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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The Meta Pocket app lets you vibe code small games and widgets. * You describe what you want and the app does the rest. * Creations only take about a minute to appear. Meta just made it
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pros and cons * Midrange price * Higher than midrange performance * Repairability * Feels great in hand * Doesn't quite perform to flagship levels Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. With fewer consumers constantly riding the upgrade train, sustainability has begun to gain a foothold in the phone
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A YouTuber on a mission to liberate semiconductor manufacturing from the grip of multinational megacorporations is back with a new round of DIY success, this time manufacturing working LEDs in his backyard fab. Dr. Semiconductor, also known as semiconductor engineer Dr. Matthew Hartensveld, per his recently launched website, first caught
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* Expel researchers warn of SynkLoader backdoor spread via fake IT help desk Teams messages * Malware modules include PhishLocker (fake login screen harvesting OS passwords) and Interactive Shell for remote control * Defenses: distrust unsolicited Teams DMs, verify with IT before installing apps, and train staff against social engineering For roughly a
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OS PLATFORMS Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds banishes a bug – with a bot The lad himself finds and fixes a tricky one… or does he? Work on Linux kernel 7.3 is underway, and a bug fix just came in from an unusual source: Linus himself. Well, kind of… The new
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Complaint: Peripheral maker did not want to unplug itself from higher prices and hand back cash to customers A complaint filed in a California District Court has accused peripheral maker Logitech of withholding tariff refunds from customers, and asked for the proceeds from its activities to be returned to punters.
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No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg A suspected Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a small UK power plant around the time that a series of digital intrusions disrupted American water utilities across 12 states. A British government spokesperson confirmed the hack to The Register on Monday and
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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By Sugandha Srikanteswaran, Head of Infrastructure and Platforms, The Hartford India Software Engineers know the difference between code that works once and code that runs reliably. Demonstrating a proof of concept focusses on getting a functional or a capability ask in a proven action. A feature passes in development, behaves
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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. The FTC and Zillow have announced a settlement that ends the case alleging that a 2025 “partnership” between Zillow and Redfin violated antitrust laws.
