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Are you ready to upgrade your home theater's audio? Adding a discrete sound system opens up a whole new world of immersion compared to most built-in speakers that ship with TVs, including modern models, and if you go the soundbar route, setup is typically quick and easy, and
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OpenAI’s head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, is leaving the company following an internal restructuring that merges its safety and research teams under a single leader, Wired reported on Friday. Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told staff in a memo that safety teams would now report to Mia Glaese,
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TL;DR The European Commission issued preliminary findings on Friday accusing Meta of engineering Facebook and Instagram to be addictive, telling it to disable autoplay and infinite scroll by default or face fines of up to 6% of global revenue. The findings land days before an EU expert panel delivers
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Sony surprised the camera community this week with the launch of the new RX10 V, reviving its best-in-class series of bridge cameras. The mark V comes nine years after the now-discontinued Cyber-shot RX10 IV. It has the same versatile 24-600mm F2.4-4 lens and 20-megapixel 1-inch stacked sensor, but with
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The general consensus is that Apple will unveil its first foldable iPhone during a launch event in September, at which point most of our questions will be answered. That includes whether it will be called the iPhone Ultra or iPhone Fold, or something else entirely. We also hope to get
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 135, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, crank the AC, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about cold plunges and
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I enjoy plenty of the latest smart home gadgets, including the new AI capabilities that can save time in practical ways. But while smart homes have created effective defenses against old hacking attempts, all these new features created a new vulnerability too. It's called promptware or prompt injections,
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TL;DR Meta pulled its Muse Image AI feature from Instagram three days after launch following backlash from SAG-AFTRA, talent agency CAA, and actors including Hannah Einbinder. The tool, the first from Meta Superintelligence Labs, let anyone generate images from public Instagram accounts with no opt-in required. Meta has pulled
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Mumbai-based live entertainment startup thumpN has raised more than $3.75 million in pre-seed funding from a mix of music artists and business leaders as it looks to build an AI-native event discovery and ticketing platform for India's growing live entertainment market. The round includes backing from Paytm
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Juggling schedules for my family of five is a constant source of stress. Every day I deal with calendars for three kids in three different schools, plus their extra-curricular activities and the constantly evolving work schedules of me and my husband. All the meal planning, grocery shopping, and general house
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Naturally, the AstroRinse also needs a power supply, so if you don’t have a standard electrical outlet near your hose spigot, you’ll need another extension cord solution here. The unit must be level to run properly, and it features adjustable feet and a built-in spirit level to help
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Amid years of warnings that China’s notorious Volt Typhoon hackers may be pre-positioning within United States critical infrastructure, a closed-door war game for insurers played out an array of worst-case scenarios—revealing a menacing, disruptive threat. ICE’s internal oversight group, the Office of Professional Responsibility, has begun investigating
