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• Miele Blizzard CX1 vacuum review

  04-01-2025 21:00 via techradar.com
  
  Miele Blizzard CX1: two-minute review
  Product noteThe Miele Blizzard CX1 range is available in multiple territories, but in various different configurations. These have the same base model, but different tools and accessories. For this review, I tested the Blizzard CX1 Flex.
  The Miele Blizzard CX1 is a bagless cylinder vacuum that plugs in via a power cable for endless vacuuming time. It offers four suction levels and four vacuuming accessories in addition to the main floorhead.Miele is a German
  
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• Asian American woman sues PayPal for racial bias in investment program

  04-01-2025 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Nisha Desai is part of growing conservative push to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in corporate USPayPal has been sued by an Asian American businesswoman who accused the digital payments company of racial bias for restricting part of a $535m investment program to Black and Hispanic applicants, costing her millions of dollars.Thursday’s complaint by Nisha Desai and her New York-based venture capital firm Andav Capital is part of a growing push among some conservatives t
  
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• Memo to Trump: US telecoms is vulnerable to hackers. Please hang up and try again | John Naughton

  04-01-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  State-backed cyberspies are exploiting ageing infrastructure to penetrate every corner of the US government, it seems – even its phone-tapping systemsYou know the drill. You’re logging into your bank or another service (Gmail, to name just one) that you use regularly. You enter your username and password and then the service says that it will send you an SMS message with a code in it which you can use to confirm that it is indeed you who’s logged in. It’s called “tw
  
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• TikTok knew its livestreaming feature allowed child exploitation, state lawsuit alleges

  04-01-2025 15:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Company’s own inquiry found money laundering and children performing sexualized acts for digital currencyTikTok has long been aware that its video livestream feature has been misused to harm children, according to newly revealed details in a lawsuit brought against the social media company by the state of Utah. Those harms include child sexual exploitation and what Utah calls “an open-door policy allowing predators and criminals to exploit users”.The state’s attorney gene
  
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• The best mini Gaming PCs of 2025: Expert recommended

  04-01-2025 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  We tested and researched the best mini gaming PCs with processors from both AMD and Intel that pack a big punch into a small package.
  
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• The best Android smartwatches in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

  04-01-2025 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  From the Galaxy Watch Ultra to the Tag Heuer luxury smartwatch, we tested the best smartwatches for Android users to help you choose the right one.
  
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• How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page

  04-01-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Musk has now used X as a platform to make aggressive interventions in US politics – and in those of other countriesAs a business proposition, Elon Musk’s ownership of X, formerly known as Twitter, has so far been a disaster: since he acquired it in late 2022, the social media company, according to one estimate, has lost nearly 80% of its value.As a political proposition, however, Musk’s purchase may turn out to be one of the shrewdest investments of all time. Every week, the pl
  
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• ‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay

  04-01-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The tech scene is booming in the US’s largest Black-majority city, with foreign investment and a recent population boostWhen the Book Cadillac hotel opened in Detroit a century ago this month, it crowned the Motor City as one of the most dominant metropolitan powers on the planet.The tallest hotel in the world at the time, it boasted more than 1,100 rooms set across 31 stories. Back then, Detroit was a place where all and sundry wanted to see or be seen as the city’s dominant industr
  
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• How to deal with Zoom calls in 2025: in smaller groups with static backgrounds

  04-01-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers are looking at how to make video meetings feel less tiring, reduce anxiety and tackle ‘Zoom dysmorphia’Whether it’s a social catch-up with colleagues, or assembling to set new year objectives, many of us will be reconnecting via Zoom, Teams or Google Meet come Monday morning. Yet while such platforms have revolutionised flexible and remote working in recent years, scientists are increasingly waking up to the negative toll they can take on people’s energy level
  
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• Football coaches could soon be calling on AI to scout the next superstar

  04-01-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Technologists claim managers could wish for specific player attributes and AI would suggest perfect youth prospectFootball coaches desperate to boost their team’s performance could soon find an answer in an artificial intelligence system aimed at conjuring the next superstar.A kind of sporting Aladdin’s lamp is within reach, technologists claim, which could allow managers to simply wish for a new player with the aggression of Erling Haaland or the poise of Jude Bellingham and for an
  
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