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In an exit interview with The Financial Times (paywalled), former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company seriously considered buying Twitter, explored a potential merger with Apple, and pursued the James Bond franchise during his tenure. The Verge reports: According to Iger, Disney came close to buying Twitter from co-founder Jack Dorsey "at a very attractive price," sometime prior to Elon Musk buying the social media platform in 2022 and changing its name to X. Iger had plans to turn Twitter into a global di
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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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Invincible has been renewed for Season 6 at Prime Video, even before Season 5 has premiered, while The Boys star Jack Quaid joins the cast to voice the villain turned hero Gravitator. Read more ›
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It's a spicy start for the AI company's collaboration with the chip maker. Read more ›
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Usage of the company's Copilot AI coding tool surged after GitHub changed how it bills customers, the executive said. Read more ›
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New research shows that geomagnetic storms can cause immediate changes in precipitation, surface temperatures, and other weather conditions. Read more ›
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Every major OTA — and even most hotels — say experiences are core to their strategies. But 30 years after the first experiences middlemen appeared, it is still a very tough business with the specialists having an edge. Read more ›
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Rockstar Games is taking pre-orders for GTA VI starting on June 25. Ahead of that, the main mystery has been the pricing. The publisher promised it wouldn't be insane, but what does that mean? $80. That's what it means. It's official now. $80 will get you the Standard Edition, and $100 is how much the Ultimate Edition will cost. That's more or less in line with what you'd expect from... Read more ›
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'Truck-kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?!' puts you behind the wheel of a kei truck with the power to isekai anything it wraps around its bumper—and it's as fun as it sounds. Read more ›
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Microsoft has dropped the RAM to 8GB with new entry-level models, prompting questions over whether that's enough memory. Read more ›
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OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeno, OpenAI's first custom AI chip, designed primarily to handle inference for ChatGPT and other services. It's a major step in OpenAI's plan to "build the full stack behind its models and products," says OpenAI. "By designing more of the stack ourselves, we can serve more intelligence with greater efficiency and keep pushing advanced AI toward broader access." CNBC reports: The chip with Broadcom is... Read more ›
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Window ACs and portable air conditioners are on great Prime Day deals. Get some, uh, cool prices. Read more ›
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The Owala FreeSip Sway combines a clever straw-and-spout design and a cupholder-friendly build, and it's now up to 26% off for Prime Day. Read more ›
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If you're a fan of Milwaukee's Redlithium cordless tools, now's a good time to check out how much you can save at Walmart on the normally pricey batteries. Read more ›
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As consumers in the year 2026, most of us understand that price manipulation is a part of the discount game, especially around a big shopping sale. Whether it’s Black Friday or Amazon’s Prime Day week, many consumers are aware that the discounts we see might look extra juicy during the sale, potentially in a misleading... Read the original post: Anker Solix Battery Prime Day Deals are Just Insane Lies Read more ›
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In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at Ethereum's eventful week that started off with the launch of EthLabs, plus the layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation, and what this all means for the network. Read more ›
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The prediction market operator, which is eyeing a potential public debut in 2027, could close a new funding round in Q3, according to a Financial Times report. Read more ›
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Thanks to AI and digital design tools, the next-generation Skyline will arrive this winter after a quick development cycle thanks to Nissan and China. Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Arm, Mastercard, Siemens, and other companies have joined the newly launched Appia Foundation under the Linux Foundation. The project aims to create common specifications and assessment frameworks that organizations can use to demonstrate AI systems meet emerging safety, trust, and compliance requirements. According to the Linux Foundation, the framework is designed to allow conformity evidence to be reused across the AI supply chain, potentially reducing... Read more ›
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Carvana is testing a radically different new-car dealership model in Dallas, turning the location into a test-drive center and themed "playground" while requiring every purchase to be completed through its online platform. "Every single car that we sell, whether it's used or new, is online," said Tom Taira, Carvana president of special projects who's leading the new vehicle operations. "That's a very inherent difference. Even coming into the store, you're... Read more ›
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CCS Insight expects global smartphone shipments to fall 15% this year as AI-driven demand pushes memory manufacturers toward higher-margin server chips. "[S]ome entry-level devices have already seen their sticker prices go up by more than 50 percent since last year," reports The Register. From the report: The firm found that the primary smartphone market (meaning new devices) contracted 4.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, despite sales channels... Read more ›
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wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Wednesday published an advisory acknowledging the public disclosure of a vulnerability in Defender that could lead to privilege escalation. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score of 7.8), was dropped last week by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse (also known as Chaotic Eclipse). "We are working to provide a high-quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid "abusive conduct" from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim. Tesco filed a lawsuit in the UK's High Court against Broadcom alleging breach of contract last year. According to a September report from The Register, the lawsuit claimed that in January 2021, Tesco bought perpetual... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Autoblog: For years, the Chinese auto industry has employed a hostile price war to kneecap global competitors. Armed with massive state subsidies, cheap raw materials, and an aggressive "scale-first" business model, Chinese automakers flooded the market with electric vehicles priced so low that legacy manufacturers stood no chance to compete. How did they do it? Simple, they couldn't. They did it anyway.... Read more ›
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Special-effects designer Brian Johnson, known for his groundbreaking work on Space: 1999, The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and Aliens, has died at the age of 86. Johnson began his career creating models and explosions for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson productions, later designed the iconic Eagle Transporter, and became one of science fiction cinema's most influential behind-the-scenes artists. Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger remembers the SFX legend, writing: "The Space: 1999 Eagle... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PetaPixel: China dominates the consumer drone market, so it is perhaps surprising that it is no longer possible to fly or even purchase a drone in Beijing. The new law that passed last month makes it illegal to buy, rent, or fly a drone without prior approval from the authorities. Users must also complete an online training session and pass a test... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple is raising its prices to offset the high cost of memory and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal. Apple is no longer able to absorb the increased prices and will need to pass some of the cost on to consumers. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," said Cook. "We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are... Read more ›
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Security researcher Justin O'Leary says Google initially accepted his Config Connector privilege-escalation report as a high-priority, high-severity bug, then denied a bounty by declaring the behavior "working as intended." "Google initially rated the bug high priority and high severity, with a rep telling O'Leary 'Nice Catch!' Then, the cloud giant changed course and told O'Leary [...] that there's no vulnerability, so no fix and no reward payout," reports The Register.... Read more ›
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