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Apple is one of several tech companies that will contribute to the construction of U.S. President Donald Trump's 90,000-square-foot ballroom, reports CNN. Construction began on the ballroom this week, and the White House's east wing was partially torn down. Trump claims that the ballroom will cost "about $300 million" and that it will be privately funded through donations. The cost has already increased $100 million over the figure that Trump... Read more ›
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Xiaomi's new spec monster packs a massive 7,560mAh battery, 100W charging, 50W wireless charging, and lots more! Read more ›
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The agency denied making "Nazi propaganda" in a statement that could be characterized as "very online." Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Dinosaurs would not have become extinct had it not been for a catastrophic asteroid strike, researchers have said, challenging the idea the animals were already in decline. About 66 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a huge space rock crashed into Earth, triggering a mass extinction that wiped out all dinosaurs except birds. However, some experts have argued the... Read more ›
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OpenAI today said that it has acquired Software Applications Incorporated and its AI app, Sky. Software Applications Incorporated and Sky were created by a team of former Apple employees known for their work on Apple's Shortcuts feature and the Workflow app that preceded it. Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, two of the founders of Software Applications Incorporated, also founded Workflow. Workflow was a popular iOS automation app before Apple acquired... Read more ›
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Trump said on Wednesday that the project will cost "about $300 million." Among the major donors are several Big Tech companies. Read more ›
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San Francisco is preparing for federal law enforcement's invasion of the Bay Area, whether it happens or not. Read more ›
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On Thursday, Nike announced Project Amplify, “the world’s first powered footwear system,” which it says isn’t intended for pros—in fact, quite the opposite. Much like e-bikes provide pedal assistance, Project Amplify uses a lightweight robotics system to boost running and walking speed. “The first-generation product, created alongside robotics partner Dephy, isn’t designed for competitive, faster […] Read more ›
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Trump said that he was preparing to "surge" San Francisco with federal forces before "friends of mine who live in the area" asked him not to. Read more ›
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Rebecca Coffin owns Hailey's Kitchen Cafe & Bakery in Windham, Maine. She worried about the local community not being able to afford food. Read more ›
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AT&T today launched a new ad campaign that goes after T-Mobile, calling out the "litany of misleading and deceiving claims in T-Mobile's marketing." AT&T's new ad features actor Luke Wilson, with Wilson calling T-Mobile the "master of breaking promises." AT&T points out that the BBB's National Advertising Review Board has recommended T-Mobile change its advertising 16 times over the past four years, though AT&T fails to mention that the NARB... Read more ›
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Earlier this month, IKEA debuted a tiny NFC-enabled bed that's meant to help smartphone users cut down on nighttime usage. The small "Phone Sleep Collection" is modeled after an actual IKEA bed, and it uses the IKEA app to monitor scroll-free sleep time. Users who hit seven hours of scroll-free time for a week straight are eligible for an IKEA voucher. Every phone bed comes with built-in NFC tech, making... Read more ›
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Three of the rumored potential buyers for entertainment titan Warner Bros. Discovery are tech companies. Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are all interested in buying Warner Bros. Discovery as a whole or acquiring pieces of the company, like its content libraries and production assets, according to Bloomberg. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was […] Read more ›
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The Miss USA 2025 pageant will be held in Reno on Friday. This year's contestants include an "American Ninja Warrior" competitor and a lawyer. Read more ›
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This is Alaska's second major tech outage this year following an incident in July that also resulted in a ground stop. Read more ›
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Well, that’s not very subtle. In an earnings call last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he needs more control over Tesla, as well as a pay package that could be worth nearly $1 trillion, in exchange for building a “robot army.” Otherwise, he could get ousted as CEO, and then, well, who would control […] Read more ›
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The former head of DOGE says he wants to "create a world where there is no poverty." Read more ›
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Walmart's US frontline hourly store workers will see a new approach to raises and reviews, with top performers earning up to a 5% base pay increase. Read more ›
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More than 800 public figures including Steve Wozniak and Prince Harry, along with AI scientists, former military leaders and CEOs signed a statement demanding a ban on AI work that could lead to superintelligence, The Financial Times reported. "We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in," it reads.... Read more ›
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On this crisp October morning, it feels like half of the internet is dealing with a hangover. A severe Amazon Web Services outage took out many, many websites, apps, games and other services that rely on Amazon’s cloud division to stay up and running. That includes a long list of popular software like Venmo, Snapchat, Canva and Fortnite. Even Amazon's own assistant Alexa has been stuttering, and if you're wondering... Read more ›
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Violent video games have found themselves in the crosshairs of politicians yet again, but this time with Mexico's government. Earlier this week, Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved a comprehensive financial package that includes an eight percent tax on video games with mature content. As first reported by Insider Gaming, the proposed tax covers games that have a C or D rating under Mexico's video game age classification system, which is... Read more ›
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If you’re on the go a lot, a power bank is practically a backpack essential, and while a chunkier device is sometimes necessary for power users, if you just need something to juice up your phone you can easily stay within the realms of pocketability. Baseus’ Picogo 5K belongs to the latter category, and right now you can pick one up for $36, which is a record low price. While... Read more ›
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OpenAI has paused video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sora at the request of King Inc., the estate that manages his legacy. The company said in an announcement on X that it worked with the estate to address how his "likeness is represented in Sora generations" after people used the app to create disrespectful depictions of the American civil rights leader. It's not quite clear if OpenAI intends... Read more ›
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On this crisp October morning, it feels like half of the internet is dealing with a hangover. A severe Amazon Web Services outage took out many, many websites, apps, games and other services that rely on Amazon’s cloud division to stay up and running. According to the AWS service health page, Amazon was looking into "increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services" in the US-EAST-1 region (i.e. data... Read more ›
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Texas could have a serious legal battle on its hands thanks to an age verification law for app stores that it recently enacted. In response to the Texas App Store Accountability Act, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) filed a lawsuit that argues the new order goes against First Amendment rights. The not-for-profit trade association has Amazon, Apple and Google amongst its members. The law goes into effect on... Read more ›
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Enabled by the introduction of its Willow quantum chip last year, Google today claims it's conducted breakthrough research that confirms it can create real-world applications for quantum computers. The company's Quantum Echoes algorithm, detailed in a paper published in Nature, is a demonstration of "the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage running the out-of-order time correlator (OTOC) algorithm."A core belief in quantum computing is that developing computer systems with qubits — which... Read more ›
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Wikimedia is sounding the alarm on the impact AI is having on reliable knowledge and information on the internet. In a blog post, Wikimedia's senior director of product, Marshall Miller, lays out the impact on page views that the foundation attributes to the rise of LLM chatbots and AI-generated summaries in search results. "We believe that these declines reflect the impact of generative AI and social media on how people... Read more ›
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I've been wearing the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses daily for ten days and I'm still a bit conflicted. On one hand, I'm still not entirely comfortable with how they look. I've worn them on the bus, at the office, on walks around my neighborhood and during hangouts with friends. Each time, I'm very aware that I probably look a bit strange. On the other hand, there's a lot I... Read more ›
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