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“There are no plans for a subscription mouse,” said Logitech communications head Nicole Kenyon in a statement provided to The Verge and other publications.

The statement came in response to immediate backlash over a concept described by Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber, who shared her



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Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hold hands and smile during a campaign rally.
Kamala Harris on Tuesday ended weeks of speculation about who her running mate would be, selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over other candidates.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced her VP pick: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
  • In his debut speech, Walz called out Sen. JD Vance and referenced viral jokes about the GOP candidate.
  • Walz said he can't wait to debate

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Charissa Enget celebrated Songkran, the Thai New Year, with the locals.
  • Charissa Enget, 29, was granted a full-ride scholarship to earn a master's degree in Thailand.
  • She thought the campus was in Bangkok, but it was in Khampaeng Saen — a district two hours away.
  • After returning to the US, she found out the degree was not American-accredited, but it inspired her side business.

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Christopher How is on track to retire by 50 in Singapore, one of the world's most expensive cities.
  • Christopher How began his early retirement journey by tracking his spending at age 30.
  • Inspired by a financial blog, How aimed to retire by 50 and started a blog for accountability.
  • How's strategy includes saving 60-70% of his salary and investing in low-cost exchange-traded funds.

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Airbnb shared expectations of a slowdown next quarter in its second quarter report released Tuesday.
  • Airbnb expects a slowdown in growth next quarter and weakening US demand.
  • Shorter booking lead times and regulations in California impacted bookings, Airbnb's CFO said.
  • The news follows lower-than-expected earnings from tech giants and a disappointing job report.

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Reddit just wrapped up its second earnings call as a public company and CEO Steve Huffman hinted at some significant changes that could be coming to the platform. During the call, the Reddit co-founder said the company would begin testing AI-powered search results later this year.

“Later this year, we will begin testing new search result pages powered by AI to summarize and recommend content



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The experience of charging an electric vehicle in the US could be better, and a big new study is out that lists the biggest infrastructure pain points, including a failure to report broken stalls, inaccurate station status messages, aging equipment, and some habitually unreliable network providers (who go unnamed in the study, unfortunately).



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left: kit harrington, a young man with neatly trimmed facial hair and brown hair, wearing a black pinstripe suit and grey shirt; right: emma d'arcy as rhaenyra targaryen on house of the dragon, wearing red robes and with blonde hair pulled back into a braid
Kit Harington says that he "can't watch" the "Game of Thrones" prequel series "House of the Dragon."
  • Kit Harington said he finds it difficult to watch "House of the Dragon."
  • Harington starred in "Game of Thrones" for eight seasons as Jon Snow.
  • Harington said he likely won't rewatch "Game of Thrones" either.

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macOS Sequoia will require regular permissions updates to use screen recording and screen-sharing capabilities. The software is in its public beta, and the new Apple operating system has added pop-up notifications that will ask users to confirm that software has access to the device's video and audio. For now, there doesn't appear to be a way to permanently grant permissions to third-party apps