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The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of kit. They’ve been hiking into the wilderness with powered...

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How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units

My family has spent four summers participating in demand response programs whereby utility companies pay customers to reduce energy use on the hottest summer days. Most summers have involved carefully...

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The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI

The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it's getting more expensive. Even devices with years-old tech inside...

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TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”

What makes a display a Mini LED display? It's a question that sounds like it should have a simple answer. But it's now at the center of a lawsuit between two of the biggest names in TVs, with TCL...

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Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028

Micron and Samsung executives this week said the memory shortage will continue for at least the next couple of years. Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra expects demand for the firm’s memory to exceed its...

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Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months. In July, Reddit started requiring that users be logged in to access Old...

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The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers

There was a call to boycott Disney last fall. The owner of the ABC network had taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air over comments Kimmel made about responses to Charlie Kirk's murder, sending free...

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Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users

Discord has announced tools aimed at expanding the number and types of companies that advertise on the platform. This week, the social media firm announced Discord Ads Manager, an ad campaign...

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Interview: Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users...

Today, the Firefox 157 update will roll out a redesign of the web browser across desktop and mobile platforms. The team that made it hopes it will help expand the browser's audience beyond...

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Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034

We are mere days away from the launch of Googlebooks, the long-awaited Android laptops that Google hopes will compete with macOS and Windows. But what of Chromebooks? There have been hints that Google...

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Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads...

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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app...

Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps. F-Droid bills itself as a community-driven source for free and open source Android apps, but...

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Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer

Ukraine’s military robots are dropping from heavy drones in airborne assaults behind Russian lines as other robots clear mines ahead of advancing Ukrainian infantry. The wheeled ground robots are...

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Review: Apple's hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder

This spring, Apple made it official: The Mac Pro is dead. When Apple was using Intel processors and AMD GPUs, the idea of an expandable and upgradeable tower made sense. But Apple Silicon chips bring...

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Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

Disney+ got its fourth price hike in four years today. Hulu prices also went up. Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone, ad-free plans (which also support 4K and HDR) are each increasing 13 percent...

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XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them

Wildfire detection from space and firefighting drones featured among the finalists honored in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition. Although no team walked away with either of the two grand...

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YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

The annual Made on YouTube event has just wrapped up, offering an early look at the features you can expect to come to Google's dominant online streaming platform in the coming months. Yes, there's...

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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update. Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea,...

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Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free

Video editing has never been Android's strong suit. While Apple has long offered iMovie for iPhone and iPad, Google has never had a comparable offering. Adobe is now stepping up to fill this feature...

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Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem

There's always a danger in over-complicating products. Simple is so often best. The apocryphal story of NASA spending millions crafting a space pen while Soviet cosmonauts used a pencil is often cited...

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