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Acura is teasing a new EV.

During Monterey Car Week, which started yesterday and runs until August 18th, the company will show a “dynamically styled concept” that it says is a preview of a next-generation, all-electric SUV built on its new EV platform.

Acura teased the reveal with the picture below.


A dim picture of the rear of a vehicl, showing a taillight bar that stretches across the entire vehicle, just above an Acura logo.
Acura teases an all-electric SUV concept.
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Donald Trump’s account is currently unsearchable on X.

At the moment, if you type “from:realdonaldtrump” followed by a specific term in X’s search bar, you’ll get the same set of results, seemingly no matter what you type, according to a Mediaite story spotted by Engadget.

I experienced the same thing when I tried it, but could still search other accounts this way. X responded with an auto-reply when reached for comment.


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The fix is in for software-bricked original HomePods.

Nic Splattstoesser, who repairs common 2018 HomePod issues, demonstrates the process in a video spotted by 9to5Mac.

Restoring the first HomePod, which wasn’t possible before now, involves connecting a custom USB adapter to a hidden debugging port on the bottom of the device. Splattstoesser credits David Syskalczyk and tihmstar with figuring out how to pull it off.


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Microsoft is quietly sunsetting Paint 3D.

The app won’t be available in the Microsoft Store after November 4th, according to the below screenshot that XDA Developers spotted. (I don’t see the banner myself, so I’ve reached out to Microsoft to confirm.)

It’s no big surprise. Introduced as a modern replacement for MS Paint, the app hasn’t been included with Windows since 2021. MS Paint, however, lives on.


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Agatha’s on the (witches’) road.

Even though Marvel’s Agatha All Along Disney Plus series is going to be something of a comedy, its latest trailer is big on witchy vibes that’ll be perfect for its September 18th two-episode premiere.


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Moana’s on her way to a family reunion.

Disney kicked off its big Entertainment Showcase at this year’s D23 with a new Moana 2 trailer that reveals more about how its titular wayfinder will set sail to reconnect the islands across Oceania.


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Dell and Alienware are honoring Intel’s extended warranty now too. Five year warranty on unstable Raptor Lake CPUs.

Intel recently informed us that the impacted 13th and 14th generation processors facing instability issues will have an extended warranty. Dell will support Intel’s extended warranty terms for a total of five-years on these processors.

Pretty much every brand is on board now, save Lenovo and Acer:


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A former Twitter executive chairman has sued X, alleging that he’s owed shares worth more than $20 million.

Omid Kordestani’s lawsuit, which was reported on by The New York Times, follows a lawsuit from the company’s former CEO, CFO, chief legal officer, and former general counsel over more than $128 million in unpaid severance.


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LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy opens up a multiverse of possibilities.

A multiverse kinda feels like the last thing Star Wars needs right now, but the first trailer for Disney Plus’ LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy mini(fig)series actually makes its premise seem like the rare modern Luke Skywalker story that might liven up the franchise when it premieres on September 13th.


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MSI has now agreed to extend its Intel desktop warranty by two years.

The company’s answer was brief:

MSI will cover 2 year extended warranty on all MSI Desktop. 

We asked all its competitors the same question about Intel’s crashing chips. Here are the answers:


Every smart home device that works with Matter

All the Matter-compatible devices you can buy, plus the latest on the Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung-backed smart home standard.

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YouTube Premium subscribers can try out a sleep timer.

If you often fall asleep while watching a video, you can try YouTube Premium’s experimental sleep timer through September 2nd. It pauses your content after a certain amount of time, so that way autoplay doesn’t eat up all your internet data for the month.


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Intel is pushing back its Innovation conference until next year.

The announcement follows Intel’s rough Q2 2024 earnings and its decision to make massive job cuts.

The company gave a statement about the delay to PCMag:

Given our financial results and outlook for the second half of 2024, which is tougher than previously expected, we are having to make some tough decisions as we continue to align our cost structure and look to assess how we rebuild a sustainable engine of process technology leadership.


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Furiosa roars onto Max next week.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga only hit theaters a few months ago, but Warner Bros. announced today that the film is already making its way to Max next week on August 16th.


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Elon Musk is posting disinfo about the far-right UK riots on X.

A day after the UK’s content regulator warned social media platforms against inciting violence, Musk posted a screenshot of a fake headline claiming rioters would be sent to detention camps on the Falklands.

Musk — who recently sued an ad group for “illegally boycotting” X over its lack of safety standards — deleted the post after 30 minutes. The ad group has since disbanded.


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The original Fitbit was inspired by the Nintendo Wii’s controllers.

IEEE Spectrum’s Tekla S. Perry spoke to Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman, as well as designers and engineers to get the complete story on how the company’s first clip-on fitness tracker — inspired by the Nintendo Wii’s motion-tracking capabilities — came to be.