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Jacob Kastrenakes

Jacob Kastrenakes

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    A disturbing look at grooming on social media.

    The New York Times reports on a spate of cases where predators posing as photographers and promoters used social media to connect with parents and solicit child sexual abuse imagery, taking advantage of not just Instagram but also parents who want to turn their young children into influencers.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    At least it’s not called “Ultra.”

    Android Authority spotted code pointing to a higher-end tier of OnePlus’ next smartwatch. It appears that the upcoming OnePlus Watch 3 will come in a Pro version, too. No details yet on what’ll make it any fancier.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    More rumblings about a Galaxy Z Flip FE.

    Smartprix believes a budget version of Samsung’s folding flip phone could arrive later this year, after showing up in an industry database in recent days. Display analyst Ross Young corroborated the report, adding that he expects the phone to use the same screen as the current Z Flip 6.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Power has returned to most of Puerto Rico.

    More than 96 percent of the island now has power, according to Luma, the local energy company. An outage on New Year’s Eve took out power for close to 90 percent of the US territory, the latest in a series of blackouts.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    So close, yet so far.

    OpenAI’s new video generator, Sora, can make some really impressive visuals... it just can’t make them actually make sense or follow the laws of physics or properly depict people eating or... just watch:

    Trump names Brendan Carr as his FCC leaderTrump names Brendan Carr as his FCC leader
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