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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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A key line from the first novella should've shown up in episode 4, but it was nowhere to be found. 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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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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The incident, which occurred during a replenishment-at-sea, left two personnel injured. They're in stable condition. 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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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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Discord announced on Monday that it's rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users' accounts to a "teen-appropriate" experience unless they demonstrate that they're adults. Users who aren't verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won't be able to […] Read more ›
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Ring's new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl showed Ring cameras "surveilling" neighborhoods to locate a lost dog. In the current political climate, a prime-time ad celebrating neighborhood surveillance struck a nerve People voiced concerns across social media that the AI-powered […] Read more ›
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Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, surprisingly, we received a response - and an interview. The Trump phone is real - maybe, sort of, soon? - and I've seen it. Not in the flesh, […] Read more ›
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It's a complete coincidence that I installed Linux around the same time as my colleagues Nathan Edwards and Stevie Bonifield. A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 that had been collecting dust for a couple of years. Despite its (at the time) high-end Core i7 CPU […] Read more ›
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Ayaneo opened preorders for its next Windows 11 handheld and it looks like a powerhouse. The Ayaneo Next 2 is 13.45 inches wide, 10.3-inches tall, and weighs 3.14 pounds. That's more than twice as heavy as the original Ayaneo Next that launched back in 2022, and it easily outweighs the Steam Deck and Switch 2. […] Read more ›
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We have long had our doubts about the Trump Phone. Since its very first debut, the device - technically called the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 - has seemed utterly impossible to execute as advertised. The Trump Mobile team has also spent the last eight months rapidly moving the goalposts, changing specs and making increasingly […] Read more ›
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On Thursday, Bitcoin's value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential election, as CNBC reports. After crossing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking at over $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been in a steady decline for the last several […] Read more ›
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The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, grounding all flights in and out of the airport for the next 10 days. No explanation for the closure has been given, beyond a vague reference to "Special Security Reasons." The closure was announced late on February 10th in a […] Read more ›
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It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year's Super Bowl with gen AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or like something worth getting excited about. Though we've seen plenty of AI generated commercials before (at previous Super Bowls, no less), this year's event was oversaturated with them. That's […] Read more ›
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Facebook is rolling out new AI features that let you animate your profile picture and restyle Stories and Memories. You'll also be able to add animated backgrounds to text posts to make them pop in the feed. With the animated profile pictures, you'll be able to give a still photo motion with some preset types […] Read more ›
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