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A potential tragedy was narrowly averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan when two volunteer editors tackled an armed man who stormed the stage and threatened to kill himself during a keynote speech (source paywalled; alternative source). The gunman, who claimed he was protesting Wikipedia's policy banning self-identified pedophiles, was disarmed and taken into custody after community members swiftly intervened. The New York Times reports: The armed man came striding up the aisle at a conference for W
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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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Between the fast-switching demands of remote work, frequent travel, and gaming, battery anxiety has become harder to ignore. To tackle that issue, the INIU Cougar P63 introduces a fresh approach with its compact 100W 25,000mAh power bank, delivering seamless charging for laptops, creator gear, and gaming devices without feeling like another bulky charging brick in your bag. Read more ›
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SEDEMAC’s Q4 Profit Zooms SEDEMAC put up a strong show in Q4. The quarter saw the deeptech company’s revenues surge… Read more ›
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Apple Watch already warns users about possible hypertension, but Apple may be preparing a more advanced blood pressure feature for its next high-end model. Read more ›
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Any car you buy will depreciate, pretty much as soon as you drive it off the lot, but here's what you can expect from the largest offerings from GMC and Chevy. Read more ›
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Meta will receive $3.3 billion in tax breaks as Louisiana wipes the sale tax on new GPUs for its Hyperion miles. Read more ›
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Chipmaker Analog Devices is in advanced talks to buy startup Empower Semiconductor for about $1.5 billion, in a deal that reflects demand for technology that can manage the intense energy needs of AI chips, according to people familiar with the discussion. The acquisition of the 12-year-old startup would expand Analog Devices’ portfolio of chips that support AI, whose complex workloads require massive amounts of energy. Chipmakers like Analog have been... Read more ›
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RedMagic launched the Astra gaming tablet internationally last June, and now it's almost ready to unveil its successor. We assume this will be called Astra 2 globally, but inside China it will be known as the RedMagic Tablet 5 Pro (the original Astra was the Tablet 3 Pro and they're skipping the number 4 due to tetraphobia). Today during its launch of the 11S Pro series, RedMagic has also started... Read more ›
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Google and Blackstone are creating a cloud computing company that will rent out Google’s tensor processing units to artificial intelligence developers, according to a person with direct knowledge. Google has been pushing for many months to expand the reach of its TPUs, in an effort to compete ... Read more ›
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If you just can't choose between refresh rate and resolution, LG's next gaming monitor could solve your problem, as the UltraGear 25G590B monitor is the first one announced that will be capable of a native 1000Hz refresh rate at 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. So far, the 1,000Hz models we've seen have only been capable of […] Read more ›
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Meta Platforms is making broader organizational changes along with impending mass layoffs to better suit its structure to AI, a top executive told staff on Monday. The owner of Facebook and Instagram plans to detail cuts on Wednesday to about a tenth of its nearly 78,000 employees. As company ... Read more ›
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Search giant and world’s largest private capital group set to bring 500MW of data centre capacity online next year Read more ›
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Google is expected to bring dozens of announcements tomorrow during Google I/O’s opening keynote. While we know some of them, thanks to an early Android Show reveal (Gemini Intelligence!), there’s still so much that is a mystery, especially when it comes to AI and Gemini updates. Before we get there, Google has quietly announced pretty... Read the original post: Google Issues Huge Google Play Update on the Eve of I/O Read more ›
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Android owner? You'll want to know about these nine features coming to an operating system near you in 2026. Read more ›
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Startups often focus on growth, funding and product speed, but trust usually decides whether early momentum lasts. Before a company can scale, users need to believe the team can deliver consistently. Investors, partners and customers may forgive a young company ... Read more ›
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A Georgia data center developed by QTS used nearly 30 million gallons of water through two unaccounted-for connections before residents complained about low water pressure and the county utility discovered the issue. "All told, the developer, Quality Technology Services, owed nearly $150,000 for using more than 29 million gallons of unaccounted-for water," reports Politico. "That is equivalent to 44 Olympic-size swimming pools and far exceeds the peak limit agreed to... Read more ›
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The Musk v. Altman trial entered its third week Monday, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former OpenAI co-founder and renowned AI researcher Ilya Sutskever taking the stand. Nadella testified that Elon Musk never raised concerns to him that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special commitments, and said he viewed the partnership as clearly commercial from the start. He also described OpenAI's 2023 board crisis as "amateur city." Meanwhile,... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health. The findings are the first to show that both participating in arts activities and attending events, such as viewing an exhibition, lead to people staying biologically younger. "These results demonstrate... Read more ›
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Researchers at Columbia demonstrated the first real-time brain-controlled hearing system that can identify which speaker a listener is focusing on in a noisy environment and automatically amplify that voice while suppressing others. "This breakthrough addresses the 'cocktail party effect,' a major limitation of conventional hearing aids, which often struggle to distinguish between overlapping conversations in noisy settings," reports Neuroscience News. From the report: In the new study, Columbia researchers Read more ›
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The FCC has softened its ban on foreign-made consumer routers, allowing vendors to keep issuing broader software and firmware updates for devices already in use in the U.S. through at least January 2029. Dark Reading reports: Under the original FCC ruling, foreign manufacturers were permitted to provide only limited maintenance and security patches to US customers through March 2027. In a public note (PDF) on May 8, the FCC extended... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: EBay on Tuesday rejected a $56 billion takeover bid from the much smaller GameStop over financing doubts, calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive." EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop's market value, also underscored that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201% since Iannone took the position six years ago. "We have concluded... Read more ›
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The EU plans to target "addictive design" features on TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms, including endless scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and recommendation loops that can steer children toward harmful content. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said new regulation could arrive later this year, alongside an EU age-verification app meant to make child-safety rules easier to enforce. CNBC reports: "We are taking action against TikTok and its addictive design... Read more ›
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Microsoft and G42's planned $1 billion AI data center in Kenya has stalled amid disagreements over power commitments, with President William Ruto saying the country would need to "switch off half the country" to support the project at full scale. Tom's Hardware reports: The project, announced in May 2024 during Ruto's visit to Washington, was supposed to bring a geothermal-powered data center to the Olkaria region in Kenya's Rift Valley.... Read more ›
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Google is teasing a new line of "Googlebook" laptops for this fall, powered by a new Android-and-ChromeOS-derived operating system that will run Chrome, Android apps, phone-connected apps and files, and deeply integrated Gemini features. The company says Chromebooks will continue "after the launch of Googlebook" and "...all Chromebooks will continue to receive support through their device's existing date commitment." The Verge reports: "We'll have more to share on the exact... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times (via Ars Technica): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house "MeshClaw" product in recent weeks, allowing employees to create AI agents that can connect to workplace software and carry out tasks on... Read more ›
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