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Researchers: in the 30 US states which legalized access to online betting, citizens' likelihood of filing for bankruptcy went up 25-30% after about three years (Slow Boring)

Researchers: in the 30 US states which legalized a...

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Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous robotaxis on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, after getting regulator approval in March (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous ...

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NYT, Puck, and others are focusing on Reddit as its traffic went from 132M monthly visitors in August 2023 to 346M in April 2024 following Google Search changes (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

NYT, Puck, and others are focusing on Reddit as it...

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Patreon says it has begun a migration process to move all creators to Apple's subscription billing by November 2025, after Apple threatened to remove the app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Patreon says it has begun a migration process to m...

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Q&A with Replika founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda on AI chatbots, marrying chatbots, Replika's therapy app Tomo, friendship chatbots, LLMs, open source, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Replika founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda on ...

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Accountable Tech: the average weekly reach per post of five prominent political Instagram accounts fell 65% after Meta began to downrank political content (Alicia Clanton/Bloomberg)

Accountable Tech: the average weekly reach per pos...

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PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter review: a robust VR experience, but the setup is a headache, especially with the Bluetooth dependency and the lack of included cables (Gabriel Moss/IGN)

PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter review: a robust VR exp...

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Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, partners with AI search engine Perplexity to show news summaries and with Tako to make AI visuals (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world eve...

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Thomas White, who served five years for administering Silk Road 2.0 and possessing images of CSAM, claims to have co-founded activism organization DDoSecrets (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Thomas White, who served five years for administer...

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How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; Microsoft published a report detailing a litany of efforts to target the election (Wall Street Journal)

How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreig...

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Meta and UMG sign a multiyear agreement about AI, monetization, and more for UMG artists and songwriters on Meta's apps, including WhatsApp for the first time (Jem Aswad/Variety)

Meta and UMG sign a multiyear agreement about AI, ...

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How Uber, facing sexual assault litigation, spent millions trying to get a Nevada ballot proposal that would restrict the legal fees that bankroll many lawsuits (Jessica Silver-Greenberg/New York Times)

How Uber, facing sexual assault litigation, spent ...

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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge review: nice design and display, quiet keys, and 14-hour battery, but outperformed by Snapdragon rivals and ARM limits compatibility (Joanna Nelius/The Verge)

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge review: nice design and ...

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TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading ...

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A researcher finds 15K+ hardcoded secrets and 66K vulnerable websites, including details on accessing Stanford's Slack, by searching overlooked data sources (Matt Burgess/Wired)

A researcher finds 15K+ hardcoded secrets and 66K ...

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Google Pixel Fold one year later: far from a perfect gadget, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold could solve its issues (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Google Pixel Fold one year later: far from a perfe...

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A detailed look at China's chip buildout and how US chip sanctions and industrial policies have accelerated China's push to develop its own chip supply chain (Joseph Politano/Apricitas Economics)

A detailed look at China's chip buildout and how U...

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At least eight US states, including Indiana and Louisiana, have passed laws or adopted rules so far in 2024 to curb students' smartphone use during school hours (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

At least eight US states, including Indiana and Lo...

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