Author: Hunter
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Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account
Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device be set up with an internet-connected account. In its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, the company says it will take out a well-known bypass script that let end users skip the requirement of connecting to the internet and logging in… Read more
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Judge saves the CFPB, for now
A court took action on Friday to keep the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from shutting down a consumer watchdog agency while its court case plays out. Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from being further gutted while she decides whether… Read more
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MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson
MrBeast teamed up with Alex Cross author James Patterson to co-write a thriller novel with Squid Game-like elements, according to a report from Deadline. The upcoming book, which doesn’t have a title yet, has reportedly fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights. The book’s logline, which reads, “Players fight to survive deadly tests held in… Read more
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Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth
The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and onsite ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned. Read more
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The Trump administration could green-light deep-sea mining for the first time
Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company in San Diego, California on June 8, 2021. | Photo: Getty Images The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump administration after years of hitting roadblocks in international negotiations. The island nation of Nauru initially… Read more
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The Fitbit-to-Google account migration deadline moves to 2026
After Google completed its acquisition of Fitbit in early 2021, the company integrated Fitbit’s services with its own and required users to migrate existing Fitbit accounts to a Google account by 2025. But in an email sent to Fitbit users today, Google now says that deadline has been extended until next year. “As we have… Read more
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Hands on with Gemini 2.5 Pro: why it might be the most useful reasoning model yet
Gemini 2.5 Pro stands out with its massive context window, impressive multimodal reasoning and detailed reasoning chain.Read More Read more
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Side Quest’s creators wanted to tell stories about why people love games
Halfway through its first season, Appleâs Mythic Quest threw a wild curveball with âA Dark Quiet Deathâ â an unexpectedly dramatic episode that chronicled the rise and fall of another video game development team. âA Dark Quiet Deathâ was the first instance of Mythic Quest switching up its comedic formula to tell an earnest story… Read more
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Researchers warn of ‘catastrophic overtraining’ in Large Language Models
The researchers compared two versions of OLMo-1b: one pre-trained on 2.3 trillion tokens and another on 3 trillion tokens.Read More Read more
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New approach to agent reliability, AgentSpec, forces agents to follow rules
Researchers from Singapore Management University developed a new domain-specific language for agents to remain reliable.Read More Read more