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Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after one of its driverless cars entered a flooded street and got stuck. It follows a similar pause in San Antonio that prompted a recent software recall (PDF) over flood avoidance. TechCrunch reports: Waymo admitted that it hadn't finished developing a "final remedy" for avoiding flooded areas when it issued its software recall last week. Instead, the company said that it shipped an update to its fleet that placed "restrictions at times and in locations where there is an
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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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Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Card, offering up to 5 percent cashback on eligible Samsung purchases ahead of its Galaxy Unpacked event. Read more ›
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This indie iPhone app creates a morning and evening skincare routine from a face scan, then updates it as your scores change. Read more ›
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GPS is still most commonly associated with the navigation system in your car, which relies on satellites. What else are these GPS satellites useful for? Read more ›
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We're stepping away from The Big Bang Theory into the most unexpected spinoff ever. But when does Stuart Fails to Save the Universe hit HBO Max? Read more ›
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The pile of unread books next to the bed isn't a failed reading list — it's a small architecture of objects doing the emotional work of ending the day. Here's what psychologists understand about why we keep the same books nearby for years without ever finishing them. Read more ›
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The Xiaomi 18 series is expected to debut in China this September. A new report now claims that the lineup will launch without an Ultra variant and instead comprise three models. The report also suggests the series could arrive in India earlier than usual. According to the report, Xiaomi's next flagship lineup will include the Xiaomi 18, Xiaomi 18 Pro, and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max. Leaked Xiaomi 18 render Xiaomi... Read more ›
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With more than 500 sold, the Dassault Falcon 900 private jet has been a popular choice for globetrotting celebrities since it hit the market in the 1980s. Read more ›
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Energy transition-focused venture capital firm Transition VC has launched its second fund with a target corpus of ₹1,500 Cr (over… Read more ›
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In a decisive move to protect viewer feeds and advertiser dollars, YouTube has updated its monetization guidelines to strip cash flow from low-quality, AI-generated material. The streaming giant is refining the rules governing its lucrative YouTube Partner Program (YPP) to specifically target “inauthentic content” designed solely for low-effort content farming. Rather than banning artificial intelligence […] Read more ›
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Two drone-racers who were told they couldn't "waltz into the Pentagon" and sell weapons just won a $500 million US Army contract to do exactly that. Read more ›
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How protectionist is the Trump administration? Sure, President Donald Trump loves tariffs. But does he really want to drive up AI costs for U.S. business by banning Chinese open-source AI? Chatter about that is growing in the wake of a story we published on Saturday, which revealed that the administration had discussed the idea of banning open source last year. Axios, meanwhile, reported on Monday that last week’s release of... Read more ›
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Pricing and images for the unreleased Garmin Cirqa band have leaked, but not everything appears to be legitimate. Read more ›
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Turtle Beach’s TKL keyboard comes with built-in streaming controls and a modular design, and its performance and customizability impressed me — but is it really worth its asking price? Read more ›
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AI tools are helping solo game developers build and release games faster, but writers, artists, and junior programmers are facing fewer opportunities in an increasingly competitive industry. Read more ›
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Samsung today announced the launch of its first credit card in the United States, debuting the Samsung Galaxy Card in partnership with Barclays. The Samsung Galaxy Card works as a standard Visa card and offers special financing options for Samsung Galaxy devices purchased through Samsung. Apple Card has a similar financing option for Apple devices. There is no annual fee for the Samsung Galaxy Card, and cardmembers earn 5% cash... Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 21, No. 666. Read more ›
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Increased power costs add to challenges facing tech giant’s AI ambition amid high spending and mounting debt Read more ›
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Попробуем использовать инфраструктуру MAX в качестве халявного фотохостинга. Задача, конечно, учебная; в этот раз освоим приём апдейтов методом long polling и их базовую обработку. Читать далее Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions "must act now" to address how artificial intelligence could transform the economy and could put many people out of work. The statement released Monday was signed by top economists, along with computer scientists and some executives at tech companies including Anthropic, Google and OpenAI. "AI may become radically more powerful... Read more ›
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Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. While not essential for life itself, the molecule can convert into a form thought to be important for life's origins, adding evidence that key prebiotic ingredients may be widespread across the galaxy. The Associated Press reports: Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a... Read more ›
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Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) have created what they describe as the world's most detailed 3D cellular atlas of the human brainstem, linking whole-brain MRI views to individual neurons across more than 500 tissue sections. The free online atlas, called Anchor, could help researchers better understand diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, and SIDS by showing how healthy and diseased brain tissue differs cell by cell.... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit in the United States over the company's ties to large-scale scalpers -- connections reported by CBC News last week. The suit, filed Monday by New York ticket buyer Louis Sanquini, alleges deceptive practices and fraudulent misrepresentation over StubHub's promoting itself as a "marketplace for fans to... Read more ›
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New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, pausing construction for one year over concerns that AI-driven data center growth is raising utility bills, straining water supplies, and burdening communities. "As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it's my responsibility to take action and lead," said New York... Read more ›
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IBM shares plunged after the company warned that Q2 revenue and earnings would miss expectations, blaming customers' sudden shift in spending toward AI hardware instead of software services. However, CEO Arvind Krishna did not place all the blame on IBM's customers. The CEO also said it "faltered" by failing to "anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization." "These conditions require our teams to execute perfectly, and this quarter we faltered.... Read more ›
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OnePlus will reportedly announce this week that it is shutting down its brand in the U.S. and Europe, following months of signs that parent company Oppo was winding down the brand's global presence. India and China are reportedly unaffected, but it's unclear whether Oppo will replace the brand directly in those markets. The move also raises questions about future support for existing OnePlus users. 9to5Google reports: WinFuture reports that OnePlus... Read more ›
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Today, the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents, APIs, and applications, based on Coinbase's contributed x402 protocol. Backed by companies including AWS, American Express, Cloudflare, Google, Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa, the effort aims to make payments work directly over HTTP (assuming users are comfortable letting AI agents handle financial transactions). "The whole idea is to give agents access to money and, through that... Read more ›
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Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis is calling for a U.S.-led AI standards body to review frontier models for national security risks such as cybersecurity and biological threats. His proposal would create a federally overseen public-private organization, initially voluntary and eventually mandatory for U.S. deployment. CNBC reports: Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate, said in an article posted on X on Tuesday that "urgent action" was needed to address... Read more ›
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A lawsuit from 26 Meta employees alleges the company used AI-driven scoring and monitoring systems to select workers for layoffs, disproportionately targeting employees with disabilities or those who had taken protected medical, family, pregnancy, or parental leave. "Meta did not assemble the termination list through the considered judgment of managers who knew the work. Instead, Meta used a constellation of internal artificial-intelligence systems -- including a system referred to internally... Read more ›
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