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A look at the looming DJI drones ban in the US, as some say the ban will be disruptive; no federal agency has undertaken a mandated security risk assessment (Farah Stockman/New York Times)

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Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws, claims Meta staffers could access sensitive user data (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

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Silksong's 'easy mode' mods are proving extremely popular

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Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to back SB 53, a California bill that requires large AI companies to disclose safety testing protocols (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Meta curbed research about VR safety risks to kids, whistleblowers say

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Dust Bunny trailer reveals the Hannibal reunion fans have been waiting for

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Lego confirms it's working on a Star Trek: The Next Generation set

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Motion, which sells an integrated suite of AI agents for SMBs, raised a $38M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $75M (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

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The best doorbell cameras

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Netflix gets a terrific but grounded romance anime with The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

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Cognition raised $400M led by Founders Fund at a $10.2B valuation, up from $4B in March; its coding tool Devin's ARR grew from $1M in Sept. 2024 to $73M by June (Bloomberg)

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'Garb of the Pilgrims' quest walkthrough in Hollow Knight: Silksong

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College Football 26 is $20 off in time for the 2025 season

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Magic: The Gathering reveals 6 new Secret Lair Superdrops for Spider-Man set

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YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

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EchoStar offloads satellite spectrum to SpaceX for $17 billion

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Knives Out Wake Up Dead Man trailer arrives on heels of rave reviews

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The best horror movie sequel of 2025 is about to hit Netflix

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AI audio startup ElevenLabs launches a tender offer to let staff sell up to $100M in stock at a $6.6B valuation, up from a $3.3B valuation in January 2025 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

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'Flexile Spines' quest walkthrough in Hollow Knight: Silksong

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