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Stack Overflow removed gender and race questions from its 2023 user survey, citing privacy concerns, after its 2022 survey found that 92% of its users were men (Chris Stokel-Walker/Wired)

Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired: Stack Overflow removed gender and race questions from its 2023 user survey, citing privacy concerns, after its 2022 survey found that 92% of its users were men  —  The coding hub’s 2022 survey found that 92 percent of its users were men.  This time around it simply dropped the question.

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Illinois now lets cops fly drones over events — but not with weapons or facial recognition

A Ukrainian drone. Ukraine has been using all manner of weaponized drones to push back Russian troops. | Photo by Andriy Zhyhaylo/Obozrevatel/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Cops can’t attach weapons to drones in Illinois, starting today — and they can’t use drones for facial recognition unless they’re attempting to counter a terrorist attack, preventing

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Meta plans to lower the minimum age for Quest headsets from 13 to 10, with under-13s’ profiles and avatars set to private by default; Horizon Worlds remains 13+ (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta plans to lower the minimum age for Quest headsets from 13 to 10, with under-13s’ profiles and avatars set to private by default; Horizon Worlds remains 13+  —  Government scrutiny of how tech companies handle their underage users is continuing to heat up.

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Long-Distance Wi-Fi With Steam Deck Server

It’s no secret that the Steam Deck is a powerful computer, especially for its price point. It has to be capable enough to run modern PC games while being comfortable as a handheld, all while having a useful amount of battery life. Thankfully Valve didn’t lock down the device like most smartphone manufacturers, allowing the

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Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver’s license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs (Sean Lyngaas/CNN)

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver’s license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs  —  Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit …

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Alleged official renders of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 show the clamshell-style foldable phone may get a 3.4-inch outer screen (Venkatesh Gorantla/MySmartPrice)

Venkatesh Gorantla / MySmartPrice: Alleged official renders of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 show the clamshell-style foldable phone may get a 3.4-inch outer screen  —  The newly revealed Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 design render shows that the clamshell-style foldable phone is certainly getting a significant upgrade.  —  HIGHLIGHTS

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Hinged Parts for the 8th Grade Set

I recently agreed to run a 3D printing camp for 8th graders. If you’ve never shared your knowledge with kids, you should. It is a great experience. However, it isn’t without its challenges. One thing I’ve learned: don’t show the kids things that you don’t want them to try to print. I learned this, of

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Meta unveils Voicebox generative text-to-speech model that could do to spoken word what ChatGPT did for text, but won’t release an app citing misuse risks (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: Meta unveils Voicebox generative text-to-speech model that could do to spoken word what ChatGPT did for text, but won’t release an app citing misuse risks  —  But the company won’t be sharing the app or its source code for the time being.  —  Today, we are one step closer …

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Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors “willing to work towards reopening” (The Verge)

The Verge: Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors “willing to work towards reopening”  —  Some moderators of Reddit communities participating in the protest against API changes today got messages from the company: work to reopen your subreddits or else.

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