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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is getting a second season on Netflix
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is getting a second season on Netflix

The new season will be directed by Kai Ikarashi, who also directed episode six in the first season, “Girl on Fire.” There’s no word yet on when Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will premiere, but they did show off this new poster artwork. A trailer will be shown later tonight during a panel at 8:30PM PT for the animation studio, Trigger.Showrunner and writer Bartosz Sztybor said during Friday’s panel that for season one, “I just wanted to make the whole world sad… when people are sad, I’m a bit happy,” and that this new 10-episode season will be “…of course, sadder, but it will be also darker, more bloody, and more raw.”A brief summary of the follow-up series tells fans what to expect following the end of David’s story in season one:Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 presents a new standalone 10-episode ...
Google Photos launches Gemini-powered ‘Ask Photos’ AI search in US
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Google Photos launches Gemini-powered ‘Ask Photos’ AI search in US

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google Photos has always been a handy way to store and organize your pictures, but its latest feature, Ask Photos, is taking things to a whole new level. Powered by Google's Gemini AI, Ask Photos lets you search your photo library using natural language. Let's take a look at what makes Google Photos AI search so different, what's improved and how it could change the way you interact with your memories.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide — free when you join my CYBERGUY.COM/NEWSLETTERMETA AI’S NEW CHATBOT RAISES PRIVACY ALARMS Google Photos' "Ask Photos" with Gemini (Google)Wha...
Trois nouvelles espèces de grenouilles découvertes au Pérou
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Trois nouvelles espèces de grenouilles découvertes au Pérou

Un spécimen de « Pristimantis chinguelas ». GERMAN CHAVEZ Trois nouvelles espèces de grenouilles ont été découvertes dans une chaîne de montagnes du nord du Pérou, a annoncé, vendredi 4 juillet, l’Institut péruvien d’herpétologie, partie de la zoologie qui étudie les amphibiens et des reptiles. Une équipe de scientifiques péruviens les a identifiées il y a quelques semaines dans un écosystème forestier situé à entre 2 000 et 3 000 mètres d’altitude, dans la région de Piura. « Nous avons trouvé trois nouvelles espèces de grenouilles du genre Pristimantis, qui habitent des zones peu explorées du nord du Pérou », a déclaré à l’Agence France-Presse l’herpétologue German Chavez. L...
Schools fight AI cheating with return to pen and paper blue books
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Schools fight AI cheating with return to pen and paper blue books

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The rise of artificial intelligence in education is forcing schools and universities to rethink everything from homework policies to how final exams are administered. With tools like ChatGPT now widespread, students can generate essays, solve complex math problems or draft lab reports in seconds, raising urgent questions about what authentic learning looks like in 2025. To fight back, some schools are turning to an unlikely solution: pen and paper. The old-school "blue book," a lined booklet used for handwritten test answers, is staging a comeback, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. And while it might seem like a relic of a pre-digital era, educators say it's one of the most effective tools they have to ensure students are...
The Ploopy Knob is an open-source control dial for your PC
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The Ploopy Knob is an open-source control dial for your PC

Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s open-source peripherals offer a lot of customizability, and like its mouse and trackballs, you can customize the look of the Knob by 3D-printing your own hardware.The Ploopy Knob is available now through the company’s website for $49.99 CAD (around $37). Unlike many of the company’s other products, which can be purchased as cheaper DIY kits you build yourself, the Knob is only available as a fully assembled product with software preinstalled that works right out of the box. However, since it’s open-source, you can down...
Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec
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Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec

The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss”: seek advice from AI chatbots. In a now-deleted LinkedIn post captured by Aftermath, Xbox Game Studios’ Matt Turnbull said that he would be “remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances.” The circumstances here being a slew of game cancellations, services being shuttered, studio closures, and job cuts across key Xbox divisions as Microsoft lays off as many as 9,100 employees across the company.  Turnbull acknowledged that people have some “strong feelings” about AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, but suggested that anybody who’s...
9 ways to protect your phone from hackers and recover if you’re hacked
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9 ways to protect your phone from hackers and recover if you’re hacked

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Phones today are more secure than ever, making it harder, but not impossible, for hackers to take control. iPhones have strong protections built in, and while Android devices have improved, they still trail slightly in some areas. Still, phone hacks are more common than most people realize. In rare cases, sophisticated spyware like Pegasus, used by governments to target high-profile individuals, can bypass even top-tier security. But for the average user, the real risk often comes from common tactics that exploit human error or weak settings. I recently received an email from Joyce in Corbin, Kentucky, who wrote:"I have a family member whose phone has been taken over by someone. It controls her phone at times, so she can't call. She can onl...
Fairphone 6 gets a 10/10 on repairability
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Fairphone 6 gets a 10/10 on repairability

The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements.It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 Torx screwdriver, and only seven screws sit between you and a battery swap. Fairphone itself has shown you can get from shutdown to reboot with a new cell in just two minutes, so it’s still a simple swap. The company says that the screws are required for the slimmer soft-pouch battery.The only glue throughout is found on the phone’s mainboard, which is just about the only repair Fairphone doesn’t recommend you make yourself: almost everything else, from the USB-C port to the individual ca...
The American system of democracy has crashed
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The American system of democracy has crashed

Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally.The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation -- in it, the country that became the United States of America laid claim to certain “unalienable” rights, rights that took precedence over any king or crown.To protect those rights, our Founders declared that the People were allowed to “alter” or “abolish” the government — in this case, British rule over the American colonies. The idea that ‘the People’ have ‘unalienable rights’ became so standard that it slipped into clicheThe point of the famous preamble to the Declaration — “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men ...