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11h | pcworld.com
Acer’s Aspires have one big question mark: their U.S. price
11h | pcworld.com
AMD or Intel? Acer’s Swift X 14 offers either, plus a GeForce 5070
11h | pcworld.com
Acer’s feathery Swift Edge AI laptop has the matte OLED you  crave
11h | pcworld.com
Acer’s new Predator gaming laptop uses graphene for supercharged cooling
11h | pcworld.com
 AMD's next-generation Zen 6 "Medusa Point" APUs could feature as many as 22 cores, claims leaker

AMD might construct its high-end Medusa Point APUs with an MCM design, placing a desktop-grade CCD with up to 12 Zen 6 cores next to standard 10-core mobile silicon.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-next-generation-zen-6-medusa-point-apus-could-feature-as-many-as-22-cores

 Acer has a new pair of 14.5-inch laptops for gaming on the go

Acer is launching its Predator Triton 14 AI and Helios Neo 14 AI at Computex, expanding the selection of thin and light gaming notebooks using Nvidia's latest GPUs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/acer-has-a-new-pair-of-14-5-inch-laptops-for-gaming-on-the-go

 AOC Q27G4XY QHD smart gaming monitor review: TV and gaming in one monitor

AOC’s Q27G4XY is a smart TV and a gaming monitor in one 27-inch QHD display with a VA panel, 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color. With integrated Wi-Fi, speakers and a remote, it’s an all-in-one personal entertainment solution.

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/aoc-q27g4xy-qhd-smart-gaming-monitor-review

Building A Practical UX Strategy Framework

Learn how to create and implement a UX strategy framework that shapes work and drives real business value. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/05/building-practical-ux-strategy-framework/

How to cancel subscriptions on iPhone

Managing subscriptions directly from your iPhone is one of the simplest ways to prevent unwanted charges and keep track of active services. Whether you're looking to cancel a streaming platform, cloud storage plan or any other recurring charge that you signed up for through Apple, doing so only takes a few steps.

If you download an app from the App Store, you may find the

12h | Engadget
Engadget Podcast: Who needs Samsung's super-thin Galaxy S25 Edge?

It looks like we're entering the era of crazy-thin phones. This week, Samsung finally announced the Galaxy S25 Edge, its slimmest smartphone yet. Is there actually a point to it, or is Samsung just trying to beat Apple to its rumored super-thin iPhone? Engadget's Sam Rutherford joins us to dive into the S25 Edge, as well as some pre-Google I/O news from the Android Show.

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12h | Engadget
Grok kept talking about 'white genocide' due to an 'unauthorized modification'

In the early hours of May 14, xAI's chatbot Grok repeatedly gave X users responses that referred to claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa even if their inquiries had nothing to do about the subject. Now, in a statement posted on

12h | Engadget
ProtonVPN deal: Get 66 percent off two-year subscriptions

Those keen on trying out a VPN to protect their online activity can get a great deal on ProtonVPN thanks to an Engadget-exclusive offer. Two-year plans are on sale for $81 right now,

12h | Engadget
The Morning After: Sony’s best headphones keep getting better

When it comes to headphones, we can’t shut up about Sony’s top-tier buds and over-the-head options. In each iteration, the company adds new features, develops better technology and hones its strengths in portable audio, and three years on from the WH-1000XM5, the sixth-gen model does it yet again.

Sony’s overhauled its flagship headphones in all the right ways. The

12h | Engadget
A former OpenAI safety researcher makes sense of ChatGPT’s sycophancy and Grok’s South Africa obsession

It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI systems, with ChatGPT suddenly turning sycophantic, and Grok, xAI’s chatbot, becoming obsessed with South Africa. 

Fast Company spoke to Steven Adler, a former research scientist for OpenAI who until November 2024 led safe

For this CVS Health developer, making tech more accessible is personal

Cory Joseph has been blind since birth. So he’s among the people Apple aims to serve with an addition to its App Store called “Accessibility Nutrition Labels,” one of a raft of features the company announced earlier this week to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

Once the labels go live later this year, each app’s listing will detail the accessibility features it

How to Find Safe Eye Drops Now That 75,000 Cases Were Just Recalled

If you currently have eye drops in your medicine cabinet, make sure they're not part of a recent recall. Plus, how to buy safe eye drops. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/how-find-safe-eye-drops-75000-cases-recalled/#ftag=CADf328eec

13h | cnet.com
I Travel and Test Home Security: Here Are My Top 9 Airbnb Safety Tips

Whether you’re heading out for Memorial Day travel or other vacation rental travel, our CNET experts have safety recommendations when you’re ready to leave. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/i-travel-and-test-home-security-here-are-my-top-9-airbnb-safety-tips/#ftag=CADf328eec

13h | cnet.com
The Eight Sleep Pod 5 Is Here: What to Know About This AI-Driven Sleep System

Ready to up your sleep game? Check out the latest model of Eight Sleep's smart bedroom setup, which features a hydro-powered blanket, surround sound, advanced health tracking and more. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/eight-sleep-pod-5-is-here-what-to-know-about-this-ai-driven-sleep-system/#ftag=CADf328eec

13h | cnet.com
 Microsoft misses deadline for secure EU Azure

Microsoft agreed to make an EU-specific version of Azure to support competition following a CISPE complaint, but it failed.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-misses-deadline-for-secure-eu-azure

 Retailers demand European Commission investigate Visa and Mastercard fees

European retailers are complaining about Visa and Mastercard's fees and lack of transparency to the European Commission.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/retailers-demand-european-commission-investigate-visa-and-mastercard-fees

Soundcore AeroClip Review

The AeroClip sees Soundcore’s open-ear earbud ranks swell with another clip-on set that’ll sit on your ears while (hopefully) delivering some high quality open-ear sound. They join Soundcore’s C30i and C40i clip-on buds, with the AeroClip promising to punch out bassy, customisable sound, and clear call quality. It’s doing that all for less than [...]

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Netgear Orbi 870 Series Review

For all the benefits of Wi-Fi 7, the high starting prices of the initial set of devices put off all but those with the deepest pockets. While I’ve seen several cheaper Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems since, they usually compromise on performance somewhere along the line. The Netgear Orbi 870 Series is designed to redress [...]

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 Bing Search APIs to be "decommissioned completely" as Microsoft urges developers to use its Azure agentic AI alternative

Microsoft quietly announced its plan to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs, and third-party app developers won't have access to the search engine's results.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/bing-search-apis-to-be-decommissioned-completely

5 nifty USB-C gadgets you didn’t know you needed
13h | pcworld.com
 Silicon Motion's new SM2324 enables USB4 SSD control with up to 32TB supported

Silicon Motion's new SM2324 single-chip controller for external SSDs enables high-capacity, low-power external SSDs with up to 32TB and 4,000 MB/s read speeds over a 40 Gbps USB4 interface.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/silicon-motions-new-sm2324-enables-usb4-ssd-control-with-up-to-32tb-supported

 Pliops expands AI's context windows with 3D NAND-based accelerator – can accelerate certain inference workflows by up to eight times

Pliops claims its XDP LightningAI card and FusIOnX software accelerate large language model inference by offloading context data to SSDs, reducing redundant computation, and boosting vLLM throughput by up to eight times while avoiding the need for additional GPUs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pliops-expands-ais-context-windows-with-3d-nand

Show HN: A free AI risk assessment tool for LLM applications

We’ve built an AI risk assessment tool designed specifically for GenAI/LLM applications. It's still early, but we’d love your feedback. Here’s what it does:

1. it performs comprehensive AI risk assessments by analyzing your codebase against different AI regulation/framework or even internal policies. It identifies potential issues and suggests fixes directly through one click PRs.

2. the first framework the platform supports is OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025, upcoming framework w

14h | Hacker news
Why tech billionaires’ plans for space colonies and AI gods are delusional

Adam Becker is a science journalist and astrophysicist. He has written for The New York Times, BBC, NPR, Scientific American, New Scientist, Quanta, Undark, Aeon, and others. He also recorded a video series with the BBC, and has appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts, including Ologies, The Story Collider, and KQED Forum.

What’s the big idea?

How AI could sabotage the next generation of journalists

A question I often get when I train editorial teams on the use of AI is, “Is using AI cheating?”

Although it’s a yes or no question, it’s obviously not a yes or no answer. The short answer is sometimes, but the key to figuring out the long answer is using the tools with an open mind. If you’re a professional in a field like journalism, you’ll generally be able to tell when it’s speeding up drudgery and when your judgment and expertise are m

Stihl HSA 40 Review

Powered by Stihl’s 10.8V AS battery system, the Stihl HSA 40 is a simpler, lighter hedge trimmer for smaller jobs. It struggles a little with thicker branches and isn’t the fastest cutter, but it’s easy to use, and very light. This hedge trimmer also has Stihl’s regular build quality, so feels much better made [...]

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New in Symfony 7.3: Dependency Injection Improvements

Symfony 7.3 introduces several enhancements to the DependencyInjection component that simplify service configuration, make autoconfiguration more flexible, and enable environment-specific aliasing.

Service Closure Shorthand… https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-7-3-dependency-injection-improvements?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

16h | Symfony
Nuclear waste could power Europe for decades. This startup plans to prove it


Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to become safe, and no one really knows what to do with it. Tho

17h | The Next Web
Bunq CEO warns closed minds are pushing Dutch entrepreneurs away


Ali Niknam has built Dutch fintech Bunq into one of Europe’s biggest neobanks. But he fears the Netherlands is now driving entrepreneurs away. The Bunq founder and CEO is alarmed by the country’s business mindset. He bel

17h | The Next Web
Gaming billionaire named UK’s richest person under 40 in tech-heavy wealth list


A Russian-born gaming mogul has been named the UK’s richest person under 40 — in a ranking dominated by tech entrepreneurs. Dmitry Bukhman, 39, built his fortune after founding mobile gaming giant Playrix. His estimated wealth of £12.54bn tops The Sunday Times

17h | The Next Web
Exclusive: Swiss startup picks Rotterdam for green aviation fuel plant


Swiss tech startup Metafuels has unveiled plans to open its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the Port of Rotterdam.  Metafuels’ CEO Saurabh Kapoor told TNW that Turbe represents a “major step forward” toward ramp

17h | The Next Web
Salesforce wants to do for agentic AI what they did for SaaS

Christophe Coenraets, SVP of Developer Relations at Salesforce, tells Eira and Ben about building the new Salesforce Developer Edition, which includes access to the company’s agentic AI platform, Agentforce. Christophe explains how they solicited and incorporated feedback from the developer community in building the developer edition, what types of AI agents people are building, and the critical importance of guardrails and prompt engineering. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/16/salesforce-wa

Kdy skončí éra Linuxu?

Nihil perpetuum, pauca diuturna sunt. Nic netrvá věčně. Ani tento vesmír, ani jeden život, ani jedna říše. Přesvědčily se o tom mnohé národy. A také mnohé softwarové projekty. Kolik života má před sebou ten největší, jaký lidstvo stvořilo? https://www.root.cz/clanky/kdy-skonci-era-linuxu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

23h | root.cz
TikTok will try to force teens to meditate after 10PM

TikTok recently began experimenting with an in-app meditation feature that encouraged teens to "wind down" after 10PM. Now, the company is making the feature official for all users and turning it on by default for all teens under the age of 18.

With

23h | Engadget
The PHP Podcast: 2025.05.15

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about FrankenPHP, NativePHP, PHP still relevant in 2025, The Patch for Laravel Container, PHP Tek 2025, PHPxSan Diego Meetup, and more… Links from the show: From theory to practice: Building SDKs with generative AI – Build with AI: Building Better SDKs with Generative AI […]

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