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    14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns

    Can someone ELI5 how to check if my router is infected? I clicked the link and have no clue how to parse the information.
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    Just look at Ayaneo’s absolute unit of a Windows gaming “handheld”

    Came here to say this. That thing is putting out some serious Game Gear vibes.
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    Australian plumber is a YouTube sensation

    What the heck, my feed has been loaded with these as well. I love Feynman, but the AI "facsimile" of his voice is kinda creepy.
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    GOP intensifies war against EVs and efficient cars

    I'm guessing they'd suggest cheaper cars? If you can knock some emissions control equipment off the bill of materials you might save a fraction of the cost of the orange one's tariffs. My neighbor who has removed every single piece of emissions control equipment from his 3/4 ton diesel commuter...
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    Epic Games Store completely eliminates revenue fees for smaller developers

    I'm of 2 minds on this. On the Valve side, their rationale is related to scale. I guarantee the costs to administer the first million dollars in sales as a percentage is higher than the subsequent million, and so on. So in that sense, cutting fees at high volumes is fair to the developer. On...
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    The 2025 Moto G Stylus has a sharper display and “enhanced” stylus for $400

    It's a love it or leave it feature. For me, I'm constantly scribbling to do lists and other notes on my Ultra, and it's a lot of fun giving it to my daughter for her to make drawings and paintings. I find writing things out by hand helps me think through problems and tasks much better than...
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    For regular books, Amazon’s $280 Kindle Colorsoft falls short of the Paperwhite

    Thank you. Looks like this tech needs a bit more time in the oven. I've got a Kobo Clara from 2019 that's still going strong, so no reason to rush it.
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    For regular books, Amazon’s $280 Kindle Colorsoft falls short of the Paperwhite

    Andrew, would you expect the same issues with the Kobo Colour? I've been pondering picking one up, but I wasn't aware of degradation of text quality, and I assume it uses the same colour tech as the Kindle.
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    Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant

    What I want an assistant to do: set reminders, add items to the grocery list, set a destination in Google Maps, and do unit conversions or math when I'm lazy. Assistant does all this quickly with accurate execution about 95 times out of 100 and I don't have to unlock my phone. Good enough...
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    Nvidia partners leak next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs, including a 32GB 5090

    No 5060 in sight. Looks like Nvidia is going to let Intel's B580 and B570 stretch their legs at the lower end of the market for at least a few months. Intel is probably feeling pretty good about this.
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    The iPhone accessories that let me ditch my laptop while traveling

    To each their own. For me, if I'm setting up at a table top and packing a Bluetooth keyboard and a mouse, I might as well be packing a cheap (or not cheap) laptop, or tablet with a folio keyboard. I can deal with the less-than-satisfactory keyboard for the convenience of an all-in-one device...
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    The new Ars Technica front page design is coming!

    Haven't seen the desktop site, but on mobile the information density is very, very low on the new front page for Grid and List layouts. With the old design I used to see 2 to 4 article headlines when I loaded the page, and a small amount of scrolling would reveal many more. Great for...
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    Prepare to be entertained by latest action-packed Gladiator II trailer

    Fair enough, and re-reading my original post I'll confess that I was projecting with the "personally" comment. Gladiator is easily one of my top 5 favourite movies. I was just surprised and disappointed at the overwhelming negative comments here. I was expecting a bit from both sides, but I was...
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    Prepare to be entertained by latest action-packed Gladiator II trailer

    Fair enough. I'm just surprised many are writing it off on a trailer. For me, Gladiator was the perfection of Hollywood's swords and sandals genre. I'm just happy we get more Roman set pieces, especially naval battles at the colloseum!
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    Prepare to be entertained by latest action-packed Gladiator II trailer

    I replied elsewhere, but I'm seriously concerned with the overwhelming response of people in this thread taking it PERSONALLY that a sequel is being made. And reviewing the whole thing despite not even seeing it? WTF? Let's all go outside and touch grass for a second.
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    Prepare to be entertained by latest action-packed Gladiator II trailer

    You haven't even seen the movie... The cynicism in this thread is depressing. I, for one, really like the recreation of Roman architecture and battles. And a big budget Hollywood take on a ship battle in the colloseum is worth the price of admission alone.
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    Frostpunk 2 goes wider and more political, but keeps the gritty, stressful joy

    I was sucked into the first game a couple of years ago on Xbox, beat the main campaign and all the expansions/DLC. The concentric nature of the cities was surprisingly controller-friendly for an RTS. I understand that the sequel will not land on console until 2025, and my laptop is not specced...
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    New app releases for Apple Vision Pro have fallen dramatically since launch

    I often wonder about the downvoters in the comments. Simple statements of fact and neutral questions/opinions can be downvoted to hell for no logical reason. I suspect these anomalies are related to reader projection (which I have been guilty of). I guess at the end of the day we're talking...
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    Partial automated driving systems don’t make driving safer, study finds

    Echoing the lane keep assist hate. My Honda Ridgeline's implementation is more hassle than it's worth. The only time it works relatively well in on a perfectly straight highway with absolutely no wind and no exit lanes. It cannot account for side wind. Sometimes it's quite comical when I...