Month: August 2025
Microsoft locks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office
Microsoft has temporarily locked down a building at its headquarters after protesters managed to get inside the office of the company’s president. Current and former Microsoft workers held a sit-in protest inside Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, demanding that the company cut ties with the Israeli government. The protesters…
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Acemagic’s new Ryzen AI 9 mini PC is a better deal than Geekom’s HX370 model – F5A costs far less, has Wi-Fi 7, and OCuLink
Acemagic F5A Ryzen AI 9 HX370 delivers claimed 80 TOPS across workloads Early buyers get $120 off with pre-sale code “ACEUS120” DDR5 memory expansion reaches 128GB, unusual for compact desktop systems Acemagic has introduced the F5A, a new mini PC powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor,…
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Here are 30 of our favorite deals from REI’s ongoing Labor Day sale
Garmin’s palm-sized inReach Mini 2 satellite communicator provides off-the-grid two-way messaging, built-in navigation capabilities, and powerful mapping features, such as the ability to set waypoints when paired with Garmin’s Explore app. A subscription plan is required to access the Iridium network, with prices starting at $7.99 a month. Source
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Anthropic settles AI book piracy lawsuit
Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of US authors who accused the AI startup of copyright infringement. In a legal filing on Tuesday, Anthropic says it has negotiated a “proposed class settlement,” allowing it to skip a trial that would have determined how much the company…
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Looks like nuclear fusion is picking up steam
Nuclear fusion is on the upswing, as more companies pile into the space to achieve what’s often described as the Holy Grail of clean energy, according to an updated map from the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). Nuclear fusion aims to replicate the way the Sun produces light and heat,…
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KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix’s most popular movie of all time
Netflix’s most popular movies, as of August 26th, 2025.Image: Netflix 5 Comments Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Charles Pulliam-Moore Close Charles Pulliam-Moore Film & TV Reporter Posts from this author will be added…
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