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Microsoft has always prioritised Teams above Skype, and the decision to fold the brand underlines the company's ambition to simplify its main communications software in the face of several competitors
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This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk Collaboration. Stories of struggle flow unceasingly from our public lands — here, a senior botanist pulled from invasive species removal to check campgrounds for unattended fires; there, a trail crew fired, leaving backcountry areas inaccessible after […] Read more ›
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An FCC proposal seeks to undo the Biden administration's efforts to encourage increased availability of gigabit download speeds. Read more ›
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YouTube is steadily gaining share as streaming subscription prices rise. Free streamers could disrupt paid streamers, which once disrupted pay TV. Read more ›
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Stephen Colbert has responded directly to Trump's gloating Truth Social post over "The Late Show"s cancellation. Read more ›
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Stewart said CBS was hoping to get into President Donald Trump's good books by cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Read more ›
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The leak suggests Nothing could finally join the budget Phone race with its first-ever “Lite” or “T” model. Read more ›
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Jimmy Fallon has responded to the cancellation of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" during his "Tonight Show" monologue. Read more ›
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The 158-year established Knights of Old transportation company has collapsed in the wake of a ransomware attack, with 700 jobs lost. Read more ›
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Citi welcomed its investment banking analysts on Monday by asking them to disclose any private equity jobs they may have lined up. Read more ›
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OpenAI has struck a deal with Oracle to add an astounding 4.5 gigawatts of US data center capacity to power the massive workload required by its large language models. The companies haven't specified where these new centers will be built, but Bloomberg is reporting that Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin and Wyoming are all under consideration. The ChatGPT maker says this new capacity is a part of the Stargate Project, and that... Read more ›
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Emil Bove is one of President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense lawyers. He’s now a senior Justice Department official — and he’s widely described as Trump’s “enforcer” for his hard-charging, unapologetically MAGA approach to that job. If Trump gets his way, moreover, Bove could soon become one of the most powerful people in the United […] Read more ›
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Microsoft, a key contractor for the US government, has previously experienced high-profile breaches by Chinese and Russian hackers. It said that it had disclosed its arrangements with China-based personnel to the government Read more ›
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Many online dating apps are incorporating generative AI into their products with the hope of creating 'more healthy and equitable relationships'. But this has raised certain red flags Read more ›
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India’s second-largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, was targeted by hackers on July 19, resulting in $44 million (Rs 378 crore) being wiped off the platform. This attack comes a year after WazirX was hit by a hack, resulting in the theft of assets worth $235 million (Rs 2,024 crore). What does this latest breach mean for crypto customers in India? Read more ›
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China requires its overseas employees to pay tax on their global income by law. However, it has only been a few months since this rule has been enforced on people working in other countries Read more ›
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The OnePlus Buds 4 plays a bit too safe with the sound signature but ups the ANC game significantly Read more ›
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The backing from one of the world's most valuable companies comes after MP, which operates the only U.S. rare earths mine, last week agreed to a multibillion-dollar deal with the U.S. Department of Defense that will see the Pentagon become its largest shareholder Read more ›
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With a skeleton crew and zero fanfare, Vy Capital quietly became one of Elon Musk’s biggest financial backers — funding SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, and Twitter (now X). Now, the $15 billion firm is shutting its doors to outside investors. Who are the power players behind Vy, and why have they stayed so silent? Read more ›
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The decision to create a kid-safe AI app follows backlash over Grok’s more mature offerings, making Baby Grok’s reveal seem like a timely, if not essential, shift Read more ›
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The Shanghai data centre, built by a company called Hailanyun, will be connected to a nearby offshore wind farm that will supply 97 per cent of its energy needs, a spokesperson of the firm said Read more ›
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The game developed by South African studio Nyamakop, revealed at the Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles in June, is set in an imaginary future in which one plays as members of a pan-African crew tasked with reclaiming 70 stolen artefacts and returning them to their rightful homelands. Read more ›
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