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Amazon says Amazon Haul "considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products", but "this was never a consideration for the main Amazon site" (Fortune)

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Fortune:
Amazon says Amazon Haul “considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products”, but “this was never a consideration for the main Amazon site”  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as she speaks during …

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),...

Meta launches the Meta AI app, a standalone ChatGPT competitor featuring a Discover feed, where users can see AI interactions that friends have chosen to share (Alex Heath/The Verge)

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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta launches the Meta AI app, a standalone ChatGPT competitor featuring a Discover feed, where users can see AI interactions that friends have chosen to share  —  The new Meta AI app puts a twist on social media. … Meta's standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you'd expect from an AI assistant.

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...

New — Amazon Spox now saying this was never under consideration for the main Amazon website. Says Amazon Haul has considered listing import price duties on certain products (Jeff Stein/@jstein_wapo)

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Jeff Stein / @jstein_wapo:
New — Amazon Spox now saying this was never under consideration for the main Amazon website. Says Amazon Haul has considered listing import price duties on certain products

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...

Video: China’s firefighting robot dogs rain 60-meter jets, scale stairs, stream rescue

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Chinese robotics firm Unitree has unveiled new quadruped fire rescue robots built for firefighting and...

Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, operating income of €509M, below its €548M forecast, Q2 MAUs forecast below analysts' estimates; SPOT drops 8%+ (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, operating income of €509M, below its €548M forecast, Q2 MAUs forecast below analysts' estimates; SPOT drops 8%+  —  Spotify Technology SA shares tumbled on Tuesday after the streaming company gave a muted outlook for profit and subscriber growth in the current quarter.

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 [...]

Organic solar cells record highest-ever efficiency at 8.7%, double the previous record

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An enormous amount of solar energy hits the Earth every day. This amount is 10,000...

Scientists engineer steel-like wood with iron for stronger, greener construction

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Experts are making sustainable building materials a reality by enhancing natural resources like wood.  The...

Brainy humanoid robot fleet could join US delivery giant for package handling

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Figure AI’s humanoid robots could soon be handling, delivering, and collecting logistics for one of...

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 [...]

Nuclear vault reveals radioactive relic: Vacuum cleaner from 1960s sealed in secrecy

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Operators at one of the world’s oldest and most inaccessible nuclear storage facilities were stunned...

108-million-year-old bone shatters beliefs, reveals echidna ancestors lived in water

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Scientists have quasi-solved a longstanding mystery surrounding the origins of platypus and echidnas, the strangest...

Oligo researchers detail AirBorne, a set of vulnerabilities in Apple's AirPlay SDK that could affect 10M+ third-party devices; Apple has patched its own devices (Wired)

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Wired:
Oligo researchers detail AirBorne, a set of vulnerabilities in Apple's AirPlay SDK that could affect 10M+ third-party devices; Apple has patched its own devices  —  Researchers reveal a collection of bugs known as AirBorne that would allow any hacker on the same Wi-Fi network …

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Amazon reportedly adding tariff pricing to each product on its site "is a hostile and political act by Amazon" (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Amazon reportedly adding tariff pricing to each product on its site “is a hostile and political act by Amazon”  —  WATCH NOW  —  The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost …

WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to Punchbowl News scoop today from @Dareasmunhoz and @BenBrodyDC on Amazon reflecting tariff prices "I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon's announcement. This is a hostile and political act by Amazon." (Brendan Pedersen/@brendanpedersen)

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Brendan Pedersen / @brendanpedersen:
WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to Punchbowl News scoop today from @Dareasmunhoz and @BenBrodyDC on Amazon reflecting tariff prices “I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon's announcement. This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.”

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 [...]

PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 1% YoY to $7.8B, transaction margin dollars up 7% to $3.7B, above est., TPV up 3% to $417.2B, and active accounts up 2% to 436M (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

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Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 1% YoY to $7.8B, transaction margin dollars up 7% to $3.7B, above est., TPV up 3% to $417.2B, and active accounts up 2% to 436M  —  PayPal Holdings Inc. beat analysts' estimates on a key profitability gauge, another sign of progress for Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss's turnaround pla

Helsinki-based IXI, which is building low-power glasses that can autofocus to a user's prescription, emerges from stealth and raised a $36.5M Series A (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Helsinki-based IXI, which is building low-power glasses that can autofocus to a user's prescription, emerges from stealth and raised a $36.5M Series A  —  Blink and you'll miss it: A startup out of Finland is taking a new look at the market for prescription eyewear.

Lineaje Leverages AI Agents to Secure Open Source Packages and Images

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Google tracked 75 zero days exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022; state-sponsored threat groups led in zero-day exploits (Google Cloud Blog)

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Google Cloud Blog:
Google tracked 75 zero days exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022; state-sponsored threat groups led in zero-day exploits  —  Google Threat Intelligence  —  Visibility and context on the threats that matter most.  —  Executive Summary

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 [...]

Sources: Scattered Spider conducted a ransomware attack on UK retailer M&S, which employs 64,000 in 1,400+ stores, causing widespread disruption from April 22 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

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Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Sources: Scattered Spider conducted a ransomware attack on UK retailer M&S, which employs 64,000 in 1,400+ stores, causing widespread disruption from April 22  —  Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted …

Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, right next to its total listed price (Punchbowl News)

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Punchbowl News:
Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, right next to its total listed price  —  Amazon doesn't want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump's trade war.  So the e-commerce giant will soon show …

Spotify adds subscribers as music lovers tune out Trump tariff 'noise' (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Spotify adds subscribers as music lovers tune out Trump tariff ‘noise’  —  Music-streaming group reaches 268mn paying subscribers in strongest first-quarter growth since 2020  —  Spotify added 5mn paying subscribers in the first three months of the year, as consumers shrugged off …

Sources: Amazon is seeking steep supplier discounts and setting tough terms to protect margins amid US tariffs, following its playbook from Trump's first term (Rafe Uddin/Financial Times)

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Rafe Uddin / Financial Times:
Sources: Amazon is seeking steep supplier discounts and setting tough terms to protect margins amid US tariffs, following its playbook from Trump's first term  —  Trade war leads ecommerce group to seek steep discounts from sellers, particularly from China  —  Amazon is seeking steep discounts …

Hugging Face starts selling SO-101, a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects, for $100 to ~$500, depending on the supplier (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Hugging Face starts selling SO-101, a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects, for $100 to ~$500, depending on the supplier  —  Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable …

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 [...]

Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act

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Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused? The answer, it turns out, is the Take It Down Act. The bill started with […]

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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Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans

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When Trump officials want to censor speech, they don’t quite say “we want to censor speech” (after all, they pretend to be the party that “brought free speech back.”) Instead, they find ways to threaten organizations by pretending it’s got nothing to do with the content, even as they can’t hide their true intentions and […]

Daily Deal: Curiosity Stream Standard Plan

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Whether you’re a science enthusiast, history buff, or technology geek, Curiosity Stream has something for everyone. Unleash the power of on-demand streaming that allows you to choose what you want to watch, when you want to watch it, and where you want to watch it. From the comfort of your living room to the remote […]

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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DHS Deported A Two-Year-Old US Citizen To Honduras And Now A Federal Judge Wants Some Answers

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Does anyone want to be OK with this just because it might end up barely clearing the legality bar? Is this what the US wants to be known for: the forcible expulsion of anyone originating south of our borders just because the current administration doesn’t want to share space with undocumented (but otherwise law-abiding) immigrants? […]

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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Amazon Takes $150 Off Every M4 MacBook Air, Now Starting at $849

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Amazon has been offering a string of great discounts over the past day, introducing low prices on AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2, 11th generation iPad, and Apple Watch Series 10. Today, it's continuing this trend with new record low prices across the entire M4 MacBook Air lineup, with $150 off every model in every color available on Amazon.

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Start [...]

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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Beats Pill Debuts in New Navy Blue and Blush Pink Colors

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Apple's Beats brand is launching its Beats Pill speaker in two new colors today: Navy Blue and Blush Pink. The colors join the original Matte Black, Statement Red, and Champagne Gold colors that debuted last June. Beats introduced special-edition Light Gray and Dark Gray versions in a collaboration with Kim Kardashian back in October, but those have since been discontinued.


The catch with the latest Beats Pill colors is that they are retailer exclusives, with <a href="https://goto.walmart.com/c/153062/565706/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FBeats-Pill-Wireless-Bluetooth-Speaker-Navy-Blue%2F1607196208 [...]

Ohio Could Be The Latest State To Pass ‘Right To Repair’ Law, Showcasing Broad, Bipartisan Support

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State laws attempting to make it cheaper and easier to repair your own technology continue to gain steam. With the recent introduction of a new “right to repair” law in Wisconsin, groups like U.S. PIRG note that all 50 U.S. states have now at least introduced such bills. But so far only Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Colorado, California, and Oregon have actually […]

20th Anniversary iPhone Likely to Be Made in China Due to 'Extraordinarily Complex' Design

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Apple will likely manufacture its 20th anniversary iPhone models in China, despite broader efforts to shift production to India, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


In 2027, Apple is planning a "major shake-up" for the iPhone lineup to mark two decades since the original model launched. Gurman's previous reporting indicates the company will introduce a foldable iPhone alongside a "bold" new iPhone Pro model that makes greater use of glass in its design.

Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says the new models are "extraordinarily comple [...]

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.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Mamba with a response to a failed “fact check” by another commenter: Hey twinkle farts, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to authorize the government to detain enemy aliens. Further, the executive order didn’t need to […]

Amazon Introduces $50 Discounts on Nearly Every 11th Gen iPad, Now Starting at $299

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Following in the wake of great deals on AirPods and Apple Watch, Amazon today also introduced $50 discounts on nearly every model of Apple's 11th generation iPad. Prices now start at $299.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi iPad, down from $349.00, a new record low price.

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Additionally, Amazon has [...]

Apple Watch Series 10 Hits Lowest-Ever Price of $299 on Amazon

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Amazon is offering numerous all-time low prices on Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch SE, including both GPS and cellular models. You'll find all-time low prices for both watches, and in regards to the Series 10, we're tracking $100 discounts for the first time in a few weeks.

Apple Watch Series 10

AirPods 4 Hit $99.99 on Amazon, Plus Big Discounts on ANC Model and AirPods Pro 2

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Amazon this week has major discounts on a few AirPods models, including all-time low prices on the AirPods 4. You can get the base AirPods 4 for $99.99 on Amazon, down from $129.00.

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Amazon also has the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for $148.99 [...]

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.

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.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.

Introduction to API Management

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What Is API Management? API management, a critical aspect of modern digital architecture, involves overseeing the lifecycle of application programming

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Netflix introduces a new kind of subtitles for the non-hearing impaired

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Just the dialogue—no sound effects or music cues.

Frontend’s Next Evolution: AI-Powered State Management

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If you’ve built a frontend application in the past five years, you’ve probably had a moment where you stared at

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Hello, Matworld! (Friends)

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Join us on a journey to make believe worlds with our good friend Mat Ryer. The assignment; we each get to make up a new world where we invent a new gadget and declare a new rule. This episode is sure to delight loyal fans and especially those who enjoy Mat Ryer on the show and a good/bad song or two.

Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025

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Affected units will work locally, but smart features will shut down in October.

How Generative AI Informs Platform Engineering Strategy

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Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) book Effective Platform Engineering by Ajay

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Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it

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The improved Recall still tries to record everything you do on your PC.

Vibe Coding Is Rapidly Reshaping the Software Developer Profession

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There is probably no more controversial buzzword in software engineering right now than “vibe coding” — trusting AI to write

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One Lets Frontend Devs Build Once, Deploy Web and Native Apps

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A new React framework enables developers to create both web and native platform applications. Called, poetically enough, One, it stands

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