The DaB - Daily Briefing

October 18, 2025, 06:22 AM


πŸ“Š 39 articles collected from multiple sources
πŸ”„ Generated at 2025-10-18 06:22:25

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⏱️ Execution Details:

Duration: 130.9 seconds
Start Time: 2025-10-18 06:22:25
End Time: 2025-10-18 06:24:36

πŸ“‘ Data Collection:

Articles Collected: 39
Sources Configured: 4
Source Breakdown: RSS: 24, Hacker News: 6, arXiv: 4, Reddit: 5

πŸ€– AI Processing:

AI Summaries: 39
Tweet Sets: 39

πŸ“Š Analytics:

Engagement Scores: 39
Distribution: Notable: 6, Standard: 14, Low: 19
Topics Detected: 7
Cross-platform Stories: 1

[01]
πŸ’» How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-16 20:22 | ID: 8b203a5cf651 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1584 points and 482 comments. Posted 2025-10-16 20:22.
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Check out this tech news: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM... https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
[02]
πŸ’» Apple M5 chip
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-15 13:02 | ID: 2ffef67a0d52 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1244 points and 1372 comments. Posted 2025-10-15 13:02.
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Check out this tech news: Apple M5 chip... https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
[03]
πŸ’» Migrating from AWS to Hetzner
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-17 10:00 | ID: 27d5da9abe87 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1038 points and 575 comments. Posted 2025-10-17 10:00.
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Check out this tech news: Migrating from AWS to Hetzner... https://digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrating-to-hetzner-cloud/
[04]
πŸ’» FSF announces Librephone project
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-14 23:47 | ID: fac4c495a2a2 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1542 points and 623 comments. Posted 2025-10-14 23:47.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: FSF announces Librephone project... https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
[05]
πŸ’» NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-13 15:22 | ID: 075e08e52175 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1509 points and 306 comments. Posted 2025-10-13 15:22.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy... https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
[06]
πŸ’» I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-15 12:56 | ID: 8023bef3adb6 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 886 points and 497 comments. Posted 2025-10-15 12:56.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'... https://blog.daviddodda.com/how-i-almost-got-hacked-by-a-job-interview
[07]
πŸ“° ChatGPT’s mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:26:22 +0000 | ID: 427c62099968 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ“± Mobile
πŸ€– AI Summary:
ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.
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Check out this tech news: ChatGPT’s mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/chatgpts-mobile-app-is-seeing-slowing-download-growth-and-daily-use-analysis-shows/
[08]
πŸ“° Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 01:21:30 +0000 | ID: 709165fd30eb | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The White House's David Sacks and OpenAI's Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.
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Check out this tech news: Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/silicon-valley-spooks-the-ai-safety-advocates/
[09]
πŸ“° Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000 | ID: 8b8895ec4dd8 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industr...
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Check out this tech news: Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so... https://techcrunch.com/video/should-ai-do-everything-openai-thinks-so/
[10]
πŸ“° Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:29:47 +0000 | ID: 5f6cf3053706 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls β€” even if they haven’t been shared. T...
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Check out this tech news: Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/facebooks-ai-can-now-suggest-edits-to-the-photos-still-on-your-phone/
[11]
πŸ“° Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:14:03 +0000 | ID: f7341856796b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Lawsuit accuses nudify apps of training on teen victims' images.
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Check out this tech news: Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/teen-haunted-by-fake-nudes-sues-to-kill-nudify-app-block-telegram-bots/
[12]
πŸ“° Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:53:30 +0000 | ID: 697d21ec0c7c | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
If you're wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they'll tell you it's not just about electricity β€” it's about beating China.
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Check out this tech news: Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/your-ai-tools-run-on-fracked-gas-and-bulldozed-texas-land/
[13]
πŸ“š From Pixels to Words -- Towards Native Vision-Language Primitives at Scale
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-16 | ID: 70a6b9f3ec9b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Haiwen Diao, Mingxuan Li, Silei Wu et al.. The edifice of native Vision-Language Models (VLMs) has emerged as a rising contender to typical modular VLMs, shaped by evolving model arc...
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Check out this tech news: From Pixels to Words -- Towards Native Vision-Language Primitives at Scale... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14979v1
[14]
πŸ“š Learning an Image Editing Model without Image Editing Pairs
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-16 | ID: 81c14d28398c | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Nupur Kumari, Sheng-Yu Wang, Nanxuan Zhao et al.. Recent image editing models have achieved impressive results while following natural language editing instructions, but they rely on...
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Check out this tech news: Learning an Image Editing Model without Image Editing Pairs... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14978v1
[15]
πŸ“° Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:44:07 +0000 | ID: 7fed030c6789 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans' X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits β€œdeceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm....
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Check out this tech news: Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/senate-republicans-deepfaked-chuck-schumer-and-x-hasnt-taken-it-down/
[16]
πŸ“° Amazon’s Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T13:52:11-04:00 | ID: 9728d1059f07 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Amazon’s smart doorbell company Ring is now working with the AI-powered surveillance camera company Flock. According to a letter sent to the company by Sen. Ron Wyden, Flock had allowed data access to...
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Check out this tech news: Amazon’s Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock... https://www.theverge.com/news/801856/amazon-ring-partners-flock-video
[17]
πŸ“° A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:06:54 +0000 | ID: b61572200e39 | | Topics: πŸš€ Startup
πŸ€– AI Summary:
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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Check out this tech news: A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/tech-layoffs-2025-list/
[18]
πŸ“° Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T20:15:30-04:00 | ID: 4344795b6870 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designe...
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Check out this tech news: Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet... https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/802102/meta-facebook-opt-in-ai-edits-photos-camera-roll
[19]
πŸ“° 12 years of HDD analysis brings insight to the bathtub curve’s reliability
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:27:02 +0000 | ID: f7280a7f8cf3 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Backup firm brings a unique, informed perspective to HDD failure rates.
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Check out this tech news: 12 years of HDD analysis brings insight to the bathtub curve’s reliability... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/backblaze-owner-of-317230-hdds-says-hdds-are-lasting-longer/
[20]
πŸ“š Coupled Diffusion Sampling for Training-Free Multi-View Image Editing
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-16 | ID: d6cd9dfbd037 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Hadi Alzayer, Yunzhi Zhang, Chen Geng et al.. We present an inference-time diffusion sampling method to perform multi-view consistent image editing using pre-trained 2D image editing...
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Check out this tech news: Coupled Diffusion Sampling for Training-Free Multi-View Image Editing... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14981v1
[21]
πŸ“° Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:16:02 +0000 | ID: 7eed91413c14 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation's largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.
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Check out this tech news: Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/trump-doe-decides-to-keep-at-least-one-biden-era-energy-program/
[22]
πŸ“° Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is β€œbroad censorship regime”
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:55:19 +0000 | ID: 1b8cc3d77439 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Texas app law compared to checking IDs at bookstores and shopping malls.
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Check out this tech news: Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is β€œbroad censorship regime”... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/big-tech-sues-texas-says-age-verification-law-is-broad-censorship-regime/
[23]
πŸ“° PokΓ©mon Legends: Z-A Rotom Phone review: better camera, higher jumps
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T14:52:06-04:00 | ID: 93f7faa439f8 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Though the Pokémon games' Rotom Phones haven't really changed all that much design-wise over the past few years, each generation has introduced new functionalities that made upgrading a no-braine...
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Check out this tech news: PokΓ©mon Legends: Z-A Rotom Phone review: better camera, higher jumps... https://www.theverge.com/games/801113/pokemon-legends-za-rotom-phone-pokedex-review
[24]
πŸ“š Agentic Design of Compositional Machines
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-16 | ID: b17d85900053 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Wenqian Zhang, Weiyang Liu, Zhen Liu. The design of complex machines stands as both a marker of human intelligence and a foundation of engineering practice. Given recent advances in ...
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Check out this tech news: Agentic Design of Compositional Machines... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14980v1
[25]
πŸ“° The US has a new roadmap for fusion energy, without the funds to back it up
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T18:21:39-04:00 | ID: a9fa6d05e267 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The Department of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap for the US to realize the decades-long dream of harnessing fusion energy. It’s a commitment to support research and development efforts and pursue...
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Check out this tech news: The US has a new roadmap for fusion energy, without the funds to back it up... https://www.theverge.com/news/802070/nuclear-fusion-energy-ai-trump-roadmap
[26]
πŸ“° Ex-lidar CEO makes a bid to reclaim his company
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T14:12:29-04:00 | ID: 23e2ae3e0f67 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Earlier this year, Luminar founder and CEO Austin Russell abruptly resigned from his position after it was revealed he was the target of an ethics inquiry. Now, the 30-year-old billionaire is trying t...
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Check out this tech news: Ex-lidar CEO makes a bid to reclaim his company... https://www.theverge.com/news/801827/ex-lidar-ceo-makes-a-bid-to-reclaim-his-company
[27]
πŸ“° Kelly Reichardt’s anti-heist movie
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T12:30:00-04:00 | ID: d04f5d200664 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, β‚Ώ Crypto
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Kelly Reichardt has been called one of America's greatest filmmakers, and also one of its quietest. But her latest, The Mastermind, centered on an art heist that goes off the rails, is probably her lo...
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Check out this tech news: Kelly Reichardt’s anti-heist movie... https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/801651/the-mastermind-kelly-reichardt-director-interview
[28]
πŸ“° Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:50:10 +0000 | ID: 87423892c5fb | | Topics: 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Amazon's Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.
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Check out this tech news: Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/ring-cameras-are-about-to-get-increasingly-chummy-with-law-enforcement/
[29]
πŸ—¨οΈ Major General Reveals Bonkers Relationship With ChatGPT
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-17 20:19 | ID: 0cc7a01474d4 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 7376 upvotes and 428 comments.
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Check out this tech news: Major General Reveals Bonkers Relationship With ChatGPT... https://newrepublic.com/post/201939/major-general-chatgpt-key-decisions-really-close
[30]
πŸ—¨οΈ Bypassing Amazon's Kindle Web DRM Because Their App Sucked
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-17 01:30 | ID: f4fc4206f282 | | Topics: πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 879 upvotes and 138 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Bypassing Amazon's Kindle Web DRM Because Their App Sucked... https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
[31]
πŸ“° With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s β€œcompact” to remake higher ed
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:14:59 +0000 | ID: f96e51106af7 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
But Trump is pressuring the other five.
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Check out this tech news: With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s β€œcompact” to remake higher ed... https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/10/with-deadline-looming-4-of-9-universities-reject-trumps-compact-to-remake-higher-ed/
[32]
πŸ“° Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:02:54 +0000 | ID: 746a17d040c1 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
For bacterial vaginosis, partners are part of the problemβ€”and the solution.
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Check out this tech news: Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too... https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/vaginal-condition-treatment-update-men-should-get-treated-too/
[33]
πŸ“° Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:36:18 +0000 | ID: 57b3073ce3f1 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children's book.
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Check out this tech news: Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids... https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/dead-ends-is-a-fun-macabre-medical-history-for-kids/
[34]
πŸ“° NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:54:32 +0000 | ID: 8d48988f361b |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Preparations for the Artemis II mission continue despite the federal government shutdown.
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Check out this tech news: NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad... https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/nasas-next-moonship-reaches-last-stop-before-launch-pad/
[35]
πŸ“° The best budget smartphone you can buy
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T20:01:49-04:00 | ID: 67d62572e865 | | Topics: πŸ“± Mobile
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Some of us take a kind of β€œI eat to live” rather than an β€œI live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to invest a lot of time or money in. I...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The best budget smartphone you can buy... https://www.theverge.com/21420196/best-budget-smartphone-cheap
[36]
πŸ—¨οΈ [D] What ML/AI research areas are actively being pursued in industry right now?
Source: Reddit (r/MachineLearning) | Published: 2025-10-17 08:02 | ID: 4da6746d694d | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get a sense of what ML/AI fields are the focus of active research and development in the private sector today. I currently work as a Data Scientist (finished my Ph.D. two ye...
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Check out this tech news: [D] What ML/AI research areas are actively being pursued in industry right now?... https://reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1o8ve9w/d_what_mlai_research_areas_are_actively_being/
[37]
πŸ“° Fictional gadget reviews: exploring the latest in fantasy and sci-fi tech
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 | ID: 04e8e6a2032f | | Topics: πŸ“± Mobile
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Modern gadgets are all well and good, but sometimes things get more exciting when you enter the realm of fantasy. And the worlds of gaming, TV, and film often feature extremely cool gadgets that we ju...
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Check out this tech news: Fictional gadget reviews: exploring the latest in fantasy and sci-fi tech... https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/801966/fictional-gadget-reviews
[38]
πŸ—¨οΈ ICE Buying Millions in Spyware β€” Reportedly To Use On Americans
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-18 00:45 | ID: 89c7ee28e591 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 6251 upvotes and 226 comments.
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Check out this tech news: ICE Buying Millions in Spyware β€” Reportedly To Use On Americans... https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ice-buying-millions-in-spyware-to-use-on-americans/
[39]
πŸ—¨οΈ How Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was BROKEN by a Windows 11 update
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-17 06:25 | ID: 59ee00fdbaff | | Topics: πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 86 upvotes and 44 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: How Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was BROKEN by a Windows 11 update... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEo0GrQTtQ