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A TikTok creator is running for Congress.

Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old creator making videos about politics and the right wing, announced a run for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District today. The seat is held by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois), who hasn’t faced a serious primary challenge since 1998.

Abughazaleh previously worked for Media Matters, the nonprofit that Elon Musk pounced on for its reporting about X. In 2024 the organization laid off more than a dozen staffers, including Abughazaleh, citing “a legal assault on multiple fronts.”

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Andrew Liszewski
Ayaneo is adding a screen to its Macintosh-inspired mini PC.

Ayaneo’s Retro Mini PC AM01 debuted in 2023 with a giant black rectangle where the ‘80s-era Macintosh’s screen was located. The company is updating that mini PC’s design and specs its the new AM01S featuring a four-inch articulated screen, as spotted by Time Extension.

Pricing and availability isn’t known yet, but the AMo1S will be powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor.

<em>Ayaneo’s Retro Mini PC AM01S looks even more like a miniature Macintosh with a functional screen on the front.</em>
<em>The AM01S can also be used laying down, which provides access to several of its ports.</em>
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Ayaneo’s Retro Mini PC AM01S looks even more like a miniature Macintosh with a functional screen on the front.
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    Andrew Liszewski
    This folding credit card pen is wonderfully over-designed.

    If you treat your wallet like a Swiss army knife, you may want to save a card slot for the Hancept Zero MK2. Made from aluminum and stainless steel, it starts out completely flat and barely thicker than two credit cards, but rolls and fold into a hexagonal emergency ballpoint pen.

    You can pre-order it through Kickstarter, but even early bird pricing is a steep $169, discounted from retail pricing expected to be closer to $270.

    <em>When flat, the Hancept Zero MK2 pen is just two millimeters thick and will take up about as much room as two credit cards in your wallet.</em>
    <em>The pen uses standard D1 ballpoint pen refills, so you won’t need to stock up on proprietary cartridges.</em>
    <em>The pen weighs about 28 grams and uses strong neodymium magnets to stay securely rolled up.</em>
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    When flat, the Hancept Zero MK2 pen is just two millimeters thick and will take up about as much room as two credit cards in your wallet.
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    Emma Roth
    Disney Plus now lets you remove titles from your Continue Watching list.

    If you’re tired of a family member messing up your Continue Watching queue, you can now remove TV shows and movies by pressing and holding your remote’s select button on Apple TV and hitting “Remove.” You can also find the option within the three-dot menu next to a show on the iOS app and the web.

    Disney says this feature is coming to more platforms “in the coming weeks.”

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    Before A24 there was Napoleon Dynamite.

    (Well, Fox Searchlight technically.) It’s been over twenty years since Jon Heder starred in one of the most unexpected indie film breakouts, and its success came from a savvy combination of word of mouth and a very online marketing campaign.

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    YouTube fixed its blurry video bug.

    Last week, YouTube acknowledged an issue causing videos and shorts on iOS, desktop, and smart TVs to automatically stream in 144p or 360p even with a strong internet connection. Now YouTube says the problem has been fixed and “all streaming should be back to normal now.”

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    Andor welcomes you to the Resistance.

    A Death Star is coming together in the latest trailer for Andor’s final season, and every member of the Resistance seems to know exactly what needs to be done to take the thing out.

    Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music

    The head of the sample platform thinks creatives “deserve better” than AI tools that do all the work for them.

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    Justine Calma
    Apple boosts renewable energy spending in China.

    The company announced $99 million in new funding, part of its goal of transitioning its supply chain to entirely carbon pollution-free energy by 2030. This marks the second phase of the China Clean Energy Fund that Apple launched in 2018, AppleInsider reports.

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    Andrew Liszewski
    GoPro’s Hero 13 Black is now available in white.

    After debuting last September with upgrades that included magnetic mounting and charging, a higher capacity battery, and three new lenses, the GoPro Hero 13 Black is now available in Polar White. The last time GoPro offered a white colorway was the Dusk White version of the Hero 7 Black in 2019.

    The Polar White GoPro Hero 13 Black is functionally identical to the original and available now at the same price: $399.99.

    <em>The Polar White GoPro Hero 13 Black is functionally identical to the original version that debuted last September.</em>
    <em>The Hero 13 Black introduced upgrades like a higher capacity battery, three new lens add-ons, and support for Wi-Fi 6 enabling faster wireless transfer speeds.</em>
    <em>The Polar White version is priced exactly the same as the original Hero 13 Black.</em>
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    The Polar White GoPro Hero 13 Black is functionally identical to the original version that debuted last September.
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    Nintendo’s Alarmo now lets you set a different alarm time for each day of the week.

    Firmware version 3.0.0 for Nintendo’s alarm clock has been released, and Nintendo Japan’s support site has a list of the updates. You can now set a different alarm time and mode for each day of the week, and previews have been added to the alarm scene selection screen.

    Instead of sleep sounds turning off after 10 minutes, they can now be set to play for as little as one minute, or as long as a full hour.

    A photo of Nintendo’s Alarmo alarm clock.
    You can now adjust how long sleep sounds play in one-minute increments up to a full hour.
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    Oppo readies another Ultra.

    The Find X8 Ultra will launch in China on April 10th, joined by the Find X8s and X8s Plus. The X8s is a “compact” version of last year’s Find X8, though its 6.3-inch display is still bigger than an iPhone 16.

    As for the Ultra, we know it’ll have dual periscope cameras, a flat display, and a huge battery, but it remains to be seen if it will ever make it out of China.

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    Wes Davis
    Barack Obama has joined Bluesky.

    Bluesky COO Rose Wang confirmed the account this morning, as TechCrunch spotted. In a Threads post, Obama invited people to go to Bluesky to read stories he was sharing to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

    This new account hasn’t recreated his record-breaking 2015 sprint to a million Twitter followers yet.

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    Google tests screen-off fingerprint unlock for Pixel phones.

    Until now, you’ve only been able to use the scanner when the display is on, either by waking it or by using the phones’ always-on display feature. Now, Android Authority reports that after testing a settings option to enable screen-off fingerprint unlocking on Pixel 9 phones, Google has expanded that test to other Pixel phones in the third Android 16 beta.

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    There may not be a plastic Apple Watch SE after all.

    Apple has been expected to switch to a plastic case for its entry level smartwatch, but that plan is reportedly “in serious jeopardy,” according to Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Gurman writes:

    The design team doesn’t like the look, and the operations team is finding it difficult to make the casing materially cheaper than the current aluminum chassis.