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The UK government has announced plans to invest £12.6m in agtech projects through two competitions. It’s partnering with national innovation agency Innovate UK to deliver these Farming Innovation Programme competitions, which have been dubbed a “Dragon’s Den for farming”. They aim to accelerate the research and development of technologies that can tackle some of the ...
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The Academy has struck a multi-year deal to move the Oscars to YouTube starting in 2029, ending decades on ABC and making the ceremony free to stream worldwide with YouTube holding exclusive global rights. Variety reports: The Oscars, including red carpet coverage, behind-the-scenes content and Governors Ball, will be available live and for free on YouTube to viewers around the world, as well as to YouTube TV subscribers in the... Read more ›
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The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman's appointment as the head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination before picking him yet again in November, as reported earlier by CNBC. Isaacman, the founder and CEO of a payments platform called Shift4, has flown to space twice through […] Read more ›
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"This moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up with the transformative changes that we are witnessing," Sanders said. Read more ›
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Google is pulling out all of the promos from several services to try and get you to buy one of their new Pixel 10 series phones. We saw the Google Play $200-off deal earlier in the week that stacked on top of their current holiday offers, and now, we’re seeing YouTube Premium subscribers get a … Continued Read the original post: YouTube Premium Kicking 40% Off Pixel 10 for Subscribers Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle a critically important climate research center in Colorado. What’s happening? US Office of Management and Budget Director Russ […] Read more ›
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Texas AG Ken Paxton claims the companies are "illegally recording Americans’ devices inside their own homes." Read more ›
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few. Read more ›
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NECA's 'Ultimate Blood Pennywise' will let you act out the events of the HBO show's season one finale—fog machine not included. Read more ›
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Peter DeSantis appointed to oversee a new group leading the company’s artificial intelligence model development Read more ›
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OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with some investors about raising at a valuation of around $750 billion, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. It could raise tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100 billion, according to two of the people. Talks are early and nothing has been finalized. A valuation at that level would be 50% higher than OpenAI’s last share sale in October... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Netflix on Wednesday said it will add a soccer simulation title to its gaming portfolio, as the streaming giant looks to leverage the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament to deepen its video game push. The soccer title will be developed and published by Delphi Interactive, which is also helping create a premium James Bond game called "007 First Light," and in association... Read more ›
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The brand best known for its Aerogarden dupes actually has a wide range of indoor garden supplies. These are the products I've tested and would buy myself. Read more ›
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The actress would like to see DreamWorks re-release the film to honor the late, great Alan Rickman. Read more ›
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The XPU Manager tool is for monitoring Intel's datacenter GPUs, meaning it's very likely these parts are coming soon. Read more ›
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All of Google’s still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug fixes. We all assumed this would be the last update of the year and have mostly been waiting around for Google to give us a QPR3 beta to test out. And then this morning, … Continued Read the original post: Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices... Read more ›
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Billionaire Ray Dalio and his wife said they would donate $250 to the Trump Accounts of about 300,000 children in Connecticut. Read more ›
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Alexa+ is now available on the web for some users, giving users a ChatGPT-style interface to chat, upload files, manage lists, and control smart home devices. The move puts Alexa+ directly in competition with ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Read more ›
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Three families told us how they built wealth from scratch to give their kids financial security and shared the lessons they learned along the way. Read more ›
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Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy. "I remember after we got the data down, our collective reaction was 'What the heck is this?' It's extremely different from what we expected," said Peter Gao of the Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory in Washington, a co-author on the study. The researchers found an exoplanet dubbed PSR J2322-2650b... Read more ›
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The Marine Air Defense Integration System, or MADIS, is in full production after trainings, live-fire exercises, and upgrades. Read more ›
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Tech Climbers has revealed its latest shortlist of the best performing product-led tech businesses in Greater Manchester that are making an impact. This week, the tech community gathered at the Cloud 23 cocktail bar in the heart of Manchester’s city centre as journalist Peter Stojanovic unveiled the 11 companies that made the official list and ... Read more ›
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Google DeepMind will open an automated research lab in Britain next year as part of an expanded partnership between the company and the government. Announced on Thursday, the lab will be run by a team of researchers to “harness technology and robotics to push forward cutting-edge work”. Built to be fully integrated with Gemini, Google’s ... Read more ›
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Uber Eats has launched its new autonomous delivery robots in Leeds in partnership with Starship Technologies. The firms announced last month that they would be bringing robotic couriers to select UK locations this year, with the West Yorkshire city being the first. “It’s brilliant to see autonomous innovation supporting one of our busiest times of ... Read more ›
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Zilch has secured a new payments services licence that will allow it to develop in-house payment methods ahead of a major product launch. The firm said that the licence, granted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will remove its reliance on third-parties when building payment methods and new products. The licence has been secured ahead ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech CapRelease has completed a $36m (£27m) funding round to accelerate its growth in the embedded finance market. Founded in 2023, CapRelease provides flexible capital to ecommerce retailers across all sectors. Rather than basing its loans on credit scores, the platform uses real time data from logistics partners, sales performance, payment systems and consumer ... Read more ›
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University of Cambridge spinout Kodiaq Technologies has secured an £850,000 investment in support of its metal-free energy storage product. The firm has developed proprietary organic electrolyte technology to increase energy density and therefore enhance storage capacity. It claims its technology will enhance the performance of flow batteries with a significant reduction in the investment cost ... Read more ›
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A recent surge in entrants for this year’s Greater Manchester Tech Climbers showcase has revealed the global scale of ambition among the region’s startups. Tech Climbers revealed its latest shortlist of the best performing product-led tech businesses in Greater Manchester this week in a year that has seen the number of new entrants skyrocket. Almost ... Read more ›
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The UK and Canada have agreed to ramp up AI adoption among SMEs, strengthen tech ties and collaborate on semiconductor research. At a G7 meeting in Canada the UK agreed to launch a joint semiconductor research network that will bring together experts from both countries to develop smarter and more energy-efficient chips. The network has ... Read more ›
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Danae Shell is the founder and chief executive officer of Valla, an Edinburgh-based AI platform that offers legal guidance and support. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Shell discusses nightmare pitches and the motivating power of believing in your mission. What’s your worst pitching experience? My very first pitch for Valla was a disaster. In ... Read more ›
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Matta, an industrial AI startup offering data insights to factories, has secured a $14m (£10.5m) seed funding round. Founded with a mission to build “sentient factories”, Matta’s AI technology provides factories with insights on production lines and can spot defects and their trace routes to help fix issues before they become overly costly. Matta described ... Read more ›
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