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News Image What to Expect in the Trump-Harris Presidential Debate and How to Watch It

Donald Trump is already promoting outlandish conspiracies ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris.

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News Image Cancel Out the World Around You With Beats Studio Pro Headphones for $100 off

Save 29% on the premiere noise canceling headphones — the Beats Studio Pro.

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Rainy autumn weather this week; More sunshine next weekend

The Netherlands is in for rainy autumn weather this week, with some room for sunshine and temperatures that will steadily drop to a high of around 15 degrees on Thursday.

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TechCrunch Minute: Another blow to the Internet Archive’s lending library

The Internet Archive’s online lending library recently suffered a big defeat in court. The organization is best known for operating the Wayback Machine, which stores old versions of web pages, a task that’s felt increasingly important as more of the web disappears. But the Archive also operated a digital lending library, called the Open Library, […]

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Alpha Partners raises $153M third fund for pro-rata investments

Steve Brotman started Alpha Partners in 2014 with a novel idea at the time: investing alongside early-stage VCs to help preserve their ownership in promising companies as they transition to later funding rounds. Alpha’s first fund was a mere $10 million. But as startups started staying private for longer, the VC industry invented various mechanisms […]

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News Image Amazon is allowing Audible narrators to clone themselves with AI

Amazon will begin inviting a small group of Audible narrators to train AI-generated voice clones of themselves this week, with the aim of speeding up audiobook production for the platform. The US-only beta test was announced on Audible’s creator marketplace and will be extended to rights holders like authors, agents, and publishers “later this year,” according to Amazon. “There is a vast catalog of books that does not yet exist in audio and as we explore ways to bring more books to life on Audible, we’re committed to thoughtfully balancing the interests of authors, narrators, publishers, and listeners,” Amazon said in its announcement. Participants in the beta will submit a voice recording to train their AI replica and will retain...

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News Image Feds want vehicles to be safer for pedestrians’ heads; new regs proposed

Enlarge with a global standard already in effect in many countries around the world. "We have a crisis of roadway deaths, and it’s even worse among vulnerable road users like pedestrians. Between 2013 and 2022, pedestrian fatalities increased 57 percent, from 4,779 to 7,522. This proposed rule will ensure that vehicles will be designed to protect those inside and outside from serious injury or death. We will continue to work to make our roads safer for everyone and help protect vulnerable road users,' said Sophie Shulman, NHTSA’s deputy administrator.

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News Image Agatha All Along‘s Name Changes Were Always a Gag

There's still time to change Agatha All Along back to Agatha the Lying Witch with the Great Wardrobe.

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News Image The Meta Quest 3S leaks in Meta’s own PC app

Meta appears to have leaked the Meta Quest 3S, its rumored budget follow-up to last year’s Quest 3 headset, in its own Windows Meta Quest Link PC software. Spotted by UploadVR, the images posted on Reddit show a VR headset that’s visually a bit of a cross between the Quest 2 and Quest 3. The headset is expected to make its first Meta-sanctioned appearance very soon at the company’s Connect event that starts on September 25th. The “Quest 3S” (if it ships with that name) appears to have front-facing cameras. Instead of three pill-shaped camera cutouts like on the Quest 3, they’re clustered in two sets of three on the front cover of the device, while the strap remains the same. I could still find the image buried deep in the asset folders...

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Apple Event 2024: iPhone 16, Apple Intelligence and all the other expected ‘Glowtime’ reveals

Apple's Glowtime iPhone event will include the iPhone 16, but may also feature new AirPods, a new Apple Watch and possibly even new Macs.

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News Image X-Ray Footage Captures Freaky Moment Eels Burst Out of a Live Fish

It's the first time scientists have observed prey behavior inside a predator's digestive tract.

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News Image To avoid strike, Boeing promises 25% pay hike—and to build next jet in Seattle

Boeing Factory workers assemble Boeing 787 airliners at the Boeing factory in Everett, WA. Boeing is hoping to avoid a strike Friday with a tentative deal reached Sunday with the Machinists union representing 33,000 of its West Coast employees fighting for better wages and working conditions. If Boeing employees agree to the deal in a vote Thursday, their new contract will provide the "largest-ever general wage increase" in the company's history, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stephanie Pope said in a press release. The potential deal guarantees that over the next four years, Boeing employees would receive a 25 percent pay raise, as well as "lower medical cost share to make healthcare more affordable, greater company contributions toward" retirement, and "improvements for a better work-life balance," Pope said.

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News Image Google’s now last-gen Pixel 8 Pro hits a new low price of $624

It may be iPhone 16 announcement day, but there’s a great deal available right now for Android fans. Now that all versions of the Google Pixel 9 are out in the wild (including the excellent Pixel 9 Pro Fold), last year’s Pixel 8 Pro has dropped to a new low of $624 ($375 off) at Amazon, Target, and Best Buy — and Best Buy is extending an extra $100 discount if you activate with a carrier through them. The 2023 Pixels may not feel quite as nice as the new models or have the same borderline-problematic AI camera tricks, but the Pixel 8 Pro remains a very good phone with a big, colorful 6.7-inch OLED screen and a camera system with a 5x telephoto sensor that achieves a further 10x magnification through digital zoom. In addition, the Pixel...

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News Image Popular YouTuber Spent Two Years Secretly Uploading Pre-Recorded Videos While Losing 250 Pounds

Nikocado Avocado spent years intentionally gaining weight to horrified viewers online. Now he's saying it was all a social experiment.

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Progress acquires file management platform ShareFile for $875M

Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875 million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said that the deal, which is expected to close by November 30, will bolster Progress’ portfolio with tools to help businesses more efficiently share — and […]

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News Image First Person to Get Whole Eye Transplant Is Thriving Over a Year Later

Aaron James has remained healthy since the historic procedure: "I’m pretty much back to being a normal guy."

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News Image Time to Get Stargazing! See the Stars With an Eaconn Telescope for Just $100

Save 31% with $10 clip coupon on a telescope bundle for adults and see the stars like never before

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News Image Sony announces PlayStation ‘Technical Presentation’ after teasing a PS5 Pro

Sony is holding a PlayStation “Technical Presentation” tomorrow, just days after teasing a PS5 Pro console. The nine-minute stream will be hosted by Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5 console. Cerny previously revealed the full PS5 specs ahead of its debut in 2020. The stream will start at 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 4PM UK on September 10th and will be broadcast on the PlayStation YouTube channel. Sony hasn’t provided any further details about the technical presentation, but the announcement comes just after Sony teased the PS5 Pro in a 30th anniversary PlayStation image. A montage included a PS5 design that looks identical to the PS5 Pro leak from last month. Leaked images of the PS5 Pro showed a console with three black stripes in the...

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Concerns about low number of whales counted in Dutch waters

Over 200 volunteers spotted a total of 60 porpoises, including a mother with a calf, during the Netherlands’ first National Whale Count on Saturday.

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