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A former Trump Justice Department appointee blasted some of his ex-colleagues in a speech Monday, saying they “perverted justice and acted inconsistent with the rule of law” — and he named names. Roger Alford was a top appointee in the DOJ’s antitrust division in both President Donald Trump’s first and second terms. He and his […] Read more ›
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The last time I wrote a full review of a Dawn of War game I started throwing around terms like "a prima facie truth". Admittedly I was trying to be ironic - it was about how fun it is to smash big mechs into each other! - but also admittedly, there is something about this series that just makes me get a bit over-excited. The original Dawn of War, which... Read more ›
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You only have five total icon shape options to pick from, but it's better than nothing Read more ›
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What better way to celebrate America's workers than with a fake picture of one? Read more ›
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With August already two-thirds out the door, it means we're getting closer to the Apple iPhone event, which typically takes place in September. During that event, we'll finally get to put our eyes on the iPhone 17 lineup. The latest iOS 26 features will come preinstalled on the new models, as well as any additional features Apple reveals at the launch event. But since we still have to wait a... Read more ›
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Last week, two young liberals asked for help finding a job in the ideas industry. And I didn’t have a great answer. It made sense that they were asking: We were at a conference for liberals, dedicated to building a version of the doctrine that works in the 21st century. They were interested in studying […] Read more ›
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Sony announced a $50 price increase on all PlayStation 5 “slim” models in the US starting tomorrow, August 21st. The upcoming prices for a PS5 Digital Edition, the standard PS5, and the PS5 Pro are $499.99, $549.99, and $749.99, respectively; however, you can avoid paying the higher prices by picking up a PS5 at Amazon, […] Read more ›
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Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. Read more ›
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Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games had previously and optimistically said a 1.0 full release might happen this year. GGG gave it a 65 percent chance of happening when I spoke with the studio in March. But those ambitions have now been ruled out. Read more Read more ›
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Lana Del Rey's recent feud with Ethel Cain is the latest in a string of controversies, including conflicts with other famous women. Read more ›
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Kennedy accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of working for Big Pharma, even as he himself has profited from attacking vaccines. Read more ›
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The latest Android Canary release adds support for adjusting your Pixel phone's flashlight strength from Quick Settings Read more ›
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Because the Pixel 10 launch and release of Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 clearly weren't enough. Read more ›
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Google introduced its next-generation Pixel 10 smartphones today, and while there are multiple hardware improvements, Google focused heavily on new AI features. The Pixel 10 devices offer quite a few new AI-powered capabilities, in addition to prior AI features that have come out over the last couple of years. We've rounded up the new features, some of which the iPhone already supports, and some of which the iPhone can't do... Read more ›
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Ahead of the end of a US customs exemption, some major postal service in Europe are suspending shipments to the US, or charging a large fee for it. Read more ›
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At Google's 2025 announcement event, the company made several digs at apple, from "walled gardens" to the "tired" text bubble color debate. Read more ›
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Nanoleaf this week announced the launch of the 4D V2, a product that's designed to provide ambient lighting that matches the colors on your TV set. The second version of the Screen Mirror and Lightstrip Kit offers more accurate screen mirroring for a more engaging viewing experience. The Nanoleaf 4D V2 has a redesigned zigzag lightstrip that makes it easier to install on a TV set that's up to 65... Read more ›
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PlayStation, owned by Sony, announced it will raise the price of PS5 consoles for US consumers starting August 21. Read more ›
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Venture investors are discussing ploughing as much as $1 billion into Texas-based energy startup Base Power at a $4 billion valuation, or about four times its valuation in April, according to a person with knowledge of the investment talks. The startup, co-founded in 2023 by Zach Dell, a former Thrive Capital investor and son of PC mogul Michael Dell, generates revenue by managing a fleet of home backup batteries and... Read more ›
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We’re in a new era of government intervention in corporate America. The latest example is Bloomberg’s report on Thursday that the Trump administration was in talks to “take a stake” in Intel. Just on Monday, President Donald Trump said he and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had agreed that Nvidia would pay the government 15% of whatever revenues it generates from the sale of AI chips to China, in exchange for... Read more ›
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Vercel, a nine-year-old cloud startup that companies use to host and develop websites and artificial intelligence apps, has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation between $8 billion to $9 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions. The new funding could nearly triple Vercel’s private valuation from a financing in May last year and follows a recent growth... Read more ›
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Automating customer service has been among the most popular applications of artificial intelligence models, and investors have pumped about $1 billion into six key startups developing them. Now, a seventh is throwing its hat into the ring.San Francisco-based startup Pylon has raised $31 million in a fundraise co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures at a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a person with... Read more ›
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The Trump family has partnered with a father-son duo with a history of run-ins with financial regulators for a deal to sell $1.5 billion of its crypto tokens. A biotech turned crypto company called Alt5 Sigma will sell $1.5 billion of stock and use the money to buy the crypto token created by World Liberty Financial, founded by Donald Trump Jr. and his brother, Eric. Read more ›
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For all the talk about the rise of low-cost or open-source AI models, enterprises are still gravitating to brand-name models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. That’s prompting database providers like Snowflake, Databricks and Oracle to strike deals allowing database customers to use the brand-name AI to build chatbots and search tools that can analyze each customers’ proprietary data. In the latest example, Oracle and Google announced an agreement this morning... Read more ›
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In the fast-paced AI wars, time is precious. So when Google last month said it would pay Windsurf $2.4 billion to license the prominent AI startup’s technology and hire some of its employees, the search giant hurried to add Windsurf’s researchers and engineers to its ranks. Within a day, Google had onboarded most of the Windsurf staff it had hired—but not all of them. Some of them were left in... Read more ›
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A group of more than 80 chief executive officers at crypto and fintech firms signed a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to block U.S. banks, such as JPMorgan Chase, from charging fees for access to customer data, which could threaten the business model of fintech firms. The CEOs at ... Read more ›
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The Federal Reserve said Friday it will end its program that scrutinized fintech and crypto activities by banks, months after it stopped requiring banks to obtain advanced permission before engaging in crypto businesses. The Fed said it has strengthened its understanding of these activities and ... Read more ›
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OpenAI has launched a special subscription tier for Indian users for 399 rupees ($4.60) a month, confirming The Information’s earlier reporting. The new tier, called ChatGPT Go, gives Indian users higher message limits, image generations, uploads and memory, OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin ... Read more ›
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