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Advanced chip packaging is suddenly at the center of the AI boom. Intel is going all in.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons.

A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the U.S. would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members

AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator.

The maintainers of the popular Axios HTTP client have published a detailed post-mortem describing how one of its developers was targeted by a social engineering

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Lucid said it has resolved the problem and is not changing its guidance for 2026.

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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works - the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site - announced the update

If you use the AI-powered note-taking app Granola, you might want to double-check your privacy settings. Though Granola says your notes are "private by default,

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.

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Apple on Wednesday expanded the availability of iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to a broader range of devices to protect users from the risk posed by a recently di

Google announced that the AI-powered Google Drive ransomware detection feature has reached general availability and is now enabled by default for all paying use
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Caffeine is the original biohack for energy, focus, and alertness. But are you doing it wrong?

Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned ta

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The latest app from the team behind Bluesky is Attie, an AI assistant that lets you build your own algorithm. At the Atmosphere conference, Bluesky's former CEO
The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn't brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.

Amazon loves to manufacture an event. March is historically a dry spell for deals; however, with Amazon's third annual Big Spring Sale, which runs through March

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trum

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

The deal would effectively double the company's $5.6 billion valuation in just four months.

Sony has announced that as of March 27th, 2026, the company is no longer accepting orders for nearly all the products in its CFexpress and SD memory card lines.

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Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.

A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.

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At the Polymarket pop-up in DC, attendees were supposed to be able to bet on geopolitical crises in real time with their friends. That didn’t happen.

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Microsoft has released an emergency update to address a major issue that breaks sign-ins with Microsoft accounts across multiple Microsoft apps, including Teams

Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforw

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New AI agents on WordPress.com could lower barriers to publishing while increasing machine-generated content across the web.

Authorities from the United States, Germany, and Canada have taken down Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossa

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After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the ca

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Apple has released its first Background Security Improvements update to fix a WebKit flaw tracked as CVE-2026-20643 on iPhones, iPads, and Macs without requirin

Meta’s flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It's part of Meta’s broader moves to slim down the business that became its nam

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Google has long procured clean power for its operations and data centers, but recent deals show the company is changing tactics.

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After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoo

Google is testing a new security feature as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that prevents certain kinds of apps from using the accessibility ser

In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world’s wealthiest

“Frankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while “KPop Demon Hunters” won for Best Animated Feature an

Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were "wrappers" as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.

OpenAI told BleepingComputer that ChatGPT ads on Free and Go plans are not yet rolling out outside the United States, even though some users noticed references

Amazon Prime Video is raising the price of its ad-free plan in the US and adding several new features. Starting April 10th, Prime Video's ad-free tier will cost
Sophisticated phishing attacks are bypassing on-device protections with troubling frequency, making it more critical than ever for users to protect themselves f
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Rox, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools.

Bumble's new AI assistant Bee will move the dating app beyond the swipe by matching people based on compatibility and goals.

The Big Apple has had a tech boom in the past few years—here’s where to stay, play, eat, and work in the city’s tech-dense Dumbo neighborhood.

This song is an AI actor's rallying cry to other AI actors, urging them to keep going despite the naysayers who doubt their humanity. Literally no one can relat

Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup.

OpenAI's Sora video generator could soon become a built-in feature in ChatGPT, as reported by The Information. Sora is currently only available on its website o

The White House is preparing an executive order targeting the AI startup, even as its earlier actions against the company face a major test in court.

X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.

While "Animal Crossing" is pure escapism, "Pokopia" gives you the sensation of actually rehabilitating a broken world.

AgentMail provides an API platform that lets you give AI agents their own email inboxes, with support for two-way conversations, parsing, threading, labeling, s

Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defen

Archer's countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged 'corporate espionage.'

The fresh fundraise comes less than a year after Founders Fund closed its third growth fund, a $4.6 billion vehicle intended primarily for follow-on investments

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With longer days and warmer weather on the way, it’s a good time to take your gym routine outside. Luckily, Google’s Pixel Watch 4 can help you track all your o

Anthropic has sued the US government over its designation as a supply-chain risk, the latest move in a weekslong battle between it and the Pentagon over the acc

The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled.

The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024.

Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.

Walmart bought Vizio in 2024, and now it's taking the next steps to formally fold the TV maker into itself by phasing out Vizio accounts. Now, when you purchase

Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign that has leveraged the Windows Terminal app as a way to activat

GPT-5.4 is billed as "our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work."

OpenAI is launching GPT-5.4, the latest version of its AI model that the company says combines advancements in reasoning, coding, and professional work involvin

In January, after TikTok announced a deal to transfer its US operations, Apple began blocking people in the US from downloading or updating ByteDance apps desig

Analogue announced a restock for its Pocket handheld, but for the second time since late 2021, it's getting a price bump, this time to $239.99. The Pocket will

Apple’s Magic Keyboard cases offer a fantastic typing experience, elevating the iPad to laptop status with a large trackpad that offers haptic feedback, and an

The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.

Look closely and you might spot a phone in there somewhere. | Image: Vivo Vivo rarely has a presence at MWC, but this year it bucked that trend in a big way,

AI wearables, all the way down. | Image: Qualcomm Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the horizon - or at least Qualcomm seems to think so. Today the

The magnetic pen case is pulling wedge duty in there. Lenovo has a few new Yoga laptops it's announcing at MWC 2026: the 14-inch Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition, 15

We’ve been waiting five years for this follow-up to the X12 Detachable. | Image: Lenovo Lenovo is announcing five new ThinkPads and a new ThinkBook laptop for

The AI Workmate Concept can move and rotate to accomplish various tasks, but can it ever truly know love? | Image: Lenovo Alongside a handful of new laptop co

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most sensitive pressure points in the global economy. Conflict in Iran could put it at risk indefinitely.

Honor first teased its “Robot phone” with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Chinese company pro

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect th

Netflix's co-CEO reportedly told Trump, "I took your advice."

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.

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NASA announced at a press conference on Friday that it's delaying its plans for a Moon landing until Artemis IV in 2028. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance o

A “thought experiment” about the impacts of AI sent stocks tumbling earlier this week. It’s probably going to keep happening.

Meta on Thursday said it's taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil,

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.

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Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT.
A Chinese keyboard warrior inadvertently leaked information about politically motivated influence operations through a ChatGPT account.

On Wednesday, February 25th, Samsung will hold an event in San Francisco where it’s expected to reveal the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra phones, among oth

We're here in San Francisco, where Samsung is set to unveil its new Galaxy S26 series phones and probably some accessories to go with them starting at 1PM ET. K

Microsoft has released the KB5077241 optional cumulative update for Windows 11, which comes with 29 changes, including improvements to BitLocker, a new network

The startup was founded by former Google TPU engineers in 2023.

AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.

Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Swed

A failure in the helium flow of the SLS rocket has prompted NASA to delay the Artemis II moon mission. Rather than March 6, the launch is now targeted for April

Apple has invited the tech press to a “special Apple experience” on March 4, but it might unfold a bit differently than the company's standard press event.

On the latest episode of Equity, we debated what’s next for the creator economy, and whether there will be any room for the next generation of creators to stand

Arturia launched a new version of its flagship effects suite, FX Collection, which includes two new plugins, EFX Ambient and Pitch Shifter-910. FX Collection 6

Sony’s WH-CH720N headphones offer excellent value at full price, but right now they're a steal.

Addictive, AI-enabled tablets are taking over, and also, Woody is balding in the new Toy Story movie, out June 19.

Neo's new Residency program invests $750,000 in an uncapped SAFE for startups and provides a $40,000 no-strings-attached grant for college students.

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The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazo

Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work.

Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.

The governor of New York pulled a robotaxi expansion proposal that was viewed as a win for Waymo.

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OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.

The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Phison is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices - and CEO Pua Khein-Seng has now become a leading voice for just

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Maybe you've heard, but Elon Musk is apparently a Moon fan now. He has historically been the ultimate cheerleader for human missions to Mars, and as recently as

On Wednesday, Audible launched a new "immersion reading" feature that could help readers concentrate on their audiobooks by allowing them to read along with the

OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia's Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been

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When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture.

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The residents of Potters Bar are working to protect the “green belt” of farms, forests, and meadows that surround London from the endless demand for AI infrastr

Apple on Monday released a new developer beta of iOS and iPadOS with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Rich Communications Services (RCS) messages. Th

Valve has updated the Steam Deck website to say that the Steam Deck OLED may be out of stock "intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages

iPhone 17 Pro Apple is starting to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4 released Monday. Apple announced plans la

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Apple is hosting a "special Apple experience" in New York City on Wednesday, March 4th at 9AM ET, instead of at the Apple Park location it typically uses for ev

C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers.

Neysa is targeting deployments of more than 20,000 GPUs over time as demand for local AI compute accelerates.

I can still hear it whining and whirring. | Photo by Robert Hart / The Verge After a few weeks living with Casio's AI-powered pet, Moflin, I finally understan

Lesley Groff, Epstein’s executive assistant. | Image: Jmail The folks behind Jmail are at it again with a clone of Wikipedia that turns the treasure trove of

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee.

As much of Silicon Valley chases mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital's earlier

This week, Alta unveiled its first integration collaboration, teaming up with Public School, a storied New York City brand.

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infr

India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups.

Threat actors are sending physical letters pretending to be from Trezor and Ledger, makers of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, to trick users into submitting re

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A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering.
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire
As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.

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AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuri