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• Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit (theverge.com)
  The “gay dating and hookup app” is now courting Washington insiders.
• EcoFlow portable power stations are over 50% off with these amazing Amazon Prime Day deals: Last (zdnet.com)
  Some of our favorite portable power stations from EcoFlow are on sale now for Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale. Be sure to act fast becaus…
• Photolabs cowering in fear to digital photography (arstechnica.com)
  Be sure not to let your pictures look too good, or the techs at the photolab …
• Patreon’s tweet-like Quips are now widely available. (theverge.com)
  Alongside Quips, Patreon is also getting collaboration posts, a redesigned Home feed, and a feed just showing creators that you follow. The…
• Last chance best October Prime Day Ring camera deals to shop in 2024 - plus Blink and Arlo camera (zdnet.com)
  Amazon's October Prime Day is just hours away from ending, but you can still score big discounts on Ring cameras, video doorbells, and more…
• FISA renewal moves forward in the House. (theverge.com)
  The never-ending fight to end warrantless surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act continues, with the H…
• Yahoo! chatrooms busted for profiting from sex (arstechnica.com)
  Companies who sell ads on Yahoo!'s chat rooms are finally clued in to what …
• Google defends allowing US military use of AI for classified operations. (theverge.com)
  The Financial Times reports Alphabet’s president of global affairs, Kent Walker, responded to employee opposition to the deal Google signed…
• Google planning to take on PayPal (arstechnica.com)
  Is Google looking to take on PayPal in the online payment space? If so, can it …
• OpenAI sees new Singapore office supporting its fast growth in the region (zdnet.com)
  In a nation where the number of weekly active OpenAI users already has doubled in 2024, the company also looks to collaborate more closely…
• Firefox on Intel Macs (arstechnica.com)
  Firefox programmers and enthusiasts can breathe easily. The popular open...
• Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk (theverge.com)
  Elon Musk painted a heroic picture of himself yesterday. Today, on cross-examination, he willfully destroyed it.
• These budget ANC headphones deliver great sound - and they're 20% off for October Prime Day (zdnet.com)
  Out of the box, these Baseus Bowie headphones sound as cheap as their $39 price - until you connect them to the app. Then, wow!
• Washington Post: "the best Windows PC may come from Apple" (arstechnica.com)
  Rob Pegoraro has written, for the most part, a very good article on Apple's …
• How to use Android's emergency satellite texting if you lose cell signal (zdnet.com)
  Pixel devices have a new feature that lets you send a text message without a cell signal or Wi-Fi. Here's how to use it, plus a temporary o…
• OpenAI’s DevDay 2026 has a date. (theverge.com)
  Mark your calendars for September 29th. Last year the company used the event to launch “apps” inside ChatGPT. [Media: https://twitter.com/O…
• PlayStation now requires a ‘one-time online check’ to confirm you own a game (theverge.com)
  Sony has finally stepped in to clear up the growing confusion around a new DRM (Digital Rights Management) system on PlayStation 5 and Play…
• More on Microsoft and Xbox 360 compatibility (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft has reportedly licensed the rights to emulate the old NVIDIA tech in …
• The more young people use AI, the more they hate it (theverge.com)
  Caught between fears of job loss and social stigma, Gen Z’s opinions of AI are hitting new lows.
• Starlink's Hurricane relief offer is not quite as free as advertised (zdnet.com)
  It sounded good, but a closer look revealed that SpaceX's Starlink free offer isn't much more than clever marketing.
• Mac browser update news (arstechnica.com)
  Quite a bit has happened since Eric's Macintosh browser smackdown was …
• Adobe unveiled a new tool to help protect artist's work from AI - and it's free (zdnet.com)
  Adobe understands that an artist's work should be protected from being used to train AI LLMs. Here's how to get access to its new free tool…
• Every high-performing business embraces AI now - but here's what else they're doing right (zdnet.com)
  Organizations that embrace internal transformation in the face of external shocks are better equipped to thrive, confirms an Upwork survey…
• DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 review: better in every respect (theverge.com)
  The new compact steadicam doesn’t do much the Pocket 3 can’t, but it improves on nearly all of it.
• Be creative, win iPod Shuffle and accessories (arstechnica.com)
  Mike Industries is at it again, win an iPod shuffle, pair of Etymotic earbuds …
• Everything is relative. (theverge.com)
  Sure, you might not like Sam Altman much. But have you considered how you’d feel about him if your other option was a day spent with Elon M…
• Netflix sees a bright future, sans Amazon competition (arstechnica.com)
  Netflix's CFO talks up Netflix's future, saying that he believes Amazon is out …
• OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only (theverge.com)
  Like Anthropic’s Mythos, GPT-5.5-Cyber will first be released to ‘trusted’ entities.
• How Google's new partnership will uncover and disrupt online scams (zdnet.com)
  Teaming up with two anti-scam groups, Google is setting up a global clearinghouse to share research on online fraud and other cybercrimes.
• Supreme court decision looms in MGM v. Grokster, Rush fights the power (arstechnica.com)
  The Supreme Court is about to hand down a verdict on one of the most important …
• The best MagSafe wallet I've tested is not made by Apple or Anker (and it's 30% off for Prime Day) (zdnet.com)
  Journey's Ezmo MagSafe wallet and stand duo combines a premium look with high function, and I highly recommend it. Plus, it's 30% off durin…
• Intel prototypes new WLAN device, promotes WiMAX in South Korea (arstechnica.com)
  Intel prototypes one WLAN chip to rule them all, and brings the WiMAX gospel …
• I'm a tech editor and cover shopping events. Here are my 9 favorite October Prime Day 2 deals (zdnet.com)
  I write about tech deals all the time. Here are the top products I'd nab right now during the second (and final) day of Amazon's October Pr…
• Meta lost 20 million users last quarter (theverge.com)
  Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have seemingly started to aband…
• Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups (theverge.com)
  Instagram is rolling out new rules that are meant to discourage users from sharing content they didn’t create or remix.
• The UK under cyberattack, Israel hit by corporate espionage (arstechnica.com)
  In a disturbing but predictable turn of events, the UK and Israel have been …
• Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something? (theverge.com)
  Colossal isn’t ‘bringing back’ lost species. But it might be working on something ‘useful.’
• I finally caved and bought a KitchenAid immersion blender (thanks to this Prime Day deal) (zdnet.com)
  I've been watching discounts on this KitchenAid immersion blender for days and finally bought it on the last day of October Prime Day thank…
• Malware infects BitTorrent downloads (arstechnica.com)
  Those using BT in the legally and ethically questionable act of downloading …
• This tiny Bluetooth speaker offers booming sound, and it's 50% off (zdnet.com)
  When you need to pack light, but you want your sound to be big, the Tronsmart Mirtune H1 Bluetooth speaker will blow you away with impressi…
• YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is rolling out to all users globally. (theverge.com)
  Users in the US have been able to shrink YouTube videos while they access other apps for some time now, but now Google is expanding the fea…
• Ubisoft: please leave us alone (arstechnica.com)
  The French videogame company reiterates its desire to stay independent. I …
• This Kindle Scribe October Prime Day deal is actually worth buying (zdnet.com)
  The Kindle Scribe, one of our favorite e-readers and digital notebooks, is substantially discounted during Prime Day to $255, taking $85 of…
• Sony to accidentally encourage P2P, iTMS use (arstechnica.com)
  You'd think that after the fiascos with ATRAC, that Sony would've learned …
• Ring's new Smart Video Search dazzled me with its accuracy - here's when you get to try it (zdnet.com)
  Ring cameras are getting an impressive AI upgrade. Soon these select subscribers will know who knocked over their garbage cans.
• Microsoft's P2P Avalanche (arstechnica.com)
  The P2P bandwagon rolls on, as Microsoft now jumps aboard with a new P2P …
• Google’s Preferred Sources feature is now available in more languages. (theverge.com)
  Launched last year, Preferred Sources allows you to customize the outlets you see the most often in Google Search’s “top stories” section.…
• Open-source AI definition finally gets its first release candidate - and a compromise (zdnet.com)
  The OSI and allies are a step closer to an open-source artificial intelligence definition, and purists aren't the only ones unhappy.
• Resident Evil gets weaponized. (theverge.com)
  I know what you’re thinking, and yeah we probably don’t need another Resident Evil reboot. But the next film comes from Weapons director Za…
• DOJ seeking to deputize ISPs to aid law enforcement (arstechnica.com)
  The two favorite excuses for eviscerating privacy are 9/11 and child …