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Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow has one tip for those worried about their devices being hacked: Turn your phone off more often.

Appearing on the Daily Show a week after the release of his new documentary feature, Surveilled, Farrow argued that the general public should be "freaking out" more about the insidious use of government sanctioned surveillance technology on citizen's personal


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Tesla is finally adding SiriusXM integration to its best-selling models. The long-requested feature is coming to the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck (the three most popular EVs in the US) as part of the 2024 Tesla Holiday Update.

SiriusXM was already available in the Model S and Model X. However, older versions of those vehicles require a $500 “Radio Upgrade” hardware installation (including a



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The original Pixel Tablet only had a 60Hz display. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

The Pixel Tablet 2 may never see the light of day, but new details reported by Android Authority reveal what Google may have had up its sleeve for the sophomore device, including a high-refresh display, 5G connectivity, and more.

The Tablet 2 apparently would have gotten a 120Hz 10.95



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If you made me give up all of the Sonos products I own except for one, I’d keep the Sonos Five each and every time. Well, in my case, technically, it’s the second-generation Play:5, but that speaker sounds identical to the current iteration. Typically priced at a steep $549, Sonos positions the Five as its true hi-fi option for audiophiles and vinyl listeners.



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Come later this month, GOG will stop selling the first two entries in Blizzard’s seminal Warcraft real-time strategy game series. On December 13, the marketplace will delist Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, which packages together the original game, Tides of Darkness, and its Beyond the Dark Portal expansion. In a blog post published Monday, the CD Projekt-owned



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  • Quant funds are expanding beyond computer-run strategies.
  • Firms like Qube and Squarepoint are backing legions of human stockpickers.
  • "We want to diversify our alpha sources," said Squarepoint's Nicolas Janson.

As mega hedge funds like Millennium, Citadel, and Point72 battle for the best stock-picking talent, another segment of the multi-trillion-dollar industry has joined


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Russia is short 2 million workers, according to an estimate from one of the nation's largest auditing firms.
  • Russia's labor shortage has businesses turning to teens and retirees to fill positions.
  • Openings for workers as young as 14 or older than 55 have jumped.
  • The nation was short around 5 million workers last year, Russia's Academy of Sciences

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Researchers shared new findings from Sam Altman's basic-income study.
  • Sam Altman's basic-income study showed recipients valued work more after getting monthly payments.
  • The finding challenges arguments against such programs that say a basic income discourages work.
  • Participants got $1,000 a month for three years, making it one of the largest studies of its kind.

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