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Leaked document reveals more about Eufy’s first smart display

11 months ago04 mins

A leaked brochure shared to Reddit reveals more details about Eufy’s first smart display. | Image: <a href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/eufy/comments/1k5dfbj/embrace_our_brandnew_allinone_smart_display_e10/”>Reddit</a> A brochure shared on Reddit provides new details on Eufy’s first smart display. The Eufy Smart Display E10 hasn’t been officially announced by Anker yet, but it’s already received FCC certification and was recently demonstrated at a…

Spotify’s iPhone app could soon sell audiobooks with links, too

11 months ago03 mins

Spotify is working on an update that could allow iPhone users in the US to purchase audiobooks through external links. In a post on Friday, Spotify says it has submitted the update to Apple, and if approved, it would also let Premium users buy “top-ups” for additional audiobook listening time. The change comes in response…

Manhunt for Texas murder suspect Trevor McEuen enrages officials demanding stricter bail: ‘they will walk’

11 months ago06 mins

A Texas district attorney is calling for stricter bail amid a manhunt for a murder suspect who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled before his trial was scheduled to begin on Monday. Kaufman County authorities have been searching for Trevor McEuen, who allegedly admitted to shooting and killing his neighbor, horse trainer Aaron…

Pope Leo XIV gives 1st homily as American pontiff, says loss in faith has led to crisis in humanity

11 months ago04 mins

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff to take up the highest seat in the Catholic Church, returned to the Sistine Chapel on Friday to deliver his first mass in an address to the more than 1.4 billion Catholics he now leads. The pontiff urged outreach and missionary work and warned that much of what…

Jony Ive’s next product is driven by the ‘unintended consequences’ of the iPhone

11 months ago03 mins

Former Apple designer Jony Ive says the work on his next product is driven by owning the “unintended consequences” associated with the iPhone. During an interview with Stripe, Ive said there’s “not anything that I can be more preoccupied or bothered by” than the potentially adverse effects smartphones have on their users. “I think when…

Jumbo pumpkin seeds from Canada could be contaminated with salmonella

11 months ago03 mins

Organic pumpkin seeds imported from Canada have been recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Advantage Health Matters, with headquarters in Ontario, Canada, is recalling its 8-ounce packages of Organic Traditions Jumbo Pumpkin Seeds. The seeds “have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella,” the…

OpenAI’s Sam Altman thanks Sen John Fetterman for ‘normalizing hoodies’

11 months ago05 mins

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was one of the final senators to question OpenAI chief Sam Altman during Thursday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, and the subject of both Three Mile Island and the Democrat’s penchant for Carhartt outerwear came up. Fetterman said that as a senator he has been able to meet people with “much more…

Why Apple is trying to save Google

11 months ago02 mins

Google is in antitrust court, fighting to preserve the search engine business that has made it so historically successful. At a few different moments through the various stages of the trial, high-powered executives from Apple have taken the stand – and largely taken Google’s side. Just this week, Apple’s Eddy Cue made the case that…

Columbia suspends anti-Israel agitators after takeover, spreading of pamphlets glorifying alleged terrorist

11 months ago06 mins

Columbia University has temporarily suspended 65 students after anti-Israel agitators took over a campus building and handed out pamphlets that glorified an alleged terrorist this week. The protesters stormed into Columbia University’s Butler Library on Wednesday evening, claiming to have renamed the building “Basel Al-Araj Popular University.” According to the NYPD, 80 arrests were made,…

Blue state governor touts meeting with CCP official cozying up to Dems: ‘Grateful for the opportunity’

11 months ago09 mins

FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic governor enthusiastically posted photos with a Chinese Communist Party diplomat on Wednesday evening, saying she was “grateful for the opportunity” to meet with him. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who went viral late last year for vowing to use “every tool” to fight back against President Donald Trump‘s deportations, took to…