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The car world is filled with designers still obsessed with shoehorning sex into their rides. Slate went a different route, and it’s why people are smitten with the charming electric pickup.
The Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Neo are both premium-feeling laptops with only 8 GB of RAM. Which $700 laptop is the better buy?
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions component. [...]
The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is “private and secure”—but it left a database containing more than 9 million image files exposed.
The early website Hot or Not taught its users to rank people at scale. Twenty-six years later, dating apps are trying to escape the culture the site helped create.
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 24H2 will stop receiving updates in two months. [...]
The FBI said Tuesday that the Medusa ransomware gang has breached more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations in the United States since June 2021. [...]
Google's launch spree will continue into September, when it is expected to officially unveil its first Googlebook laptops.
A new Gmail Verified Sender Program gives political committees an easier route to your inbox as the midterm elections loom.
Kept your Spotify Car Thing? This open source project brings it back from the dead.
Google is rolling out a new Calendar feature that allows you to protect your schedule from spam and unwanted invites.
Spotify’s Running Mode is now available on Android, giving Premium users personalized playlists built around their runs.
The first version of Android’s advanced flow is gradually arriving, with a restart and 24-hour delay built in.
Xfinity wants you to let it detect motion in your home with its Wi-Fi.
Comcast is promoting WiFi-based motion detection as a part of its new Xfinity Shield home protection platform, allowing routers and wireless devices to detect people moving through a home without cameras or motion sensors. [...]
How the joule thief circuit “steals” energy from seemingly depleted power cells.
Google Home sounds the all-clear after that big service outage.
Gemini in Chrome is now rolling out to Android users across the US, with AI Pro and Ultra subscribers getting Auto Browse capabilities.
