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Tuesday March 25, 2025. 05:54 PM
An anonymous reader shares a report: Sometime earlier this month, Apple updated a section of its website that discloses how it collects and uses imagery for Apple Maps' Look Around feature, which is similar to Google Maps' Street View, as spotted by 9to5Mac. A newly added...
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Usually, when a person accidentally comes within inches of an alligator, panic ensues. But a Florida kayaker — who not only saw an alligator, but whose kayak actually got stuck on one — had a different take, calmly whipping out his camera to document the unusual...
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If you need a little emotional relief from current political angst, try this delightful 2024 documentary, 'Every Little Thing.' Meet Terry Masear, the hummingbird whisperer who rehabilitates wounded and abandoned baby hummingbirds. The up-close slow motion videography...
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Disney keeps rolling out new trailers for Andor, and this one hits hard. I find it funny when the Star Wars haters point out Andor as the only good Star Wars because it is dark and edgy. They missed a lot of Star Wars or panned it because it was animated. — Read the rest...
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A new portrait of Donald Trump by Sarah Boardman, placed in the rotunda of the Colorado statehouse, was taken down after he complained that it was a 'purposefully distorted' portrayal. 'Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the...
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If you feel like you're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone right now, you would not be wrong. Fascism comes to America in this 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, titled 'He's Alive,' written by Rod Serling. — Read the rest The post 1963 Twilight Zone episode warned...
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Boudhayan Bhattcharya has posted a lengthy article about the announcement that the Freedesktop project is dropping OpenH264 from the Freedesktop SDK for Flatpak applications and runtimes. Some Flatpak applications that depend on the Freedesktop runtime version 23.08 will...
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Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard trapped herself, and Senator Warner ground her nose in it. After the massive demonstration that the Trump Administration is unfit to protect the United States, DNI Tulsi Gabbard attempted to dodge Senator Mark Warner's ...
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It's spring and that means it's time for Record Store Day 2025! The annual event is put on by independent record stores across the country, where record labels create and release rare, re-issued, and exclusive recordings by a huge variety of artists, mostly on vinyl. — Read t...
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An anonymous reader shares a report: The UK's Consumer Markets Authority (CMA) has provided an update into its investigation of Ticketmaster after the sale of Oasis reunion tour tickets resulted in grossly inflated ticket prices and numerous consumer complaints. The CMA said ...
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We have one, yes – but what about a second death ray? Still shopping for the perfect death ray, the US Army has tapped Huntington Ingalls to build and test a prototype laser weapon designed to fry drones in flight.…
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A new report from Grafana Labs looks at the maturity and evolution of the observability landscape, from the complex challenges teams are facing to the tools and tactics they're implementing to overcome them. The study, based on 1,255 responses, shows 75 percent of...
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As the Trump administration continues its efforts to slash the US federal workforce, the team responsible for publishing data used in advanced research in astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and other fields appears to be on the chopping block.
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A United Airlines passenger says he was experiencing tummy troubles in the bathroom for about 20 minutes when an impatient pilot broke in and yanked him out with his pants still down. To add to his humiliation, the New Jersey man says the pilot then disparaged his Jewish...
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LinkedIn cofounder and billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur Reid Hoffman took an optimistic view on artificial intelligence in a recent interview, saying it would usher in a new “cognitive Industrial Revolution” that empowers both humans and society with more agency...
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Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai has warned of a potential bubble forming in data center construction, arguing that the pace of that buildout may outstrip initial demand for AI services. From a report: A rush by big tech firms, investment funds and other entities to erect server...
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Plugable is back again with yet another productivity-focused tool for both Windows and macOS. The company has launched the USBC-7400H4, a USB-C graphics adapter that can power four 4K displays at 60Hz. Yes, you read that right, folks -- a quartet of HDMI 4K monitors running...
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Jeff Geerling bought a Bosch dishwasher to replace his old GE dishwasher, which was starting to rust and had a display that stopped working. The Bosch came highly recommended both on Consumer Reports and on Reddit. He was pleased by how easy it was to install (with one minor ...
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The latest threat intelligence report from Ontinue finds a 132 percent surge in ransomware attacks, although ransom payments have declined by 35 percent, suggesting a shift in attacker strategies to double down on ransomware efforts. Among other key trends, the report...
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TL;DR: This tiny but mighty 100W Omega USB-C GaN Charger can save you in a pinch, and now it's just $54.97 (reg. $119) through March 30. It's important to be prepared — for natural disasters, car troubles, power outages, and, perhaps the most common of all, a low battery...
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