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 Google has unveiled its latest product for the living room, the . It replaces the Chromecast and is a standalone set-top box as opposed to the dongles we’ve been used to. The tiny wedge-shaped doodad supports all the expected features, including HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and spatial audio. But Google is also making a big deal of the device’s smart home bona fides, with support for Matter and Thread. You’ll get a popover Google Home panel too, letting you tweak your smart home from the comfort of your TV.

The Morning After: Google replaces Chromecast with the TV Streamer

Starting next month, Google will require apps on the Play Store to provide a “stable, engaging, responsive user experience.” If they don’t, the company plans to eventually remove those apps from the store. This policy is part of Google’s latest spam policy update and is designed to...

Google is getting ready to remove lots of Android apps from the Play Store

When we saw Google's Gemini demonstration, where the AI identified and explained multiple objects around the room, we knew it was only a matter of time until that technology found its way into Google Home and Nest cameras. And it's happened even sooner than we thought: Google has announced that Gemini will be coming to camera activity alerts in the Google Home app, giving Nest cameras and video doorbells a new descriptive ability.

Gemini Comes for Google's Cameras: How the AI Could Change Home Security Forever

The feature might roll out to older Android and Google TVs via a software update in the future. The new Google TV Streamer features a home panel that allows users to control smart home devices directly through their TV screen. The home panel feature is currently exclusive to the Google...

Google TV Streamer’s new smart home panel won’t come to older devices (for now)

Remote cameras recently captured a rare natural light show in the sky over Puerto Rico. The hauntingly beautiful bursts are called gigantic jets, an uncommon form of lightning that originates in clouds and shoots upwards, high into the atmosphere, rather than down towards the ground. Cameras operated by the Caribbean...

Rare Form of ‘Red Lightning’ Caught on Camera Over Puerto Rico

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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My household has a saying that anytime we leave for the outside world, we should have “keys, wallet, phone.” It helps remind us of the basics that should be in hand before the door gets locked from the outside. If you’re in California, you can look forward to cutting down the list to two simple items: keys and a phone. A leak reveals that official digital California driver’s licenses and identification cards are coming to Apple Wallet.

Californians Are Getting Apple Wallet Driver’s Licenses This Year

Samsung’s first Android 15 and One UI 7 beta is set to get a release as soon as July 29, according to Max Jambor, a reliable Samsung tipster. What’s notable about the Android 15 beta is just how big it is. According to rumors, we’re expecting several UI and feature changes, including new icons, home screen and lock screen changes, a revamped camera UI, and a version of the iPhone’s Dynamic Island.

Your Samsung phone could get a huge update on July 29

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. As a part of the August Pixel update, which by all means is pretty minor before we see Android 15, Google provided a list of bugs it took care of. In the latest build for still-supported Pixel devices, Google took aim at boot looping issues, brightness flickering, and general improvements in display performance.

Google Fixes 4 Bugs in August Pixel Update

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

In the span of your life, you’ve probably had a dream where you’re flying. But have you ever dreamed about swimming underwater? Off the coast of Australia? And you’re also a sea lion? Just me?. Well, it feels quite like a flying dream, only now you don’t...

Footage From Cameras Strapped to Sea Lions Is As Cool As You’d Expect

Sweden-based Teenage Engineering makes products for a very, very specific audience. Take, for example, the company’s $250 toy car or its TP-7 tape recorder with a spinning wheel to track through recordings. None have spoken to me as much as its latest project, a medieval-themed sampler board called the EP-1320. By the look and sound of it, it may offer the best opportunity to bring on-the-fly, on-brand music to my Dungeons and Dragons sessions.

Teenage Engineering’s New Sampler Can Play the Hottest Gregorian Chants and Sickest Lute Solos

If you’ve spent any time on Facebook recently you’ve seen the river of AI slop. There’s the homeless vet with the badly worded sign, cops carrying massive bibles, and—of course—Shrimp Jesus. Why is Facebook full of this stuff? Because there’s money in it, of course.

Facebook’s Twisted Incentives Created Its AI Slop Era

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

In a sure sign that a stable hand is at the wheel, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is tweeting out inspirational Bible verses. Intel’s stock plummeted at the end of last week, but it was in good company as the rest of the market raced after it in a chaotic start to trading for the week. Trading platforms added to the chaos after three of them went down during a panicked sell-off during the early hours of trading.

Things Are So Bad at Intel That the Boss Is Posting Bible Verses

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Human beings are social. We like interacting and getting other people’s attention. Still, people have mental, emotional, and physical needs which make us develop abandonment issues when they aren’t met. They change some zodiac signs’ behavior as they tackle life’s challenges.

5 Zodiac Signs With Abandonment Issues

Based on 1-seater buggies seen tearing-up dirt tracks across the U.S. in the 80’s, the Grasshopper first made its appearance in R/C stores in 1984. Boasting easy assembly and easy control, the lightweight Grasshopper proved an instant hit as the perfect entry level R/C kit. Also compatible with a whole range of option parts such as oil dampers, 540 motor and ball bearings, the Grasshopper was an entry level car that could keep up with the owners driving experience. Packed with all the fantastic features of the original kit, this fun 2WD buggy is a blast on both off-road and on-road tracks. Whether it was your first or will be your first, the Grasshopper guarantees to please.

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Illinois State

MOD Pizza has over 500 locations across the country with 22 restaurants in Illinois. The Washington-based chain offers fast-casual fare known for its customized, artisan-style pizzas. Customers can choose from over 40 toppings and 8 sauces to create their own masterpiece.

Bankruptcy Looms for Major Pizza Chain With Chicago Suburban Locations

Samsung’s big, expensive sports has a nice battery life, but it could really use the Galaxy Watch Classic’s rotating bezel.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra Is Large and in Charge (of Your Health Data)

According to a damning report from 404 Media, backed with internal Slack chats, emails, and documents obtained by the outlet, Nvidia helped itself to “a human lifetime visual experience worth of training data per day,” Ming-Yu Liu, vice president of Research at Nvidia and a Cosmos project leader, admitted in a May email.

Nvidia reportedly caught scraping AI data from Netflix and YouTube (again)

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The Google Nest Learning Thermostat Looks Like a Giant Pixel Watch, and That’s the Point

Google likes the look of its Pixel Watch so much that it’s aped the wearable’s silhouette for the latest redesign of the Nest Thermostat. The long-anticipated...

The Google Nest Learning Thermostat Looks Like a Giant Pixel Watch, and That’s the Point

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