Image: Acer We love a good budget laptop, and the Acer Aspire 3 is exactly that, thanks to this Cyber Monday deal. Now available for just $280 at Amazon, the Acer Aspire 3 is 13% under its MSRP, making us wonder if there’s really any lower it can go. With an AMD Ryzen 3 7320U
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Best Black Friday monitor deals
Image: Unsplash The yearly fray of Black Friday consumerism is upon us. Yet, as I’ve been covering monitor deals in the days leading up to the post-turkey blitz, I’ve gotta say… this year’s deals are especially delicious. That’s doubly true if you’re searching for an OLED monitor upgrade, because we’re seeing the lowest prices ever
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Save $350! This RTX-powered MSI gaming laptop is a Black
Image: MSI On Black Friday, it almost doesn’t matter what size your gaming laptop budget is because retailers are slashing hundreds of dollars left and right. The MSI Cyborg, for instance, is only $750 right now on Best Buy—that’s $350 under its MSRP. The laptop runs on the Intel Core i7 CPU and 16GB of
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US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge
The Biden administration is expected to announce a sweeping set of measures on Monday designed to further restrain China’s ability to develop advanced artificial intelligence, people familiar with the matter told WIRED. The controls could include sanctioning dozens of Chinese companies that produce equipment for making semiconductors, as well as placing restrictions on a handful
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ISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t
Broadband customer service ISPs tell FCC that mistreated users would switch to one of their many other options. Credit: Getty Images | Thamrongpat Theerathammakorn Lobby groups for Internet service providers claim that ISPs' customer service is so good already that the government shouldn't consider any new regulations to mandate improvements. They also claim ISPs face
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The Download: Trump’s tariffs, and the DOJ’s proposals for Google
Plus: Cop29's climate financial pledge hasn't had the warmest reception This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge
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Continue (YC S23) Is Hiring a Software Engineer in San
The leading open-source AI code assistant Software Engineer $150K - $200K / 0.50% - 1.50% Location San Francisco, CA, US Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups. Apply to role › About the role Continue is seeking an outstanding software engineer to help us build state-of-the-art autocomplete and codebase retrieval, who thinks rigorously and
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Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has conducted a successful takedown of almost 250 malicious websites used in the cyber criminal ONNX phishing-as-a-service operation By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 21 Nov 2024 19:29 Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has scored a major win against the cyber criminal underworld after leading an operation to seize 240 fraudulent websites
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Threads is testing out advanced search features and AI summaries
Threads is making more changes to address long-running complaints from users. This time, the company is testing out improvements to its search and trending topics feature in updates that Adam Mosseri described as “long-overdue improvements.” On search, Threads is testing the ability to search for posts within specific date ranges and account-specific searches. The changes
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How creative execution is boosting campaign performance
Sponsored by GumGum • November 21, 2024 • Steve Nash, director, product, ad products and tools, GumGum Digital advertising now relies on science more than ever. The measurement metrics and precision targeting have evolved significantly, but the ad creative can feel like an afterthought and stuck in the past. Advertising is now measured using a