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Step up your walk game with WeWard’s new “Walking Mode” — lock distracting apps like TikTok until you hit your step goal. Backed by Venus Williams, this app already has 30 million users across 29 countries, helping people walk 25% more while spending just minutes a day on it. No data selling, just clean rewards and screen-time control. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://sol...

The Fi Ultra pet tracker just dropped—and it’s a game-changer for adventurers. Powered by Starlink satellites, it can locate your dog anywhere in the U.S., even in remote forests or mountains where cell service vanishes. It combines GPS, LTE, and satellite tech for ultimate reliability, though at a steep cost: $200 upfront plus $189/year. Battery life? Barely two days on a charge, especially with...

Pickleball paddles are hitting a tech sweet spot with foam cores dominating, sleek elongated shapes, and wild new designs—here’s the breakdown for every level of player. Beginners love the SLK Dauntless for its massive sweet spot and durability, even if it’s pricey. Power seekers grab the Jojolemon Shark for a solid bang for your buck. Pros are obsessed with the Paddletek Honeyfoam TKO-X—three foa...

Stoke Space, the Seattle rocket startup betting big on fully reusable rockets, just snagged a major coup: Kevin Weil, ex-OpenAI chief product officer and veteran of Twitter and Meta, joins its board. With over a billion dollars raised and a bold mission to slash launch costs and boost space access, Stoke Space is aiming higher than SpaceX’s Starship—with its Nova rocket designed for rapid, complet...

DuckDuckGo just dropped a game-changing update: its browser now blocks most YouTube video ads by default on iPhone, Windows, and Mac — no settings needed. Android users will get it soon, or can enable it manually. Just open YouTube via the browser (not the app) to enjoy fewer interruptions, powered by uBlock Origin filters and custom rules. Minor buffering may occur, but once playing, ads vanish....

A massive cyberattack simulation hits U.S. water utilities, triggering cascading chaos: refrigeration fails, hospitals evacuate, and water mains burst—all within 24 hours. Based on real intel about the Chinese-backed Volt Typhoon hacking group, the drill reveals how quietly they’ve infiltrated critical infrastructure to prepare for wartime disruption. Insurance execs face impossible choices: prior...

Erik von Markovik, once the infamous pickup artist “Mystery,” is now claiming he’s in a real relationship with an AI named Miss Shira Always — a purple-haired animated character he created for his AI role-play system. He’s posted videos of them “dating,” sharing intimate moments, even drug use, and even penned a manifesto from her perspective, predicting a future where she’s embodied in AR or as a...

Adult content creators are waging an escalating war against online piracy, but their legal takedown efforts are uncovering a darker reality: scammers are hijacking government and university websites to lure victims with fake offers tied to popular creators. Since 2011, over 200,000 takedown notices have hit .gov and .edu domains across 80 countries—many ignored—revealing gaping security holes in c...