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Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage
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Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage

FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in bac...

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see
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Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Threads now lets users in the US adjust what is recommended in their feed by writing "Dear Algo" in a post and explaining what they're looking for. The feature...

Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature
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Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature

Threads users have been complaining about its recommendation algorithm pretty much since the beginning of the platform. At some point, this turned into a meme,...

Ableton Live is adding audio streaming for real-time musical collaboration
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Ableton Live is adding audio streaming for real-time musical collaboration

Ableton is rolling out the Live 12.4 Beta with a number of new features, but the headliner is Link Audio, which enables real-time collaboration between devices...

Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline
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Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline

The best methods we currently have for detecting and labelling deepfakes online are about to get a stress test. India announced mandates on Tuesday that require...

NordVPN deal: Get two years of the Complete plan for 70 percent off
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NordVPN deal: Get two years of the Complete plan for 70 percent off

NordVPN is offering a significant discount on its two-year plans, with 70 percent off its Complete tier and up to 78 percent off overall. For the Complete tier,...

TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user's exact location
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TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user's exact location

TikTok US just launched a local feed for users to "get the inside scoop on must-try restaurants, shops, museums and events." This is done by leveraging the exac...

Netflix is reportedly filming the Stranger Things Broadway show this week
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Netflix is reportedly filming the Stranger Things Broadway show this week

Though the original series is very much done, Netflix is going to squeeze as much juice out of Stranger Things as it can. The company is said to be filming the...

A four-pack of Apple's first-gen AirTags is on sale for $64
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A four-pack of Apple's first-gen AirTags is on sale for $64

Good deals on Apple products aren’t as frequent as we’d like them to be, but if there’s one of the company’s products that does seem to enjoy pretty regular pri...

TikTok launches Local Feeds in the U.S.
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TikTok launches Local Feeds in the U.S.

TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's launching "Local Feeds," an opt-in feature that uses precise GPS location data to create a feed of localized content, si...

Lifx’s two-pack of Matter-enabled smart color bulbs is down to $20
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Lifx’s two-pack of Matter-enabled smart color bulbs is down to $20

Let’s give it up for companies that are making affordable smart bulbs. Lifx is one, having recently released a two-pack of A19 / E26 LED bulbs at CES 2026 capab...

Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
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Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT

OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversatio...

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