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Snap employees were well aware of the app’s child safety issues, newly unsealed complaint says

“By November 2022, Snap employees were discussing 10,000 user reports of sextortion each month, while acknowledging that these reports ‘likely represent a small fraction of this abuse’ given the shame and other barriers to reporting,” says a newly unsealed version of the lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s attorney general against Snap. This less-redacted version of the filing we first saw …

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These boxes will send Dolby Atmos through your home’s power lines

Fasetto has announced that its Audio Cu system, which connects TVs and other audio devices to speakers and subwoofers using the existing power line wiring in a home, has received Dolby Atmos Product Certification from Dolby Laboratories. Similar to powerline networking solutions that can leverage existing electrical wiring to share internet around a home, Fasetto’s Audio Cu is an alternative …

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Threads is giving you more time to edit your posts

You now have 15 minutes to edit your post on Threads, an increase from the previous five-minute limit. If you have fediverse sharing toggled on, that means you’ll have to wait 15 minutes until your post shows up on Mastodon and other platforms. Additionally, Threads will now let you see who follows you and likes your posts from other fediverse …

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max has hit a new low price ahead of Prime Day

We’ve officially turned the calendar to October, meaning spooky season is in full effect. That also means we’re a week away from Prime Big Deal Days, which starts on October 8th. There were already plenty of early Prime Day deals to consider, but now we’re seeing steep discounts on Amazon’s stick-style streaming devices. Right now, for instance, the latest Amazon …

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Bose’s new SoundLink Home is one of its best-looking wireless speakers

Bose has announced a new addition to its long-running SoundLink line of wireless speakers. Most of Bose’s speakers have a colorful and durable design that shrugs off sand and water during an afternoon at the beach, but the new $219 SoundLink Home uses materials like anodized aluminum and a fabric speaker cover for a more premium appearance designed to complement …

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The US could bring a shuttered nuclear power plant back to life next year

For the first time, a shuttered nuclear power plant in the US could reopen thanks to federal support. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $1.52 billion loan to help restore a nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan. Although it’s still a controversial option among environmental advocates, nuclear energy could be on the verge of a renaissance as an …

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Microsoft is discontinuing its HoloLens headsets

Microsoft has ended production of its HoloLens 2 headsets, with no sign of a replacement ahead. UploadVR reports that HoloLens 2 will still get “updates to address critical security issues and software regressions” until the end of 2027, but production of the headsets has now ended. The original HoloLens headset will reportedly end production on December 10th, too. Microsoft originally …

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