Month: April 2026
John Deere Is Paying Farmers $99 Million for Allegedly Monopolizing Repair
The tractor maker is paying for its years as the central opponent of right-to-repair. Consumer advocates say it’s still not enough. Source
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Castlevania headlines a big list of exciting indie game reveals
A big indie showcase has just wrapped up, and now I have a lot more games to look forward to. The third iteration of the Triple-I Initiative, an annual showcase for upcoming releases put on by a group of studios, aired on Thursday. It featured some familiar franchises, like an…
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Today I learned what a social media bot farm looks like — and it made me delete my Reddit account
I’ve been on Reddit for 13 years, from the site’s heyday as ‘the front page of the internet’ up until now. I remember viral AMAs (Woody Harrelson’s infamous, disastrous promotional AMA for the movie Rampart spawned a million community inside jokes), and subreddits going dark in protest for rules changes.…
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Meta’s smart glasses are getting a major AI boost, but it doesn’t address its biggest problem
Meta just debuted a new AI: Muse Spark This improved LLM more closely matches ChatGPT and Gemini It’s launching on Meta’s smart glasses and social platforms soon Meta’s VR scaleback came with the promise of renewed effort in its glasses and AI divisions, and today we’re seeing the first glimpse…
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A thin, light entry-level gaming laptop is $300 off at Best Buy
It’s tough to find decent gaming laptops under $1,000. However, Best Buy has what I consider to be a good entry-level model for 1080p gaming in Lenovo’s 15.6-inch LOQ laptop, which is selling for $649.99 (usually $959.99) through today, April 9th. Even with its Nvidia’s RTX 4050 (its lowest-tier GPU…
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Now that’s different – hackers use miniature SVG images to try and hide credit card stealer
Experts find credit card skimmer hidden in 1×1 SVG image Fake “Secure Checkout” overlay stole card data Likely exploited Magento PolyShell flaw, affecting many stores Security researchers recently found a credit card skimmer on almost a hundred compromised ecommerce websites hiding in a tiny image. Experts from Sansec reported finding…
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