Month: April 2025
Money, Chrome, and ChatGPT: The high stakes of Google’s monopoly trial
Near the beginning of his opening arguments, David Dahlquist, a lawyer for the US Department of Justice, showed a slide that he described as Google’s “vicious cycle.” It goes like this: Google pays billions of dollars to be the default search engine practically everywhere, thus it gets more search queries,…
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Anker’s MagSafe-friendly 622 power bank is down to just $23
Before Anker’s pricier 6,600mAh Qi2 power bank took its place, the 5,000mAh Anker 622 was our favorite MagSafe-compatible battery pack. It can deliver a respectable 7.5 watts of power to MagSafe-compatible phones, which isn’t as fast as the newer model’s 15W output but still enough to achieve about an 80…
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Bluesky unveils a verification system, but you still can’t request a blue check
Bluesky, the upstart, decentralized social network that’s offered an island of blue calm for those departing the tumultuous, dark waters of X (formerly Twitter), is finally introducing an official form of account verification. It will look familiar to those who spent time on old-school Twitter, but it does feature a…
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FBI warns scammers are posing as agents pretending to help recover lost funds
The FBI is warning about an ongoing scheme targeting victims of online fraud The victims are encouraged to reach out to a person on Telegram, posing as the chief of IC3 The person would try to gain access to the victims’ financial accounts Cybercriminals are preying on victims of online…
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Sony shows off the PS5 Pro’s liquid metal updates
We spent quite some time conducting research on insulation when we were designing the original PS5. The basic structure remains the same in the PS5 Pro, but we made some improvements by adding fine grooves where the liquid metal is applied, so that the cooling effect is more stable. When…
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Kia’s face-lifted EV6 is a bit pricier for 2025
The GT model is getting the biggest price hike of the bunch, going from $61,600 to $63,800, an increase of $2,200. And the GT-Line AWD is $1,300 more expensive than in 2024. Not included are the $1,475 destination fees for each model, which is an $80 increase over the previous…
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