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Google has added Gemini features to Chrome for all desktop users in the US browsing in English following a limited release to paying subscribers in May. The update introduces a Gemini button in the browser that launches a chatbot capable of answering questions about page content and synthesizing information from multiple tabs. Users can remove the Gemini sparkle icon from Chrome's interface.
Google will add its AI Mode search feature to Chrome's address bar before September ends. The feature will suggest.
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iQOO has been teasing the iQOO 15 since last month, and today, the brand announced that the iQOO 15 will be unveiled on October 20 at an event in Shenzhen, China, which will begin at 7 PM local time. Additionally, iQOO also revealed the color options of the iQOO 15. The smartphone will be available in four colors in China, including a model with a color-changing back cover. iQOO 15's... Read more ›
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David He from Black Ant Capital said Chinese companies should set their eyes on the US early on. Read more ›
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Big Tech companies don't want new players entering their league, said Thrive Capital's Vince Hankes. Read more ›
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Jensen Huang, who immigrated to the United States when he was nine, said his family would not have been able to afford Trump's new H-1B visa fee. Read more ›
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"It's always going to be a little bit, you know, shaky. So let it be shaky," Shonda Rhimes said. Read more ›
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To the former health leaders, it seems pretty clear: Kennedy is a threat to the nation. 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: Days after deploying National Guard troops to Chicago against the wishes of local leaders, President Donald Trump is calling for the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, […] Read more ›
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ABB has agreed to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group and change its reporting structure as part of the process. Zurich-based ABB, a technology company in electrification and automation, announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp for an enterprise value of $5.375B (nearly €4.62B). The ... Read more Read more ›
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We're just about due for the next-generation Apple silicon chip, which will kick off a new wave of Mac refreshes. The M5 chip is expected to make an appearance in some new products before the end of the year, but most Mac refreshes will happen in 2026. We've rounded up current rumors on when we might see updates for Apple's notebook and desktop machines. MacBook Pro The MacBook Pro could... Read more ›
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Facial recognition meets your front door, and not everyone's thrilled about it. Read more ›
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Who will fill the chief executive role once Tim Cook decides to retire? Here are a few people reportedly being considered. Read more ›
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The plaintiffs said that social media companies have a created a "youth mental health crisis" and encouraged risky behaviors like "subway surfing." Read more ›
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I got tickets to see Joshua Hong in concert with his band, Seventeen. Spending $40 to rent Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for a day seemed like a good plan. Read more ›
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Sanders released a report this week that said AI could eliminate nearly 100 million jobs over the next decade. Read more ›
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Trading near $123,000, Bitcoin’s rise has become a mirror for the market’s uncertainty, part trust and part froth, with QCP calling it a “credibility hedge” while Glassnode and CryptoQuant debate whether the rally’s conviction hides complacency. Read more ›
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Google's been restricting Gemini on hardware with unlocked bootloaders for some time, but is finally explicit about it. Read more ›
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The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience. Read more ›
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Google TV could detect if you haven't used your remote for a while. And here's why. Read more ›
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Time is running out—don’t miss Amazon's fall 2025 Prime Day sale deals on WIRED-tested favorites like Kindles, laptops, Apple Watches, robot vacs, and more. Read more ›
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Microsoft is eliminating all known workarounds that let users install Windows 11 without an internet connection or Microsoft account, forcing everyone through the online setup process. The Verge reports: "We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE)," says Amanda Langowski, the lead for the Windows Insider Program. "While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip... Read more ›
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning excessively loud advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime that could become a de facto national standard. From a report: The new California law is aimed at addressing what the Federal Communications Commission has called a "troubling jump" in TV ad noise complaints, fueled by streamers airing commercials louder than the shows and movies they accompany. It's modeled off... Read more ›
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The director of a tour operation remembers two tourists arriving in a rural town in Peru determined to hike alone in the mountains to a sacred canyon recommended by their AI chatbot. But the canyon didn't exists — and a high-altitude hike could be dangerous (especially where cellphone coverage is also spotty). They're part of a BBC report on travellers arriving at their destination "only to find they've been fed... Read more ›
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James Marriott, writing in a column: The world of print is orderly, logical and rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected and put in its place. Books make arguments, propose theses, develop ideas. "To engage with the written word," the media theorist Neil Postman wrote, "means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning." As Postman pointed out, it is no accident,... Read more ›
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Ford's push for a four-day in-office workweek hit turbulence when someone hijacked meeting room screens to display an anti-RTO protest image targeting CEO Jim Farley. The company quickly removed it and is investigating. The Detroit Free Press reports: According to photos employees took of the image, which were posted on social media and sent to the Detroit Free Press, it contained an image of CEO Jim Farley along with a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked in the foothills of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains is a factory that has figured out a way to manufacture in America that's cheaper, quicker and better. It's the home of a famous American writing implement: the Sharpie marker. Pen barrels whirl along automated assembly lines that rapidly fill them with ink. At least half a billion Sharpie markers are churned out here every year,... Read more ›
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Currently DNA synthesis companies "deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity," reports the Washington Post, "by flagging proteins of concern — for example, known toxins or components of pathogens." But Microsoft researchers discovered "up to 100 percent" of AI-generated ricin-like proteins evaded detection — and worked with a group of leading industry scientists and biosecurity experts to design a patch. Microsoft's chief science officer called it "a Windows... Read more ›
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"It's not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast," writes Cory Doctorow. Sunday he shared an excerpt from his upcoming book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. He succinctly explains "this moment we're living through, this Great Enshittening" using Amazon as an example. Platforms amass users, but then abuse them to make things better for their business customers. And then they abuse those... Read more ›
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Paramount has acquired The Free Press, Bari Weiss's Substack-born media outlet, for $150 million and appointed Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move effectively places a conservative-leaning Substack writer at the helm of a legacy news network, following the FCC's approval of the Skydance-Paramount merger, which required CBS to feature a broader "diversity of viewpoints from across the political and ideological spectrum." The Verge reports: Before starting The Free... Read more ›
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Americans' confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a "great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, according to Gallup. From the report: This is down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. Meanwhile, seven in 10 U.S. adults now say they have "not very much" confidence... Read more ›
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