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Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now

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A federal judge temporarily blocks Florida from enforcing a law banning social media accounts for children under 14, saying the law is "likely unconstitutional" (Kate Payne/Associated Press)

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Community Ownership Is Now Part of Kingsbridge Armory Revival Project

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OpenAI updates its coding agent Codex with internet access, turned off by default, and expands availability to ChatGPT Plus users (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

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Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are headed to streaming

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Sources: Pump.fun plans to raise $1B via a token sale at a $4B valuation; Pump.fun has generated over $700M in cumulative revenue since its launch in early 2024 (Blockworks)

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The Trump-Musk breakup, briefly explained

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FCC investigation looms over EchoStar’s missed interest payments and a new satellite

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TikTok has banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok globally, saying it is "linked to unhealthy weight loss content", following pressure from the French government (Théophane Hartmann/Euractiv)

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Alan Tudyk, master of disguise, just faced his greatest challenge

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New Pathologic 3 trailer gives players a closer look at the Bachelor’s campaign

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CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $1.1B, in line with est., forecasts Q2 revenue below est., approves a $1B share buyback; CRWD drops 6%+ after hours (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)

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HPE reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $7.63B, vs. $7.46B est., Server revenue up 6% YoY to $4.1B, and says it expects a reduced impact from tariffs this year (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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What time does Dune: Awakening release in early access?

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Anker’s new outdoor wireless speaker vibrates to shake off dust and sand

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Kaiko: the USD1 stablecoin launched by Trump's World Liberty Financial is off to a sluggish start, with muted inflows and little organic demand (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

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Event Creation Still Largely Feels Like an Unsolved UI Problem

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The Witcher 4 tech demo ran on a base PS5 to ‘show how much we can optimize’

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Three new horror games I can’t wait to get my sweaty palms on

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Google's NotebookLM now lets users share notebooks publicly; people can interact with a public notebook by asking questions or exploring generated content (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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