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Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for β€˜terrorism’The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave...

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Senate Republicans pacify holdouts to pass Trump’s big bill – now to the House

Sweeping policy bill had tumultuous road to passage in Senate – will final version play well with US voters?When Donald Trump’s sweeping policy bill arrived in the Senate in late May, its problems seemed unending.It was Trump’s top legislative priority, and crafted in such a way that Democrats could not block it by using the filibuster. But it was greeted with skepticism by moderate Republicans, who blanched at the...

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism

The citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. attorney general.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Figma is going public

Figma, the platform that specializes in collaborative interface design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company will trade under the ticker symbol β€œFIG” as it prepares to β€œdouble down” on its investments in AI. Figma was nearly acquired by Adobe for $20 billion in 2022, but the two companies scrapped the deal […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

X will let AI write Community Notes

In what was probably an inevitable conclusion, X has announced that it will allow AI to author Community Notes. With a pilot program beginning today, the social network is releasing developer tools to create AI Note Writers. These tools will be limited to penning replies in a test mode and will need approval before their notes can be released into the wild. The first AI Note Writers will be accepted later this month,...

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Why compromise when refurbished tech is the smartest upgrade available?

Refurbished tech on eBay offers smart upgrades, delivering pristine performance and big savings with total buyer confidence.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

Under this plan, SpaceX's satellites would play a big role in the Space Force's kill chain.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Building a Personal AI Factory

Article URL: https://www.john-rush.com/posts/ai-20250701.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44438065 Points: 51 # Comments: 25

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots

X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the β€œAI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post β€œif found helpful by people from different perspectives,” X […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices

Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

This tiny NAS can store up to 32TB of super-fast SSD data and even comes with a VPN server and a 4K HDMI port

TerraMaster F4 SSD offers private, fast storage with 32TB capacity, 4K playback, and cloud syncing, but its benefits depend on user needs and setup.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Google AI Mode: What it is, how to try it?

Google's AI Mode, available for users across the U.S., uses Gemini 2.5 to expand on AI Overviews.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Aurora Borealis May Hit These 16 States Over the Next 2 Days

Tuesday night's aurora is expected to be stronger than Wednesday's.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Pride every month: Here are the best dating apps for lesbians

Looking for love, friends, or casual fun? We've curated a list of the best dating apps for lesbians, from Her to Hinge.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

Article URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ade17d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44437948 Points: 45 # Comments: 39

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Netflix and NASA+ will bring live space streams to subscribers

Netflix triples down on live content push with new NASA+ deal, bringing live space programming to the app.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Moderna says mRNA flu vaccine sailed through trial, beating standard shot

Moderna hailed the results, but the shot's future under RFK Jr. is murky.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Verizon will give you an iPhone 16 Plus (or 4) with no trade-in - here's how

When you open one or multiple myPlan lines, you can get one or up to four iPhone 16 Plus on Verizon.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Amazon Reaches Automation Milestone by Deploying Its Millionth Robot

The company is also upgrading its entire fleet with a new generative AI model.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Squid Game season three breaks Netflix viewership record with 60.1m views

Final season of the smash series scores a new record for the streaming platform in the first three daysThe third and final season of the hit Korean series Squid Game has broken records to become the biggest-ever TV launch for Netflix.Over its first three days, the series racked up more than 60.1m views, a new high for the streamer, with more than 368.4m hours viewed. The second season launched with 68m views but over a...

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

You Can't Afford to Be Fooled by the Chase Sapphire Reserve's Apple Perks and 100K Bonus

The Sapphire Reserve has new annual credits, memberships, rewards and a higher welcome offer, but none of these make me want the card.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, docs show

Report: Clothoff ignored California’s lawsuit while buying up 10 rivals.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home

Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people β€œAdmin” and β€œMember” roles. People with Admin status have full control of all the devices, services, and […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace could put sensitive data at risk because of a blind spot in default email behavior

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace both fail silently when email encryption breaks, exposing sensitive healthcare data without alerts or audit trails.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

The best smartwatches for Android

After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever β€” with more on the way soon. Much like Android phones, this market is fragmented. Wear OS 5 is here for Samsung’s Galaxy Watches, Google’s Pixel Watch 3, and […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews

Article URL: https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44437712 Points: 29 # Comments: 16

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes

The social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes, a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service now called X.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Ultra Mobile raised its data caps without a price increase

T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data caps and more international perks, but with the same prices as before for new and existing subscribers β€” a rare thing to see these days. […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Key climate change reports removed from US government websites

The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming worldLegally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their back yards from a warming world.Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save...

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Samsung dropped the 4TB T9 portable SSD to over 40% off ahead of Prime Day

Instantly add storage space to your desktop, laptop, or game console with the Samsung T9 4TB portable SSD, on sale for 42% off at Amazon with this early Prime Day deal.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Nothing Phone 3 arrives July 15 with a tiny dot matrix rear display

Nothing comes back to flagship phones with another quirky design.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Cloudflare declares war on AI crawlers - and the stakes couldn't be higher

Get out of my website! Cloudflare, one of the world's largest Internet infrastructure providers, has begun blocking AI web crawlers by default.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Nothing unveils Headphone (1), its first over-ear headphones

Nothing is bringing its distinctive design language to the world of over-ear, noise-canceling headphones.

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The Hidden Engineering of Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers

Article URL: https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/7/1/the-hidden-engineering-of-liquid-dampers-in-skyscrapers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44437539 Points: 31 # Comments: 5

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

The GOP’s big spending bill could kill renewable energy projects

Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US. After wrangling over hundreds of amendments for more than 24 hours in a so-called β€œvote-a-rama” on Monday and Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced the bill with provisions that make […]

Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge