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ICE agents are making house calls for online critics
The Department of Homeland Security is being sued over its practice of dispatching ICE agents to the homes and workplaces of people who criticise the agency online or by email. A lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, by David Streever — who received a “warning notice” after emailing ICE’s then-acting director a vitriolic…
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FL Studio 2026 is available now
Image-Line has released FL Studio 2026, the latest version of its widely used digital audio workstation, offered as a free update to all existing users. The release focuses on reducing friction in the creative process, combining a range of workflow refinements with several new creative tools aimed at making music production more accessible. Key additions…
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Arranged marriage ended in murder after cheating Amazon software engineer and his wife moved to ritzy Pacific Northwest enclave, prosecutors say
An Amazon software engineer, Avinash Narne, 30, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder over the death of his wife, Raajitha Sabbineni, 27, whom prosecutors say he strangled to escape an arranged marriage. The case matters because prosecutors allege the killing was motivated by Narne’s ongoing relationship with another woman in India, and he is…
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Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
Ollama, the open source tool that lets developers run open-weight AI models locally on their own machines, has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures. The funding, which follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton and brings total investment to $88 million, underscores growing investor appetite for…
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Deltarune Chapter 5 Update Arrives On Switch 1 & 2 Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Toby Fox and his team have released a new patch, version 0.0.247, for Deltarune Chapter 5, which launched on Switch 1 and 2 late last month. The update is already available on Steam and PlayStation, but Switch players will have to wait a little longer, as Fox confirmed on Bluesky that it has been submitted…
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WIRED World Fair
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MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS
A second parliamentary body, the Commons health and social care select committee, has called on the Labour government to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS’s federated data platform (FDP), which unifies and analyses highly sensitive patient data. The cross-party group cited “serious mistrust” of the system among the public and medical profession, contested…
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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds
The business secretary, Peter Kyle, has publicly urged UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest more in British companies, warning that the government will legislate to force them if they do not. Expressing frustration that successive government reforms have failed to lift domestic investment, Kyle argued that the country’s largest asset…
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Manhattan building developer says collapse fears were overblown, calls buckling columns ‘localized situation’
The developer behind a Manhattan high-rise that was hastily evacuated over collapse fears has said the danger was exaggerated, describing the structural damage as a “localized situation” that never threatened the building. MetroLoft, the firm converting the 235 East 42nd Street tower into luxury apartments, said it had worked with New York City’s Department of…