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Motive Technologies, a seller of AI-powered dashcams to trucking companies, is delaying the marketing of its initial public offering, which was supposed to begin on Monday, three people close to the company said. It could delay its roadshow another week, two of the people said. They didnât describe the exact reasons, but one person called it a âtechnical issueâ rather than a case of Motive pulling the offering for good.... Read more âș
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Our neighbors to the north are slashing tariffs on Chinese EVs as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise. Read more âș
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Is help really âon its wayâ for Iranâs protesters? Thatâs what President Donald Trump promised in a Truth Social post earlier this week, adding that âIranians Patriotsâ should âKEEP PROTESTING â TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!â Trump first threatened that the US was âlocked and loadedâ to launch strikes on Iran if it continued killing protesters [âŠ] Read more âș
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A new study from Cornell and University of Toronto researchers has found that polyester microfibers shed from synthetic clothing during laundry can interfere with cherry tomato plant development [non-paywalled source] when these particles accumulate in agricultural soil. Plants grown in contaminated soil were 11% less likely to emerge, grew smaller and took several days longer to flower and ripen. Household laundry is a leading source of this contamination. Treated sewage... Read more âș
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This little power station can keep your stuff topped up, plus you can save some cash on solar panels. Read more âș
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Canada has agreed to drastically reduce its tariffs on imported Chinese EVs from 100 percent to 6.1 percent as part of a new deal between the two countries. In return, China will be reducing tariffs on Canadian canola seeds from 84 percent to about 15 percent. The move is a break from the United States, which maintains a 100 percent tariff on EVs from China, effectively banning them in the... Read more âș
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âI would pay no attention whatsoever to Elon Musk. He's an idiot. Very wealthy, but he's still an idiot.â Read more âș
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Apple once set the bar for suppliers including TSMC. Now it's being unseated by Nvidia and AI cloud giants. Read more âș
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Commentary: Supernatural is now a zombie workout app on the Quest, and the metaverse just lost its best reason to join. Read more âș
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Here come another influx of refugees to competing sites like Threads and Bluesky. Read more âș
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Although X removed Grokâs ability to create nonconsensual digitally undressed images on the social platform, the standalone Grok app is another story. It reportedly continues to produce ânudifiedâ deepfakes of real people. And now, Ashley St. Clair, a conservative political strategist and mother of one of Elon Muskâs 14 children, has sued xAI for nonconsensual sexualized images of her that Grok allegedly produced.In the court filing, St. Clair accused xAIâs... Read more âș
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It's a shame it's being forced at gunpoint to build the inequality machine. Read more âș
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OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside of ChatGPT "in the coming weeks." In a blog post published Friday, the company said adult users in the US of its free and Go tiers (more on the latter in a moment) would start seeing sponsored products and services appear below their conversations with its chatbot. "Ads will be clearly labeled and separated from the organic answer," OpenAI said, adding any sponsored... Read more âș
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There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administrationâs appeal to traditional masculinity. Read more âș
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CyberGhost is the middle child of the Kape Technologies VPN portfolio, but in quality, it's much closer to ExpressVPN than Private Internet Access. I mainly put it on my best VPN list because it's so cheap, but I wouldn't have done that if it didn't earn its place in other ways â affordable crap is still crap, after all. My universal impression of CyberGhost is a VPN that's not perfect... Read more âș
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Reports indicate Apple's OLED MacBook Pro displays may already be in production, signaling that the company's most significant laptop display upgrade yet is nearing completion. Read more âș
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A team of researchers in China has just pulled the curtain back on a new sodium-sulfur battery design that could fundamentally change the math on energy storage. By leaning into the very chemistry that has historically made sulfur a headache for engineers, they have managed to build a cell that is incredibly cheap to make ... Read more âș
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A new near-planar OLED light extraction method could deliver brighter, more efficient displays for smartphones, TVs, and future flexible devices. Read more âș
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Snapdragon X2 Plus benchmarks hint that Qualcommâs next Windows laptop chip still trails Appleâs M4 in most CPU and GPU tests. If youâre shopping soon, wait for reviews of real retail laptops. Read more âș
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Most people end up buying a fan for summer and a heater for winter, then spend the rest of the year stepping around whichever one is currently in the way. The Shark TurboBlade Cool + Heat is a cleaner solution: one bladeless tower thatâs built for year-round indoor use. Itâs down to $249.99, saving you ... Read more âș
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Dolby Vision 2 delivers a significant leap in picture quality, bringing more lifelike color, better motion handling, and creator-intended visuals to everything from flagship TVs to surprisingly affordable budget models. Read more âș
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A Forza Horizon 5 pop-up hints at a mid-May 2026 Forza Horizon 6 launch, but it hasn't shown up widely. Here's why you should wait for Xbox Developer Direct on January 22. Read more âș
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YouTube now lets parents cap Shorts scrolling on supervised teen accounts, and itâs working on a zero setting that can shut the feed off. Itâs a tighter, more targeted control than generic screen time. Read more âș
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At the recent CES 2026 tech show in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed off the latest version of its advanced Atlas humanoid robot, a machine that itâs been working on for more than a decade. The robot strolled onto the stage with such a natural gait that it must have had many audience members wondering ... Read more âș
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The OnePlus 15R takes some unpacking, but see past its higher-than-expected price and pared-back feature set and you'll find a solid and reliable Android. Read more âș
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Previously scraped Instagram user data has resurfaced, enabling realistic phishing and account takeover attempts, underscoring the long-term risks of exposed personal information. Read more âș
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