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A security source told Business Insider that the drones struck a refinery in Russia's Komi Republic on Thursday. Read more ›
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Apple’s Vision Pro is a curious product — it initially wowed me two years ago, but it was hard to ignore that the visionOS platform felt incomplete without dedicated apps for YouTube and Netflix. Well, it seems that Google has finally decided to take the Vision Pro seriously, as it’s launching a YouTube app on the platform today. Previously, you could only view YouTube videos via Safari, or through third-party... Read more ›
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While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry. Read more ›
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Big Tech's race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance's next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance - the China-based company behind TikTok - says Seedance 2.0 supports prompts that combine text, images, video, and audio. The company claims it "delivers a substantial leap in generation quality," offering improvements […] Read more ›
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Crypto’s market crash has prompted much soul-searching within the industry, I learned at this week’s annual crypto Consensus conference in Hong Kong. The answer: To stay relevant, the industry must tie its fate with the AI boom. I find the crypto industry’s hopes for an AI rescue somewhat ironic, given that AI has siphoned capital and talent away from crypto in the last two years. Nevertheless, “AI agent” was the... Read more ›
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NYC's startup ecosystem kicked off 2026 with remarkable resilience, as January funding surged 93.5% year-over-year to $1.68B across 113 deals. While the 20.1% decline from December's $2.1B reflects typical seasonal patterns, the robust annual growth signals sustained strength in New York's venture market. Rain's $250M Series C led the month, while late-stage companies captured 41% of total capital despite representing just 7 deals - an average check size exceeding $98M.... Read more ›
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The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has drawn national attention amid reports of ransom notes and emotional video pleas by NBC's Savannah Guthrie. Read more ›
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As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%. Read more ›
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Coinbase and Robinhood are down big again today as the crypto bear market pressures trading volumes. Read more ›
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The MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z unleashes a surprising amount of extra performance from Nvidia’s highest-end gaming GPU, thanks to dual power connectors and much higher power limits than the RTX 5090 Founders Edition. We’d go so far as to call it the best RTX 5090 yet made. Read more ›
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Car usability can make or break daily ownership, and new survey data shows how confusing controls and infotainment systems affect satisfaction. Read more ›
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The Fed's research contradict Trump's claim foreign companies would bear the burden. Read more ›
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Without more aircraft to hit Chinese defenses, the Air Force might have to hold back, risking the military getting drawn into a slog, experts said. Read more ›
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The large language models that millions of people rely on for advice -- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini -- will change their answers nearly 60% of the time when a user simply pushes back by asking "are you sure?," according to a study by Fanous et al. that tested GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, and Gemini 1.5 Pro across math and medical domains. The behavior, known in the research community as sycophancy, stems from... Read more ›
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Proton VPN is offering a steep discount on its Proton VPN Plus subscription, with the two-year plan currently priced at $2.99 per month. You’ll pay $72 upfront for 24 months of service, which amounts to 70 percent off the usual monthly rate and brings the long-term cost well below what many premium VPNs typically charge.We’ve consistently been impressed by Proton VPN’s focus on privacy, its nonprofit ownership structure and the... Read more ›
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India’s homegrown AI startup Sarvam AI has captured global attention after its model, Sarvam Vision, outperformed heavyweights like Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) benchmarks. But behind this remarkable success lies a story of innovation, ambition, and two visionary minds determined to build sovereign AI for India. Read more ›
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The Trump administration is seeking a pact with Big Tech to curb the surging energy and water demands of artificial intelligence data centres amid mounting public and environmental concerns. Read more ›
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CEO Elon Musk is finally moving over 'the city in Mars' dream, but now has other plans in mind. In a recent X post, he says that SpaceX is overriding priority to a build a civilisation on the Moon. Read more ›
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Indian-American business leader and philanthropist Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon praised India’s growing push in Artificial Intelligence, lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to prioritise AI and host the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. Read more ›
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A Karnataka-based company named Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against US AI firm Anthropic PBC, alleging trademark infringement and brand confusion after the American company’s India expansion. The case, now before a Karnataka court, comes as global AI giants enter India’s booming tech market Read more ›
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WhatsApp is getting more features borrowed from Instagram in the last 12 months and a new report claims we might see more added to the messaging app and its new armoury. The platform has offered Status updates for its users and the new update could see us get the close friends option that will limit the update with select contacts. Read more ›
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A landmark case against social media giants Meta and YouTube has begun in Los Angeles. In opening arguments, the plaintiff’s lawyers argued that the firms didn’t just build apps, they built traps’. This is the first of several high-profile legal cases against social media this year, which could reshape the way Big Tech engages with children Read more ›
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The company said the update is initially being released to English-language users in the United States, with a wider rollout to other countries and languages planned over the coming months. The full rollout could take up to two weeks to complete Read more ›
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Anthropic launches an advanced AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, with a new addition. The agent teams is a new feature, which allows multiple instances of Claude to work together on complex tasks. Read more ›
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