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  • OpenAI is reportedly launching an AI smart speaker priced between $300-$400, signaling a push into consumer hardware.
  • Meta faces an additional $567 million penalty in New Mexico over child safety concerns, highlighting ongoing regulatory scrutiny.
  • Google is warning financial firms about hackers using social engineering tactics to extort victims, underscoring evolving cybersecurity threats.
  • Tesla and SpaceX are planning a massive $16.8 billion investment in a new chip factory in Texas, indicating ambitious expansion in semiconductor manufacturing.
  • Bumble is exploring a swipe-free future and focusing on real-world meetups, suggesting a shift in dating app strategies towards more tangible connections.

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  • The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch an hour ago by Andrew Webster
    Entertainment, Film, Interview, Report

    Starting with the original in Camp Miasma in 1980, the horror franchise went on to have a long life. There were multiple sequels, spinoffs in the form of arcade cabinets and board games, and just about every kind of merchandise you can think of, from alarm clocks and lunch boxes to Halloween costumes and action figures. It got so popular there were even knockoff costumes at party stores. For several decades the franchise exerted a powerful, albeit dwindling, impact on the world of horror. But if you haven't heard of Camp Miasma , that's okay, because it doesn't really exist.

  • Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X? 2 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Analysis, Apple, Apps, Elon Musk, Report, Tech, Twitter - X

    Elon Musk in the Oval Office on May 30th, 2025. | Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from Apple's App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a secure platform for people who live in countries under censorship . Apple later revealed that it had removed the app due to the presence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and restored it once that content was removed. But

  • Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia 3 hours ago by Meredith Haggerty
    Entertainment, Film, Movie Review

    From the omnipresent One Night Only trailer, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the movie glosses over its terrifying and absurd premise - in otherwise normal modern New York, single people can only have sex one night a year - to deliver an entirely traditional romantic comedy. I'm here to report that it does not do that. No, the film is very much about life under Sex Purge Law, but where you might expect questions of politics or religion or fear or humanity, there are instead questions of boning. Questions like "Who should I do sex to and why?" are

  • Meta ordered to pay an additional $567 million in public nuisance ruling 4 hours ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Law, Meta, News, Policy, Tech

    Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million in the second phase of New Mexico's landmark child safety case, bringing total charges to nearly $1 billion for being a "public nuisance." In a ruling published on Thursday, the Santa Fe district court found that Meta's platforms are a "significant contributing cause" of a teen mental health crisis affecting public health and safety throughout New Mexico. "This case has always been about protecting children, standing up for families, and making sure that one of the world's largest technology companies cannot profit from practices that endanger young people without consequence," New Mexico

  • Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event 16 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Google, Google Pixel, News, Tech

    Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new video that comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show. The video indicates that the event will feature other celebrities and influencers as well, including Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper (who was at the 2025 event), Indian cricketer Shubman Gill (who has starred in Pixel ads ), Japanese actress Ayami Nakajo (who has also starred in Pixel ads ), and NBA star / Google Performance Advisor Stephen Curry. (Cooper and Noah are also bringing shows


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