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A look at Sign in with Apple, which is available for users with iOS 13 for a small number of apps including Nike, Instacart, Bird, and Kayak (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: A look at Sign in with Apple, which is available for users with iOS 13 for a small number of apps including Nike, Instacart, Bird, and Kayak  —  Apple wants its new password killer to cut your dependency on Facebook and Google—if you can find it in the apps

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Profile of Adrian Lamo, a famous hacker in the early 2000s who died mysteriously in 2018 and was decried by the hacking community for turning in Chelsea Manning (Dina Temple-Raston/NPR)

Dina Temple-Raston / NPR: Profile of Adrian Lamo, a famous hacker in the early 2000s who died mysteriously in 2018 and was decried by the hacking community for turning in Chelsea Manning  —  Toggle more options  —  Debbie Scroggin and her husband live at the end of a series of gravel roads in a lonesome

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Netflix CEO warns of a "whole new world" when streaming services from Disney and Apple drop in November, reiterates that Netflix isn't in "acquisition business" (Henry Chu/Variety)

Henry Chu / Variety: Netflix CEO warns of a “whole new world” when streaming services from Disney and Apple drop in November, reiterates that Netflix isn’t in “acquisition business”  —  After dominating the subscription streaming scene for so long, Netflix is girding for a new phase … Netflix CEO warns of a "whole new world"

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Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall in US subscribers during Q2, doubts arise over the sustainability of Netflix's debt-driven business model (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall in US subscribers during Q2, doubts arise over the sustainability of Netflix’s debt-driven business model  —  On a sunny midsummer weekend in Los Angeles, Netflix turned the Santa Monica Pier — one of the city’s busiest tourist destinations … Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall

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Minecraft's latest beta update introduces a character creator that allows players to change body types and wear accessories (Julia Lee/Polygon)

Julia Lee / Polygon: Minecraft’s latest beta update introduces a character creator that allows players to change body types and wear accessories  —  You can be a mermaid  —  Minecraft’s latest update has added a character creator to the game.  After years of only using skins over the same model … Minecraft's latest beta update

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Meccano Max Gets Hacked

There are plenty of “smart” toys out in the marketplace, some with more features than others. Nevertheless, most makers desire complete control over a platform, something that’s often lacking in any commercial offering. It was just this desire that motivated [MrDreamBot] to start hacking the Meccano Max. Meccano Max is a small-statured companion robot, at

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