Tech
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Dell makes some of our very favorite laptops — here's a rundown of the models that impressed us most in testing
Top picks for professionals, gamers, students and more
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'This one page changed my life': Michael Dell shows off the document which helped set him on the path to business success
A single document showcasing a $135,000 profit that shaped the modern Dell ecosystem as we know it
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“The lowest key profile I think I’ve ever seen”: Turtle Beach’s massive keyboard is surprisingly easy to navigate — but that’s not the most interesting part
The KB5 has all the keys you could want, plus a touchscreen — but are these features enough to make it worth your money?
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In a rare win for PC builders, Corsair's 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory gets a big discount
High memory prices make this Corsair 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 deal welcome news for cash-strapped PC builders.
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FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto — and he even consulted ChatGPT on how to leave the country
Asking an AI agent that retains all its conversations how to reinvest your criminal proceeds might not be the best play
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A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.
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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.
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Tokyo plans to produce eighty thousand drones annually by 2030.
Tokyo just tripled its drone budget and wants eighty thousand units a year rolling off assembly lines by 2030
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #886)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
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Sky TV supernatural thriller Possession is the most disturbing show you'll stream this year — with star Gugu Mbatha-Raw teasing it'll 'leave you with questions'
New Sky TV supernatural thriller Possession is one of the most uncomfortable watches of the year — so don't think its colonial history is going to be toned down.
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Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1655)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going
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Disney+ could soon get a free tier — and it’s about much more than streaming
Free access, bigger ambitions
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Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon
Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming days.
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1152)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going
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Quote of the day by Anduril founder Palmer Lucky: 'There's no moral high ground to making a land mine that can't tell the difference between a school bus full of children and Russian armor'
The era of 'dumb weapons' is coming to an end, with companies striving to infuse AI and other technologies into the tools of future warfare
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DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.
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Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems - tools from OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly among those affected
AI-enhanced defense systems from the East, leveraging closed-weight models from the West
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The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward "Big Balls" Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.
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Are your Android apps secretly sharing your location with advertisers? Some developers are accidentally leaving on this critical data-invading setting when using third-party SDKs
Some apps are gathering highly-localized location data and feeding it back to advertisers, data brokers, and even the military.
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From passenger flights to military tool: Midnight eVTOL evolves
A California startup just quietly became South Korea's newest defense industry power player overnight
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Disney's new TikTok partnership proves real fans beat AI every time
Doubling down on creators over AI
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Three factors in midlife can delay the onset of dementia by 13 years | New Scientist
A study involving 12,000 adults in the US suggests that taking action to prevent dementia during your 50s can make a big difference later in life
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Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet' — but how?
Should T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T be worried?
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AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
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The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop
Security researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human expertise.
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New Ukrainian robot traps attacking drones using airborne nets
Ukraine's latest battlefield robot hunts drones with flying nets while carrying wounded soldiers and military supplies across dangerous terrain
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Swallowing faecal capsules reduces peanut allergy in six adults | New Scientist
Altering the gut microbiomes of people with peanut allergy using faeces donated from an allergy-free individual improved their peanut tolerance in a clinical trial
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TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up
The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since been hospitalized.
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Last Word: How does my energy use differ if I walk, jog or run for 1 kilometre? | New Scientist
A reader weighs in on this one – and finds it will depend on how far you’re travelling
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‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: Reddit thinks Google’s Nano Banana 2 has got worse — so I put it head-to-head with ChatGPT
Can an AI image generator get worse? Or is something else going on here…
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Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network
The expansion takes PIA's dedicated streaming network from 13 locations to 35, with no app update or plan change required
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'Spot your favorite Pokémon' with Secretlab's expanded Titan Evo Pokémon collection, featuring adorable pixel art designs of Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise
Following the launch of its Secretlab Pokémon Collection, Secretlab is expanding the collaboration with three new Pokémon-inspired skins.
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‘Our corrupt, AI-addicted President cannot be allowed to sacrifice our federal lands’: A bill to permanently ban AI data centers from federal lands has been introduced to congress
The Trump administration is pushing forward with a huge data center buildout while sidelining environmental concerns and worsening pollution.
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Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon
All five Xbox generations under one roof.
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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
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4 of Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving—and Launching Their Own AI Startup
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
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We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause | New Scientist
The devastating wildfires in Europe demand urgent measures to make landscapes more resilient, but without action to reduce use of fossil fuels, the danger is only going to increase
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Last Word: This week’s new questions | New Scientist
Humans can see water but not air. So can fish see air? And would it be possible to have anti-black holes, and how could we tell if we were looking at one?
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Last Word: Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 2 | New Scientist
Readers continue to give their examples of dogs who do notice passing aircraft – but also put forward some ideas as to why they generally don’t
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The Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 just leaked again, and the Fitbit Air rival could be keeping its screen — but almost everything else remains a mystery
Details of the Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 wearable have leaked in FCC regulatory filings.
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What is life? A provocative new book sets out to redefine it | New Scientist
Melanie Challenger's Alive aims to describe the living world very differently – by insisting on agency and purpose everywhere. Michael Marshall explores
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MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson’s Possible 2028 Presidential Bid
Joe Kent says that he and other anti–Donald Trump MAGA figures have formed a new movement. They want Tucker Carlson to run for the presidency in 2028.
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The mathematics of balloon animals | New Scientist
Feedback is delighted to be pointed towards an old but still vital piece of research that presents “a general mathematical and algorithmic theory for balloon-twisting structures”
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Last Word: At what point does my family tree stop doubling and start decreasing? | New Scientist
Readers debate how the introduction of bicycles and trains will have led to less closely related prospective partners for our ancestors – and consider various royal dynasties from this perspective
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One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant
Modernize your old website instantly with the power of AI
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Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for
SMOKE#SCREEN is a dangerous campaign that evolves over time
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Twisteddoodles: 'Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?' | New Scientist
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Dive into an in-depth history of the realities of space exploration | New Scientist
Out of This World by Peter Bond lays out the successes and failures of space exploration. It reminds us of what faces all who venture into the unknown, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
