Treasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts

'Humans are responsible, not the AI,' argues Scott Bessent as he calls out OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face

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As KDE Turns 30, Contributors and Commits are Going Strong

"In a few weeks, KDE will turn 30 years old," writes core contributor Kevin Ottens, celebrating with some special KDE community data analytics (including a 30-year graph of the number of contributors): It peaks around 180 on average (and sometimes reaches…

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iOS 27.2 reveals new features coming to Apple Music, CarPlay, more

iOS 27.2 beta 2 arrived today , and so far seems to have minimal user-facing changes. But code for iOS 27.2’s beta releases points to new features in the works for Apple Music, CarPlay Ultra, and more.…

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LibreOffice developer explains why it cannot display some Microsoft Office charts

Microsoft's Office files hide a nasty interoperability problem, and LibreOffice is putting the spotlight on what's really happening.

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Lenovo releases new 15-inch laptop internationally with 1,100-nit OLED, cheaper pricing and Intel Panther Lake

Lenovo has started selling a new 15-inch laptop internationally. Boasting a 1,100-nit OLED display, the Googlebook 15 also ships with a 70 Wh battery and an Intel Panther Lake processor. Lenovo's first Googlebook is also markedly cheaper than expected.

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Toshiba's 75-inch $490 Fire TV with QLED panel proves big screens don't have to break the bank

You're getting a lot for the price

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Google smacks forehead, realizes $899+ thin-and-lights were what it was missing

'A new category,' insists the Chocolate Factory, not a premium Chromebook - yet some of the family resemblance remains

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Destiny 2 players may finally get back the content Bungie took away

Bungie is preparing to reverse one of Destiny 2’s most controversial decisions by restoring vaulted campaigns, destinations and raids, with the returning content set to become available to all players. Marathon is also slated to get a bunch of meaningful…

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iOS 27.2 beta 2 is out now, skipping over iOS 27.1

Macworld Just a couple days after the wide release of iOS 27, Apple has released the first beta of iOS 27.2. That’s not a typo: it’s iOS 27.2, not 27.1. We never saw a 27.1 release, but Apple is beginning beta tests for the 27.2 branch. This likely has…

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Amazon's best-selling 3D printer just crashed to a record-low price — the Bambu Lab P1S is now under $500

Amazon's best-selling 3D printer is the Bambu Lab P1S, and I just spotted it on sale for a record-low $499.99.

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OpenAI asks Washington to lead a global AI standards push

OpenAI has called on the United States to lead an international effort on standards for advanced AI, beginning with rules on which incidents must be reported, and suggested routing the work through national AI safety institutes including the US Center for AI…

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AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.

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Pedal Harder for Affordability

In the US, among other places, housing costs are skyrocketing. It can sometimes be difficult to get a feel for the scale of the issue and how it hits neighborhoods …

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Here's why Apple's Mac Studio has become so expensive

A big part of the story is soaring memory and storage prices, but other factors come into play as well.

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Paramount settles US states' antitrust lawsuit, clearing the way for its Warner Bros. acquisition

The mega-merger of the year will apparently go forward.

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Meta Connect 2026: 6 devices and AI services we expect to see

Meta Connect 2026 is this week and we expect to see at least four new devices alongside new AI services.

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Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google

Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50-megawatt nuclear power plant.

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This one-command trick can put your localhost on the internet, no port forwarding required

"Put localhost on the Internet," was the new pitch for an old feature that had Cloudflare at the top of Hacker News and X's dev circles for the last few days. The tool has existed since 2021, and let's you run one command: cloudflared tunnel --url…

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Microsoft, Google took down $66 million cybercrime marketplace that sold virtual machines with free software

Effort takes down RedVDS, a criminal marketplace believed to have contributed to $66 million losses to US businesses and individuals.

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Acer has the cheapest Googlebook, here's what you get

Acer is one of the major brands that has worked with Google to bring out the new lineup of Googlebook laptops. With its $899 entry price, Acer is promising a lightweight, well-built convertible with an OLED and Dolby Atmos.

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MagSafe Monday: BLAVOR’s solar power bank is built for fall camping trips

The weather is turning cooler, and it’s time for camping and football tailgates. BLAVOR’s 20000mAh Solar Power Bank is built for this time of year. It has four built-in cables so you can leave your bag at home, a solar panel for recharging, and a wireless pad…

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Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings

The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

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Comfy Desktop makes running local AI models on your PC much easier

Comfy Desktop lets you generate AI images and video locally using your own GPU, with popular models such as Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Flux, Wan, and others. It wraps the powerful ComfyUI workflow system into a desktop app that handles installation…

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iPhone 14 Pro vs. iPhone 18 Pro Buyer's Guide: Should You Upgrade?

Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max earlier this month, arriving four years after the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Four generations of changes make for a substantial upgrade, bringing larger displays, an all-new design…

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Vivo X500 officially launches with Zeiss cameras and 144Hz AMOLED display

The Vivo X500 has debuted in China with a MediaTek Dimensity 9600M chipset, a Zeiss-tuned triple-camera system, and a larger battery than its predecessor. Vivo also offers optional imaging accessories for the X500, including a telephoto extender and the Snap…

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Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux

While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux kernel hasn't supported this functionality. But a set of 28 patches sent out today on the Linux kernel mailing…

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Qotom Q30952UE Review the New Black Box for 10G Networking

We test the Qotom Q30952UE that delivers two SFP+ 10G ports and six 2.5GbE ports in a little black box with many surprises

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EcoFlow Early Prime Day Sale 3,072Wh DELTA Ultra Plus solar bundle $900 off, EGO snow blower bundle $949 2026 low, more

Leading this week’s Monday Green Deals is the newly launched EcoFlow Early Prime Day Fall Sale with increased power station savings up to 57%, FREE gifts with purchases of $600 or more, and a bonus extra savings code. One notable offer that doesn’t have a…

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How the iPhone Duo's software is different from a standard iPhone

The iPhone Duo makes some big changes to iOS to account for the foldable design. It affects the camera, multitasking and more.

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Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

Amazon has its own cohort of foundation models, along with one of the most popular inference platforms on the internet. As long as they're under no legal obligation to open the doors to Muse, why would they?

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