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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: EBay on Tuesday rejected a $56 billion takeover bid from the much smaller GameStop over financing doubts, calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive." EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop's market value, also underscored that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201% since Iannone took the position six years ago.
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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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The stage is all set for Google I/O 2026. Here's everything we expect Google to announce both ahead of and during the event. Read more ›
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The hit sci-fi film starring Ryan Gosling is now available to rent or buy digitally. Read more ›
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The idea of a fully electric train is a pretty fantastic one, but most modern diesel-electric trains still have a diesel engine, hence the name. Why? Read more ›
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Google today unveiled Gemini Intelligence, a suite of features coming to the Galaxy S26 series and Pixel 10 family "this summer". These features "will become available across your Android devices including your watch, car, glasses and laptops later this year", the company says. Gemini Intelligence can automate multi-step tasks for you, and navigate the tasks too. And with visual context, Gemini can instantly act. For example, a grocery list on... Read more ›
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Venmo is a privacy dumpster fire. Its new settings don't change that. You should check yours to see if you're sharing too much. Read more ›
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If you were looking forward to watching giant robots fight in space on the big screen, here’s some news that might sting a little. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed during its Upfront presentation that the long-awaited live-action Voltron movie starring Henry Cavill will skip a theatrical release entirely and premiere straight on Prime Video. The announcement […] Read more ›
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Yard maintenance, garage upgrades, and spring cleanup all get easier with these newly released Ryobi tools built for everyday DIY use. Read more ›
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It's not everyday you can take well over $200 off one of Apple's most robust laptops. Read more ›
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A fake TikTok app is actually a banking trojan enabling credential theft and wire fraud. Read more ›
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Commentary: Between Android 17 and the new Googlebooks, Gemini is the new Google. Read more ›
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Я вот что думаю, это все напоминает анекдот про бекапы:– У меня две новости: хорошая и плохая. – Давай хорошую. – Хорошая – у нас были самые регулярные и восстановимые бекапы. – А плохая? – Плохая – бекапы были на почившем сервере.Но тема с ллмками куда шире, как и предполагалось, – это не одно нечто, где-то лежащее, которое можно выключить, потерять или поломать.Эта сущность в виде гномика неотвратимыми шагами распространяется... Read more ›
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The American Fintech Council has submitted a comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, urging regulators to adopt a tailored, risk-based approach to stablecoin oversight as the agency implements the new GENIUS Act. Read more ›
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A new Internet Matters survey suggests the UK's Online Safety Act age checks are easy for many children to bypass. Reported workarounds include fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, video game characters, and even drawing on a fake mustache. The Register reports: The group surveyed over 1,000 UK children and their parents, and while it did report some positive effects from changes made under the OSA, many children saw age verification as... Read more ›
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Gartner says some VMware customers may find it cheaper to move certain Linux VM workloads to IBM mainframes than to adopt Broadcom's new VMware licensing, especially for fleets of hundreds of Linux VMs and mission-critical apps needing long-term stability. The Register reports: Speaking to The Register to discuss the analyst firm's mid-April publication, "The State of the IBM Mainframe in 2026," [Gartner Vice President Analyst Alessandro Galimberti] said some buyers... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries. In a letter addressed to Google's managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint... Read more ›
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Coinbase is laying off about 700 workers, or 14% of its workforce, as CEO Brian Armstrong says the company is restructuring to become "lean, fast, and AI-native." Engadget reports: Armstrong claimed he'd seen engineers "use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks" and that non-technical teams in the company are "shipping production code," while Coinbase is automating many of its workflows. "All of this has... Read more ›
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Apple has agreed to a proposed $250 million settlement over claims that it misled iPhone buyers about the availability of Apple Intelligence and its upgraded Siri features. The settlement would cover U.S. buyers of the iPhone 16 lineup and iPhone 15 Pro models between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. The Verge reports: The settlement will resolve a 2025 lawsuit, alleging Apple's advertisements created a "clear and reasonable consumer... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: OpenAI President Greg Brockman concluded his testimony on Tuesday, where he largely rebutted Elon Musk's account of the early years of the startup and negotiations that occurred at the company. Brockman testified that he never made any commitments to Musk about the company's corporate structure, and he never heard anyone else make them. He emphasized that OpenAI is still governed by a... Read more ›
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory. That's up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out of a million total molecules,... Read more ›
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New submitter spazmonkey writes: From a hidden GPS tracker polling your location every 4.5 minutes to JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit, the new White House app seems to have a little bit of everything. A security researcher pulled the APK apart to discover the cybersecurity vulnerabilities. "The... Read more ›
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Microsoft is winding down Xbox Copilot on mobile and ending development of Copilot on console, reversing plans to bring the gaming-focused AI assistant to current-generation Xbox consoles this year. "The move follows [new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's] reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team -- where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox -- to the Xbox side of the company," reports... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Silicon Valley investors such as Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel have bet hundreds of millions of dollars on deploying AI data centers powered by waves in the middle of the world's oceans -- a move that coincides with tech companies facing mounting challenges in building AI data center projects on land. The latest investment round of $140 million is intended to help... Read more ›
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