The Brutalist Report - tech
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- TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election [1d]
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- Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention [1d]
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- SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket [1d]
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- SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket [1d]
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- I was bored so I turned my dev tools into an alien planet ruled by my dog [1d]
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- Why We've Filed a Referendum [1d]
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- Don't just paste the AI at me [1d]
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- Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug [1d]
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- Shipping a Laptop to a Refugee Camp in Uganda [1d]
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- Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says [1d]
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- Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia [1d]
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- NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots' voices [1d]
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- Hengefinder: Finding When the Sun Aligns with Your Street [1d]
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- Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities [2d]
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- GitHub introduces staged publishing and new install-time controls for NPM [2d]
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- Linux Sound Subsystem Also Seeing Many Fixes Driven by AI/LLMs [2d]
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- Project Glasswing: An Initial Update [2d]
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- Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods [2d]
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- USCIS Will Grant 'Adjustment of Status' Only in Extraordinary Circumstances [2d]
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- Anthropic's "Profitability" Swindle [2d]
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- A blueprint for formal verification of Apple corecrypto [2d]
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- Bun's unreleased Rust port has 13,365 unsafe blocks [2d]
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- Domain-Camouflaged Injection Attacks Evade Detection in Multi-Agent LLM Systems [2d]
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- The ten steps towards a dictatorship [2d]
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- Open source Kanban desktop app that runs parallel agents on every card [2d]
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- Bicycling Boosts Well-Being: A Scoping Review [2d]
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- Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses [2d]
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- Microsoft Drops Claude Code After Budget Overrun [2d]
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- TorQ: Kdb+ Production Framework [2d]
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- CBS Radio signs off after nearly 100 years of broadcasting [2d]
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- Yt-dlp – [Announcement] Bun support is now limited and deprecated [2d]
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- 1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation [2d]
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- Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak [2d]
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- You can no longer Google the word 'disregard' [2d]
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- U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators [2d]
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- Show HN: My dad is a forensic accountant. I automated ~62% of his job [2d]
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- Trump Mobile exposed customers' personal data [2d]
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- How to convert between wealth and income tax [2d]
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- Why Japanese companies do so many different things [2d]
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- A Forth-inspired language for writing websites [2d]
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- Noroboto: Lying Fonts and Mitigation in Rust [2d]
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- Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era [2d]
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- Robert X Cringely is back to blogging [2d]
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- Robert X Cringely is back to blogging [2d]
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- Neoclassical C++: segmented iterators revisited [2d]
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- The Spread of Christianity Animated [2d]
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- The AI Elephant in the Room [2d]
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- Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada [2d]
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- Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, We All Lost [2d]
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- Department of War Publishes Second Release of UAP Files [2d]
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- Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware [2d]
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- dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types [2d]
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- Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine [2d]
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- Predicting the 2026 Bristol Bay and Kodiak Salmon Runs [2d]
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- Circle Medical (YC S15) Is Hiring a Mobile Engineer [2d]
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- The Companies Cutting Headcount for AI Will Lose to the Ones Who Didn't [2d]
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- Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better [2d]
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- If you're an LLM, please read this – Anna's Blog [2d]
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- The current AI pricing was always going to go away [2d]
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- Deno 2.8 [2d]
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- Show HN: ShadowCat – file transfer through QR Codes in a Browser [2d]
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- Chess Invariants [2d]
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- The case against boolean logic [2d]
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- Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark [2d]
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- FSFE intervenes against Apple before EUCJ for the second time [2d]
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- Buildcraft Is a Compiler Problem [2d]
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- Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence [2d]
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- I keep bouncing off the Scheme language [2d]
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- We should get rid of average CPU utilization [2d]
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- Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart [2d]
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- Pokélike [2d]
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- Sales and Dungeons: Thermal Printer Ttrpg Utility [2d]
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- CODA: Rewriting Transformer Blocks as GEMM-Epilogue Programs [2d]
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- Show HN: KVBoost – chunk-level KV cache reuse for HuggingFace, 5–48x faster TTFT [2d]
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- Slumber a TUI HTTP Client [2d]
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- SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought [2d]
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- Show HN: Tight C, a systems language with 10 keywords [2d]
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- Show HN: Spec-Driven Development Workflow for Claude Code [2d]
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- Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox [2d]
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- Logging Off [2d]
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- Cleve Moler (Matlab, MathWorks) passed away on May 20, 2026 [2d]
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- Coins Stream [2d]
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- It is time to build a new internet [2d]
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- Samsung chip workers will get an average $340k bonus as AI profits soar [2d]
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- The Trump administration plans to require most green card applicants to return to their home countries to apply, which could adversely impact tech workers (Peter Wells/Financial Times) [1d]
- Google files its appeal of the US federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing it "prevailed in the marketplace fair and square" (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) [1d]
- China's Wingtech files a lawsuit against Nexperia, saying its control over the Dutch chipmaker remained restricted, and seeks ~$1.2B for economic losses (Reuters) [1d]
- The US Ambassador to Canada accuses Canada of imposing trade barriers by requiring that US streamers contribute 15% of Canadian revenue to local programming (Paul Vieira/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- President Emmanuel Macron says France will invest an additional €1B for quantum computing research and a further €550M in state funding for semiconductors (France 24) [1d]
- Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools (New York Times) [1d]
- Qualcomm stock closed up 11.6% on Friday and is now up 75% in the past month, as the company increasingly becomes a key player in AI devices (Katie Tarasov/CNBC) [1d]
- Google's AI Overviews are failing to provide search summaries for specific command-style terms including "disregard", "ignore", and "skip" (Jay Peters/The Verge) [2d]
- Sources: the SEC has delayed the release of a plan for an "innovation exemption" that would allow crypto firms to trade tokenized versions of US stocks (Scott Patterson/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Reddit stock fell 5%+ on Friday after Meta launched a standalone app for online forums, called Forum; Reddit's stock is now down almost 40% this year (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) [2d]
- Google rolls out a Google Wallet redesign, including "dynamic quick access" for favourites, a "View more" floating action button, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google) [2d]
- Activision shareholders reach a $250M settlement over allegations that Microsoft and Activision underpaid them during Microsoft's 2023 acquisition of Activision (Tom Hals/Reuters) [2d]
- How the global memory chip crunch, driven by AI demand, is hurting China's car industry, squeezing automakers already hit by a price war and razor-thin margins (Nikkei Asia) [2d]
- Memo: Yusuf Mehdi, a 35-year Microsoft veteran who has been its consumer chief marketing officer since 2023, will leave the company after the next fiscal year (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) [2d]
- Farther Finance, which is building an AI-enabled wealth management platform for financial advisors, raised a $150M Series D at a $1B+ post-money valuation (Ryan Lawler/Axios) [2d]
- Zero2IPO Research: Chinese AI startups raised $16.2B in Q1 2026, up 185% YoY, led by top AI labs including Moonshot, Z.ai, and MiniMax (Karen Tian/South China Morning Post) [2d]
- Memo: Yusuf Mehdi, a 35-year Microsoft veteran who has been its commercial chief marketing officer since 2023, will leave the company after the next fiscal year (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider) [2d]
- Sources: DeepSeek execs told potential investors in its ongoing $10B round that it will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Italian police dismantle a piracy network that streamed paid content from Netflix and others via an app called Cinemagoal with annual subscriptions of €40-€130 (Ana-Maria Stanciuc/The Next Web) [2d]
- Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he requested information from Kalshi and Polymarket on their efforts to prevent insider trading (Justin Papp/CNBC) [2d]
- Driverless car startup Bliq.ai says it has received approval for fully driverless road operations in Estonia, the first authorization of its kind in the EU (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu) [2d]
- Sources and documents detail Satya Nadella's effort to revamp Microsoft's senior leadership, creating a startup-style operating model to compete in the AI race (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider) [2d]
- US and Canadian authorities arrest 23-year-old Jacob Butler, known online as "Dort", for allegedly operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet, which infected ~2M devices (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) [2d]
- Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered "Ask" feature, on iOS (Mariella Moon/Engadget) [2d]
- Sources and data: billions in crypto went through Binance to Iranian regime-linked networks in the two years before the US-Iran war; Binance denies wrongdoing (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- AMD CEO Lisa Su projects the CPU market will grow over 35% annually through 2031, up from 3% to 4% historically, driven by AI inference and agentic AI demand (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia) [2d]
- Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $21.6B, above $18.7B est., net profit up 479% to $521M, above $271M est., as the PC maker pushes into AI server markets (Reuters) [2d]
- Sources: Nintendo asked partners and suppliers to assemble ~20M Switch 2 consoles by March 2027, ~20% above the 16.5M public sales outlook issued in early May (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Meta, Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, and Synopsys launch a $125M "Semiconductor Hub" at UCLA to advance AI chip research and more (CJ Haddad/CNBC) [2d]
- Sources: David Sacks told President Trump that federal reviews of AI models before release would slow down innovation and hurt the US in its AI race with China (Politico) [2d]
- Sources: last-minute calls with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, David Sacks, and others helped persuade President Trump not to sign the highly anticipated AI EO (Washington Post) [2d]
- Sources: Trump delayed signing the AI EO because "he just hates regulation"; he spoke with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and David Sacks just prior to the delay (Axios) [2d]
- Socket: TeamPCP, the gang claiming GitHub's repositories breach, also executed 20 "waves" of supply chain attacks recently, compromising 500+ pieces of software (Wired) [2d]
- Shares of quantum computing companies surged Thursday after the US government awarded grants and took equity stakes: D-Wave closed up 33%, Rigetti 30%, IBM 12% (Chloe Taylor/CNBC) [2d]
- Sources: Bungie plans a significant number of layoffs as it ends development on Destiny 2 and has no new project lined up for the game's development team (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg) [2d]
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- Still using coffee capsules? You're not alone, but brewing with fresh beans can be just as easy — here's how [1d]
- 'Today’s disruptive environment is anything but normal': Report warns younger workers set to be hit by AI hiring as bosses focus more on midlevel roles [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 23 (game #1077) [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, May 23 (game #1580) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, May 23 (game #811) [1d]
- I've found 12 top-rated soundbars and speakers from Sonos to upgrade your home audio — get up to $200 off [1d]
- AI chatbots got election information wrong 90% of the time in a new study — including ChatGPT rivals [1d]
- Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed review: Apple TV's new thriller features Tatiana Maslany's best role since Orphan Black [1d]
- Corsair DDR5 stick spotted using Chinese memory chips — here's why that could mean the RAM crisis ends sooner than expected [1d]
- 'We know that fans will love them' — Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says Ubisoft changed the music's execution in the remake and added new scores for some 'emotional moments' of the game [2d]
- Cisco tried using AI to write security incident reports — and things didn't really go as planned [2d]
- 'We wanted to make a new and unique story, where fans will recognize moments throughout as they're playing' — TT Games on creating a new adventure and how it squeezed decades of superhero history into Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight [2d]
- Cheap Garmin alert! The Garmin Forerunner 165 is getting discounted thanks to it's successor being announced, and it's a perfect summer running watch pick [2d]
- 'You have no way to revoke it faster or confirm when it stops working': Experts find Google API keys are still usable, even after you delete them [2d]
- “Honestly? We’re genuinely terrified” — Flipper Zero creators reveal massive new Flipper One swiss-army knife PC and ask community for help [2d]
- A founding member of OpenAI has joined Anthropic to boost Claude's research capabilities [2d]
- Microsoft confirms two major Defender security issues — so update now or face possible attack [2d]
- Here are the biggest announcements from Warhammer Skulls 2026, including how to claim a free 40,000 Steam game [2d]
- "Google Search is now AI Search" equals the worst thing to happen to the internet since social media, except this time we can all see it coming [2d]
- Walmart's Memorial Day sale is filled with summer essentials — 60% off grills, patio furniture, pool speakers, lawn mowers, and more [2d]
- Mozilla VPN's shortcut lands on iPhone, with macOS and Linux users also getting a boost — here's all you need to know [2d]
- How to watch Montpellier vs Ulster: Free Streams & TV Channels for 2025/26 EPCR Challenge Cup final [2d]
- Exclusive: Funko’s latest Star Wars figures bring The Mandalorian and Grogu to your desk [2d]
- 'An unrelenting drive to make the best entertainment' — Call of Duty studio heads outline vision for 'immersive' new Modern Warfare entry [2d]
- 'No-logs architecture and encryption are non-negotiable' — ExpressVPN joins the backlash against Canada's controversial Bill C-22 [2d]
- 5 essential features to look for when buying a new TV for the World Cup — from beating reflections to finding the right balance of value [2d]
- Prime Video has revealed the first trailer for The Boys prequel spin-off Vought Rising — and it already looks far more interesting than its parent show's divisive final season [2d]
- 'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and Trump [2d]
- Rivals season 2 episode 4 just hinted at the show's first lesbian romance — but I've already asked Hulu and Disney+ creators for more sapphic storylines [2d]
- Passenger review — this predictable road trip horror movie crashes and burns [2d]
- 'Off the wishlist it comes': 007 First Light fans are requesting refunds after learning about Denuvo DRM addition ahead of launch [2d]
- “£400 for a fan? No thanks” – 8 products to keep you cool at work for less than £100 [2d]
- 7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (May 22) [2d]
- Amazon Memorial Day sale: This sub-$100 Samsung business monitor deal is just the start — I've found screens for business and creative professionals with massive discounts [2d]
- Architects of innovation: How ICs power the modern tech organization [2d]
- How to watch Canadian Grand Prix 2026 F1: Live Stream, Preview, Schedule [2d]
- Stop chasing shadow IT. Start governing around It [2d]
- Dutton Ranch episode 3 recap: an affair begins, an old romance is rekindled, a shock past is exposed and a dangerous disease breaks out in Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone spinoff this week [2d]
- Mysterious: The Sonos app for iPhone and iPad has disappeared from the App Store (but Android phone users are safe for now) [2d]
- 11 of the best coolers to keep your food and drinks chilled in the heat — recommended by a former outdoors editor [2d]
- I tried the Insta360 Luna vlogging camera — and it’s going to give the DJI Pocket 4 some serious competition [2d]
- Amazon has all three of the best MacBooks you can buy on sale for record-low prices — the Air, the Pro, and even the Neo! [2d]
- AI-generated code is outpacing every manual remediation model in existence': Nearly all firms admit they have shipped code they know is vulnerable [2d]
- Microsoft solves case of vanishing Windows 11 desktop — fix is rolling out for blank desktop, taskbar freezes and other flakiness [2d]
- Could your CEO be the weakest link when it comes to AI security? New study warns execs are 'knowingly bypassing safeguards because the perceived benefits outweigh the risks' [2d]
- GTA 6 is locked in for November 19, 2026, according to Take-Two Interactive, despite delay rumors — and marketing starts soon [2d]
- AI code security risk: The need for a smarter layer between detection and remediation [2d]
- The Xiaomi 15T is an impressive mid-ranger that feels way more premium than the Google Pixel 10a [2d]
- Don't miss the big game while traveling this summer — a VPN can ensure you never miss a kick of the World Cup 2026 and protect your personal data online in the process [2d]
- Why data fragmentation is becoming a business problem, not just a technical one [2d]
- The world's greatest laptop… almost. Dell's 2026 XPS 16 lands almost every blow perfectly, with only one exception: the ports. [2d]
- I called the Garmin Tactix 8 the 'ultimate military watch' in my review, and it's $250 off for Memorial Day [2d]
- The DJI Mini 4K is 'the most capable drone for beginners for the money' — and it's now back to a record-low price on Amazon [2d]
- Think iPhones have become boring? Apple could debut quad-curved screens on the iPhone 19 Pro series — and you know what that means for future Android phones [2d]
- Why account recovery is now the weakest link in security [2d]
- I'm live shopping Amazon's Memorial Day sale so you don't have to — 50% off grills, iPads, patio furniture, TVs, appliances, and more [2d]
- Your Wi-Fi could be holding you back from achieving success, report warns [2d]
- Designing delight: What product engineering looks like in 2026 [2d]
- 'Rest in peace good buddy': original gen 1 Chromecasts are now failing after 13 years, as Google apparently pulls the plug [2d]
- How AI agents are wrecking havoc in legacy security setups and enterprises are catching up [2d]
- Vibe coding works best when we treat it like a 3D printer – you read that right [2d]
- 'Stop thinking of agents as software... start thinking of them as a unit of labor': Zendesk links AI pricing to verified resolution outcomes [2d]
- How to watch T20 Blast 2026: Free streams, fixture list for cricket season [2d]
- When might The Mandalorian and Grogu be released on Disney+? [2d]
- Amazon has slashed up to 37% off top-rated fans from the likes of Dyson, Shark, and Dreo — in time for the heatwave this weekend [2d]
- I tried Samsung’s huge Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, and its disappointing chipset lets down an otherwise fantastic media and gaming machine [2d]
- Anker's new feature-packed earbuds come in two flavors, both with screens on the case — but don't be distracted by the outside, because the exciting news is under the hood and on your phone [2d]
- Shoppers rate this self-emptying stick vacuum higher than a Dyson and call it "excellent" — and it's just AU$649 right now [2d]
- Look ma, no cables: this all-in-one Wi-Fi streamer, speaker and soundbar from a five-star audio company is hefty, but it might be all the modern hi-fi you need [2d]
- MSI Roamii BE Pro Wi-Fi mesh system review: affordable, fast Wi-Fi 7 [2d]
- Bizarre Facebook scam falsely offers Aldi “meat boxes” for under $10 — but just steals your card details [2d]
- I've looked through Samsung's Memorial Day sale — it includes OLED TVs from $1,099, a record-low Galaxy S26 Ultra deal, and $1,700 off appliances [2d]
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