X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

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Amazon’s new Echo Pop has dropped back to its Prime Day price

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A Usable Arduino Debugging Tool

For as popular as the Arduino platform is, it’s not without its problems. Among those is the fact that most practical debugging is often done by placing various print statements throughout the code and watching for them in the serial monitor. There’s not really a great way of placing breakpoints or stepping through code, either.

Ampere Analysis: ad tiers from Netflix, Disney, and others have collectively crossed 100M users in the US; 90%+ of Hulu subscribers are on its ad-supported tier (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)

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Galaxy Smart Tag 2 redesign shown off in certification application

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Amazon will require streaming services on Fire TV to give 30% of their ad impressions to Amazon, or in certain countries share 30% of ad revenue, from Sept. 1 (Matthew Keys/Fierce Wireless)

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A plugged-in Tesla can still make front page news somewhere

Local newspaper Ekalaka Eagle thinks it might be the first EV charged in town. | Image: Eric Dietrich / MTFP A Tesla driver from California thought they could quietly borrow some joules in the EV-barren town of Ekalaka, Montana — population 400 or so — but their Model Y ended up on the front page

Here’s how to score an extra $50 off the Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Z Flip 5

If you missed the chance to get $50 reserve credit on the latest Galaxy Android phones before they were announced last week, we could help. While the deal lasts, using our links gets you the extra $50 Samsung Credit off the Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Galaxy Z Flip 5, thanks to a new pre-order

Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple’s rule that requires app names to have two or more characters (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple’s rule that requires app names to have two or more characters  —  After weeks of changes to its social handles, branding on its interface, a redirect on the web, and lots of chatter from its owner …

Nintendo could be preparing to launch its next-gen system in 2024

Drafting Top-Notch Synthesis Essay Topics – Guide for Beginners

Before writing your essays, you must be certain that you have the best topic to work on. Many candidates encounter challenges working on their tasks because they can’t pick the correct topics for their papers. With this post, we will look at different methods to assist students in picking a topic for a synthesis essay.

Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised a $60M Series B led by e& Capital at a $250M post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Loki season 2 looks like a race through time and space in new trailer

Image: Disney Loki’s first season ended by cracking the multiverse so wide open that it seemed like all of existence might be in serious jeopardy or at least on the verge of being conquered by a certain Kang. Both of those possibilities have seemed like they’re becoming realities judging from Marvel’s recent films, but in

Twitter threatens to sue anti-hate organization for reporting on Twitter hate speech

Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Twitter — now called X — is threatening to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for its research into hate speech on Twitter that the company claims is driving away advertisers. In a letter to the CCDH, which was first reported by The New York Times,

Twitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store

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Some Indian broadcasters are using lifelike AI anchors to deliver news, weather reports, and more, raising job loss fears and questions about media credibility (Neeta Lal/Nikkei Asia)

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8BitDo’s first mechanical keyboard is a love letter to the NES

The N Edition and Fami Edition of the keyboard. | Image: 8BitDo Nintendo doesn’t make keyboards, but 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard might be the next best thing. The $99.99 device comes in two color schemes: an “N Edition,” which has the same gray color scheme the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had in the West, and

TCL Q6 Review: Best Overall

It’s bright, affordable, looks great, and is easy to mount and use. What’s not to like?

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra vs Apple iPad Pro: Which should you buy?

You might not be eyeing the 10th-generation iPad or Galaxy Tab S9 to replace your laptop, but what about their pro-level siblings? Both Apple and Samsung offer expansive, high-octane tablets that are meant to handle everything from gaming to photo and video editing, but it’s not easy to choose between the best tablets on the

Tether reports a $850M net profit in Q2, vs. $1.5B in Q1, with ~$3.3B in excess reserves, up from $2.44B in Q1, and $86.5B+ in total assets as of June 30 (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

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Fisker Ocean 2023 EV First Drive: Not Ready Yet

California Mode is outstanding, and the EV’s design is a clear win—but too many features are missing or “coming soon,” making this SUV a jumble of hits and misses.

A consortium led by PE firms Francisco and TPG agrees to take observability software company New Relic private in an offer valuing the company at ~$6.5B (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

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