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CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americansโ€™ sensitive personal data.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

How to use your Android phone as a webcam when your laptop's default won't cut it

Does your PC have a mediocre webcam or none at all? Just use your Android phone instead. Here's how.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Charge up your phone in a flash with this Spigen charger at a record-low price

As of May 14, get a Spigen charger for a record-low price at Amazon.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

I'm a huge stage magic fan so I can't wait for Apple TV+'s new Siegfried and Roy series

This Apple TV+ series is going on my watchlist and I can't wait to watch it all unfold.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

New Switch 2 specs show large performance dip in undocked mode

Digital Foundry also says Game Chat "has a significant impact on system resources."

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

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.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

OpenAI pledges to publish AI safety test results more often

OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit is saying is an effort to increase transparency. On Wednesday, OpenAI launched the Safety evaluations hub, a web page showing how the companyโ€™s models score on various tests for harmful content generation, jailbreaks, and hallucinations. [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Nvidiaโ€™s RTX 5080 Super could be coming much sooner than expected

According to a new leak, the Nvidia RTX 50-series Super/Ti refresh might be launching sooner than we expected.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

The best gaming handhelds for 2025

Handheld gaming systems are having a moment. While people have been gaming on the go since the halcyon days of the Game Boy, recent years have brought an avalanche of devices that let you play all sorts of games anywhere you want. But new machines seem to arrive every week, and figuring out which ones are actually worth buying can be overwhelming. You already know that the Nintendo Switch is great, but depending on...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Record-Low: CNET Readers Can Get This Refurb Anker Solix F3800 Power Station for Just $1,899

Get ready for anything thanks to our exclusive discount on a refurbished portable power station today.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Our narrative prison

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/why-does-every-film-and-tv-series-seem-to-have-the-same-plot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43986424 Points: 110 # Comments: 101

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Max pivots back to HBO Max as WBD rethinks ability to compete with Netflix

WBD is relenting on trying to get everyone to sign up for its streaming service.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

EV, Solar Tax Credits Would End This Year Under House Republicans' Plan

The proposal would mean an early expiration date for several energy-related federal tax incentives.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Score the Narwal Freo Z10 at its lowest-ever price โ€” get $200 off at Amazon

As of May 14, you can get the Narwal Freo Z10 Robot Vacuum and Mop for $899.99, down from 1099.99. Thatโ€™s an 18% discount.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The 26 Best Amazon Pet Day Deals (2025)

Amazon sale days just keep expanding. Here are the best deals on some of our favorite pet tech during Amazon Pet Day on May 13 and 14.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Take almost $50 off the Philips H8506 headphones at Amazon

The Philips H8506 headphones are on sale at Amazon for just $81.92, down from the normal price of $129.99. That's a 37% discount.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Snag a Google Pixel Watch 3 for just $20 more than its lowest price ever

As of May 14, get the Google Pixel Watch 3 for $299.99 at Amazon.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Trump says thereโ€™s a โ€˜possibilityโ€™ he will attend Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey โ€“ as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereโ€œI worry a lot about a kind of world war one-type scenario,โ€ former White House Russia adviser Fiona Hill told Lucy Hough, โ€œin which the prevailing system is broken down, and you get a whole outbreak of conflicts that meld together.โ€People are always asking: โ€˜What should we be worried about in the future?โ€™ We should be worried about the here and now.He wanted...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Google Messages is finally getting a mentions feature for chats โ€“ hereโ€™s how it works

Google Messages could soon get the mentions feature it's been lacking for a while โ€“ here's how it looks.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

How Android 16 will fight scams for you

Android is fighting back against the myriad scams we get every day with Android 16.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

New Superman trailer reveals another villain that David Corenswet's Man of Steel will fight, but I don't think it's who everyone thinks it is

Superman's official trailer introduces us to The Hammer of Boravia, but I'm not convinced that this is the metahuman's real identity.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Federal agencies continue terminating all funding to Harvard

Agency by agency, Harvard is losing all of its federal research dollars.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphones

AI startup Stability AI has released Stable Audio Open Small, a โ€œstereoโ€ audio-generating AI model that the company claims is the fastest on the market โ€” and efficient enough to run on smartphones. Stable Audio Open Small is the fruit of a collaboration between Stability AI and Arm, the chipmaker that produces many of the [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Save up to $75 on an Asus gaming keyboard and level up your PC battle station

As of May 14, save up to $75 on Asus gaming keyboards at Amazon.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The best streaming deals: Save on Peacock, YouTube TV, Starz, Disney+ and more

Whether youโ€™re a true cord-cutter or you just want to watch the next season of Stranger Things when it (eventually? maybe?) drops, everyoneโ€™s on the lookout for streaming deals nowadays. Plenty have chosen VOD and live TV streaming services over traditional cable in recent years, but the savings that choice got you just a few years ago have somewhat evaporated now. Companies like Netflix, Disney, Max and others have...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Trump cabinet memberโ€™s links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny

Commerce chief Howard Lutnickโ€™s firm backed controversial crypto giant Tether as Bukele ties deepenedTrump administrationโ€™s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and his family have had extensive business interests linked to El Salvador, whose authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele has grown close to the White House and who has courted controversy by imprisoning people deported from the US in an immigration crackdown.El...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Riri Williams wants to build something iconic in trailer for Marvelโ€™s Ironheart

Get ready for Marvel's next genius.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

I tested Suunto's ultra-lightweight smartwatch, and it's as capable as models twice the price

Runners of all shapes and sizes will appreciate the light yet capable Suunto Run, which sells for just $249.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Launch HN: Jazzberry (YC X25) โ€“ AI agent for finding bugs

Hey HN! We are building Jazzberry (https://jazzberry.ai), an AI bug finder that automatically tests your code when a pull request occurs to find and flag real bugs before they are merged.Hereโ€™s a demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZTu86qK8U#t=7We are building Jazzberry to help you find bugs in your code base. Hereโ€™s how it works:When a PR is made, Jazzberry clones the repo into a secure sandbox. The diff...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Amidst Choking Garbage, Locals Join Hands to Build a Zero-Waste Bali

GIANYAR, Bali, May 14 (IPS) - It was Christmas Eve last year when visitors across several tourism hotspots in Bali woke up to a ghastly scene they hadnโ€™t expected: layers of cans, bags, bottles, and driftwood covering their favorite sandy beaches, washed up by hours of rain and high tide. So bad was the situation that from Kuta to Legian and Seminyak to Jimbaranโ€”none of the islandโ€™s picturesque beaches was clean enough...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Global Issues favicon Global Issues

Googles AI Mode reportedly replacing iconic Im feeling lucky button

Google is replacing its iconic "I'm Feeling Lucky" button with AI Mode

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The best gaming PCs of 2025: Expert tested

We've tested and researched some of the best gaming PCs from HP, Dell, and Corsair to help you find the perfect balance between price and performance for upgrading your gaming setup.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Max, which was once HBO, reverts to HBO Max

Warner Bros. Discovery announced today that its streaming service is undergoing yet another branding change. This would mark its second name change in three years, and even more if you count the days of HBO's subscriber-exclusive streamer. The streamer previously known as HBO Max (2018โ€“2022), then as Max (2022โ€“2025), will henceforth be known asโ€ฆ checks notes โ€ฆHBO Max, again. The rebrand will take place this summer and...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Pinterest finally admits mass bans were a mistake caused by an โ€˜internal errorโ€™

Pinterest has now publicly apologized for the wave of moderation issues that have swept across the social network over the past few weeks, leading to account bans and Pin removals that users said were unwarranted. In posts published to social media on Tuesday, the company took responsibility for the issue, saying that an โ€œinternal errorโ€ [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

China issues warning to UK over terms of US trade deal

UK accused of aligning with US in move that could compel firms to exclude Chinese products from supply chainsUK politics live โ€“ latest updatesChina has warned the UK over its new trade deal with the US, accusing Britain of aligning with the US in a move that could compel British companies to exclude Chinese products from their supply chains.The UK-US trade deal, signed last week, offers Britain limited relief from US...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News