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Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions have struck a "strategic supply agreement" to repurpose used batteries from Waymo's electric robotaxi fleet into stationary storage for California and Texas power grids. The arrangement could give robotaxi batteries a second life storing renewable energy after they're no longer suitable for vehicle use. It will also "support B2U projects in regions where Waymo's autonomous robotaxis operate -- meaning the used Waymo batteries could bolster the local power grids that Waymo veh
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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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An update from the front lines of the podcast industry as it grapples with Netflix deals, and how to balance distribution vs. revenue. Read more ›
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Shares of SpaceX fell below their June initial public offering price of $135 on Wednesday, and are now trading around 40% below their peak hit last month. Shares of the rocket ship company rose during its first few days of trading but have steadily declined since then. The stock was last trading ... Read more ›
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Suno data obtained in a hacking incident has exposed that the AI music generator was trained by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from online audio platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, 404 Media reports. Given that Suno has avoided revealing what's in its training datasets and how they were acquired, this a rare […] Read more ›
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I'm a composer and producer, and I wrote the theme song for the FIFA World Cup 2026. People tell me all the time how it's affected them. Read more ›
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This post is brought to you in paid partnership with QuickBooks. Creating an invoice is rarely the hardest part of getting paid. For most small businesses, it takes only a few minutes to prepare an estimate, send an invoice, or request payment. The work that quietly consumes time comes afterward, when payments need to be […] Read more ›
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Nation state spies are using AI to create fake identities and realistic job applications, infiltrating organizations to steal intelligence. Read more ›
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For nearly two decades, Iceland has placed atop the annual Global Peace Index. A few factors give the country its edge. Read more ›
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Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic "The Odyssey" starring Matt Damon as Odysseus is already getting raves, and has a high Rotten Tomatoes score. Read more ›
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Alex Turner, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, said he tried to change Google executives' minds about working with the Pentagon. Read more ›
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Казалось бы, что тут сложного? Берём 16-битную консоль Sega Mega Drive. Вспоминаем, что внутри неё уже трудится родной 8-битный процессор Zilog Z80 (он отвечает за звук и обратную совместимость с Master System). Берём легендарный компьютер ZX Spectrum, сердцем которого является... точно такой же Z80!На первый взгляд, задача для инженера звучит как легкая прогулка на выходные: подкинуть BIOS, смапить кнопки геймпада на порт клавиатуры, и готово — запускай Dizzy или Elite.... Read more ›
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Lucid Motors found itself in a tough bind this week, fending off bankruptcy rumors and watching its stock price plunge as a result. The company quickly denied the report, calling it "completely false" and pointing to its available free cash flow as evidence that it has enough runway to operate into next year. But despite […] Read more ›
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Omega Centauri may contain 10,000 tiny black holes, but none of them have been spotted until now. Read more ›
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У меня накопилось 23 Telegram-канала.Не потому что я специально их коллекционировал. Просто со временем подписывался на новые. В какой-то момент понял, что читаю всего несколько процентов того, что приходит. Остальное просто пролистываю в поисках чего-то интересного.Проблема здесь простая. Telegram показывает посты только по времени публикации. Самые новые всегда наверху. Неважно, интересна тебе тема или нет. Никакой персонализации нет. Есть только хронология.Из-за этого появился CleanNews — бот, который со Read more ›
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Multiple scams targeting Celine Dion fans have already surfaced - it looks like this scam will go on (and on). Read more ›
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StatCounter's June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft's share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, "one of its strongest recent showings in the company's desktop OS statistics," reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple's desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026,... Read more ›
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Apple says it will spend $30 billion to design US-made Broadcom wireless connectivity chips, part of its broader push to diversify its supply chain and support domestic chip production. CNN reports: The agreement with Broadcom will lead to the production of 15 million chips in United States and allow Broadcom to invest $1.5 billion to expand and modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is part of Apple's... Read more ›
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Meta is rolling out an update that will disable the camera on its smart glasses if the device detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED. "The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light," reports The Verge. "Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses,... Read more ›
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John Deere has agreed to a 10-year FTC-supervised right-to-repair settlement requiring it to provide farmers and independent repair shops with the same repair resources available to authorized dealers. The deal resolves antitrust claims from the FTC and five states alleging Deere monopolized equipment repair services, contributing to higher costs and delays for farmers. Wired reports: The full statement (PDF) lays out obligations for John Deere's repair services, requiring the company... Read more ›
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oumuamua writes: Anthropic researchers have identified an internal activation subspace, J-space, that acts as a functional digital equivalent to the human brain's global workspace. The significance of this discovery lies in demonstrating that Claude's internal architecture satisfies five key cognitive properties of human conscious access -- verbal report, directed modulation, internal reasoning, flexible generalization, and selectivity -- meaning it processes complex, deliberate reasoning within this worksp Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas "forever chemicals" in food, marking another setback for public health advocates' push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds. The agency is refusing to set limits despite a growing body of science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding food is the biggest... Read more ›
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A new study proposes using shoebox-sized detector satellites to sniff out nuclear weapons launched by adversary nations. The idea is aimed at addressing fears that a space-based nuclear detonation could destroy satellites across low Earth orbit and make some orbits unusable for years. Space.com shares the findings from a new paper authored by Areg Danagoulian, an associate professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: No... Read more ›
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Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, investing $9 billion in a 1-gigawatt facility that can scale to 1.8 gigawatts to support its AI infrastructure needs. The project will rely on new generation and grid infrastructure funded by Meta, including a long-term agreement tied to a new natural gas power facility. The company says it will offset electricity use with clean and renewable energy investments. Reuters reports:... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Parents' attachment to screens and smartphones can have negative, long-lasting developmental and psychological effects on their children, according to new research. Caregivers who mismanage their devices can both exacerbate "insecure attachment" and make healthy relationships more anxious and avoidant for children, according to the findings, which were published last month in Frontiers in Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal. The study, which surveyed 600... Read more ›
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OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, "claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better," reports TechCrunch. "These are full-duplex models, meaning they can speak and listen at the same time, allowing users to interrupt naturally and enabling features like live translation." TechCrunch reports: The company is also replacing its current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT with GPT-Live-1 mini by default. Users of paid tiers will be... Read more ›
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