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Core77
- Core77 Weekly Roundup (5-12-25 to 5-16-25)
- Industrial Design Case Study: Tactile Helps Milwaukee Perfect Their Digital Level
- Design Opportunity: Create a Better Portable Tufting Frame
- The Pivotal Helix: A Cute, Goofy-Looking Personal Electric Flying Machine
- Fun Floating Furniture by Bote
- Freitag Creates a Completely Monomaterial and Recyclable Bag Line
- An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily Kill Them
- Hozo Designs a Better Cordless Ultrasonic Cutter
- Acrobatic Artist Bastien Dausse's Low-Tech Wall-Walking Invention
- Peter Ivy's Gorgeous Rokkakei Hand-Blown Glass Pendant Lamps
- The Origins of the First Mass-Market Tool Chest
- How Metal Objects Used to First be Made Out of Wood
- Laurids Gallée's Tralucid Stools, Both Crisp and Blurry
- Automatic Photo Timestamp/Location-Stamp Apps for Keeping Track of Projects
- An Interesting Twist on the Sunken Living Room
CNET
- Verizon Wins FCC Approval for $20 Billion Frontier Merger: What This Means for Fiber
- Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for Music and More in 2025
- Should You Change Your Password After the Steam Leak? This Cybersecurity Expert Says Yes
- Nintendo Store Levels Up in San Francisco: A First Look Inside the Ultimate Fan Experience
- Ziploc, Rubbermaid Sued for Microplastics Exposure. Are Plastic Food Containers Safe to Use?
- This Humane Spray Is the Only Thing That Keeps Mice Out of My House
- Weighing Yourself at Home? Try This Trick for Precise Results
- Fortnite Is Offline on iOS. Here's Why Apple Is Blocking Its Return
- Don't Get Sick on Your Next Trip. Try Our Wellness Team's Essentials for Healthy Travels
- Charter and Cox Have Announced a $34.5 Billion Merger
- The Real Cost of Owning a Gas Fireplace
- Spring Cleaning for Tech: How to Recycle Your Old Computers and Printers for Free
- Best Cheap Vacuums for 2025: Our Best Lab-Tested Performers for Less Than $300
- Best Squat Racks of 2025
- Nothing Teases New Over-Ear Headphones That Are 'Better Than AirPods Max' but Cost Much Less
- AI-Voiced Darth Vader Can Swear, Say 'Skibidi Toilet' in Fortnite: How to Find It
- Is It Cheaper to Hire Movers or Do It Yourself? Let's Find Out Together
- Premier League Soccer: Stream Chelsea vs. Man United Live From Anywhere
- How Trump Plans to Change Tax Credits for Solar Panels, EVs and More
- Installing a VPN on Linux? Here are the Easiest Methods
- Generative AI: Everything to Know About the Tech Behind Chatbots Like ChatGPT
- Best Internet Providers in Seattle, Washington
- I've Been Tracking Tariff Price Impacts Every Day, and Here's What I've Found
- Best Home Equity Loan Rates for May 2025
- Out of Breath Going Up Stairs? We Found Out Why and How to Make It Easier
The Verge
- xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts
- Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast
- Bungie caught stealing artwork again
- ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent
- 8BitDo’s new all-button arcade controller is just 16mm thick
- The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair
- Fortnite players can speak with Darth Vader through a James Earl Jones-voiced AI
- Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn’t harmed people in Gaza
- Capcom goes for deep cuts with latest fighting game collection
- HBO’s no good very bad rebrand
Wired
- We Hand-Picked the 24 Best Deals From the 2025 REI Anniversary Sale
- OpenAI Launches an Agentic, Web-Based Coding Tool
- The Best Gifts for Book Lovers (2025)
- The Best Motorola Phones (2025), Tested and Reviewed
- No, Graduates: AI Hasn't Ended Your Career Before It Starts
- Does Your City Use Chlorine or Chloramine to Treat Its Water?
- Shark CryoGlow Review: Chill Out
- Microsoft Surface Pro 12 Review: Beautiful and Baffling
- The Best Ergonomic Mouse (2025), Tested and Reviewed
- 10 Best Android Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
- The 11 Best Mattress Toppers We’ve Slept On (2025)
- The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat
- EA Tried to Stop an ‘Anti-DEI Mod’ for ‘The Sims 4’—but More Keep Surfacing
- The 35 Best Movies on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (May 2025)
- The Hottest Topic at This Year’s Pornhub Awards? Censorship
- A Baby Received a Custom Crispr Treatment in Record Time
- Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: The Best Noise-Canceling Headphones
- US Tech Visa Applications Are Being Put Through the Wringer
- The Best Hearing Aids of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
- The 13 Best TVs We’ve Reviewed, Plus Buying Advice (2025)
LifeHacker
- You Can Safely Delete These Preinstalled Apps From Your Samsung Galaxy
- How to Plant the Perfect Kitchen Garden in a Small Space
- The Coinbase Hack Compromised One Million Customers' Information
- SoundCloud Just Updated Their Terms of Service After AI Policy Backlash
- What's New on Hulu in June 2025
- What's New on Disney+ in June 2025
- ‘Bread Baking for Beginners’ Will Give You All the Confidence You Need
- Why Did X’s Grok AI Keep Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
- Apple Maps' Restaurant Recommendations Just Got a Little Bit Fancier
- How to Use the New Discord Overlay (or How to Turn It Off)
- YouTube Ads Are About to Get Even More Annoying
- You Can Now Quickly Crop and Edit Photos Before Sharing Them on Android
- This Site Can Turn Your Browser Into a Wall of TVs
- 18 Must-Watch Anime Series on Netflix
- This Ikarao Portable Karaoke Machine Is More Than $100 Off
- How to Stock a 'Tariff Pantry'
- Garmin Is Launching Its Long-Awaited Forerunner 570 and 970 Watches
- Apple's 'Next-Generation' CarPlay Is Finally Here (In Limited Capacity)
- TikTok Is Adding Three New Accessibility Features
- My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The 75-inch Hisense U6HF Series Fire TV
- 25 of the Best Prime Video Original Movies
- This Arlo 2K Indoor Security Camera Is Less Than $30 Right Now
- This Ring Floodlight Camera Is at Its Lowest Price Right Now
- How to Choose Between a Juicer and a Blender
- When You Need Different Shoes for Different Types of Runs (and When One Pair Is Fine)
- Here's How the Tariffs Are Impacting the Price of Gaming
- 'Aura Farming,' 'Huzz,' and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding
- I Love This Speaker That Turns Any Song Into a Karaoke Track, and It’s $50 Off Right Now
- Warner Bros. Discovery Just Reversed That Terrible ‘HBO Max’ Branding Decision
- Don’t Fall for These Eight Deceptive Marketing Terms
- Five Hidden Windows App Switcher Secrets
- You Don't Need to Panic Over the Latest Steam 'Leak'
- Google Might Be Removing the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Button
- 18 Netflix Settings Everyone Should Know About
- You Can Safely Remove All These Preinstalled Apps From Your iPhone
- Microsoft’s ‘Patch Tuesday’ Update Fixes Seven Zero-Day Exploits
- Whoop Has Changed Their Upgrade Policy
- These Ryobi Cordless Tools Are up to 69% Off at Home Depot Right Now
- Microsoft Will Now Support Office Apps on Windows 10 Until 2028
- This AI Video Generator Is Spreading Malware
- You Can Now Claim a Payout From the 23andMe Data Breach
- These Beats Studio Pro Headphones Are Over 50% Off Right Now
- 40 Apple TV+ Original Series You Should Be Watching
- Update Your iPhone to Make Sure FaceTime's Mute Button Actually Works
- Your Spotify AI DJ Is Now Taking Verbal Requests
- How (and Why) to Connect Your Apple Watch to Your Peloton
- How to Make Your First ‘Ninja Slushi’ (Without Ruining It)
- Six Strategies to 'Tariff-Proof' Your Home Renovation Project
- I Created These Spreadsheets to Help Me Play Video Games (and Yes, This Is a Cry For Help)
- iOS Is About to Get a Lot More Accessible
- The JBL Xtreme 4 Outdoor Speaker Is $130 Off
- iOS 19 Will Make It Easier to Sign Into Public Wifi on Multiple Devices
- My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: Galaxy S25 Edge Preorders
- Google Just Unveiled a New Look for Android
- Google Is Putting Gemini AI Into Smartwatches, Cars, and TVs
- Google Is Expanding Its Use of AI to Protect You From Scams
- Letterboxd Will Soon Let You Stream Select Movies On Demand
- Why You Should Take the Peloton FTP Test (Even Though It’s Awful)
- I’ve Tested Robot Vacuums for Years, and Here’s What They Can (and Can’t) Do
- The Switch 2 Has Two Great New Features for Battery Health and Security
- What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Fake Jasmine Crockett Videos
- The Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Are $50 Off Right Now
- 11 of the Most Common Venmo Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
- I'm a Marathon Runner, and This Is My Favorite Running Gear for Warm Weather
- These Vegetables Require Less Water Than Most
- Everything Samsung Just Announced About the Galaxy S25 Edge
- These 10 ‘Gut Health’ Trends Will Do Nothing for Your Gut Health
- Gemini’s ‘Canvas’ Feature Is Surprisingly Great for Word Processing and Coding
- Nintendo Will Brick Your Switch If It Detects Pirated Games
- The Five Best Egg Replacements I've Used for Baking (so Far)
- Use 'Noir' to Force Dark Mode in Safari
- Almost Every Model of Beats Headphones Is on Sale Right Now
- The First Five Settings to Change on Your Boox Palma
- What You Should Hoard Before Tariff Price Increases Kick In
- Why You Need Multiple Savings Accounts
- The First Smartphone to Get Google's AI Video Generator Isn't a Pixel
- My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Peloton Bike and Bike+
- Apple's Siri Settlement Emails Are Now Rolling Out to Affected Users
- Beware These REAL ID Scams
- The Best Ways to Protect Your Strawberries From Pests and Disease
- How to Update Your Computer’s BIOS or UEFI (and When You Should)
- The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: YouTube's Animated Kitten Horror
- This Apple Watch Series 10 Is at Its Lowest Price Right Now
- Why I Always Roast My Rhubarb
- 10 Podcasts for People Who Love (and Miss) 'Heavyweight'
- Two-Factor Authentication Can Fail You, but You Can Make It More Secure
- How to Join the Beta for the USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ App
- Why You Shouldn't Worry About Your 'Gut Health'
- The Real History of Mother's Day Is Surprisingly Dark
- How to Choose a High-Yield Savings Account
- What Is a Healthy Resting Heart Rate?
- The Best Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts for Moms Who Like to Cook
- It’s Time to Start a Tariff Emergency Fund
- Why Google Maps Is Asking for Permission to See Your iPhone Screenshots
- Google Messages Will Soon Let You Delete Messages for Everyone
- 20 of the Best Apple TV+ Original Movies
- How to Quit 'Revenge Spending'
- 'Cotypist' Adds Autocomplete to All Your Mac Apps
- How Claude AI's New Web Search Compares to Gemini and ChatGPT
- The Amazon Fire TV Stick HD Is $20 Right Now
The Onion
The Register
- Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits
- Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice
- Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg
- Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider
- Microsoft proposes sweeping global concessions to Teams for up to a decade
- AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge
- Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation
- How sticky notes saved 'the single biggest digital program in the world'
- UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land
- Some English hospitals doubt Palantir's utility: We'd 'lose functionality rather than gain it'
- Dilettante dev wrote rubbish, left no logs, and had no idea why his app wasn't working
- Jilted AWS reckons VMware is now crusty like a mainframe
- Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive
- Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters
- Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India
- Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI
- DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M
- NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
- Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing
- Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress
- Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25%
- Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores
- Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU
- Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore
- Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative
- Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and'
- Next week's SpaceX Starship test still needs FAA authorization
- 70-knot winds so far blamed for yacht disaster that killed Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch
- Royal Navy freshens up ships' electromagnetic warfare defenses
- The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet
- A year on, Valkey charts path to v9 after break from Redis
- Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos
- Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer
- Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock
- Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training
- AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss
- GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help
- Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion
- Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant
- RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit
- The future of LLMs is open source, Salesforce's Benioff says
- Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play
- Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off
- Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers
- Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
- VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals
- Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
- Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
- Europe plots escape hatch from enshittification of search
- C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
TechMeme
- Spotify adjusts its "plays" metric for podcasts to only appear on episodes with at least 50K plays, updating at specific milestones, like 100K or 1M plays (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
- Nvidia says it won't send GPU designs to China to be modified to comply with export controls, after a report said it is planning a research center in Shanghai (CNBC)
- OpenAI rolls out Codex, an AI coding agent powered by codex-1, a version of o3 optimized for software engineering, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
- Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits the country's authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through offensive cyber operations (Alexander Martin/The Record)
- Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more (Camille Bromley/Columbia Journalism ...)
- Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence the Israeli military used its tech to harm civilians in Gaza, after months of employee protests (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
- Analysis: since January, 36+ staff and associates of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey got federal roles that oversee their companies (Wall Street Journal)
- Charter says it will acquire Cox Communications for $21.9B, valuing Cox at $34.5B including debt and uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband operators (Reuters)
- Sources: ByteDance expects 2025 revenue to grow ~20% YoY to ~$186B, vs. 29% in 2024, driven by TikTok's global expansion; ByteDance has 4B+ MAUs across its apps (Bloomberg)
- Charter Is in Talks to Combine with Rival Cox Communications (Michelle F Davis/Bloomberg)
- Epic Games says that Apple rejected its latest Fortnite submission to the US App Store and the game on iOS will be "offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
- Taiwanese silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers plans to invest $4B more in the US as it seeks to boost local supply, more than doubling its investment to $7.5B (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)
- US immigration attorneys: since January 2025, USCIS has significantly increased requests for more evidence on tech-related visa petitions, like H-1Bs and O-1s (Lauren Goode/Wired)
- Sources: President Trump's Middle East AI deals open a rift with China hawks in his administration over concerns that US chips sent to the Gulf end up in China (Bloomberg)
- Meta says Facebook and Instagram face "an epidemic of scams"; current and former staff say Meta is reluctant to impede its ad business, which grew 22% in 2024 (Wall Street Journal)