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Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
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Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media...

What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep
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What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep

Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing...

Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app
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Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app

A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring the company. As first...

A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027
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A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027

The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is sched...

The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price
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The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price

Less than a week ago, Apple announced the forthcoming AirPods Max 2, a pair of over-ear headphones that leverage the company’s H2 chip for AI-powered live trans...

OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees
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OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees

While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the Financial Times, the AI...

Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs
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Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs

It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s F...

DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
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DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival to Earth, that sam...

Here are 20 of our favorite outdoor deals from REI’s Member Days Sale
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Here are 20 of our favorite outdoor deals from REI’s Member Days Sale

REI’s latest sale is in full swing. The outdoor retailer’s exclusive shopping event runs through Monday, March 23rd, bringing with it a batch of discounts on Ga...

The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics
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The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she...

Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing
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Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing

Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of...

Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell
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Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell

The funny shape of eggs is the curious lifeblood of Oeuf, the new physics platformer by prolific developer Increpare Games. In a gaming landscape saturated with...

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