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Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices.
The company has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and intends to release it later this year with health-tracking features and a built-in Meta AI assistant. The watch will put Meta in direct competition with Apple, which ha
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Google is bringing its Lyria 3 AI music model into the Gemini app, allowing users to generate 30-second songs from text, images, or video prompts directly within the chatbot. The Verge reports: Lyria 3's text-to-music capabilities allow Gemini app users to make songs by describing specific genres, moods, or memories, such as asking for an "Afrobeat track for my mother about the great times we had growing up." The music... Read more ›
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With the iconic 'Clone Wars' bounty hunter making his live-action debut in the new 'Star Wars' movie, we look back at the must-watch episodes from his clearly very important back catalogue. Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles about social media's impact on youth. The judge cracked down on smart glasses in court. Read more ›
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The move signals the ride-hailing company is preparing for the rise of robotaxis. Read more ›
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There’s a chance you aren’t that interested in the Pixel 10a because you don’t see it as much of an upgrade over the Pixel 9a or maybe you just aren’t into A-Series phones. Whatever the case is, you should at least get excited about one thing that Google is introducing as a part of this … Continued Read the original post: Google Copies Samsung’s Awesome Instant Trade-in Credit With Pixel... Read more ›
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Kevin Hassett said Fed researchers should be disciplined for their views on tariffs, sparking fresh concern from commentators about Fed independence. Read more ›
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A survey of 6,000 executives reveals a significant productivity disconnect, where 80% of firms report no measurable improvement to operations with the use of AI, while a third of senior leaders only use the technology themselves for just 1.5 hours per week. Read more ›
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The company behind Lite Brite said it wants to make Arcade1Up feel even more authentic than before. Read more ›
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Military students face uncertainty as the Pentagon evaluates universities beyond Harvard, potentially affecting top-leveleducation plans. Read more ›
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The algorithm also doesn't like posts by traditional news media, the researchers found. Read more ›
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Bose's fabulous QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 noise-canceling headphones are the best travel headphones and are $50 off. Read more ›
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The Pentagon has dramatically reduced the number of ships it had in the Caribbean ahead of the Maduro raid, moving vessels toward the Middle East. Read more ›
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The Oscar-winning director of 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Traffic' truly thought the 'Star Wars' movie was going to happen. Read more ›
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After years of inconsistent routines, a dad explains how committing to just 20 minutes of daily exercise helped him build lasting fitness habits. Read more ›
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Built by industrialist James Deering, Vizcaya Museums and Gardens is a 45,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion in Miami near Ken Griffin's estate. Read more ›
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The ice sheet may be undergoing thermal convection, resembling a "boiling pot of pasta," according to researchers. Read more ›
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An advert released to promote Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been banned after the UK's Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints that it "trivialised sexual violence" following an investigation. Read more Read more ›
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TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing its devices as secure despite reported firmware vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors. The Register: The Lone Star State's Attorney General, Ken Paxton, is filing the lawsuit against California-based TP-Link Systems Inc., which was originally founded in China, accusing it of deceptively... Read more ›
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The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are not just becoming more common; new research shows that these factors are increasingly arising in multiple regions at the same time, creating the conditions for simultaneous wildfires around the world. In a study published today […] Read more ›
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Alibaba Group on Monday unveiled Qwen3.5, the new generation of its large language models, adding to the recent flood of new AI model releases from Chinese companies ahead of the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest holiday. Alibaba, a major global competitor in open-source AI models, said ... Read more ›
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Even as Anthropic and OpenAI unnerve stock market investors with business-focused AI products that could undermine existing enterprise software firms, the software incumbents are trying to catch up. Companies ranging from Microsoft to ServiceNow and Snowflake have come out with products designed to help customers develop AI agents, sometimes called digital co-workers, that can use a variety of enterprise apps just as humans do. But that’s not all. As the... Read more ›
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun ramping up its use of administrative subpoenas to obtain identifying information from major tech companies on anonymous social-media accounts that criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement or post about ICE agents’ locations. The New ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans to add a facial recognition feature called “Name Tag” to its smart glasses as early as this year, The New York Times reported. The article confirms a report in The Information from last May that said Meta had revived plans to include the feature in its smart glasses. As The ... Read more ›
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Defense tech startup Anduril is in talks to raise billions in new funding at a valuation of at least $60 billion including the new investment, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. The valuation would be roughly double the figure from its last private funding round in June. The funding would give the company more leeway to fund its first major weapons manufacturing facility and the development of... Read more ›
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Anthropic said Thursday it had raised $30 billion in funding led by Singapore wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management, giving it a new valuation of $380 billion valuation, including the funding. Other large investors writing checks into the round included Dragoneer Investment Group, Founders Fund, ... Read more ›
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The Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to Apple on Wednesday warning the company to not suppress conservative news outlets on its Apple News app, the company’s news aggregation app that comes preinstalled on iPhones and Macs. In the letter, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited research from ... Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of War is considering ending its partnership with Anthropic over a dispute about how the startup’s AI model, Claude, can be used by the U.S. military, according to an Axios report. Defense officials have been pushing leading AI firms to allow military use of their tools for “ ... Read more ›
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Thrive Capital said it has raised $10 billion in new funds, including $1 billion for early stage investments and $9 billion for growth stage. The New York-based firm is referring to these funds as “Thrive X,” double the $5 billion Thrive closed in August 2024, for its funds labeled “Thrive IX.” ... Read more ›
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Pinterest shares plummeted almost 20% after the company reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years and said it could see a further deceleration in the current quarter. CEO Bill Ready said the company wasn’t satisfied with its fourth quarter performance and didn’t reflect what the ... Read more ›
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