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Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop an autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally-owned vehicles (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop an autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally-owned vehicles  —  Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles.

100-day gift: Trump signs order rolling back some auto tariffs amid investor concerns

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In a major relief to automakers, U.S. President Donald Trump has pulled back part of...

AirPlay Security Flaws Impact Third-Party Devices and Unpatched Apple Products

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Researchers at cybersecurity firm Oligo today outlined a series of AirPlay vulnerabilities that impact millions of Apple devices (via Wired) and accessories that connect to Apple devices. While Apple has addressed the flaws in security updates that have come out over the last several months, some third-party devices that support ‌AirPlay‌ remain vulnerable.


Dubbed "Airborne," the ‌AirPlay‌ vulnerabilities allowed attackers to take control of devices that support ‌AirPlay‌ to spread malware to other devices on any local device that the infected device connects to. An attacker would need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the intended victim, putting public Wi-Fi spots, b [...]

20-foot greyhound-like crocodile cousin ruled Caribbean after dinosaur downfall

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Researchers found a sebecid, a greyhound-looking crocodile in the Caribbean, and it’s changing the narrative...

Young bats listen to frog sex sounds to differentiate between toxic and tasty prey

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Fringe-lipped bats, famous for ‘overhearing’ frogs and toads attempting to attract mates, evaluate which type...

Ship Fast, Break Nothing: LaunchDarkly’s Winning Formula

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In today’s rapidly evolving software landscape, the ability to deliver code quickly while maintaining stability has become a critical competitive

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Meta Launches New AI App

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Facebook parent company Meta today announced the launch of Meta AI, its first standalone AI app. Meta AI has already been integrated into Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook, but now it is also available in a dedicated app.


The Meta AI app is built with Llama 4, and Meta says the app is its first step toward building a more personal AI that's designed around voice conversations. After downloading the Meta AI app, Meta AI will ask you personal questions so that it can get to know you, which Meta claims will provide "more helpful" answers. Meta AI is "easy to talk to," and has been created to be "natural to interact with."

The Meta AI voice features can be used in the background while multitasking, so you can [...]

Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a 47% decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a 47% decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements  —  Google Play's app marketplace is losing apps.  —  From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting …

Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information Or Sensitive IRS Material

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show. The office of the Treasury Inspector General […]

Intel says it’s rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance

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Laptops with Core Ultra 200V chips CPUs Arc 130V or 140V GPUs should benefit.

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s study finds enzyme that ties brain inflammation to memory loss

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In a major breakthrough, scientists have identified a little-known enzyme as a key trigger in...

Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into tiers that help determine how many AI chips a country can obtain (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)

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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into tiers that help determine how many AI chips a country can obtain  —  The Trump administration is working on changes to a Biden-era rule that would limit global access to AI chips …

Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues  —  Following Wall Street Journal investigations into the user-generated chatbots, AI Studio is inaccessible for users under 18 years old.

Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.31, vs. $0.54 est.; SMCI drops 16%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.31, vs. $0.54 est.; SMCI drops 16%+ after hours  —  Super Micro shares fell as much as 19% on Tuesday after the server maker announced preliminary results for the fiscal third quarter …

Bird Buddy Debuts New 'Wonder Blocks' and 'Petal' Products for Getting Up Close to Pollinators

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Bird Buddy, known for its line of camera-equipped bird feeders and accessories, today launched new nature tech products, Wonder Blocks and Petal. The devices are designed to let users attract and view all manner of insects, from butterflies to bees.


Wonder Blocks is a modular system that create an ecosystem for pollinators, and there are several different components that are part of the setup. The system includes smart planters, a hummingbird feeder, a butterfly feeder, a butterfly shelter, a bee habitat, a bee observatory, a stream for providing insects with water, an observation pole, and a frame for holding all of the components. Petal is an AI camera that attaches to the Wonder Blocks setup so that users can watch the pollinators that visit [...]

Intel's next chip node, 14A, is slated for a 2027 release, will feature "Turbo Cells" and allegedly have 15-20% better performance-per-watt over the 18A process (Michael Kan/PCMag)

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Michael Kan / PCMag:
Intel's next chip node, 14A, is slated for a 2027 release, will feature “Turbo Cells” and allegedly have 15-20% better performance-per-watt over the 18A process  —  The company previews the new chip node as Intel's foundry business tries to take on TSMC and recruit more tech companies as clients.

DOJ Deportation Memo Pretends The Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Exist

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USA Today has secured the DOJ’s official rules of engagement for mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. (Better yet, it has shared it with everyone, rather than keep it to itself!) Trump’s resurrection of a law no one thought the Land of the Free would ever use again is disturbing enough. What’s in the […]

Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and does not offer Q2 guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 14%+ after hours (CNBC)

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CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and does not offer Q2 guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 14%+ after hours  —  Snap reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue Tuesday but declined to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties that could weigh on advertising demand.

Apple Watch SE 3 Could Get New Display Sizes

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Apple is working on an updated version of the low-cost Apple Watch SE, and the displays for the new model have entered production, according to display analyst Ross Young.


Young says that the new ‌Apple Watch SE‌ 3 will be available with 1.6-inch and 1.8-inch display sizes, which suggests little in the way of an upgrade over the current ‌Apple Watch SE‌ models. The ‌Apple Watch SE‌ 2 comes in 40mm and 44mm size options, and Apple could stick with those sizes for the next-generation models.

The ‌Apple Watch SE‌ has historically been based on an existing Apple Watch model, and the current version is based on the Apple Watch Series 6. Apple could continue with another [...]

SoFi plans to bring back crypto investing in 2025; SoFi chose to drop it in 2023 to get a bank charter, forcing users to Blockchain.com or to liquidate holdings (Hugh Son/CNBC)

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Hugh Son / CNBC:
SoFi plans to bring back crypto investing in 2025; SoFi chose to drop it in 2023 to get a bank charter, forcing users to Blockchain.com or to liquidate holdings  —  SoFi CEO Anthony Noto said the fintech bank will bring back cryptocurrency investing this year after a “fundamental shift” …

Lockheed’s LM 400 satellite ends up in shallow orbit after Firefly rocket glitch

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A Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in...

The latest update of GPT-4o is "now 100% rolled back" for free users and is currently rolling back for paid users, as OpenAI aims to fix the model's sycophancy (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The latest update of GPT-4o is “now 100% rolled back” for free users and is currently rolling back for paid users, as OpenAI aims to fix the model's sycophancy  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT …

FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Investigation Is Censoring Comments About ‘Censorship’

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The FTC’s politically motivated inquiry into “tech censorship” has managed to prove exactly the opposite of what it intended: the government agency is now actively censoring public comments from people complaining about being censored by tech platforms. It’s almost too perfect. The FTC, under Chair Andrew Ferguson, launched what it called an investigation into “tech […]

Basic Python Syntax: A Beginner’s Guide To Writing Python Code

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Every programming language has a unique syntax. Some languages borrow syntax from others, while others create something wholly different. No

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Chipmaking equipment manufacturer ASM says orders in Q1 rose 14% YoY to €834M, vs. €808M est., but notes demand in non-AI-related segments was "sluggish" (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)

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Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
Chipmaking equipment manufacturer ASM says orders in Q1 rose 14% YoY to €834M, vs. €808M est., but notes demand in non-AI-related segments was “sluggish”  —  Orders rose 14% from a year earlier at constant currency to €834 million ($951 million) …

PayPal is expanding PayPal Ads to sell programmatic ads on the open web, using shopping data from its services to help advertisers target ads (Lauren Johnson/Adweek)

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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
PayPal is expanding PayPal Ads to sell programmatic ads on the open web, using shopping data from its services to help advertisers target ads  —  The payment giant is extending its ad business beyond its owned properties  —  PayPal is unleashing its advertising business on the open web.

In a first for the country, France blames Russia's GRU for a string of local cyber attacks, including on ministries, defense firms, and think tanks (John Irish/Reuters)

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John Irish / Reuters:
In a first for the country, France blames Russia's GRU for a string of local cyber attacks, including on ministries, defense firms, and think tanks  —  Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Cyber Attack” in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024.

Trump admin lashes out as Amazon considers displaying tariff costs on its sites

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"This was never approved and is not going to happen," says Amazon.

Firefox Browser Gets Tab Groups

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Mozilla recently updated the Firefox browser to add support for tab groups, a feature that Firefox users have been wanting for years. According to Mozilla, tab groups have been the most requested idea on the Mozilla Connect community platform, and it was actually the first request that Mozilla received when launching Connect in 2022.


With the Firefox tab group implementation, users are able to drag and drop tabs into organized groups and label them by name or color, with groups listed in the right side of the Firefox browser's top menu. Tab groups are available starting with Firefox version 137, and all users will see the feature by May 6.

Safari already supports tab groups, with the option to save a number of open browser tabs in [...]

Six Ways AI Is Upending the DevOps Lifecycle

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The AI revolution isn’t knocking at DevOps’ door — it’s already redecorating the house. While individual teams have been experimenting

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Meta says its Llama AI models have been downloaded 1.2B times, up from 1B downloads in March and 650M downloads in early December 2024 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta says its Llama AI models have been downloaded 1.2B times, up from 1B downloads in March and 650M downloads in early December 2024  —  In mid-March, Meta said that its “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads, up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024.

Federal Judge Shreds DOJ’s Bullshit Venezuelan Gang Affiliation Claims

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The administration’s justification for reviving the justifiably reviled Alien Enemies Act is the literally unbelievable claim that the Venezuelan government has sent Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members to the United States to wreak general havoc, something the Trump Administration claims is a literal act of war. It’s just not happening. There’s no link between […]

Daily Deal: Academy of Educational Engineering

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The Academy of Educational Engineering is a premier platform tailored for aspiring and professional geeks. This all-in-one educational ecosystem is designed to empower you with expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience across embedded systems, electronics, IoT, and software development. As a premium member, you’ll access comprehensive tools, engaging projects, personalized feedback, and direct mentorship, helping you […]

WhatsApp plans to add cloud-based AI features like message summarization and composition, utilizing a system called Private Processing to maintain data privacy (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
WhatsApp plans to add cloud-based AI features like message summarization and composition, utilizing a system called Private Processing to maintain data privacy  —  WhatsApp's AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats.

SK Telecom announces free SIM card replacements to its 25M mobile customers following a recent USIM data breach, but only 6M cards are available through May (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
SK Telecom announces free SIM card replacements to its 25M mobile customers following a recent USIM data breach, but only 6M cards are available through May  —  South Korean mobile provider SK Telecom has announced free SIM card replacements to its 25 million mobile customers following …

Introducing AutoPatchBench: A Benchmark for AI-Powered Security Fixes

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We are introducing AutoPatchBench, a benchmark for the automated repair of vulnerabilities identified through fuzzing. By providing a standardized benchmark, AutoPatchBench enables researchers and practitioners to objectively evaluate and compare the effectiveness of various AI program repair systems.  This initiative facilitates the development of more robust security solutions, and also encourages collaboration within the community [...]

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Building Private Processing for AI tools on WhatsApp

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We are inspired by the possibilities of AI to help people be more creative, productive, and stay closely connected on WhatsApp, so we set out to build a new technology that allows our users around the world to use AI in a privacy-preserving way. We’re sharing an early look into Private Processing, an optional capability [...]

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TLA+ Creator Leslie Lamport: Programmers Need Abstractions

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The 84-year-old Leslie Lamport is a legend. A Microsoft web page (where he once worked as a research scientist) notes

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Apple Launches New 'Snapshot' Web Page: 'Your Favorites, At a Glance'

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Apple today launched a new page that highlights content from popular music artists, actors, and athletes across three of its biggest services.


The new "Snapshot on Apple" page has a scrolling carousel of celebrities, including Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Brie Larson, Shohei Ohtani, Lionel Messi, Stephen Curry, Serena Williams, and many others. There are also pages for the bands Coldplay and BTS.

Each page includes some basic details about the person or band, and showcases their related content across the Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts apps. For example, Billie Eilish's page highlights her songs in Apple Music, her Apple TV+ documentary from 2021, and her appearances on a variet [...]

The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency

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We generally understand how LLM hallucinations work. An AI model tries to generate what seems like a plausible response to whatever you ask it, drawing on its training data to construct something that sounds right. The actual truth of the response is, at best, a secondary consideration. It does not involve facts. It does not […]

Wasaline plans largest-ever battery retrofit on world’s greenest ferry to cut emissions

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Ferry operator Wasaline has announced a major upgrade to its flagship vessel, the Aurora Botnia,...

Apple's Pro Display XDR 2: Rumors, Features, and What to Expect

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Apple's Pro Display XDR has now been on the market for over five years, and while persistent rumors hint at a second-generation model, surprisingly little definitive information has emerged about Apple's plans for its premier external monitor. Here's everything we know so far.


In December 2022, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple was developing an updated iteration of the Pro Display XDR, this time incorporating an Apple silicon chip, presumably to enable additional functionality. The Studio Display contains an A13 Bionic chip to power its built-in webcam, spatial audio, and always-on Siri.

Since t [...]

China develops 2-pound drone that looks like a flying thermos and drops grenades

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To achieve dominance in unmanned warfare, China has introduced various new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),...

NYU unlocks secret behind hollow crystal formation through two-step self-assembly

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From the delicate patterns of snowflakes to the robust structure of diamonds, crystals are all...

Synadia Attempts To Reclaim NATS Back From CNCF

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It has become almost commonplace to read about yet another company having regrets about open sourcing their flagship product and

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Berkeley breaks 10-year-old puzzle to turn CO2 into green fuels using sunlight

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Scientists have uncovered key factors limiting the performance of copper catalysts—vital tools in artificial photosynthesis...

US secretly tests hypersonic missile that can strike 1,725 miles away in minutes

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The US Department of Defense performed a secretive test of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, Dark...

Get AirPods Pro 2 for Lowest Price of the Year so Far at $169 on Amazon

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Amazon kicked off a ton of steep discounts on Apple products earlier this week, and they include the AirPods Pro 2 for $169.00, down from $249.00. Free delivery options provide an estimated delivery date of around May 4, while Prime members should get the headphones sooner in most cases.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Compared to past sales, this is a match of the best price we've tracked so far in 2025 and it's an overal [...]

The Bitnami Open Source Application Catalog Turns 18!

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The Bitnami open source application catalog fundamentally changed the way developers access and deploy open source software when it was

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iPhone 18 to Use High Performance Six-Channel Memory, Claims Leaker

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Apple's iPhone 18 lineup will introduce a major leap in memory performance, according to new information shared today by Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station. Apple is reportedly planning to equip the 2026 models with a high-capacity six-channel LPDDR5X memory configuration, significantly upping the memory bandwidth for future AI features and multitasking.


Expanding the memory bandwidth should enable faster app switching, smoother multitasking, and significantly improved AI capabilities – all areas Apple would likely to heavily invest in as part of its broader Apple Intelligence strategy. Paired with the A20 Pro chip, which will reportedly be built using TSMC's third-generation 3nm proces [...]

Legit Security Extends AI Reach of ASPM Platform

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Why Kubernetes Cost Optimization Keeps Failing

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Businesses always care about how much money they’re spending. But these days, with an uncertain global economy and new demands

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ChatGPT Gains New Shopping Features With Visual Search and More

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OpenAI has announced several updates to ChatGPT, including a suite of shopping-focused tools that turn the chatbot into a full-featured product discovery and comparison engine.


The update brings visual search results, personalized recommendations, and improved product filtering to the existing ChatGPT interface. Users can browse and compare products from across the web by simply describing what they're looking for.

Queries like "best 4K monitor under $500" now return cleaner, scrollable product cards complete with images, star ratings, pricing, and summaries pulled from user reviews. Tapping on a product brings up more details, along with a direct link to the retailer's website for purchase.

OpenAI says the results are organic and fre [...]

FCC Commissioner Gomez Blasts Brendan Carr’s ‘Campaign Of Censorship’

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When Biden FCC boss Jessica Rosenworcel stepped down, we noted how she couldn’t be bothered to even mention that terrible things were brewing at her agency. Same for Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, who recently decided to sheepishly step down without, again, so much as acknowledging the dangerous and radical zealotry Brendan Carr has been […]

Apple Supplier Forecasts Product Shortages in US Amid Tariff Chaos

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Apple supplier Pegatron has warned that U.S. stores could face "empty shelves" within two months due to ongoing uncertainty around tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.


Pegatron chairman T.H. Tung told Reuters that the on-again, off-again nature of the levies has created confusion for U.S. retailers and disrupted supply chain decisions.

"Within two months, shelves in the United States might resemble those in third-world countries, where people visit department stores and markets only to find empty shelves, all because everyone is waiting and seeing," Tung said.

The Taiwan-based manufacturer, which assembles MacBooks, iPads, and Apple Watches, expl [...]

Lineaje Leverages AI Agents to Secure Open Source Packages and Images

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All iPhone 17 Models Again Rumored to Feature 12GB of RAM

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All upcoming iPhone 17 models will come equipped with 12GB of RAM to support Apple Intelligence, according to the Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station.


The claim from the Chinese leaker, who has sources within Apple's supply chain, comes a few days after industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max will all be equipped with 12GB of RAM.

Kuo also said even the base-model iPhone 17 could be equipped with 12GB of RAM, but it will depend on whether supply chain shortages can be overcome. He said that Apple will make a final decision on the amount of RAM it will offer in the regular iPhone 17 model by May. Even if the [...]

Next-Generation Observability: Combining OpenTelemetry and AI for Proactive Incident Management

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One Of RFK Jr.’s ‘Extraordinary Healers’ Caught Measles, Kept Treating Patients In Facilities

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You know, there’s stupid, and then there’s stupid on a level that is unbelievably dangerous. While RFK Jr. is very busy attempting to ensure that America loses its measles elimination status through a combination of vaccine skepticism, pushing alternative treatments, and generally being unable to present a solid message around the current outbreak, you will […]

📣 Action required: Upcoming Update to SoundCloud API id fields

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To all developers using SoundCloud’s public API — we’re introducing an important change that will affect how you reference resources like…

The Untold Story Of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against A Judge — And Still Became A Top Trump Prosecutor

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The attacks on Judge John Barberis in the fall of 2016 appeared on his personal Facebook page. They impugned his ethics, criticized a recent ruling and branded him as a “politician” with the “LOWEST rating for a judge in Illinois.” Barberis, […]

It's Been 22 Years Since Apple Launched the iTunes Store

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On April 28, 2003, Apple introduced the iTunes Store, its iconic digital marketplace for downloading music. 22 years later, most of us don't purchase songs and albums individually anymore, and the iTunes Store doesn't exist as it once did, but played a major role in Apple history.

Early Years

Backblaze responds to claims of “sham accounting,” customer backups at risk

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Short seller publishes report detailing allegations about Backblaze's financials.

How the April 28, 2025, power outage in Portugal and Spain impacted Internet traffic and connectivity

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A massive power outage struck significant portions of Portugal and Spain at 10:34 UTC on April 28, disrupting everyday activities and services.

How MCP Puts the Good Vibes Into Cloud Native Development

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For the first time in years, developers are saying the work feels fun again. That’s not just sentiment. It’s the

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FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge For Allegedly Obstructing The Arrest Of An Undocumented Immigrant

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Oh hooray. Another part of our new normal under Trump 2.0. Here’s the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel with the gory details: Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged April 25 with two felonies on allegations of trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom. According to a 13-page complaint, Dugan, 65, is accused […]

I just want to code (News)

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Zach Bellay tells us about the devil and the angel on his shoulders, Pete Koomen thinks today's AI apps are like horseless carriages, Hyperwood is an open source system for crafting furniture from simple wooden slats, Scott Antipa agrees with YAGNI but adds YAGRI & Antony Henao debunks three common myths that get engineers stuck.

iPhone 17's Scratch Resistant Anti-Reflective Display Coating Canceled

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Apple may have canceled the super scratch resistant anti-reflective display coating that it planned to use for the iPhone 17 Pro models, according to a source with reliable information that spoke to MacRumors.


Last spring, Weibo leaker Instant Digital suggested Apple was working on a new anti-reflective display layer that was more scratch resistant than the Ceramic Shield. We haven't heard anything else about an upgraded display coating since then, and it's sounding like that's because it didn't work out.

Apple planned to use the anti-reflective coating for the higher-end ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ and the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max models, which would h [...]

New Record Low Prices Arrive for M3 iPad Air on Amazon at $100 Off Nearly Every Model

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Amazon is kicking off the week with discounts across the entire M3 iPad Air lineup, offering $100 off these tablets. Prices start at $499.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M3 iPad Air, down from $599.00. Across the board, these are all new all-time low prices on the M3 iPad Air.

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Every deal has been automatically applied and does not require you to clip an on-page coupon in order to see the final sale price. We've rounded up every dis [...]

How To Run a Python Script on MacOS, Windows, and Linux

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Stop copy‑pasting the same command every time you run Python. This guide will teach the practical ways to run Python

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Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5

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Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of upcoming visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5 updates for testing purposes. The software is available a week after Apple seeded the third betas.


The betas are available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on each device.

No notable new features have been found in any of the software updates so far, suggesting Apple is focusing on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes.
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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.5 [Update: Public Beta Available]

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Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.5 beta.


Registered developers can opt-in to the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. An Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.5 appears to be a minor update so far, and no notable new features were found in the first three betas.

Work on new features for [...]

Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 18.5 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

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Apple today seeded the fourth betas of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third betas.


iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

So far, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 are relatively minor updates, introducing just a few new design changes. There are more options for reverting the Mail app back to the prior design, including removing contact photos, and AppleCare info is easier to find. The update also likely has bug fixes and performance improvements that are less obvious.

Apple is tran [...]

How Meta understands data at scale

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Managing and understanding large-scale data ecosystems is a significant challenge for many organizations, requiring innovative solutions to efficiently safeguard user data. Meta’s vast and diverse systems make it particularly challenging to comprehend its structure, meaning, and context at scale. To address these challenges, we made substantial investments in advanced data understanding technologies, as part of [...]

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Get Creative With Sound by Layering Tracks in Voice Memos

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On iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, the Voice Memos app includes a recording feature that lets you record a second audio layer – like vocals, narration, or an extra instrument – over an existing memo, all without needing headphones. Keep reading to learn how it's done.


Thanks to the A18 Pro chip's advanced audio processing, iPhone 16 Pro models can play an original Voice Memo recording through the speakers while simultaneously isolating and capturing new audio cleanly. Whether you're capturing a quick harmony, adding context to a saved memo, or simply experimenting with sound, layering recordings like this offers a seamless way to capture richer ideas.

Once finished, layered recordings can be edited, separated, and fine-tuned directly on the iPhone or easily transferred to apps like Logic Pro for more [...]

iPhone 17 Reaches Key Milestone Ahead of Mass Production

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Apple has completed Engineering Validation Testing (EVT) for at least one iPhone 17 model, according to a paywalled preview of an upcoming DigiTimes report.

iPhone 17 Air mockup based on rumored design

OnePlus lowers Watch 3 price by $150, promises refunds for early buyers

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OnePlus says supply chain tweaks have allowed it to lower the price of its new wearable.

OpenTofu Joins CNCF: New Home for Open Source IaC Project

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It’s not easy running an open source non-profit group. Just ask anyone who’s tried. So it should come as no

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Minimus Unfurls Service for Accessing Secure Software Artifacts

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Apache Airflow 3.0: From Data Pipelines to AI Inference

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Approximately 10 years ago, Apache Airflow launched with a relatively simple, yet timeless premise. It was initially devised as a

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How To Master Vector Databases

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Machine learning (ML), AI and endless streams of data are reshaping how we solve problems. But when it comes to

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iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years

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New ChoiceJacking attack allows malicious chargers to steal data from phones.

Data, Determinism, and AI in Mass-Scale Code Modernization

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From Testing Hell to Quality Heaven With Intelligent Continuous Testing

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

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On Dropouts and Bootstraps

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In my early twenties I had a cohort of friends and coworkers, all Silicon Valley engineers, all quite good at their jobs, all college dropouts. We developed a shared conviction that only losers got computer science degrees. This sounds like a joke, or a self-defense mechanism, but it was neither. We were serious. We held […]

Targeted by 20.5 million DDoS attacks, up 358% year-over-year: Cloudflare’s 2025 Q1 DDoS Threat Report

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DDoS attacks are surging. In 2025 Q1, Cloudflare blocked +20M attacks (a 358% YoY spike) along with 5.6 Tbps and 4.8 Bpps record-breaking attacks.

Nike is facing a lawsuit from people who bought its NFTs

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A group of people sued Nike this week over its decision to wind down its virtual show project RTFKT last year. The buyers of the digital assets accuse Nike of causing “the rug to be pulled out from under them,” and say they wouldn’t have bought its NFTs if they’d known they were “unregistered securities,” […]

FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over

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Once upon a time, FerenOS was based on Linux Mint and used a special edition of the Cinnamon desktop. In

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How to Run a Generative AI Developer Tooling Experiment

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As a software development company specializing in brokerage solutions, Devexperts must balance the speed of innovation with the caution required by a highly

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Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and the Code That Started Microsoft

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In 1968, a 13-year-old Bill Gates told his friend Paul, “Maybe we’ll have our own company someday.” More than half

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“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts

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Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.

How to make MCP Prompts in Java with Spring AI - Coding Model Context Protocol Prompts - Solo roleplaying D&D with agentic AI, #04

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Let’s get the AI to build D&D adventures for us with a Model Context Protocol Prompt. I haven’t found much value in MCP Prompts until now. What makes them excited is when you use them a “recipe” to chain together other tool calls. In this episode of my MCP programming series, I show you how to make two MCP Prompts. First, a simple one that boot-straps playing D&D. Second, a more complex one that pulls together an adventure overview using multiple tools and “reasoning.” I think the result gets to a type of agentic AI.

💾 Code for this project: github.com/cote/Easy…

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React Adds New Experimental Animation Feature

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React added experimental support for two new techniques this week: View Transitions and Activity. View Transitions makes it easier to

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How the UK Is Guiding the Use of Generative AI

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I hope a few more people looked at the Vatican’s Antiqua et Nova after the Pope’s passing, as it has

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The Best Office Suites for Linux

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When I first started using Linux back in 1997, finding high-quality software was often a challenge. In no category was

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How to create a Model Context Protocol Resource - Solo roleplaying D&D with agentic AI, #03

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The AIs are good at being a Dungeon Master for Dungeons & Dragons, but their memory is limited. How can you make sure they don’t forget all that loot you just got, or ensure that cobbler back in the village remembers the type of boots you orders and paid for up front? I’ll show you how to use Model Context Protocol (MCP) to create a DM Journal. This is done by writing an MCP Server tool that write journal entries and then an MCP Server Resource that allows you to read them. It’s just files, but it’s a good excuse to learn some agentic AI coding in Java, with the help of Spring AI.

💾 Code for this project in the EasyChatDM repo.

📹 The rest of the videos in this series.

.NET Modernization: GitHub Copilot Upgrade Eases Migrations

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During the .NET Conf Focus on Modernization event, Microsoft demonstrated a powerful new tool: GitHub Copilot Upgrade for .NET with

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Gmail gets a slider on Android tablets, AI on the side

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Google is rolling out Gmail updates for mobile users across Android and iOS, with some design updates and new access to AI features. Android tablet and foldable owners will have a more flexible Gmail app interface that lets them drag the divider to adjust the list and conversation panes to whatever size they want in […]

Looming tariffs are making it extra hard to be a tech geek

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Looming tariffs are already making electronics shopping harder.