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Four Australian men have given new meaning to the term “bricked printers.” According to a press release from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) today, three men have been sentenced for trying to use five printers to smuggle 22.4 kg (49.4 pounds) of cocaine
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Humanity’s ancestry has grown far clearer thanks to our ability to obtain ancient DNA. We now know that, as humans left Africa, they interbred with the groups they met there, Neanderthals and Denisovans. Evidence from the Denisovan genome also suggests that this was nothing new; the Denisovans had apparently
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Separately, a group representing rural mobile carriers criticized the approvals, saying the FCC ignored competition concerns raised by small wireless operators. The spectrum sales “continue the troubling pattern of spectrum aggregation that disadvantages rural wireless providers, stifles competition in the wireless marketplace, and hinders the deployment of wireless services—particularly
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* The Angle Computer solved navigation calculations entirely through moving mechanical components * Massive solar storms could cripple satellite navigation systems, but the Angle Computer will survive * B-52 bomber navigators relied on celestial measurements long before modern GPS infrastructure existed A massive coronal mass ejection from the sun would send charged particles
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The company behind the Canvas learning platform, Instructure, has reached an agreement with ShinyHunters, who stole 275 million student records this month. The hackers originally threatened to leak the private information of students and teachers unless they were paid by a deadline of 12 May 2026. The New Agreement Instructure
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As large language models become more capable, users are tempted to delegate knowledge tasks where models process documents on their behalf and provide the finished results. But how far can you trust the model to stay faithful to the content of your documents when it has to iterate over them
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The company behind the Canvas learning platform, Instructure, has reached an agreement with ShinyHunters, who stole 275 million student records this month. The hackers originally threatened to leak the private information of students and teachers unless they were paid by a deadline of 12 May 2026. The New Agreement Instructure
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* Amazfit has launched the Cheetah 2 Ultra smartwatch * It’s made for trail runners and ultra-running enthusiasts * It arrives just one day after the new budget wearables from Garmin Amazfit has managed to carve out a role for itself as a popular budget-friendly wearables brand, and its devices often find
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Meta launched a new app on Wednesday, called Instants, that integrates with existing Instagram accounts and allows users to send unedited, disappearing photos. Instants leans into the popularity of Instagram’s Stories feature and Close Friends lists, where users can selectively share images with a smaller audience. Instants is available
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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. For the first time, AMD is including its 3D V-Cache tech in its commercial workstation processors with a refreshed line of Ryzen PRO 9000
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The golden Trump phone is finally shipping this week to people who preordered it, according to an emailed statement from Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien, as reported earlier by USA Today. Trump Mobile expects phones to be delivered within the next few weeks after months-long production delays. "
