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Jack Dorsey's Block, the financial tech company that runs Square and the Cash app, is cutting its workforce by "nearly half" and axing more than 4,000 jobs. The company will shrink from more than 10,000 people to less than 6,000, Dorsey says in a post on X. And the reason why? AI. "We're not making […]
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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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AI hiring tools were supposed to eliminate human bias from recruitment. Instead, research shows they're absorbing and amplifying the same discriminatory patterns, while companies trust their "objectivity" without question. Read more ›
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There's very little to complain about when it comes to Boox's newest color 10-inch e-notebook, but the Note Air5 C fails to offer anything different from its predecessors. Read more ›
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Honor jumped aboard the professional photography kit train today. The maker released the Magic8 Pro Professional Imaging Kit, made by partner Telesin. It fits the Magic8 Pro and adds a magnetically-attachable camera grip, and a 2.35x Telephoto Extender lens that brings the Magic8 Pro's 85mm zoom lens to an effective 200mm. The kit consists of nearly 10 individual pieces. At the center of it is a case for the Magic8... Read more ›
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Saudi Arabia has announced a $100 billion technology investment fund targeting AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and advanced computing, marking its most aggressive move yet to build a post-oil economy while it still has the hydrocarbon revenues to fund the transition. Read more ›
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Nvidia plans to introduce AI-integrated chips into consumer laptops, combining CPU and GPU, while facing software compatibility and pricing challenges. Read more ›
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For anyone who has been following the soap opera unfolding between Netflix and Paramount Skydance over the past few months in their financial brinksmanship to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, the saga may be nearing its end. Today, WBD said its board of directors have determined that the latest offer from Paramount Skydance amounted to the better proposal. The media outfit gave Netflix four business days to match Paramount's terms, but... Read more ›
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F1 fans can get revved up for the approaching season with a tech boost from Apple Maps. Read more ›
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OpenAI has raised approximately $10 billion in a funding round valuing the company at $300 billion, marking a new phase in the intensifying global competition to build the most capable AI systems. Read more ›
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Я всегда с осторожностью смотрел в сторону искусственного интеллекта, но, в целом, старался не оставаться в стороне от современных технологий и тенденций. Работал локально с LLM, локально же генерировал картинки и даже видео, использовал публичные сервисы для работы, общался с разными чат-ботами и иногда писал об этом статьи. Но до поры до времени не касался темы вайбкодинга.Что ж. Настал тот день и час, когда обстоятельства и звезды сложились должным образом.... Read more ›
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Razer today introduced a new 16-inch laptop sleeve that has an integrated wireless charging feature for smartphones and other small devices like earbuds. Priced at $130, the sleeve includes two MagSafe-compatible wireless charging zones, so it can charge an iPhone and AirPods at the same time. The wireless charger is integrated into the top of the laptop sleeve, and the magnets serve as a clasp when the sleeve is closed... Read more ›
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Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It's the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media posts, and behind-the-scenes negotiations, coming down to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's desire to renegotiate all […] Read more ›
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Research in sensory processing sensitivity reveals that people who need a full recovery day after socializing aren't antisocial. Their brains are processing every micro-expression, emotional undercurrent, and unspoken tension at a depth most people skip entirely. Read more ›
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Jack Dorsey's Block is cutting more than 4,000 jobs, or nearly half its workforce, as part of a deliberate shift toward becoming a smaller, "intelligence-native" company built around AI. The Verge reports: "We're not making this decision because we're in trouble," Dorsey says. "Our business is strong. Gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. But something has changed. We're already... Read more ›
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Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Plus: All you need to know about TAT-8 and undersea cables. Read more ›
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Every way the Samsung's new $1,300 ultra flagship compares to the prior models, with the Privacy Display providing a big upgrade. Read more ›
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They won't gush, they won't hug, and they barely smile when you walk in. But at midnight, your phone buzzes: "Did you get home okay?" The psychology behind people whose care speaks louder than their warmth. Read more ›
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China's naval capabilities have been expanding in recent years, but its newest aircraft carrier lags behind U.S. counterparts in some important ways. Read more ›
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Audio company iFi just introduced a new DAC (digital-to-analogue converter) that's both smaller and lighter than its previous model, and only costs $59. The iFi GO Link 2 connects to a smartphone or other audio-playing device over USB-C and can instantly improve the listening experience on wired headphones.Wireless earbuds and music streaming services have normalized listening to your favorite songs at a lower quality. For anyone who doesn't consider themselves... Read more ›
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For all his bluster about voter fraud, Elon Musk has been one of the most flagrant flaunters of US election law. Now his America PAC has been slapped with a reprimand by the Georgia State Election Board for sending out pre-filled absentee ballot applications. State law prohibits anyone, other than an authorized relative, from sending […] Read more ›
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Donald Trump threatened that there would be "consequences" for Netflix if it didn't fire board member Susan Rice. Rice served in both the Obama and Biden administrations, and recently appeared on Preet Bharara's podcast, where she said corporations that "take a knee to Trump" are going to be "caught with more than their pants down. […] Read more ›
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Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer has just announced he's leaving the company after 12 years leading Xbox and nearly 40 at Microsoft in total. His replacement: Asha Sharma, formerly head of development for Microsoft's AI enterprise teams. Before that, she was COO of Instacart for three years, and spent four at Meta in charge of […] Read more ›
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Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer for years, but what most hadn't expected was the departure of Xbox president Sarah Bond too. For many outside the company, Bond seemed like Spencer's natural successor, a deputy of sorts. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood clearly didn't […] Read more ›
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For decades, America's auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit's Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and '60s. Then, through a series of blunders and missteps, things started to unravel. There was the fuel crisis of the 1970s, which led to an […] Read more ›
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In addition to summoning Bixby or Gemini, Galaxy S26 users will be able to call on Perplexity by saying "hey, Plex." The integration of Perplexity into Galaxy AI is just one element of the company's embrace of a "multi-agent ecosystem." Often, people will use different AI agents for different tasks, depending on where their strengths […] Read more ›
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Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a lot of questions, and plenty of skepticism, about its production-ready, solid-state battery. Could the company really make a fast-charging battery at scale while avoiding some of the theoretical production headaches that have […] Read more ›
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After selling their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, where some of its core features were incorporated into Apple Weather, the creators of Dark Sky have left Apple to create yet another alternative. Their new app, called Acme Weather, embraces the fact that forecasts will never be entirely accurate by providing both a […] Read more ›
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The Trump administration just tossed out Biden-era restrictions on mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. It's repealing Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) just as electricity demand in the US ticks up with the buildout of new AI data centers. Those standards are particularly impactful when it comes to pollution from coal plants […] Read more ›
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After nearly 40 years at Microsoft, Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is leaving the company, along with Xbox president Sarah Bond. Spencer’s retirement was announced in a memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on February 20th, stating, “Last year, Phil Spencer made the decision to retire from the company, and since then […] Read more ›
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