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Google has launched the AI Futures Fund, a new initiative to invest in AI startups that are building with the latest tools from Google DeepMind. TechCrunch reports: The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing founders to have early access to Google AI models from DeepMind, the ability to work with Google experts from DeepMind and Google Labs, and Google Cloud credits. Some startups will also have the opportunity to receive direct investme
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Here's how to watch Scotland vs Brazil for free online and from anywhere in Group C of the FIFA World Cup 2026, as both teams eye a place in the last-32. Read more ›
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Here's how to watch Morocco vs Haiti for free online and from anywhere in the FIFA World Cup 2026, as the Atlas Lions hunt top spot in Group C. Read more ›
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We're gathering all the best Wear OS deals from Samsung, Google, and more this Prime Day Read more ›
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Microsoft has introduced cheaper versions of its latest Surface devices, but the lower price comes with a notable compromise: less memory and no access to Copilot+ AI features. Read more ›
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Consider two people at the end of a difficult meeting. The first registers that they feel bad. The second registers that they feel humiliated — not angry, not embarrassed, not disappointed, but specifically humiliated. The feeling is not more intense in the second case. It is more precise. And that precision, according to a growing ... Read more Read more ›
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Government officials in Mississippi have been attempting to calm fears that new AI traffic cameras will become a massive privacy violation. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Barron's: Walmart is signing a long-term contract to buy nuclear power for the first time ever, a promising sign that the industry's future is supported by more than just the AI data center boom. The retail giant agreed on Tuesday to buy power from a nuclear plant in Illinois owned by Constellation Energy for its operations in the area, including its stores and... Read more ›
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Recently there's been some controversy about the iPhone Ultra's release window, with a report claiming it was delayed, which was then immediately refuted by another source, and then another one. Today we get one more 'confirmation' that the iPhone Ultra will be unveiled as scheduled, in September, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The issues relating to the hinge have allegedly been resolved, and the mass... Read more ›
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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite as the witchy Owens sisters in the long-awaited sequel arriving in September. Read more ›
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We're in the second day of Prime Day 2026, and deals on everything from Apple products to TVs and monitors are in abundance. Below we're focusing on some of the best audio discounts you can find during Prime Day this year, from brands like Beats, Sony, Sonos, Soundcore, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase,... Read more ›
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Protesters gathered outside a Poetica Coffee location in Williamsburg, following the small chain's controversial Instagram post. Read more ›
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Broadcom and OpenAI reveal their Jalapeño custom-built inference ASIC that allegedly beats existing leading-edge in terms of performance-per-watt. Read more ›
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Available in 65 airports nationwide, TSA’s PreCheck Touchless ID program aims to make getting through security a bit less of a hassle. Of course, it’s not without its own pain points. The current issue is that travelers have to manually upload passport information for each airline (there are currently 100 participating airlines). Google Wallet is... Read the original post: Google Wallet Gets TSA PreCheck Touchless ID Support Read more ›
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The AI arms race between China and the US has researchers on both sides worried about a "Chernobyl moment." Read more ›
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Reusable car components often cost more up-front, but they can potentially save you money in the long run compared to disposable versions of the same product. Read more ›
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China has reclaimed the top spot in supercomputing after nearly a decade. Its new LineShine system just pushed past America's best machine — and it did so without relying on AI-focused GPUs. Read more ›
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Finance isn’t exactly known for minting new business models overnight. The industry is heavily regulated, customers are slow to move money and licensing often keeps firms in familiar lanes. Prediction markets are proving a rare exception. Fast-growing U.S. prediction market Kalshi recently topped $2 billion in annualized revenue. At that pace, it would already be generating roughly half of Robinhood’s latest annual revenue and around one-third that of exchange operator... Read more ›
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Samsara’s new single-use, Bluetooth-enabled sticky label could help solve shipping woes for everyone. Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Arm, Mastercard, Siemens, and other companies have joined the newly launched Appia Foundation under the Linux Foundation. The project aims to create common specifications and assessment frameworks that organizations can use to demonstrate AI systems meet emerging safety, trust, and compliance requirements. According to the Linux Foundation, the framework is designed to allow conformity evidence to be reused across the AI supply chain, potentially reducing... Read more ›
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Carvana is testing a radically different new-car dealership model in Dallas, turning the location into a test-drive center and themed "playground" while requiring every purchase to be completed through its online platform. "Every single car that we sell, whether it's used or new, is online," said Tom Taira, Carvana president of special projects who's leading the new vehicle operations. "That's a very inherent difference. Even coming into the store, you're... Read more ›
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CCS Insight expects global smartphone shipments to fall 15% this year as AI-driven demand pushes memory manufacturers toward higher-margin server chips. "[S]ome entry-level devices have already seen their sticker prices go up by more than 50 percent since last year," reports The Register. From the report: The firm found that the primary smartphone market (meaning new devices) contracted 4.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, despite sales channels... Read more ›
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wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Wednesday published an advisory acknowledging the public disclosure of a vulnerability in Defender that could lead to privilege escalation. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score of 7.8), was dropped last week by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse (also known as Chaotic Eclipse). "We are working to provide a high-quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid "abusive conduct" from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim. Tesco filed a lawsuit in the UK's High Court against Broadcom alleging breach of contract last year. According to a September report from The Register, the lawsuit claimed that in January 2021, Tesco bought perpetual... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Autoblog: For years, the Chinese auto industry has employed a hostile price war to kneecap global competitors. Armed with massive state subsidies, cheap raw materials, and an aggressive "scale-first" business model, Chinese automakers flooded the market with electric vehicles priced so low that legacy manufacturers stood no chance to compete. How did they do it? Simple, they couldn't. They did it anyway.... Read more ›
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Special-effects designer Brian Johnson, known for his groundbreaking work on Space: 1999, The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and Aliens, has died at the age of 86. Johnson began his career creating models and explosions for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson productions, later designed the iconic Eagle Transporter, and became one of science fiction cinema's most influential behind-the-scenes artists. Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger remembers the SFX legend, writing: "The Space: 1999 Eagle... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PetaPixel: China dominates the consumer drone market, so it is perhaps surprising that it is no longer possible to fly or even purchase a drone in Beijing. The new law that passed last month makes it illegal to buy, rent, or fly a drone without prior approval from the authorities. Users must also complete an online training session and pass a test... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple is raising its prices to offset the high cost of memory and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal. Apple is no longer able to absorb the increased prices and will need to pass some of the cost on to consumers. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," said Cook. "We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are... Read more ›
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Security researcher Justin O'Leary says Google initially accepted his Config Connector privilege-escalation report as a high-priority, high-severity bug, then denied a bounty by declaring the behavior "working as intended." "Google initially rated the bug high priority and high severity, with a rep telling O'Leary 'Nice Catch!' Then, the cloud giant changed course and told O'Leary [...] that there's no vulnerability, so no fix and no reward payout," reports The Register.... Read more ›
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