Black Friday is here again, and the internet is full of gonzo deals on the world’s most popular tech. Naturally, you are too busy living your real life to check if the deals on offer are as good as you expected. That’s why Engadget employs a talented team of spreadsheet experts to scrutinize what’s hot and what’s not. If you’re in the market for a new device, keep an eye out for our guide to real deals.
For example, significant changes were made from the M3 MacBook Air to make room for the M4. Considering the M3 was already a top-of-the-line consumable, it’s amazing that it can now be purchased for just $899. If I were in the US and in the market for a new machine, I would have pulled out my credit card before writing this newsletter. I request Fujifilm to offer a better discount on the X-T50 in the next few days.
— Dan Cooper
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He is a co-author of “Project 2025”.
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President-elect Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to be the next head of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr is a die-hard Trump supporter and previously served as an aide to Ajit Pai, who appointed him to the FCC board during his first term. He also drafted the FCC portion of the infamous Project 2025 manifesto, which opposes net neutrality and promotes the myth that Big Tech is suppressing conservative speech. All in all, a swell guy.
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Shocker.
If anyone still believes the myth that social media platforms are suppressing conservative speech, this latest Pew report will likely be dismissed as…fake news. The think tank investigated the current state of “news influencers,” who have entered the picture to fill the void left by traditional news media. As a result, the most popular names online are more likely to skew to the right than to the left, and a worrying number of people would rather get their news from individuals than from publications that work on fact-checking, proving claims, etc. It turned out that he was thinking that.
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Initial reports suggest sabotage.
An important but invisible part of our Internet infrastructure is the network of undersea cables that transmit data between countries. Of these, two games were reduced to the weekend: one between Lithuania and Sweden, and one between Finland and Germany. Authorities have not yet released the results of their investigation, but they suggest sabotage by a hostile foreign power.
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This is the story on the page “What, you haven’t done it yet!?” magazine.
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Roblox is adding new restrictions to younger children’s accounts to enforce non-existent safety authentication. This includes plans to restrict users under 13 from sending private messages to others without parental permission. The company also announced that parents will now be able to monitor their children’s Roblox usage from their mobile phones.
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