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From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
Wired ·
The unreleased Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have ended up in an unsuspecting buyer's hands
An Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have been sold in a marketplace, months after images of the unreleased model were leaked.
Engadget ·
Google Magnifier helps me see very small print (when I can't find my glasses)
If you regularly find yourself in a situation where you've left your glasses behind and you need to read fine print or something far away, Google has an app right up your alley.
ZDNet ·
New Benchmark, QuSquare, Tests Near-term Quantum Devices
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Quantinuum’s Most Accurate Quantum Computer Joins Oracle Cloud
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8 Great Deals From Patagonia’s Past-Season Sale
Summer’s not over yet; pick up some new gear for that last Labor Day trip. Save up to 40 percent on some of our favorite Patagonia items at the company’s past-season sale.
Wired ·
UK puts £14B cloud framework in place with SMEs promised a bigger slice
Global players dominate the market. Will public sector buyers give local suppliers a look-in?
Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access
Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter, according to new findings from QUIRSO. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS score: 9.8), a directory-traversal vulnerability in the VMware vCenter server that a malicious actor with network access can exploit to execute arbitrary code. Patches for the flaw were
Oracle brings Quantinuum quantum computing to OCI
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A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election
Clacton's parliamentary race has it all: Nigel Farage, a man dressed as a trash can, a Union Jack bikini, white nationalist conspiracy theories, and 34 candidates on the ballot.
Wired ·
I found the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s biggest weakness, and it’s not the new design
It’s 2026, and Samsung is still behind on multitasking on foldables.
Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?
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How to design a space habitat that supports its residents’ mental health
A new online platform helps engineers look beyond survival mode when designing habitats for extreme living conditions.
MIT News ·