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Investigation: healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island share sensitive data with Google, LinkedIn, and Snapchat via web trackers (The Markup)

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The Markup:
Investigation: healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island share sensitive data with Google, LinkedIn, and Snapchat via web trackers  —  Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users' sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn

Google rolls out the ability to upload videos in the Gemini app for both free and paid accounts across Android and iOS; the feature is not yet live on the web (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out the ability to upload videos in the Gemini app for both free and paid accounts across Android and iOS; the feature is not yet live on the web  —  Besides the new navigation drawer and 2.5 Pro going stable, the Gemini app is rolling out video upload and analysis.

In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So The Chain Can Keep Suing Over Trademarks

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Here we go again. We have talked for years now about famed burger chain In-N-Out and its strategic, and very bullshit, practice of opening up pop-up locations in countries where it does not, and does not appear to plan to, have any real brick and mortar presence. This sort of trademark tourism is not unheard […]

The NAACP intends to sue xAI over the natural gas turbines at its Memphis data center, which it claims are polluting nearby predominantly Black neighborhoods (Hiroko Tabuchi/New York Times)

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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
The NAACP intends to sue xAI over the natural gas turbines at its Memphis data center, which it claims are polluting nearby predominantly Black neighborhoods  —  The company, xAI, has installed several dozen turbines in Memphis without proper permi

How Walmart plans to leverage its $2.3B Vizio acquisition to push shoppable TV experiences; Walmart's ad business had just $4.4B of sales in FY 2025 (Jaewon Kang/Bloomberg)

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Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg:
How Walmart plans to leverage its $2.3B Vizio acquisition to push shoppable TV experiences; Walmart's ad business had just $4.4B of sales in FY 2025  —  Walmart Inc. is working toward a future where consumers can buy items while watching their television shows, a strategy retailers have long tried to implement as a way

The Iranian government says it has restricted internet access in response to Israeli cyberattacks; some Western communication apps have reportedly been blocked (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
The Iranian government says it has restricted internet access in response to Israeli cyberattacks; some Western communication apps have reportedly been blocked  —  The connectivity drop appears to be a result of a decision by Iran's government, rather than due to Israeli strikes on infrastructure.

Scientists discover first sea spiders powered by methane-fed microbes in deep Pacific

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Methane is a menace to Earth’s climate, but to tiny spiders in the pitch-black depths...

Scientists turn human urine into dental and bone implant material using yeast

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Human urine is often dismissed as waste. But in large volumes, it poses serious environmental...

On a podcast, Sam Altman said Meta made "giant offers to a lot of people on our team...like, $100M signing bonuses", and "none of our best people" have accepted (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
On a podcast, Sam Altman said Meta made “giant offers to a lot of people on our team...like, $100M signing bonuses”, and “none of our best people” have accepted  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on something of a hiring spree lately, trying to staff up Meta's …

Trump to Delay TikTok Ban for Another 90 Days

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U.S. President Donald Trump will extend the looming TikTok ban for another 90 days later this week, the White House said today (via Axios). It will be the third extension Trump has put in place since taking office in January.


Trump's second TikTok extension will expire on June 19, and there appears to be no sign of a deal with China that would allow TikTok's U.S. operations to be sold to a U.S. company.

TikTok has been banned in the United States since January 19 due to the passing of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, but Trump's extensions prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from enforcing the law and allow TikTok to r [...]

A cyberattack claimed by the pro-Israel hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow has reportedly disrupted services at Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)

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Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
A cyberattack claimed by the pro-Israel hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow has reportedly disrupted services at Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah  —  The attack introduces a clear cyber element with immediate consequences for the country's critical infrastructure amid a growing conflict between Israel and Iran.

‘Goblin Prince’: New armored lizard that lived alongside dinosaur found

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A raccoon-sized armored lizard has been identified through the fossilized remains found in Southern Utah....

Startup Embeds AI Security Analysis in Dev Workflow

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Kusari, a software supply chain security startup, has launched Kusari Inspector, an AI-powered tool that delivers security insights and go/no-go

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Sources: Substack is pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its ~$700M last round price, and is generating ~$45M in ARR (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)

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Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
Sources: Substack is pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its ~$700M last round price, and is generating ~$45M in ARR  —  Substack is generating about $45 million in annual recurring revenue: sources  —  Substack is quietly fundraising …

Yes, The FTC Wants You To Think The Internet Is The Enemy To The Great American Family

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This is a combo piece with the first half written by law student Elizabeth Grossman about her take on the recent FTC moral panic about the internet, and the second part being some additional commentary and notes from her professor, Jess Miers. The FTC is fanning the flames of a moral panic. On June 4, […]

President Trump plans to sign an executive order this week to grant TikTok a 90-day extension in enforcement of the sale-or-ban law, marking his third extension (CNN)

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CNN:
President Trump plans to sign an executive order this week to grant TikTok a 90-day extension in enforcement of the sale-or-ban law, marking his third extension  —  New York CNN —  —  TikTok just got another lifeline from the White House, with President Donald Trump set to delay enforcement …

The US Senate confirms Olivia Trusty to the FCC, giving Republicans a 2-1 majority after the recent departures of two members (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The US Senate confirms Olivia Trusty to the FCC, giving Republicans a 2-1 majority after the recent departures of two members  —  The Senate confirmed Olivia Trusty to the FCC, a move that gives Donald Trump and Republicans a 2-1 majority on the commission.

The US Senate passes the GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for stablecoins; the bill now heads to the House (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
The US Senate passes the GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for stablecoins; the bill now heads to the House  —  The Senate on Tuesday passed the GENIUS Act, a landmark bill that for the first time establishes federal guardrails for U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins and creates …

Apple's Journal app is coming to iPad and Mac in iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe and gains features like multiple journals, map view, inline images, and more (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

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Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple's Journal app is coming to iPad and Mac in iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe and gains features like multiple journals, map view, inline images, and more  —  Apple's Journal app is coming to the iPad and Mac as part of iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, and several brand new features will be included too—even on iPhone.

iOS 26 Improves Screenshots in Three Ways

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iOS 26 includes three small but meaningful changes for screenshots.


The upcoming software update adds a new Screen Capture menu to the Settings app, under General. In it, there are a few useful toggles.

First, there is now an option for HDR screenshots. When this format is selected, any HDR photos or videos in screenshots will actually appear in HDR with full dynamic range, when viewed on newer iPhone models and other supported devices.

Apple says HDR screenshots use the HEIF image format. There is still an option for SDR screenshots, which are saved as PNG files.

Second, CarPlay screenshots finally work on an opt-in basis. On iOS 18 and earlier, taking a screenshot on an iPhone connected to CarPlay generates both iPhone and CarPlay screenshots. Starting with iOS 26, however, onl [...]

China’s next-gen lunar spacecraft nails escape test, hits safety milestone in seconds

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China’s next-gen spacecraft just nailed a dramatic escape test in what may be its biggest...

Pano AI, which uses AI and computer vision to offer active wildfire detection, raised a $44M Series B led by Giant Ventures, bringing its total funding to $89M (Marc Vartabedian/Wall Street Journal)

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Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal:
Pano AI, which uses AI and computer vision to offer active wildfire detection, raised a $44M Series B led by Giant Ventures, bringing its total funding to $89M  —  Pano AI's fundraising signals investor willingness to back startups that rely in part on government entities for

World’s most adaptable robot swarm builds without plans, blueprints, or coordination

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Bees, ants, and termites build complex structures without blueprints, architects, or construction supervisors. Their colonies...

Philips Hue Line Gains New Wall Washer Light

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Signify today updated its popular Philips Hue lighting lineup with the Philips Hue Play Wall Washer, a new light that's meant to provide background lighting for a TV or other entertainment space.

Sources: xAI is burning through $1B/month and expects to burn through ~$13B in 2025; revenues are expected to be just $500M this year, rising to $2B+ next year (Bloomberg)

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 422: The Political Power Of Mockery

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Support us on Patreon » In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, those who spread and benefit from the chaos have worked hard to brand fact-checking and counterspeech as a form of censorship — and it’s a worryingly effective tactic. But there’s one type of counterspeech that is very hard to evade: mockery and satire. […]

X sues New York, claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech and disinformation violates the US Constitution (Bob Van Voris/Bloomberg)

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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
X sues New York, claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech and disinformation violates the US Constitution  —  Elon Musk's X Corp. sued the state of New York claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech …

Discounted Apple Watch Series 10 Now Available From Apple's U.S. Refurbished Store

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Apple today stocked its U.S. refurbished store with Apple Watch Series 10 models, offering the latest Apple Watch devices at a discount for the first time since their launch last September.


The refurbished Apple Watch Series 10 models are discounted by approximately 15 percent compared to the standard price for brand new models. The Wi-Fi only 46mm Apple Watch Series 10, for example, is available for $359, down from $429. A <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FWYD3LW/A/refurbished-apple-watch-series-10-gps-cellular-46mm-slate-titanium-case-with-s-m-black-sport-band" [...]

Apple Saves $300 Million After Appeals Court Win in LTE Patent Fight

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Apple today won a victory in its ongoing patent infringement litigation with Texas-based patent troll Optis, reports Reuters.


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today threw out a prior jury verdict that would have forced Apple to pay $300 million for infringing on standard-essential LTE patents owned by Optis.

When appealing the initial ruling from the Eastern District Court of Texas, Apple argued that the court had not fairly separated the different patent claims that it allegedly violated, and only asked the jurors to determine if Apple violated any patents. The federal appeals court agreed with Apple, and said that the district court ruling provided [...]

How The Republican Party Became A Party That Believes The Constitution Only Applies To Its Enemies

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Let’s talk about constitutional hypocrisy so brazen, so comprehensive, so morally bankrupt that it would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous to the republic. I’ve learned something about modern Republicans that crystallizes everything wrong with our current political moment: they care more about the constitutionality of Biden’s student debt forgiveness than they do about […]

AI, the New Hero of Software Development … or Anti-Hero?

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Humanoid robot runs factory machines, sorts parts, and scans assets using NVIDIA tech

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As the industrial world rapidly scales up, so does the demand for precision, speed, and...

iOS 26 Lets You Set Custom Ringtones Without Using GarageBand

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The dust is beginning to settle on iOS 26, but there is one more smaller improvement that we wanted to make sure that we highlighted: the ability to set custom ringtones on the iPhone without using the GarageBand app.


To set a custom ringtone on iOS 26, open the Files app and tap on an MP3 or M4A audio file that is less than 30 seconds long. Next, tap on the share button in the bottom-right corner of the screen, tap on More, and tap on Use as Ringtone. Then, that audio file will be listed as a ringtone option in the Settings app under Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone.

As noted by Macworld last week, the Use [...]

Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite

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Google says Gemini 2.5 is stable and ready for developers to build on.

DOJ’s Constitutional Dodge: When One Detention Reason Fails, Just Try Another

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When a federal judge ruled last week that Marco Rubio can’t just declare that the US can detain green card holder Mahmoud Khalil based on the Secretary of State’s “vibes check” assessment of his political beliefs, you might think Khalil would finally be free to return to his family. You’d be wrong. The DOJ has […]

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Daily Deal: Rosetta Stone (All Languages)

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Embark on the journey of language learning with the Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription for all languages. Trusted by top-tier organizations like NASA, Calvin Klein, and TripAdvisor, Rosetta Stone has been the go-to software for language learning for the past 27 years. With its immersive and intuitive training method, you might be reading, writing, and speaking […]

See iPadOS 26 Multitasking in Action

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iPadOS 26 is going to change the way that you use your iPad, and it turns working on the ‌iPad‌ into a much more Mac-like experience. Apple introduced a whole new multitasking system, which you can get a first look at in our video.

New patch with nanoneedles 1,000 times thinner than hair offers painless biopsy option

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A tiny patch with microscopic needles could spell the end of painful biopsies. Scientists at...

iOS 18.6 Beta Code Includes Reference to Apple's Rumored Home Hub

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Apple is rumored to be working on an all-new smart home hub, and an alleged reference to the device has been discovered in the iOS 18.6 beta.


9to5Mac today reported that iOS 18.6's code includes a new "apple-logo-1088@2x~home.png" image asset. According to the report, the "~home" suffix indicates that the image asset is intended to be limited to Apple's rumored homeOS operating system for the home hub, which is expected to have a square iPad-like screen.

If the report is accurate about the image asset, it serves as furt [...]

How Organizations Can Cross the Operational Chasm

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In today’s digital economy, operational resilience isn’t just important – it’s essential. The global IT outage on July 19 last

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China claims to activate 1,000-qubit quantum system in direct competition with IBM

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In a significant leap toward scalable quantum computing, China’s QuantumCTek Co has claimed to have...

Trump, ICE Briefly Decided Maybe It’s Not A Good Idea To Mass Arrest Employed Migrants… But Then Reversed Course

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For a brief moment, it looked like real life was finally having an effect on Trump’s “immigrants are inherently evil” fantasies. There was a brief window, last week, where Trump indicated he’d roll back some of his deportation goons because it was going too far. The fact that this moment of realization has arrived at […]

Service-Level Objectives: Stop Thinking in Burn Rates

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Across the industry, there’s great diversity in the way people integrate service-level objectives (SLOs) into their workflows. Some companies use

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Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

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The Threads team at Meta has spent the past year working on supporting the broader fediverse and social web, and is launching its biggest integrations yet: a new dedicated feed for fediverse posts, and a way to search for fediverse users inside of Threads. Starting today, if you’ve turned on fediverse sharing in Threads, there […]

Satechi's New Accessory Lets You Add Up to 8TB of Storage to Mac Mini

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Accessory maker Satechi has announced that it has released a new NVMe SSD enclosure that is specially designed for the latest Mac mini.


The slim aluminum enclosure is the same size as the Mac mini models with M4 and M4 Pro chips, allowing it to sit atop the computer. It connects to the Mac mini with an included USB 4 cable, offering data transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps.

The enclosure can hold up to an 8TB NVMe SSD, and it has a hidden compartment for storing the braided USB 4 cable. In addition, Satechi says it has integrated cooling vents and a thermal pad, for peak performance without thermal throttling.

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Where's the AirTag 2?

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We are still waiting for Apple's long-rumored AirTag 2 to launch. Below, we recap the latest rumors about the item-tracking accessory.


In his Power On newsletter before WWDC, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that a new AirTag was "nearly ready" to launch. Last year, he said that it would be released around the middle of 2025, and the midpoint of the year is just two weeks away.

"The new AirTag is nearly ready, having been prepared for launch over the past several months," he said. However, he said that it was unlikely that Apple would announce the AirTag 2 during <a hre [...]

iOS 26: Five Changes Coming to Your iPhone Lock Screen

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With iOS 26, Apple has made some additions to the iPhone Lock Screen that aim to make it more customizable than ever.


Of course, things can always change before the software makes its way to the general iPhone-owning public, but here are five new things iOS 26 can do on the Lock Screen as of the current developer beta.

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World’s first 6G electronic warfare weapon by China can jam F-35 radar in seconds

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Scientists in China have developed a groundbreaking new electronic warfare weapon that utilizes 6G technology....

Vibe Coding in a Post-IDE World: Why Agentic AI Is the Real Disruption

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Let me tell you a story. Last month, I published a blog post without touching a word processor. I spoke

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5x faster than Starlink: Chinese satellite beams data with minimal laser power

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Chinese scientists have reportedly achieved a 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission from a...

Amazon Prime Day 2025 Will Run July 8-11, Shop Early Deals on Anker and More Now

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Amazon today announced that its annual Prime Day sale will take place beginning Tuesday, July 8 and run through Friday, July 11. This is the first time in ten years that Prime Day will take place over four days, instead of the usual two days.

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Amazon began Prime Day back in 2015, and since 2019 the event has been running for two days straight every summer. Shoppers can expect massive discounts on an array of products, including Apple devices. Some deals will last the entire run of the sale, but there will also be lightning deals [...]

Google Says iOS 26 Copies Three Android Features

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In a new ad, Google says iOS 26 copies three Android features that have been available on Pixel phones for years: Live Translate, Hold Assist, and Call Screening.


The video, part of the ongoing #BestPhonesForever series, shows an iPhone and a Pixel 9 Pro talking to each other on a fictional podcast.

"I announced live translation for text messages," the iPhone says.

"And it turned out I had that four years ago," th [...]

Next NFC Release Will Quadruple Range of Contactless Connections

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The NFC Forum has announced NFC Release 15, which extends the operating range of Near Field Communication interactions by up to four times and enables faster, more seamless experiences.


The NFC Forum is the global standards body responsible for Near Field Communication technology. NFC Release 15 increases the maximum operating range of NFC contactless connections from 0.5 centimeters to 2 centimeters. This fourfold increase in the NFC operating range reduces the need for precise alignment between devices during contactless transactions.

NFC Release 15 increases reliability and speed, resulting in fewer failed or repeated taps. It improves performance for smaller devices such as wearables, which contain smaller antennas. Su [...]

Adobe Firefly App Launches on iOS and Android

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Adobe has launched Firefly as a mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing users to generate images and videos using text prompts, integrating both Adobe's own generative AI models and a growing list of third-party models from companies including OpenAI, Google, and Flux.


Firefly is designed to be a cross-platform hub for generative AI content creation, with features like text-to-image, text-to-video, image-to-video, Generative Fill, and Generative Expand. For image generation, the app supports Adobe's own Firefly models alongside third-party systems including OpenAI's image model, Google's Imagen 3 and 4, Ideogram 3.0, Flux 1.1 Pro, and Runway's Gen-4. For video generation, the app inte [...]

The MacBook Air is the obvious loser as the sun sets on the Intel Mac era

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In the end, Intel Macs have mostly gotten a better deal than PowerPC Macs did.

The Trump Org Sort Of Launches A New Half-Assed Wireless Phone Company, Trump Mobile

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Never one to miss an opportunity to exploit the presidency for a quick and tacky buck, the Trump administration is getting into the cell phone business. Well, sort of: the Trump administration is launching a lazy new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) that piggybacks on existing wireless networks with an added perk: a fake-gold $500 […]

Apple's 2025 Back to School Sale Now Live, Offering Free Accessories With Purchases

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Apple today launched its annual Back to School promotion, offering eligible students, educators, and parents free accessories worth up to $199 when purchasing select Mac and iPad models through September 30.


The 2025 promotion is different from last year's up-to-$150 gift card format, and instead provides eligible customers with their choice of popular Apple accessories. Some accessories are completely free, while other more expensive options incur an additional fee on top of the main device purchase. Here's a breakdown of what's on offer.

MacBook Buyers

WhatsApp Ads Debut in Updates Section, Personal Chats Unaffected

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WhatsApp this week introduced advertising to its messaging platform, but your encrypted conversation threads in the Meta-owned app are off limits for marketers – at least for now.


WhatsApp announced on Monday it will display ads through three new features, all contained within the Updates tab. Users will see promoted content in Status updates, discover promoted channels, and encounter subscription-based channel content.

The ads won't appear in personal chats or use encrypted message content for targeting. Instead, WhatsApp said it will rely on basic information like location, language, and channel follows to serve relevant ads.

"We've been talking about our plans to build a business that does not interru [...]

iPhone Sales Jump 15% in April-May as Apple Reclaims China Lead

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iPhone sales climbed 15% year-over-year during April and May, signaling Apple's strongest two-month performance for the period since the pandemic, according to preliminary data from Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse Global Monthly Smartphone Sales Report.


The growth was driven mainly by the United States and China, Apple's two largest markets. Both regions returned to positive year-over-year growth after three years of declines during what is typically a less seasonal period. China sales were particularly notable, with Apple capturing the top spot in May. It's quite the turnaround, after Apple only recently sustained market share losses to Huawei and other local mobile vendors.

"Q2 iPhone performa [...]

Apple CEO and Brad Pitt Promote 'F1 The Movie' at Fifth Avenue Store

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Apple CEO Tim Cook and Brad Pitt surprised fans at the company's Fifth Avenue flagship store over the weekend to promote the upcoming Apple Original Film "F1 The Movie."


The unexpected appearance followed a packed panel discussion featuring "Severance" cast members Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, and Britt Lower to chat about their work on the hit Apple TV+ show.

Pitt greeted the crowd and said he was excited for fans to see the movie, calling the high-octane thriller the "most visceral racing film ever made." Meanwhile, Cook was keen to tout th [...]

Merging Business Logic and DevOps

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How to Embed Security Into Enterprise DevOps Pipelines

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Agent Mulder Was Right! (Sort Of)

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It’s one of those things I don’t discuss on main. I’m not really sure why. Maybe it was my strict religious upbringing, which made discussing anything outside of preferred interpretations of the Bible sacrilegious, if not actually blasphemous. Or maybe it was a concern about being a bit outside of the mainstream, which might result […]

In The Vax Wars, RFK Jr. Predictably Wields Misinformation As A Weapon

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The second most frustrating aspect of RFK Jr.’s performance as the head of Health and Human Services has been just how predictable the actions he’s taken are. When you start with a simple premise, that Kennedy is a vehement anti-vaxxer, the view that measles is less harmful than the MMR vaccine makes sense. The appointment […]

Stop uploading your data to Google (News)

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Lukas Mathis tells us to stop uploading our data to Google, Robert Vitonsky wants web devs to not guess his language using his IP, Tom from GameTorch reminds us that software talent is gold right now, Austin Parker from Honeycomb describes how LLMs are upending the observability industry, and Vitess co-creator, Sugu Sougoumarane, joins Supabase to lead their Multigres effort to bring Vitess to Postgres.

Reddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garage

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Rare RCA control panel from 1966 may be the only surviving example of its kind.

Python ThreadPool vs. Multiprocessing​

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Before we dive into multithreading and multiprocessing, let’s first cover some background info on concurrency, parallelism and asynchronous tasks. These

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The Modern Observability Roundtable: AI, Rising Costs and OpenTelemetry

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Is the term “observability” still productive? When it first entered common parlance around 2017, it was instructive in differentiating itself

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Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

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The ads will appear under WhatsApp's Updates tab.

Work Is Water: Beat Developer Infinity by Paying Attention to Flow

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This article is for everyone drowning in work. If your to-do list seems infinite and you’re starting to feel burned

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How To Choose the Best Python Package Management Tool

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Python’s ecosystem relies heavily on third-party packages, making package management a critical aspect of development workflows. Three prominent package managers

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The Anti-Metrics Era of Developer Productivity

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The introduction of sophisticated AI coding assistants has fundamentally altered the way developers work. What once took hours of concentrated

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

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Ready or Not, Agentic AI Is Disrupting Corporate Landscapes

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While the advancements in Generative AI continue to introduce astounding possibilities, Agentic AI has emerged as a solution to complex

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Mary Meeker’s New AI Trends Report Makes the Case for Optimism

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Historically, Mary Meeker‘s “Internet Trends” reports have been legendary. After a five-year hiatus, the VC/analyst has co-authored a remarkable new

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Would you switch browsers for a chatbot?

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 87, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy It's Officially Too Hot Now Week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Sabrina Carpenter and Khaby Lame and […]

Meet Embabel: A Framework for Building AI Agents With Java

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AI agents are becoming true collaborators in the workplace, with more developers every day beginning to build them. To reach

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Agentic Coding: How Google’s Jules Compares to Claude Code

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After my successful use of Claude Code, I was keen to try other equivalent agentic large language model (LLM) tools

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ECMAScript Committee Advances 3 Proposals to Stage 4

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The TC39, aka the Ecma International’s Technical Committee 39, met in early June to review ECMAScript (a.k.a. JavaScript) specification submissions.

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Reclaiming Control: Digital Sovereignty in 2025

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Sovereignty has mattered since the invention of the nation state—defined by borders, laws, and taxes that apply within and without. While many

The post Reclaiming Control: Digital Sovereignty in 2025 appeared first on Gigaom.

Async Programming in Java Repositories

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Java is an object-oriented language; it supports encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. As we can see from Java’s continuing success in

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Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

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Because you wanted this, right?

GenAI and Flexible Consumption Models Reshape Hybrid Storage Infrastructure

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The use of generative AI (GenAI) is growing at an unprecedented rate across various industries. Significant technical advances in AI

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Elixir: An Alternative to JavaScript-Based Web Development

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It may sound like heresy, but some developers regret their commitment to JavaScript. Brian Cardarella, the founder of web and

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From Automation to Orchestration: The Key to Digital Success

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New Relic Adds Support for Model Context Protocol to Observability Platform

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Inside the firm turning eerie blank streaming ads into useful nonprofit messages

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Nonprofits often can't afford ad space on streaming platforms.

Accelerating Developer Velocity With Effective Platform Teams

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Platform engineering teams create self-service capabilities that provide development teams with golden paths for building reliable and secure software. When

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Saltiness about frostiness (Friends)

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Justin Searls joins Jerod in Apple's WWDC wake for hot takes about frosty UIs. We go (almost) point-by-point through the keynote, dissecting and reacting along the way. Concentricity!

Another one for the graveyard: Google to kill Instant Apps in December

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It was a good idea that arrived too late to matter.

Why AI and SQL Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

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Natural human language is the ideal interface for accessing data, and making it conversational is the ultimate goal. Advanced AI,

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Install Homebrew on MacOS for More Dev Tool Options

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Although macOS is one of the more user-friendly operating systems on the market, as a developer, you might find it

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Infrastructure From Code: What Went Wrong

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The idea behind Infrastructure from Code (IfC) is that you would simply write out all deployment and configuration steps in

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Introduction to vLLM: A High-Performance LLM Serving Engine

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The open source vLLM represents a milestone in large language model (LLM) serving technology, providing developers with a fast, flexible

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Gearset Extends Reach of DevOps Platform for Salesforce Applications

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From Noise to Narrative: Rethinking Observability for AI-Augmented DevOps Pipelines

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Smooth the Path to AI Agent Adoption for Software Engineers

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Shift Left Alone is No Longer Enough, Runtime Context is Key

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PHP Turns 30: Language and Ecosystem Are Stronger Than Ever

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This month marks the 30th anniversary of PHP being released to the world. To find out how PHP has evolved

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