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22 Mar

The second Final Fantasy XVI DLC, The Rising Tide, will arrive on April 18

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth dropped only a few weeks ago, but fans of the series won't have to wait long at all to play a new addition to another recent entry. The Rising Tide, the second paid expansion for Final Fantasy XVI, will arrive on April 18. The release date was revealed at a PAX East panel, where it was announced…

22 Mar

The best Amazon Big Spring Sale tech deals on AirPods, Apple Watches, MacBooks, iPads and more

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The Amazon Big Spring Sale is in full swing. While not as heavy on tech deals as regular Prime Day is, there are some good Amazon deals available on tech we recommend, including a number of Apple devices. In truth, the pickings are pretty slim — and most of these discounts are not explicitly tied to the spring sale —…

22 Mar

Apple Silicon has a hardware-level exploit that could leak private data

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A team of university security researchers has found a chip-level exploit in Apple Silicon Macs. The group says the flaw can bypass the computer’s encryption and access its security keys, exposing the Mac’s private data to hackers. The silver lining is the exploit would require you to circumvent Apple’s Gatekeeper protections, install a malicious app and then let the software…

22 Mar

Threads is getting into live sports scores, starting with the NBA

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The social network Threads is going to start showing live sports scores, starting with NBA basketball. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the initiative and wrote that it’ll be adding more leagues in the near future. Here’s how it works. During a game, just search for the teams and you’ll see an up-to-date score. If the game is over, a search…

22 Mar

Senators ask intelligence officials to declassify details about TikTok and ByteDance

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As the Senate considers the bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok, lawmakers have heard directly from intelligence officials about the alleged national security threat posed by the app. Now, two prominent senators are asking the office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify and make public what they have shared. “We are deeply troubled by…

22 Mar

Instagram porn bots’ latest tactic is ridiculously low-effort, but it’s working

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Porn bots are more or less ingrained in the social media experience, despite platforms’ best efforts to stamp them out. We’ve grown accustomed to seeing them flooding the comments sections of memes and celebrities’ posts, and, if you have a public account, you’ve probably noticed them watching and liking your stories. But their behavior keeps changing ever so slightly to…

22 Mar

Samsung is throwing in a free 65-inch 4K TV when you pre-order one of its new 2024 TVs

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Samsung announced pricing and availability details for its 2024 TV lineup on Thursday, and it's rolled out a fairly unique deal to entice pre-orders: If you order one of its latest sets between now and April 11, it'll throw in a bonus 65-inch 4K TV for no extra cost. The offer applies to the company's new OLED TVs (the S90D…

22 Mar

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young and returns to Spotify

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Iconic singer Joni Mitchell has put her music back on Spotify more than two years after she left the platform as a protest against it hosting misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, typically spread by beefy podcast bad boy Joe Rogan. This happens just a week after fellow protestor Neil Young rejoined the streaming service. Mitchell has made no comment about her…

22 Mar

Qualcomm says most Windows games will work on its latest Arm laptop chipset

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Qualcomm is said to have new Arm-based laptops of its own in the pipeline, while consumer versions of the new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 that run on the Snapdragon X Elite chipset are believed to be on the way. While that in the past would have meant the makers of x86- and x64-based Windows software needing to…

22 Mar

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 review: Stellar sound, forward-looking features

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Companies don’t need to make huge updates to their wireless earbuds across generations. Sometimes, making a great set more reliable and adding features that extend their lifespan are upgrades enough. That’s what Sennheiser has done for the Momentum True Wireless 4 ($300). The company’s fourth-generation earbuds retain the excellent sound quality I’ve come to expect from Sennheiser along with rebuilt…