 per year. You can also get the streaming service free with a Doordash DashPass annual plan. If you're in the mood for a horror mov

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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-08-14 14:07:53

This month, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was canceling 22 contracts and investments worth nearly $500 million as a part of a “coordinated wind-down” of mRNA vaccine research. Yet some projects that do not involve mRNA or vaccines have been caught up in the purge. At the same time, the administration has quietly endorsed research into mRNA treatments for cancer and genetic disorders. HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been suspicious of mRNA vaccines

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Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-08-14 14:09:02

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most of Europe, and Canada with lots of exceptions

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ review roundup: New Apple TV+ movie starring Denzel Washington

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-14 15:21:44

With just two days to go until its theatrical release, the first reviews for Highest 2 Lowest are in. Here’s what critics have to say about the new Spike Lee movie, featuring Denzel Washington. When Apple, along with A24, first announced the new collaboration between legends Denzel Washington (John Q, Training Day) and Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing, BlacKkKlansman), they described the move as “a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller ‘High and Low,’ now played o

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Changing these iOS 18 settings significantly improved my iPhone's battery life

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-14 18:19:00

'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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I recommend this OnePlus phone over most midrange Androids - and it's $50 off

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-14 18:29:00

'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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The HP OmniBook 5 laptop offers 34 hours of battery life - and it's 60% off today only

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-08-14 18:36:04

'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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A case study in bad hiring practice and how to fix it

news.ycombinator.com Thomas Kranz 2025-08-14 17:42:13

None of this - none of it at all - is remotely relevant to the actual day-to-day job of a Head of Security Operations. Again, these are questions that cannot be answered appropriately in character-capped text fields. But beyond that, these are questions that should not - ever - be used to screen applicants. Applicants for a role where these requirements are not even remotely relevant. How Their Interview Process Works Having waded through this nonsense, your application finally gets sent. As w

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Tesla Is Making a Move in New York City That Regulators Absolutely Hate

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-08-14 18:00:47

Tesla is coming in hot in New York City and regulators, legislators and consumers are already pushing back. The electric car company’s latest foray into regulator wrestling comes via a hiring push for autopilot drivers in NYC, despite holding no permits for that service in the city. Given that Tesla has already spent years fighting federal probes, civil and criminal lawsuits and a host of scrutiny from everyone from the SEC to local politicians, its new push appears to be a further continuation

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Batman Beyond and Static Are Teaming Up Again for a New Comic

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-14 18:30:47

Terry McGinnis and Virgil Hawkins have a long history together, ever since the classic Batman Beyond/Static Shock crossover episode “Future Shock,” all the way up to their team-up in the Milestone Comics 30th anniversary one-shot a few years ago. Now, the dynamic duo are back with an all-new comic series, with the help of a familiar face to longtime io9 readers. Today DC Comics officially lifted the lid on Batman/Static Beyond, a new six-issue miniseries coming to its Elseworlds comics imprint.

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Best Robot Vacuums We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-14 18:00:00

Each robot vacuum we consider for recommendation gets put through its paces in our test lab in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to test floors where we run our controlled pickup tests, we monitor each robot vacuum in a special test room filled with mock furniture to gauge how well it navigates around common obstacles. Past that, we check each robot vacuum's ability to gobble up pet hair without getting clogged or leaving loose strands behind, we consider mopping capabilities, and we check to se

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Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-14 22:42:21

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new vulnerability disclosures. The campaign, detected by threat monitoring platform GreyNoise, manifested in two waves, on August 3 and August 5, with the second wave pivoting to FortiManager targeting with a different TCP signature. As GreyNoise previously reported, such spikes in deliberate scanning a

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Scientists Unveil Wild New Way to Explore the Edge of Space

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-14 21:00:33

Scientists often refer to the mesosphere as the “ignorosphere”—a region that’s too high for planes or weather balloons to explore, yet too low for satellites to probe. Despite our technological advances, we’ve yet to find a decent way to monitor this large stretch of air, which lies about 37 miles (60 kilometers) above the surface. But engineers are inching towards a solution—one inspired by a toy-like invention from the 19th century. A Nature paper published today presents a proof-of-concept f

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Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-14 22:00:00

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. Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its out

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The security gadget I never leave home without (and it's not an AirTag)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-15 02:12:00

'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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Why I recommend the Google TV Streamer over competing Roku and Amazon Fire models

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-15 02:21:00

Google TV Streamer ZDNET's key takeaways The Google TV Streamer is a streaming device that typically sells for $100. The Google TV Streamer offers beautiful image, fast performance, and the best smart home integrations of any Google streaming device. It's built for Android users but can work with iOS, with some compromise, and there are only a few audio customization options. View now at Best Buy View now at Google View now at Amazon more buying choices I've been a cord cutter for over a deca

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Don't like GPT-5? You can still use GPT-4 and other legacy models in ChatGPT - here's how

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-08-15 02:24:00

'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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Elon Musk's DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

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Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors

I found a 36-in-1 multitool that absolutely belongs in your kitchen drawer - here's why

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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature

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