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ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in discussions to raise up to $40 billion in funding, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and UAE-based sovereign wealth fund MGX among the key investors being courted, according to a report by The Information. The massive funding round, which would be led by SoftBank Group, is expected to see ...
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It may have been decades since you last heard the crunching screeches of connecting with dial-up Internet, but AOL said it will discontinue its dial-up service on September 30, officially marking the end of an era in Internet history. As first spotted by PC Gamer, AOL made the surprising announcement in a post buried in its AOL Help pages. Along with the dial-up service, AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield... Read more ›
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.' Read more ›
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"What happens when cybercriminals stop thinking small and start thinking like a Fortune 500 company?" asks a blog post from Koi Security. "You get GreedyBear, the attack group that just redefined industrial-scale crypto theft." "150 weaponized Firefox extensions [impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets like MetaMask and TronLink]. Nearly 500 malicious executables. Dozens of phishing websites. One coordinated attack infrastructure. According to user reports, over $1 million stolen." They upload 5-7 i Read more ›
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Microsoft has "assured players that Turn 10 and Playground Games will continue to support Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5". Read more Read more ›
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After disastrous sales and crashing resale values, the cheapest version of Tesla's sci-fi pickup suddenly has a multi-week wait time. Is this the start of a comeback or just a last-gasp buying frenzy? Read more ›
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Apple is testing a revamped version of Siri with select third-party apps, including Uber, AllTrails, Threads, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, and a few games, according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple also continues to test the new Siri with its own apps, he said. Apple's own example was an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation plans based on info retrieved from... Read more ›
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Imagine this. Lightning sparks a wildfire, but "within seconds, a satellite dish swirling overhead picks up on the anomaly and triggers an alarm," writes the Los Angeles Times. "An autonomous helicopter takes flight and zooms toward the fire, using sensors to locate the blaze and AI to generate a plan of attack. It measures the wind speed and fire movement, communicating constantly with the unmanned helicopter behind it, and the... Read more ›
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It was long rumored that Apple would release the first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays next year, but that timeframe is a little less certain now. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he expects the MacBook Pro to gain an OLED display "between the end of 2026 and early 2027." Compared to current MacBook Pro models with LCD screens, benefits of OLED technology would include... Read more ›
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"You can learn from everywhere, but you have to do it from scratch," ChatGPT's Nick Turley said. "That trait tends to make someone effective at OpenAI." Read more ›
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Hopefully 'Avengers: Doomsday' does like 'X-Men '97' and lets Cyclops be cool and right when he's on screen. Read more ›
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Since 2023 the Python Software Foundation has had a Security Developer-in-Residence (sponsored by the Open Source Security Foundation's vulnerability-finding "Alpha-Omega" project). And he's just published a new 11-page white paper about open source's "phantom dependencies" problem — suggesting a way to solve it. "Phantom" dependencies aren't tracked with packaging metadata, manifests, or lock files, which makes them "not discoverable" by tools like vulnerability scanners or compliance and policy tools. S Read more ›
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"It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam," writes this report from ScienceDaily, "and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the very fabric of space and time and test the laws of physics." "But to astrophysicist and black hole expert Cosimo Bambi, the idea is not so far-fetched." Reporting in... Read more ›
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Nvidia and AMD will give the U.S. government a 15% cut of the sales of their chips in China, in exchange for receiving export licenses for the Chinese market, The Financial Times reported. The unusual arrangement will affect China sales of Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips, for which the U.S. ... Read more ›
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AI is already powerful enough to replace millions of jobs. The only thing stopping the mass layoffs isn't technology. It's that no CEO wants to be the first one to face the political firestorm. Read more ›
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A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips. Read more ›
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Firefox rolled out update 141 last month with AI enhanced tab groups, but an issue simmering under the hood has only now come to a head. Read more ›
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Mo Gawdat thinks the next 12-15 years will be dark, not because of robots but because of our own “stupidity.” Read more ›
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Every charge cycle takes a tiny toll on your iPhone's battery health. Here's how regular use slowly wears it down over the years. Read more ›
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A looming deadline to claim the $7,500 federal EV tax credit has sparked a buying frenzy, and Tesla is already reaping the benefits. Read more ›
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Riyadh-headquartered e-commerce fulfillment platform Salasa has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Artal Capital, with participation from SVC, Wa’ed Ventures, 500 Global, Alsulaiman Group, and other strategic investors, it announced today. It takes total capital raised so far by Salasa to nearly $40 million. The Saudi startup had previously raised ... Read more ›
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Cairo-based digital procurement platform Suplyd has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by 4DX Ventures, Camel Ventures, and Plus VC, with participation from Seedstars and existing investors, it announced today. The round will support the company’s expansion beyond procurement and help build comprehensive infrastructure for restaurant operations across Egypt. Founded in ... Read more ›
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Dubai-based expense management platform Alaan has raised $48 million in Series A funding, the company announced today. The round was led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) and 885 Capital, with participation from Pioneer Fund and existing investors Y Combinator and 468 Capital. It also includes both primary and secondary investment ... Read more ›
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Flat6Labs, the Middle East’s most active startup accelerator, has restructured under a new holding company called F6 Group, alongside the launch of F6 Ventures, a dedicated seed-stage investment firm, it announced today. The move consolidates 14 years of regional startup ecosystem building under a unified structure designed to provide comprehensive support from acceleration through investment. ... Read more ›
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