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August 15, 2024
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CNET

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The New York Times

Late-Summer Travel Plans? You Might Want to Put On a Mask.
A young man wears a mask while walking through an airport with a light blue carry. As travel has returned to prepandemic levels, many — though not all — travelers have abandoned wearing masks.
UC San Diego Health

Cybersecurity Flaws Could Derail High-profile Cycling Races
High-end bicycles used for high-profile road races such as the Tour de France are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks targeting the bike’s wireless gear shifting system. In recent years, bicycle manufacturers have adopted wireless gear-shifting …
NVIDIA Blog

GeForce NOW and CurseForge Bring Mod Support to ‘World of Warcraft: The War Within’ in the Cloud
Time to be wowed: GeForce NOW members can now stream World of Warcraft on supported devices with in-game mods powered by the CurseForge platform for WoW customization. With support for top mods, even the most hardcore raid leaders can play like a hero, …
Blizzard News

Embark on an Out of This World Voyage in Overwatch 2 – Season 12: New Frontiers
Display powerful might to your opponents with the Mythic Anubis Reaper Hero Skin or the Mythic Midnight Sun Ana Weapon Skin. Collect Mythic Prisms as you progress through the Premium Battle Pass and unlock the God of Death or harness the wrath of the Sun …
The Straits Times

Apple pushes ahead with tabletop robot in search of new revenue
LOS ANGELES – Apple, seeking new sources of revenue, is moving forward with the development of a pricey tabletop home device that combines an iPad-like display with a robotic limb. The company now has a team of several hundred people working on the …
Fast Company

Bye, Google: These 3 AI search engines help you find stuff faster
These AI-powered platforms leverage advanced language models and machine learning to understand context, generate human-like responses, and get you what you’re looking for more quickly than ever before. Just be a little cautious about the accuracy of …
Samsung Global Newsroom

Samsung Expands Circle to Search to Galaxy A Series and Galaxy Tab S9 FE Series
As it expanded to more Galaxy devices, including the latest Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6, Circle to Search has continuously evolved to enhance its usability and intuitiveness, including adding full-page translation, homework help, and QR and barcode scanning …
www.counterpointresearch.com

Counterpoint Conversations: Lenovo’s AI PC Strategy – From Security, Software, Services to Sustainability
Lenovo’s AI for All strategy stretches from pocket to cloud, encompassing not just hardware but software and services as well. Simultaneously, Lenovo’s focus on security and sustainability also rounds up its compute strategy, giving it an …
KXAN.com

‘Trying to feel around and find him’: 911 call gives insight into Lady Bird Lake drowning death
It was an employee at the front desk of a Holiday Inn that made the only 911 call, according to a recording received by KXAN. She was with a man who claimed he had just seen someone fall into the water at Lady Bird Lake near Rainey Street and not come back …