The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

US government regulators reportedly tried to come to an agreement with TikTok to prevent banning the app that would have granted the federal government vast powers over the app. That’s according to a draft of a deal between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) obtained by Forbes…

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Would you rather have an all Merino top or bottoms?

I’m preparing to move above the arctic circle in Scandinavia from western/ central Canada (so I’m used to the cold!) but one thing I am not used to are wet winters. I can’t justify playing full price for both a top and bottoms right now but I have found a pure Merino top for a great price, and some blend bottoms on sale. I run pretty hot in the winter so I’m not too worried about being cold, but I’m worried about feeling wet. I will have decent winter rain gear and some great Merino socks from Costco.

Thank you in advance!

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Uncle Sam: Rest of the world would love to steal our space blueprints – don't let 'em

If spies aren't swiping designs via joint ventures, they're breaking into IT networks and mulling sat hijackings

With America outspending the rest of the world on space technologies, those systems and their blueprints are a highly alluring and lucrative target for sticky-fingered spies, Uncle Sam has reminded industry.…

Tell every PC gamer you know: Dough, formerly Eve, is ready to issue refunds

Eve’s promised products, circa 2020. | Image: Eve

Every time I write about Dough — the PC gaming monitor company formerly known as Eve — some people tell me to stop! They say Dough scammed them out of money or shipped their monitors too late to matter or ghosted their attempts to get customer support.

Today, I’m here to tell you about an opportunity and a promise.

The opportunity: Dough now wants to fix its bad reputation. The company now claims that if you fill out this Customer Issue Resolution Form, you can get your refund or other kinds of help fast. Dough tells The Verge it’s already issued 25,000 refunds without the form, with only 2 percent outstanding, and that it’s now taking care of customers as quickly as a few hours after they ask.

The promise: If you contact Dough and do...

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X says it’s fixed the bug that broke links and images in pre-December 2014 tweets

Image: The Verge

Over the weekend, word spread about a problem affecting old tweets, and eventually, we narrowed it down to anything posted before December 2014, either with an image or a link that had been shortened by Twitter. A post by Tom Coates alerted many people to the problem and he noted that a 2014 Ellen DeGeneres selfie from the Oscars that took the crown as “most retweeted ever” was even missing its image.

Now the @Support account at X, the company formerly known as Twitter until Elon Musk rebranded it, says, “Over the weekend we had a bug that prevented us from displaying images from before 2014. No images or data were lost. We fixed the bug, and the issue will be fully resolved in the coming days.”

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On this day in history, in 1991, the attempted coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed, as none of the plotters were able to take control by rubbing that thing off of his head [Vintage]

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Google’s Pixel 8 Could Eliminate the SIM Slot, Just Like the iPhone

The summer of foldables has started fizzling out, and now we’re moving on to the next batch of flagship phones. Google’s Pixel 8/8 Pro is expected to be the next major Android smartphone release this fall. And it might be Google’s first eSIM-only smartphone. Apple went eSIM-only with the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro…

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Speech is the index of the mind.

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Please help, how do I change sound pitch on my devices?

So I recently had a cold, and now I got over it, but now for two days in a row, everything I hear sounds more high pitched than usual by about a semitone. Had the same problem with everything sounding lower pitched a few days ago, but that went away on its own, so while I'm waiting for this to pass as well, is there a way to change the pitch of all audio from my computer/phone/both? Please help, this is getting really irritating.

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Ironman swimming race in Ireland in which two died did not have approval

Ivan van Chittenden and Brendan Wall were competing in event that Triathlon Ireland did not sanction owing to bad weather

An Ironman swimming race in which two competitors died was not sanctioned by the governing body for triathlons in Ireland due to concerns about “adverse conditions”.

Triathlon Ireland said it had not sanctioned the Ironman Cork event in Youghal because of the weather.

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UK bill for housing asylum seekers ‘to hit £5bn a year by end of next parliament’

Thinktank says new Illegal Migration Act likely to deepen crisis by leaving thousands more people in limbo

Britain’s bill for housing asylum seekers will climb to more than £5bn a year by the end of the next parliament as the government’s approach to illegal migration leaves thousands more waiting indefinitely for their case to be handled, according to a report.

Adding to the growing pressure on Rishi Sunak to halt small boat crossings of the Channel, the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank said the prime minister’s new Illegal Migration Act was likely to deepen the crisis in the asylum system.

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UK growth forecast to be slowest in G7, Labour analysis shows

Keir Starmer says sluggish economy has driven up prices and is holding back students and apprentices

UK growth will be the slowest in the G7 in 2024, Labour analysis of the latest economic forecasts shows, as Keir Starmer said that the economic climate would prevent him from going to university today.

The opposition said the economy was “stuck in a low-growth trap” that had led to higher taxes, higher prices in the shops, and the British people worse off.

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