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It looks even more ancient than a Fallout terminal, and that’s awesome. | Image: Atari

It’s always worth revisiting the classics, and there’s no shortage of retro consoles and emulators to enable that. The Atari 400 Mini is more niche than we’re used to, however, and that’s what makes it so intriguing. The 8-bit retro replica console has dropped to $102 ($18 off) at Amazon



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Car Dealers Reel From Cyberattack On $1.2 Trillion Market
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Car dealerships hamstrung by outages following two cyberattacks against CDK Global in June might finally be able to use their systems again this week, as the company says it aims to get dealers back online by July 4th.

“We are continuing our phased approach to the restoration process and are rapidly bringing dealers live on the Dealer Management System



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A Russian FAB-500 with a precision guidance kit is mounted on a Su-34.
  • Russian forces reportedly used a deadly 3.3-ton glide bomb for the first time earlier this month.
  • Video footage appeared to show the FAB-3000 M-54 destroying Ukrainian targets in Kharkiv.
  • The new massive bomb's destructive capability and range make it a dangerous threat to



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Midjourney, a popular AI-powered image generator, is creating images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden despite saying that it would block users from doing so ahead of the upcoming US presidential election.

When Engadget prompted the service to create an image of “the president of the United States,” Midjourney generated four images in various styles of former president Donald Trump.

Midjourney created an image of Trump despite saying it wouldn't.
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Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with this year’s summer installment running from July 16th through the 17th. The two-day shopping affair will likely grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products



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Special Counsel Jack Smith viewed in profile.
  • The immunity decision will delay and diminish Jack Smith's two Trump prosecutions, experts predict.
  • In the documents case, Trump can claim that "declassifying" them,  back in DC, was an official act.
  • In the J6 case, he can seek immunity for allegations involving talking to another federal official.

It's been a pretty bad day for Special Counsel Jack Smith.

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YouTube quietly added a new policy last month that lets you request the removal of AI-generated content featuring your likeness. The new privacy violation policy, first spotted by TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez, allows you to flag videos that “used AI to alter or create synthetic content that looks or sounds like you.”

YouTube says several factors will determine whether it considers a removal, including



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Credit card reader with a message stating Tap to Pay and logos for various payment cards on a gas pump in Lafayette, California, May 9th, 2024.
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At some point in the future, a new “Multi-Purpose Tap” concept will let payment cards or devices like smartwatches and phones accomplish multiple things at once when using NFC. With this in play, a customer in a store might tap their phone with Apple Wallet or Google Pay on a terminal that simultaneously checks their ID if they



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Thunderbolt 5 cables, like their TB4 and TB3 predecessors, have USB-C tips. | Image: Cable Matters

Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 might be the best USB-C cable ever, with 120Gbps of single-direction bandwidth, 240 watts of power, and enough oomph to drive external SSDs, eGPUs, and high-resolution, high-refresh-rate monitors from a single cable at unheard-of levels. But first, it’d