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[TechRadar] The Thrustmaster eSwap X2 H.E. is, by default, the best Xbox controller from the brand to date - but the lack of improvements is disappointing

The Thrustmaster eSwap X2 H.E. remains a great controller, but one you don’t need to buy if you already own a previous eSwap pad.

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[Gizmodo] RFK Jr.’s FDA is in Meltdown Mode

Reports suggest that, internally, the Food and Drug Administration is facing a crisis of confidence.

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[TechRadar] Uber Eats wants to solve your Christmas shopping woes with these new app upgrades

Need a last-minute gift or turkey this Christmas? Uber Eats has got you covered.

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[Ars Technica] Musk and Trump both went to Penn—now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause

Social engineering strikes again.

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[BGR] Xpeng Debuts Humanoid Robot With Synthetic Skin, Custom Body, And 2026 Release Date

During its AI Day keynote address, Xpeng pulled back the curtain on its latest generation of humanoid robots with synthetic skin and customizable features.

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[TechRadar] AWS is building a new high-speed subsea internet cable to connect the US and Ireland

AWS is building a new subsea cable to boost connections between America and Ireland.

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[Ars Technica] 83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI

Man said he was in a monogamous 50-year marriage, but doctors aren't so sure now.

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[BGR] T-Mobile Just Made One Of Its Best Features Available To Everyone, Even On AT&T And Verizon

T-Mobile believes that its satellite-powered Text to 911 feature is so important that even AT&T and Verizon customers should be able to use it for free.

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[Engadget] Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat

Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced. With the partnership, Perplexity's AI search engine will be a prominent part of...

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[Ars Technica] 5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected

You wouldn't know it from the hype, but the results fail to impress.

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[TechRadar] Disneyland just landed in Fortnite – here’s what you can explore starting tomorrow

Disneyland Game Rush, Fortnite’s first-ever Disney Parks experience, arrives tomorrow, November 6, 2025, as a Fortnite Creative island that looks a heck of a lot like the Disneyland Resort.

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[Engadget] Former FTC Chair Lina Khan will help Zohran Mamdani build his new administration

A familiar face will be helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani set up his new administration before he takes office in 2026. Lina Khan, former Federal Trade Commission Chair under President Joe Biden, has been officially announced as one of Mamdani's...

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[TechRadar] China offers Alibaba and other domestic giants half-price data center energy if it picks chips from Huawei over Nvidia

China offers energy subsidies to tech giants using domestic chips, seeking AI independence while confronting efficiency and performance challenges.

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[Gizmodo] Google Nest Cam Outdoor (2025) Review: Gemini Just Lied Too Much

Unfortunately, Google's AI is really bad at looking at your video footage.

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[Planet Python] TestDriven.io: Cursor vs. Claude for Django Development

This article looks at how Cursor and Claude compare when developing a Django application.

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[BGR] 4 Best Steam Deck USB-C Hubs And Docks Users Swear By

Steam offers its own line of products for gamers, but there are some fantastic hubs and docks you can find on Amazon for a fraction of the standard price.

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[Ars Technica] DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says

Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.

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[Gizmodo] Meta’s Use of the Term ‘PG-13’ Has Run Afoul of the U.S. Movie-Rating Organization

The MPA would like a word with Meta about its new filters for young users.

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[CNET Deals] The 100 Best Gadgets and Gear of the Year, According to CNET's Readers

We gave you the best products all year long. Here are your top 100 picks of 2025, from headphones to vacuums to laptops and much more.

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[Gizmodo] A Free Update Just Made the PlayStation Portal a Much Better Handheld

Even if you don't care about streaming, it's a sign of what's to come with the rumored handheld PlayStation 6.

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[Gizmodo] Seemingly Every Horror Filmmaker in Hollywood Agrees: ‘Keeper’ Looks Creepy AF

Osgood Perkins' latest continues to rack up praise from A-listers, collected in a new trailer that also teases the film's supernatural frights.

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[Engadget] The Foursquare founder's new app is an AI-powered 'DJ' for neighborhood updates

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley has unveiled his latest venture and yes, it's another location-based social app. But, rather than the check-ins Crowley first popularized more than 15 years ago, "BeeBot" has a very 2025 take on the concept....

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[CNET Deals] 10 Best Early Black Friday Deals to Make Holiday Travel a Little Easier

It's not Black Friday yet, but you can beat the rush and score discounted travel must-haves before the official sales begin.

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[Ars Technica] New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics

As a test case, the machine was used to test a model of superconductivity.

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[Real Python] Python MarkItDown: Convert Documents Into LLM-Ready Markdown

Get started with Python MarkItDown to turn PDFs, Office files, images, and URLs into clean, LLM-ready Markdown in seconds.

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[CNET Deals] We Found Over 30 Early Black Friday TV Deals That Could Save You Up to $1,300

Most sales aren't live quite yet, but you can already score massive discounts on top models from Samsung, LG and more.

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[CNET Deals] Best Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Deals: Grab This Year’s Top Foldable Phone for Up to $1,200 Off

There's no reason to pay full price for Samsung's upgraded foldable.

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[Engadget] Google and Epic Games reach settlement for antitrust lawsuit

Google and Epic Games have reached a settlement that would bring their years-long court battle to a close. The companies have filed a proposal in the federal court of San Francisco, asking US District Judge James Donato to approve a modified version...

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[BGR] The US Navy Is Working On A New Nuclear Supercarrier: Here's What We Know So Far

The US Navy has been developing its new nuclear supercarrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, for over a decade now. Here's everything the vessel brings to the fleet.

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[CNET Deals] The Powerful 2025 Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop Just Hit a New Low of $1,550

It’s $350 off at Amazon, which brings this seriously thin, lightning-fast 14-inch gaming laptop to a record low price.

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[Engadget] Sony has a new benchmark for ethical AI

Sony AI released a dataset that tests the fairness and bias of AI models. It's called the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark (FHIBE, pronounced like "Phoebe"). The company describes it as the "first publicly available, globally diverse,...

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[BGR] Lions Instill Less Fear In Animals Than This 'Super Predator'

As Africa's top predator, lions are the kings of the savanna, rightfully feared by by all manner of beasts, but there is one creature more fearsome.

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[Real Python] Quiz: Python MarkItDown: Convert Documents Into LLM-Ready Markdown

Practice MarkItDown basics. Convert PDFs, Word documents, Excel documents, and HTML documents to Markdown. Try the quiz.

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[CNET Smart Home] Walmart Deals of the Day: AirPods 4 Drop to Just $150 Ahead of Black Friday Sales

Plus, a whopping $150 off a Dyson Big Ball vacuum and a $33 four-pack of Govee smart lights that are perfect for holiday hosting.

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[Planet Python] Real Python: Python MarkItDown: Convert Documents Into LLM-Ready Markdown

The MarkItDown library lets you quickly turn PDFs, Office files, images, HTML, audio, and URLs into LLM-ready Markdown. In this tutorial, you’ll compare MarkItDown with Pandoc, run it from the command line, use it in Python code, and integrate...

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[Mashable] Haier Civic X11 Robot Vacuum Cleaner Review: Smarter Than You’d Expect

The robot that gets it right. The Haier Civic X11 brings laser navigation, strong suction, and smart app control into an affordable robot vacuum that’s efficient, reliable, and surprisingly easy to live with.

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[Mashable] No More Guessing! Instagram Just Gave Creators a Way To Spy On Competitors

Brands can now compare growth! Instagram now lets creators and brands compare their growth directly with competitors.

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[Planet Python] Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 5.2.8, 5.1.14, and 4.2.26

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.8, Django 5.1.14, and Django 4.2.26. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as...

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[Planet Python] Real Python: Quiz: Python MarkItDown: Convert Documents Into LLM-Ready Markdown

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of the Python MarkItDown: Convert Documents Into LLM-Ready Markdown tutorial. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to install MarkItDown, convert documents to Markdown for your LLM workflows,...

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[Mashable] “AI Will Make Elon Musk Richer While Millions Lose Jobs,” warns Godfather of AI

Godfather of AI sounds alarm AI will make billionaires richer and leave millions jobless, warns Geoffrey Hinton.

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[Planet Python] PyCharm: 10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code

This is a guest post from Dido Grigorov, a deep learning engineer and Python programmer with 17 years of experience in the field. In the rapidly evolving domain of software development, Python has established itself as a premier language, renowned...

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[Mashable] Moto G67 Power 5G With 7,000mAh Battery, 50MP Camera Launched in India: Check Price, Specs, Sale Offers

Flipkart-exclusive Moto 5G launch! Moto G67 Power 5G debuts in India with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and a massive 7,000mAh battery.

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[Mashable] Sundar Pichai-Led Google Will Launch Two Satellites To Establish AI Data Center In Space With Project Suncatcher

Google to tap into solar energy

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[Real Python] Building UIs in the Terminal With Python Textual

Learn to build rich, interactive terminal UIs in Python with Textual: a powerful library for modern, event-driven TUIs.

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[CNET Smart Home] Best Gifts Under $500 for 2025

Looking to splurge on a gift for someone special? CNET’s experts have curated a list of the best gift ideas under $500 with something for everyone, from the top gaming and audio gear to kitchen and fitness tech they'll love.

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[CNET Smart Home] Turn Your Old Home Tech Into New Hacks for Safety, Savings and Entertainment

If you have old smart home devices you are replacing or don't use, I have the ways to give them new life and purpose.

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[CNET Smart Home] This $20K Humanoid Robot Promises to Tidy Your Home. But There Are Strings Attached

The new Neo robot from 1X is designed to do chores. It'll need help from you and from folks behind the curtain.

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[Real Python] A Close Look at a FastAPI Example Application

Set up an example FastAPI app, add path and query parameters, and handle CRUD operations with Pydantic for clean, validated endpoints.

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[Real Python] Quiz: A Close Look at a FastAPI Example Application

Practice FastAPI basics with path parameters, request bodies, async endpoints, and CORS. Build confidence to design and test simple Python web APIs.

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[CNET Smart Home] Bolster Your Home Protection With Woot's Huge Blink and Ring Security Sale

Woot is offering big savings on home security accessories, and you can get an extra 25% off with this deal.

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[Python Bytes] #456 You're so wrong

Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About...

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[Talk Python To Me] #526: Building Data Science with Foundation LLM Models

Today, we’re talking about building real AI products with foundation models. Not toy demos, not vibes. We’ll get into the boring dashboards that save launches, evals that change your mind, and the shift from analyst to AI app builder. Our guide is...

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[Python Bytes] #455 Gilded Python and Beyond

Topics include Cyclopts: A CLI library, The future of Python web services looks GIL-free, Free-threaded GC, and Polite lazy imports for Python package maintainers.

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[Talk Python To Me] #525: NiceGUI Goes 3.0

Building a UI in Python usually means choosing between "quick and limited" or "powerful and painful." What if you could write modern, component-based web apps in pure Python and still keep full control? NiceGUI, pronounced "Nice Guy" sits on FastAPI...

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[Python Bytes] #454 It's some form of Elvish

Topics include djrest2 - A small and simple REST library for Django based on class-based views., Github CLI, caniscrape - Know before you scrape. Analyze any website's anti-bot protections in seconds., and 🐴 GittyUp.

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[Talk Python To Me] #524: 38 things Python developers should learn in 2025

Python in 2025 is different. Threads really are about to run in parallel, installs finish before your coffee cools, and containers are the default. In this episode, we count down 38 things to learn this year: free-threaded CPython, uv for packaging,...

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[Python Bytes] #453 Python++

Topics include PyPI+, uv-ship, How fast is 3.14?, and air - a new web framework built with FastAPI, Starlette, and Pydantic.

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[Talk Python To Me] #523: Pyrefly: Fast, IDE-friendly typing for Python

Python typing got fast enough to feel invisible. Pyrefly is a new, open source type checker and IDE language server from Meta, written in Rust, with a focus on instant feedback and real-world DX. Today, we will dig into what it is, why it exists,...

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[Python Library] An /intro to Python 3.14’s New Features

Python 3.14 came out this week and has many new features and improvements. For the full details behind the release, the documentation is the best source. However, you will find a quick overview of the major changes here. As with most Python...

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[Python Bytes] #452 pi py-day (or is it py pi-day?)

Topics include , Free-threaded Python Library Compatibility Checker, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Python 3.15 will get Explicit lazy imports.

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[Talk Python To Me] #522: Data Sci Tips and Tricks from CodeCut.ai

Today we’re turning tiny tips into big wins. Khuyen Tran, creator of CodeCut.ai, has shipped hundreds of bite-size Python and data science snippets across four years. We dig into open-source tools you can use right now, cleaner workflows, and why...

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[Python Library] Erys – A TUI for Jupyter Notebooks

Have you ever thought to yourself: “Wouldn’t it be nice to run Jupyter Notebooks in my terminal?” Well, you’re in luck. The new Erys project not only makes running Jupyter Notebooks in your terminal a reality, but Erys also lets you create and edit...

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[Python Library] Ep 55 – The Python Show Podcast – The Python Documentary with Paul Everitt

In this episode, we have special guest Paul Everitt on the show to discuss the new Python Documentary that was released last week. Paul is the head of developer advocacy at JetBrains and a “Python oldster”. We chat about Python – the documentary,...

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[Python Library] Python Books and Courses – Back to School Sale

If you are heading back to school and need to learn Python, consider checking out my sale. You can get 25% off any of my eBooks or courses using the following coupon at checkout: FALL25 Python Store My books and course cover the following topics:...

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[Python Library] Python 101: Reading TOML with Python

The TOML (Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language) format came out in 2013, so it’s been around for more than a decade. Python added support for TOML in Python 3.11 with its tomllib module in the standard library. However, unlike some of Python’s other...