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29 Jan

Meta will offer some of its data to third-party researchers through Center for Open Science partnership

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Meta is teaming up with the Center for Open Science (COS) to start a pilot program that studies “topics related to well-being.” It looks like the program will dive into our social media data, but on a voluntary basis, as COS says it will use a “privacy-preserving” dataset provided by Meta for the study. The agency says the study should…

29 Jan

Our favorite microSD card is on sale for only $11 right now

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There’s never a bad reason to have extra storage on hand. One of the easiest ways to expand your device’s storage or to back up important data is with an SD or microSD card. Most of the time, these are plug-and-play doohickeys, though it shouldn't take long for your device to reformat an SD card if need be. Some models…

29 Jan

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League pulled offline after a bizarre game-beating bug

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Rocksteady’s new third-person action shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been pulled offline just one hour after launch when players encountered a bizarre bug that immediately beats the game. We’ve all heard of game-breaking bugs, but this may be the first game-beating bug. Obviously, players want more than three minutes of playtime out of their $70 purchase.The issue…

29 Jan

Arc browser comes to the iPhone as a stripped-down, AI-powered search tool

John RoutledgeLatest News

Arc, a browser initially built just for the Mac, has been expanding lately. The Browser Company announced a beta of its Windows version last month, and today they're bringing the Arc experience to the iPhone with Arc Search. As the name implies, the new app is focused on searching — when you open the app, you're met with a keyboard…

29 Jan

Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air M2 falls back to a low of $999

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Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air M2 is already the company's most affordable laptop with this size screen. Now, you can grab the 256GB model at Amazon for just $999 (in Starlight), back down to the lowest price we've seen to date. And if you need more storage, the 512GB model is available for $1,199 ($300 off in Midnight), also an all-time…

29 Jan

Amazon abandons $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat

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Amazon and iRobot, maker of the Roomba vacuum line, just announced that they would be dropping their proposed merger. The potential acquisition was announced back in August of 2022 and was immediately the target of antitrust watchdogs, particularly in the EU. The European Commission (the EU's executive branch) officially announced it was looking into the $1.4 billion dollar deal last…

29 Jan

Japan’s SLIM lunar probe returns to life more than a week after landing upside down

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Japan's lunar lander has regained power a full nine days after it landed on the moon's surface nearly upside down and was subsequently switched off, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) announced. A change in the sun's position allowed the solar panels to receive light and charge the probe's battery, allowing JAXA to re-establish communication. Things were looking dire shortly after the…

29 Jan

The 16 best monitors for 2024

John RoutledgeLatest News

If you’ve gotten easily overwhelmed when looking at computer monitors to buy, you’re not alone. The sheer number of options available today is vast, plus monitors continue to evolve rapidly, with new technology like OLED Flex, QD-OLED and built-in smart platforms just in the last year alone. That’s on top of big improvements in things like color accuracy, image quality,…

29 Jan

The Morning After: That AI-generated George Carlin comedy special was written by humans

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As generative AI (and access to AI tools) continues to grow, expect to see more things like the tumult over “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.” Released on (then pulled from) YouTube, it’s framed as an hour of new “material” by the comedian, who died in 2008. Of course, it's not that. It isn't based on old notes or lost…

29 Jan

Sony’s WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones fall back to $328

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Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones are some of the most popular on the market, thanks to the improved sound quality, comfortable fit and highly effective active noise cancellation (ANC). If you've been looking at buying a pair, now is a good time to act. They're currently on sale at Amazon in black, midnight blue and silver for $328, a solid 18 percent…