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  • The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks

    The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks

    Last year, the FBI opened a Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, for simulating cyberattacks. Think of it sort of like the famous Hogan's Alley, but for modern digital crime training. It's a...

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  • China may have accessed Mythos

    China may have accessed Mythos

    According to a new report from Semafor, the White House's decision to impose export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos was driven in part by fears that it had been accessed by a group linked to...

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  • Conclave is the sound of a NYC summer block party

    Conclave is the sound of a NYC summer block party

    I have this vivid memory of walking to pick up my oldest from school in June of 2022. For a variety of reasons, I was in a very bad place mentally. And to make matters worse, it was brutally hot....

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  • How to watch most of the World Cup matches with free trials

    How to watch most of the World Cup matches with free trials

    Hoping to catch some World Cup matches while spending as little money as possible? You have a few options for finding a few days of free streaming, although you may choose to eventually pony up...

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  • The impossible dream of the universal remote

    The impossible dream of the universal remote

    You don't really ever have to explain why a universal remote is a good idea. You have a bunch of stuff that needs controlling; this thing controls them all. Many companies have set out to build a...

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  • Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are

    Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are

    This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on e-bikes, power stations, and how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback...

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  • Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban

    Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban

    According to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and...

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  • X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing

    X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing

    In 2026, Marvel and Mattel are both releasing projects designed to capitalize on people's love for iconic animated heroes from their childhoods. Masters of the Universe has put a live-action...

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  • Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million

    Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million

    A copy of Super Mario Bros., still in the box and sealed with its original sticker, just sold at Heritage Auctions for $3 million. That absolutely crushes the previous record of $2 million, also...

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  • Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox

    Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox

    Microsoft is preparing to lay off a significant chunk of its Xbox division and is reevaluating the plans for its next-generation Project Helix console. It's apparently also considering...

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  • Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra are $70 off, marking a new low price 

    Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra are $70 off, marking a new low price 

    If you’re planning on traveling anytime soon, Bose’s second-generation QuietComfort Ultra headphones are a great companion for long flights and train rides. Not only do they offer excellent noise...

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  • My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

    My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

    I turned off Siri on the Mac years ago and never looked back. Similarly, I found Apple Intelligence so fruitless I never engage with it. But the new Siri AI coming to macOS 27 Golden Gate has at...

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  • Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power

    Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power

    Mike Rugnetta is a writer, podcast host, producer, audio engineer, educator, musician, sound designer, and father. In short, the man wears a lot of hats. He's the cocreator and host of the...

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  • My yard is dying, so I made an app for that

    My yard is dying, so I made an app for that

    When I returned to my computer five minutes after giving Gemini a lengthy prompt, I had two things: a functional app in a preview window, and a message about a bug. "~ Channel is unrecoverably...

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  • Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order

    Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order

    On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, due to national security concerns. That order...

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  • Echo Isle is a pint-sized adventure inspired by classic Zelda

    Echo Isle is a pint-sized adventure inspired by classic Zelda

    Echo Isle is heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda, and it's not afraid to show it: The retro graphics bear a striking resemblance to Link's Awakening, the main character wears a blue tunic and...

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  • Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse

    Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse

    The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don't think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27...

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  • A better way to manage all your screenshots

    A better way to manage all your screenshots

    Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 132, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy soccer, and also you can read all the old editions at the...

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  • The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 

    The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 

    For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the...

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  • Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day

    Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day

    On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass...

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