High Tech News 2025-08-15

• The 10 Best Movies Peacock Has to Offer
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• Starlink Users Will Now Have to Pay $5 to Pause Service
  Cnet
• Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 15 #530
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• LG B5 OLED Review: Subtle Luxury
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• B-Vibe 360 Plug Review: Backdoor Fun
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• Can I Drink Electrolyte Water Every Day? Experts Weigh In (2025)
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• James Talarico Is on the Run
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• The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus
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• Cloud vs. Local: What’s the Best for Security Camera Footage? (2025)
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• The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived
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• This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
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• Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds for 2025
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• Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
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• RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines
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• When to Watch 'South Park' Season 27, Episode 3
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• The Apple Watch Is Finally Getting Blood Oxygen Sensing Back
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• iPhone 17 Air Rumors: Everything to Know About Apple's Slim Phone
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• What Is Creatine, and Should You Be Taking Most Studied Supplement (2025)
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• Senators Press Howard Lutnick’s Former Investment Firm Over Tariff Conflict of Interest Concerns
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• Inside the ‘Whites Only’ Community in Arkansas
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• xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
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• Best Laptops We've Tested (August 2025)
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• 'War of the Worlds' Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Also Shameless Tech Propaganda
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• Best Workout Headphones (2025), Tested In the Gym and Beyond
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• Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search
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• Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories
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• AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill
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• AOL Will Shut Down Dial-Up Internet Access in September
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• The 65 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (August 2025)
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• The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale
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• I'm Eyeing These 7 iPhone 17 Pro Max Rumors to Decide Whether to Upgrade
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• The Future of EV Charging Can Be Found at Your Local Gas Station
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• Sealy Promo Code: Save $300 on Mattresses in August 2025
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• What's Free in the Epic Games Store This Week?
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• I Replaced My Mac With an iPad for an Entire Week. It Went as Well as You’d Expect
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• A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
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• Blue Apron Coupon & Promo Codes: $25 Off | August 2025
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• Best Side-Sleeper Mattress 2025: Picked by a Sleep Science Coach
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• 10 Best Computer Monitors (2025): Budget, OLED, 4K
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• Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 15, #1518
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• Inside the Biden Administration's Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
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• Google Reportedly Working on a Mysterious 'Magic View' for NotebookLM
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• 44 Must-Have Back-to-School College Dorm Room Essentials and Gear (2025)
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• The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke
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• Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google
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• Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself
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• Need Wordle Hints? Here's the Answer and Help for Aug. 14, #1517
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• The 55 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (August 2025)
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• Watch Our Livestream Replay: What GPT-5 Means for ChatGPT Users
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• Here's What Happens When You Fold the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 200,000 Times
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• Best Organic Mattresses (2025): Birch, Avocado, Naturepedic, More
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• Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process
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• Samsung Smart Monitor M9 M90SF Review: The 4K OLED Hybrid
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• 6 Best Coffee Grinders For All Budgets, Tested & Approved (2025)
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• 11 Best Computer Speakers (2025), Tested and Reviewed
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• Meta Is Under Fire for AI Guidelines on 'Sensual' Chats With Minors
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• OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
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• Coffee Grinders Used to Be a Mystery. A New Device Might Solve It
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• Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
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• What's Your Curl Type? (2025)
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• The iPhone 17 Will Be Here Soon, but When? Possible Release Dates Coming Into Focus
  Cnet
• I Discovered the Mystery Flavor of McDonald's New Pink and Blue Shake...
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• The Fairphone (Gen. 6) Review: Better Than Ever
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• Best Wireless Earbuds of 2025
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• Gerard Butler's Movies Tend to Fly Under the Radar in Theaters, but They're Living It Up in Netflix's Top 10
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• Google Will Now Blur Nude Photos in Your Messages. Here's How to Turn It On (or Off)
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• Heat Wave Cooking: This Countertop Appliance Is Even Better Than the Grill
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• Trump Family–Backed World Liberty Financial Sets Up $1.5 Billion Crypto Treasury
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• It's Peak Time to Spot Bright Fireballs During the Dazzling Perseids Meteor Shower
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• Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 15, #326
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• Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 15, #796
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• Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Aug. 15
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• GPT-5 Doesn't Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence
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• REI Co-op Base Camp 6 Review: All-Weather, All-Season Family Tent
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• Battlefield 6 Beta Double XP Exclusive to PS Plus and Other Changes For Weekend Two
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