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Netflix is bringing back 'Star Search' as it continues to expand into live TV

Star Search, a reality competition series that's featured a shocking number of musicians and comedians before they were famous, is coming back as a Netflix show. The streaming platform announced that it's bringing Star Search back as a live show with interactive elements, building on Netflix's

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Appeals court confirms that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe

The Belgian Court of Appeal ruled today that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) currently used as the foundation for most online advertising is illegal in the EU. This decision upholds the findings of the Belgian Data Protection Authority

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Act Fast to Get This Limited-Time Deal on the Best Portable iPhone Charger I've Found

For just $32, you can get my favorite ultra-compact iPhone charger, the Anker 622 MagGo, which snaps neatly onto the back of my iPhone and goes everywhere I do. https://www.cnet.com/deals/act-fast-limited-time-deal-best-portable-iphone-charger-is-down-to-just-32-at-amazon/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 Sony could raise PlayStation 5 prices in response to tariffs

Sony is weighing increasing the price of some products, which means the PlayStation 5 could see a price hike as a result of tariffs.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/sony-ps5-prices-tariffs-may-2025

89 million Steam accounts leaked? Here’s what to do
ProtonVPN subscriptions are up to 66 percent off right now

ProtonVPN subscriptions are available at a steep discount right now as part of an

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Mission: Impossible should never have gone full sci-fi

The Mission: Impossible film franchise has always dabbled in the, well, impossible. We've seen Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt climb his way up the Burj Khalifa, have a motorcycle joust to prevent the spread of a bioweapon and hang off the side of an airplane. Even the most grounded entry, Brian DePalma's 1996 Mission: Impossible, featured Cruise leaping off of an exploding helicopter onto a train in the Chunnel. But with the previous film, Dead Reckoning, and this

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OpenAI rolls out GPT-4.1 to all ChatGPT paying subscribers

OpenAI is making GPT-4.1, the latest addition to its collection of AI models, available to all of its paid users. The rollout to ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Team members begins today, while Enterprise and Edu subscriptions will have to wait a few weeks to get access. Once available, GPT-4.1 can be chosen from the "more models" dropdown menu in the model picker.

This version of the

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SoundCloud backtracks on 'too broad' AI terms of service

SoundCloud is updating its Terms of Use again after angering users with language around AI that even the company now describes as "too broad." The details of the change were shared in

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Now's a good time to check in on your Steam account security

Steam has allegedly suffered a data breach in the past week. Details are scant and difficult to confirm, but a known hacker has

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Show HN: Muscle-Mem, a behavior cache for AI agents

Hi HN! Erik here from Pig.dev, and today I'd like to share a new project we've just open sourced:

Muscle Mem is an SDK that records your agent's tool-calling patterns as it solves tasks, and will deterministically replay those learned trajectories whenever the task is encountered again, falling back to agent mode if edge cases are detected. Like a JIT compiler, for behaviors.

At Pig, we built computer-use agents for automating legacy Windows applications (healthcare, lending, manufacturi

Show HN: Semantic Calculator (king-man+woman=?)

I've been playing with embeddings and wanted to try out what results the embedding layer will produce based on just word-by-word input and addition / subtraction, beyond what many videos / papers mention (like the obvious king-man+woman=queen). So I built something that doesn't just give the first answer, but ranks the matches based on distance / cosine symmetry. I polished it a bit so that others can try it out, too.

For now, I only have nouns (and some proper nouns) in the dataset, and p

Trump’s Middle East trip comes amid growing conflict of interest concerns in the region

It’s not just the “gesture” of a $400 million luxury plane that President Donald Trump says he’s smart to accept from Qatar. Or that he effectively auctioned off the first destination on his first major foreign trip,

Elon Musk’s Grok AI is replying to tweets with claims about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

X users who interacted with the chatbot Grok on Wednesday were confronted with replies about the legitimacy of white genocide in South Africa—often regardless of context.

In one post, a user in a thread on a congressional hearing asked Grok if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spreads misinformation. Grok wrote an equivocal paragraph about RFK and then abruptly shifted its focus to South Africa. “On the South Africa topic, I’m i

I Always Pack These 9 Gadgets on Summer Road Trips

Commentary: I took a 3,000-mile road trip last year. Here's the gear that helped ensure a safe, enjoyable ride. https://www.cnet.com/tech/9-gadgets-i-always-pack-for-a-summer-road-trip/#ftag=CADf328eec

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21 Grilling Tools You'll Use All Summer

Grilling season is here and these nifty tools and prep helpers will enhance your summer setup. https://www.cnet.com/home/yard-and-outdoors/21-grilling-tools-youll-use-all-summer/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 89 million Steam accounts could be at risk after a third-party data breach. Here's how to protect your account.

A May 10 data breach could leave Steam users' accounts vulnerable. Here's what gamers should know and how to protect your account.

https://www.laptopmag.com/gaming/steam-accounts-hacked-may-2025

The next Vision Pro update is all in the eyes

The next major Apple Vision Pro operating system update will enable users to scroll through apps using only their eyes. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who reckons Apple has nailed the tech necessary to offer a different option to hand gestures or rotating the digital crown to move through key apps. The Vision Pro [...]

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Google Gemini AI is coming to Samsung and Sony earbuds

Google Gemini AI is coming to earphones made by Samsung and Sony, it has emerged, as the Google Assistant era winds down. Last year’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 were the first to be built for Google Gemini and now Google is spreading the love to devices from other manufacturers. In a press release on May [...]

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The Switch 2 processor mystery has been solved – here’s what we learned

Nintendo has been tight-lipped about the full nature of the Switch 2 internals with just three weeks to go until the console goes on sale. However, the excellent Digital Foundry website reckons it has “rock solid” information on a spec sheer that reveals much more about the Switch 2’s processor. Nintendo will only speak of [...]

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Microsoft fixes over 70 security flaws in Windows, Office, and Azure
Move over, Copilot! ChatGPT can now analyze OneDrive files in real time
Space Marine II is about to go wild with native mod support
 Nintendo Switch 2 official specs confirm GPU similar to a mobile RTX 2050

Hardware specifications for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 have been officially confirmed: the handheld's custom Nvidia SoC will sport an Ampere-based GPU with DLSS and real-time ray tracing support.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nintendo-switch-2-official-specs-confirm-gpu-similar-to-a-mobile-rtx-2050

Toyota is bringing the C-HR back to the US as an all-electric crossover

Toyota has announced the return of the C-HR to the United States, but this time as an all-electric model built on its e-TNGA platform. The crossover electric vehicle will now be the second Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) model sold by Toyota in the United States, along with the

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PS Plus Game Catalog additions for May include Sand Land and Battlefield V

The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May includes some heavy hitters like Sand Land and Battlefield V. All of the following games will be available to play on May 20.

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Uber introduces Route Share, a rush hour version of Pool

Uber is introducing a few new options for riders that it claims will save you money. These choices include Route Share, which can only be described as if Uber Pool and buses had a love child (though Uber has already tried to

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'FBC: Firebreak' preview: Controlled chaos

A successful co-op shooter feels like a bottomless tub of popcorn, hot and smothered in golden butter, built for bite-sized consumption and impossible to resist. Smooth mechanics and a satisfying, repeatable loop should draw you in for one more bite, one more round, over and over again. FBC: Firebreak, Remedy Entertainment’s co-op shooter set in the universe of Control, almost hits these marks. It just needs a little more salt.

Remedy is a AA studio best known for cr

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OpenAI promises greater transparency on model hallucinations and harmful content

OpenAI has launched a new web page called the safety evaluations hub to publicly share information related to things like the hallucination rates of its models. The hub will also highlight if a model produces harmful content, how well it behaves as instructed and attempted jailbreaks. 

The

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Without a long-term high-performance computing plan, the U.S. could lose its innovation lead

High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today. From predicting the weather to finding new medicines and even

Google Launches Generative AI Certification With Free Training via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google launches a generative AI certification with free training, focusing on Google's tools. Is this credential worth adding to your resume?

The post Google Launches Generative AI Certification With Free Training appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-launches-generat

CNET's Daily Tariff Price Tracker: Prices Steady as Forecast Remains Grim

Check out CNET's tariff impact tracker is keeping tabs on price moves for several popular products, including the recent news for the Xbox brand. https://www.cnet.com/tech/cnets-daily-tariff-price-tracker-prices-steady-as-forecast-remains-grim/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Check Your Eye Drops: 75,000 Cases Were Just Recalled

According to the FDA, over 75,000 cases of five different eye drops and artificial tears were recalled. Here's what you need to know. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/check-eye-drops-75000-cases-recalled/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Why Congress May Push Back on State AI Regulations

House Republicans proposed a 10-year pause on state rules for artificial intelligence. What that could mean for consumer protections. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-congress-may-push-back-on-state-ai-regulations/#ftag=CADf328eec

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