Let's Make Some Super Hard Decisions Here: Who's The Best Singer/Band From The 1980s?

Dare I say, the best era for music...

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Google pulled its Wear OS update for old Pixel Watches to fix a big problem

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Google is working on a fix for a buggy Wear OS 5 update. The company says it paused the OTA update rollout on September 26th after people, including my colleague Richard Lawler, reported their Pixel Watch 1 and 2 devices were stuck on a blank screen due to the update.

Google plans to resume the Wear OS 5 rollout for older Pixel Watches “later this year,” as previously reported by Droid Life.

If the update bricked your watch, there are...

Boeing is cutting 10 percent of its workforce

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Boeing will be laying off “roughly” 10 percent of its workforce, president and CEO Kelly Ortberg announced in an email to staff on Friday. That number equates to 17,000 jobs, Reuters reports.

The layoffs will take place “over the coming months” and will include “executives, managers and employees,” Ortberg says. Leadership teams plan to share more information about how the layoffs will affect specific organizations in the company next...

Leak: AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D chips aren’t looking like a leap forward

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Somebody goofed — and now AMD’s unannounced Ryzen 9000X3D desktop processors have been partially revealed. But like Intel’s new Arrow Lake desktop CPUs, it doesn’t look like they’ll be a huge performance improvement on their predecessors. If so, that’s a shame given how poorly received AMD’s Ryzen 9000 was, to begin with.

According to slides from an MSI presentation published by HardwareLuxx today (via VideoCardz), the new chips may have respectable multicore...

Why the Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' was made and the ironic reason it needed a Kickstarter to cover legal fees

Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Ali Abbasi go into detail on the reason they made the 'The Apprentice' and how Donald Trump tried to stop it from being seen.

I read all the community notes on Elon Musk's X account. Here's what I learned,

The first thing to know about Community Notes on Elon Musk's tweets: there ought to be a lot more of them.

Community Notes, the Twitter/X fact-checks formerly known as Birdwatch, are often touted as one of the few good things to have survived the first chaotic year of Musk's ownership. These notes are user-generated, usually including links to high-quality sources. Like Reddit posts they live or die on upvotes ("helpful") and downvotes ("not helpful") — enough of the latter and they...

If You're A Fan Of The '90s, You Have To See Quinta Brunson's New Look

"Hey Siri, play 'Short and Sweet' by Sabrina Carpenter."

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Casio made a furry robot designed to cuddle and calm you down

Unlike Sony’s robotic dog, Aibo, Casio’s Moflin can’t run away on its own. | Image: Casio

Casio has opened preorders for its robotic pet called Moflin that looks like a cross between a hamster and Star Trek’s Tribbles. Unlike Sony’s robot dog Aibo that can follow you around, Moflin is designed to be held and cuddled, and over time, Casio says it will learn who you are and attempt to develop a simulated bond expressed through unique sounds and movements.

Originally developed...

Who gets to own ‘America’ online?

On social media, the American flag has become a Trump calling card. Digital patriotism is now wrapped up in politics.

The handle @America is a valuable account name on any social media network—and in many cases, it’s also a right-wing calling card.

Aurora borealis watch: Northern lights may be visible again tonight. Here’s where and when to see them

If you missed last night’s display, don’t worry: You may get another chance to see the spectacular show Friday evening.

If you missed last night’s spectacular northern lights, fear not. There could be another chance to view the aurora borealis on Friday night.

How fake Hurricane Milton AI images can have real consequences

AI-generated images and videos about Hurricane Milton might not just be annoying clickbait. They could also be connected to scams and disinformation campaigns.

In the aftermath of the category 3 hurricane that devastated parts of Florida, social media platforms like X, TikTok, and Facebook have been inundated with AI-generated content. Some AI-generated images and videos are easier to spot than others, like the obviously played-for-laughs image of a girl hugging an alligator on a boat in the...

41 Oh-So-Clever Products You'll Enjoy Showing Off A Little Too Much

The way everyone will "ooh" and "ahhhh" at your fancy new touchscreen toaster.

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Poch: Pulisic among world's best, needs protecting

USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino hailed Christian Pulisic as one of the world's best offensive players but said he was concerned about the AC Milan star's workload amid his stellar start to the season.

Padres or Dodgers? Predictions and everything you need for Game 5

A heated NLDS is headed to its thrilling conclusion. We get you ready for the Friday night showdown in L.A.

How Mookie Betts got his October groove back

As a decisive Game 5 looms, the Dodgers need Mookie Betts to hold onto his recently refound stroke.

The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’

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The Internet Archive will come back within “days” following a cyberattack that brought down the organization’s vast digital library and the Wayback Machine, according to an update from founder Brewster Kahle. It’s been struggling due to a data breach and DDoS attack earlier this week that revealed the email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps, and other information associated with more than 31 million unique email...

Hurricanes Helene and Milton demonstrate why employers need to have natural disaster plans

Climate disasters have a significant impact on the lives and jobs of workers. A Cornell professor shares why employers need to be prepared for extreme weather events.

Shortly after the devastation of Hurricane Helene—which killed hundreds of people across the Southeast—Florida residents are now reeling from the impact of yet another deadly storm. Millions are still without power after Hurricane Milton made landfall this week, and at least 16 people have died with many more still missing.

‘I’ve never been more excited about anything’: Why Marc Benioff is all in on AI

The Salesforce CEO talks all things artificial intelligence on the latest episode of the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says that Microsoft has done the AI industry a “tremendous disservice” by overhyping the capabilities of products like Copilot. Benioff argues that Agentforce, Salesforce’s new fleet of AI tools, is “what AI was meant to be.” Benioff has never been more excited in his career, confident that Agentforce will deliver a transformation on...

Anne Hathaway just apologized for an old ‘awful’ interview. She shouldn’t have had to

An interviewer has been making viral TikToks from old clips of uncomfortable moments with celebrities, but for what aim?

Entertainment reporters tend to quickly learn a lot of harsh truths when they start interviewing celebrities for a living. For instance, when a glamorous movie star says, “That’s a great question,” it’s often meant less as a compliment on the reporter’s inquisitive mind than as a way to vamp for time while thinking of a tactful evasion.

TikTok execs knows exactly how many videos it takes to get addicted to its platform

Newly un-redacted internal documents show TikTok fostered an environment that chose its public image over effective policies to address teen mental health, struggling to prioritize safety over engagement.

The documents, part an ongoing lawsuit against TikTok featuring swaths of digitally redacted internal materials, were part of the Kentucky Attorney General's filing. Despite redactions, the documents were able to be read by Kentucky Public Radio (and later reviewed by NPR) before being...