Xbox Series X/S storage expansion cards from WD and Seagate are discounted right now

Engadget

For better or (mostly) worse, the only way to fully increase the storage of an Xbox Series X/S is to use a proprietary expansion card. Three and a half years into the consoles' lives, there remain only two official solutions: Seagate's Storage Expansion Card and the WD Black C50. It's a limiting situation, but if you're tired of deleting and reinstalling games to create space, versions of each

College students desperate for jobs are getting scammed online by criminals posing as tech recruiters

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College students are reviewing for exams at the library of Nanjing Forestry University in Nanjing, China, on December 7, 2023.
College students are being increasingly targeted by scammers offering attractive internship or job listings.

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  • College students are increasingly targeted by job recruitment scammers, the FTC warned.
  • Scammers use fake listings and pose as recruiters to steal money and identities.
  • Major job boards like LinkedIn are adding steps to verify professional recruiters.

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Microsoft’s billion-dollar OpenAI investment was trigged by Google fears, emails reveal

The Verge
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stands in front of Microsoft and OpenAI logos
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Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 because it was “very worried” that Google was years ahead in scaling up its AI efforts. An internal email, titled “Thoughts on OpenAI,” between Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, CEO Satya Nadella, and co-founder Bill Gates reveals some of the high-level discussions around an investment

I'm an interior designer. Here are 10 things in your living room you should get rid of.

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Living room with blue couch and mauve chair with a palm-leaf wallpaper and red arrow and X pointing to wallpaper; Gold letter art pieces spelling out
I think homeowners should get rid of outdated wallpaper and excessive lighting in their living rooms.

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  • As an interior designer, I have a few tricks to replace a lot of outdated living-room trends.
  • Word art can look tacky and plastic outlet covers don't show much personality. 
  • DVD collections and too much lighting can take away from the relaxed

I drove the Tesla Cybertruck. These 7 design flaws surprised me.

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I drove a Tesla Cybertruck around Texas for three days and was surprised to find a handful of apparent oversights in its design, from a scary frunk mechanism to charging issues.
I drove a Tesla Cybertruck around Texas for three days and was surprised to find a handful of apparent oversights in its design, from a scary frunk mechanism to charging issues.

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  • I tested Tesla's brand new Cybertruck. 
  • The electric truck is fun to drive and turns heads everywhere it goes. 
  • But some small oversights made the expensive product feel rushed. 

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The Best New Movies and TV Streaming in May 2024, and Where to Watch Them

Gizmodo

May I interest you in some new streaming movies? Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the…

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Fisker employees are fixing some customers' cars with parts from the company's vehicle 'graveyard,' sources say

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Thousands of people have cancelled their orders for a Fisker EV.
Fisker is fixing some customers cars with parts from its vehicle 'graveyard,' sources say.

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  • Fisker employees are using parts from pre-production vehicles and inventory to fix some customers' cars, eight sources said.
  • The practice has been ongoing since Fisker began deliveries in June 2023, some sources say.
  • Experts say the practice can be acceptable to avoid long wait times, but