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Manufacturers may hate independent repair stores, but Samsung and Apple appeared to accept the direction the political wind was blowing in. Sadly, Samsung’s warm-hearted embrace of third party repair may not have been as loving as had originally been suggested. Details of the contract the Korean giant asks repair stores to sign include some pretty user-unfriendly rules.

That includes sending your

• The Russian military has caused widespread disruptions to Starlink, The New York Times reported.
• Starlink has proven crucial in military operations and for communications among Ukrainian troops.
• Russia appears to have stronger electronic weapons to degrade the service.

Russia's jamming technology

• Bill Gates unveiled his annual summer read and watch list.
• Gates said the four books and one TV show all "touch on the idea of service to others."
• "Slow Horses," a British spy thriller series on Apple TV+, made the list.

Bill Gates unveiled his annual summer reading and TV list, saying this year is all about altruism.

Gates shared his recommendations in a

Dog shelters are currently overwhelmed in many parts of the U.S., with some of the oldest dogs often at the highest risk of being euthanized. But now is a great time to consider adopting a dog, especially from a place like San Francisco’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, which maintains some of our favorite social media…

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• US-provided glide bombs are struggling against Russian electronic jamming in Ukraine.
• Ukraine received the Boeing-made bombs in February in the hopes of hitting longer-range targets.
• But Russian electronic warfare has blunted the effectiveness of the US-supplied munitions.

US-provided glide bombs are struggling

• Hong Yea spent 10 years as a trader but always had dreams of starting his own business.
• Yea quit his director job at Goldman Sachs to start a crypto company, just as the industry tanked.
• He had doubts, alongside everyone else, but a Korean proverb spurred him to pursue his

• Here's how much you need to make in each state to be upper class — and what percentage of each state is.
• The upper class in Washington, DC, starts at $202,000, while in Mississippi, it's $105,400.
• More than 21% of DC residents are upper class, compared with just 14.4% in Alaska.

This map shows just how much

This month, residents of the island of Nantucket, a storybook New England coastal retreat located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, gathered for their annual town meeting and quietly acknowledged a mounting eco-crisis.

Erosion

You probably already know the benefits of cooking at home. It can help save you money, you can learn a new skill and it can often be healthier than eating out all the time. But regardless of if you enjoy being in the kitchen or don’t know where to start, we at Engadget know that advice can be easier said than done. After working all day, taking care of kids and pets and the like, it might feel

"What is Copilot?" is the new question people are asking as AI interest continues to skyrocket. Funnily enough — not too long ago — people were, instead, asking, "What is ChatGPT?"

I'm inclined to say that Copilot is a ChatGPT rival, but it's worth noting that, due to Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the large language models (LLM) that underpin Copilot also power ChatGPT. (More on that later.)

• Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who became the face of Dogecoin, has died at the age of 18.
• Her quizzical expression went viral in 2010 and was later used as the cryptocurrency mascot. 
• Elon Musk was one of Dogecoin's biggest fans, and Kabosu briefly became the Twitter logo in 2023.

A diminutive Japanese dog who became the face of

In a controversial move, President Joe Biden signed a bill that threatens the future of TikTok in the U.S., unless its China-based parent company ByteDance divests from the wildly popular app. And although the ban angered many, a chunk of influential creators don't buy that it will be implemented at all.

A new survey by influencer marketing platform Fohr, first reported by Wired, polled 200 U.S