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Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal. Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple, alongside Google, has been working

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I tried the $2,600 robot vacuum with a crane arm, and it’s absurd

Maybe you heard that Roborock made a robot vacuum with an arm back in January 2025, when the Saros Z70 was announced at CES. Maybe you were today years old when you found out such a thing exists. Either way, one unanimous question arises: Could a robot vacuum with an arm that picks up obstacles

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Best PC Gaming Monitors (2025): Samsung. AOC, and More

My personal daily driver is the AOC Q27G4ZD (8/10, WIRED Review). A 1440p screen is a very manageable resolution for modern systems, and a great target for a new build. This AOC is a premium version, with the latest panel tech, at a very reasonable price. It quickly took the place of a less impressive

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What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of France’s most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. But compared to its $6 billion valuation, its global market share is still relatively low.  However, the recent

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NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 24: Tips to solve Connections #243

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier

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Elon Musk Says He’ll Step Back From the Government. DOGE Isn’t Going Anywhere

What to make of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency at this stage of the Trump administration? Elon Musk has purportedly stepped away from his government duties. Courts are trying to strike down some of DOGE’s most egregious efforts. It may seem as though the worst excesses of DOGE have passed, replaced by something closer

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Zoox issues second robotaxi software recall in a month following collision 

Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox has issued its second voluntary software recall in a month, following a collision between one of its robotaxis and an e-scooter rider in San Francisco on May 8. The latest incident involved an unoccupied Zoox vehicle operating at low speed, which the company says was struck by the e-scooter after

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Lego free Planet: How to get free Lego for World Play Day

FREE LEGO: On June 11, build a Lego Planet model at participating stores and take it home with you for free. Find participating stores here. Here we go again. Lego has been running make and take events all year, providing fans with the opportunity to build and take home exclusive models for absolutely nothing. Looking

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Let’s Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom

Michael Calore: That’s pretty good. Katie? Katie Drummond: My recommendation is very specific and very strange. It is a 2003 film called What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth. Michael Calore: Wow. Katie Drummond: I watched this movie in high school, where I was cheating on my math exams. Sorry. For some

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Naukri exposed recruiter email addresses, researcher says

Naukri.com, a popular Indian employment website, has fixed a bug that exposed the email addresses of recruiters using its platform to search and hire talent online. The issue, discovered by security researcher Lohith Gowda, affected the API that Naukri used on its Android and iOS apps. The API exposed the email addresses of recruiters visiting

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