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It’s now clearer how VW’s prototype EV charging robot will work in practice. VW has offered its first real-world glimpse of the mobile charger bot in action. It’s not just helpful for charging EVs away from dedicated spaces, it’s cute — the prototype...
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few. Read more ›
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Wall Street is gearing up for three potentially record-setting initial public offerings over the next 18 months. The talk among bankers is not about what SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI will do on their big days but about what happens after that, when the companies’ existing shareholders try to unload their multibillion-dollar stakes. Each of the three has raised some of the largest amounts ever for private companies. That creates the... Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected the $108 billion takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, the company announced. WBD said it remains committed to its $82.7 billion deal with Netflix, which would close some time next year, pending regulatory approval. "[The board] has unanimously determined that the tender offer launched by Paramount Skydance on December 8, 2025 is not in the best interests of WBD and its shareholders and does... Read more ›
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While shopping for Christmas gifts at Costco this year, I found deals on stocking stuffers and name-brand items from brands like Touchland and Dyson. Read more ›
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From tinned fish to baked goodies, you can deliver the best-tasting treats to their door—even if you don’t live close by. Read more ›
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The price of RAM has shot up in recent times, and it's now affecting at least one Android handheld brand. Read more ›
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Brands like Ballerina Farm, Beam, and CocoaVia are selling "healthier" hot cocoa, optimizing with supplements for heart health, gut health, and sleep. Read more ›
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My mom used to provide childcare for us, but after her cancer diagnosis, I'm her caregiver. I became part of the sandwich generation overnight. Read more ›
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Years from now, I'll look back at 2025 as the year when a fundamental shift happened in wearable technology. Over the last decade, the category has been synonymous with health and fitness. In many ways, that association is still the primary one. But this year, I've seen an increasing number of tech companies pitch another […] Read more ›
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A buyer in Spain has reported receiving a sealed DDR5 memory kit that contained counterfeit parts, raising fresh concerns about return fraud affecting high-value PC components. Read more ›
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When Amazon’s latest Echo speakers arrived in October, a feature the company spent time hyping during its fall devices event was missing. Alexa Home Theater arrived in late November, allowing owners of a recent Fire TV device and either of the new Echo speakers the ability to use up to five units and an Echo Sub as a surround sound setup. The main selling point is that the underlying tech... Read more ›
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Turtle Beach's Vulcan II TKL is an attractive hot-swappable gaming keyboard with a slim, well-built chassis and hot-swappable linear mechanical switches. Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison again. Read WBD's full letter to shareholders. Read more ›
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Investment firm concerned about tougher debt terms and the risk of delays to the vast project Read more ›
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The FAA is committing $6 billion to upgrade air traffic control infrastructure, set to roll out within three years instead of 15 years. Read more ›
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Following the recent debut of its Comet browser on Android, Perplexity has now rolled out a major update for its iPad app. The update brings a significant overhaul, including a redesigned interface that makes the app feel native to the iPad rather than a blown-up iPhone app. According to Bloomberg, the revamped iPad app features ... Read more ›
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AI is a game-changer, and it's also not ready for prime time. Which is why it's so hard to predict how it's going to affect our future. Read more ›
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Disney Plus and Hulu had an eventful year. Not only did the streaming services release a swath of exciting original shows and new seasons, but they're also in the midst of a transformation that will further integrate Hulu with Disney Plus. The "unified" app experience will have a revamped interface that's supposed to make it […] Read more ›
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When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless. We tell ourselves that global poverty is just too big, too distant, and too intractable an issue for us to solve. If the world could afford to solve it, or something like hunger, then surely somebody else would have […] Read more ›
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You should think twice about switching to Gemini on your smart speaker or display. Read more ›
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The US Department of State is unwinding a 2023 decision to use san-serif Calibri font on all official communications and switching to Times New Roman instead, The New York Times reports. In a memo obtained by NYT titled "Return to Tradition: Times New Roman 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper," Secretary of State Marco Rubio frames the change as a way to return professionalism to the State Department."Switching to... Read more ›
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Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly's podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026. "The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life... Read more ›
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A director who was charged with defrauding Netflix out of millions of dollars has been found guilty, Business Insider reports. Carl Rinsch, director of the 2013 Keanu Reeves movie 47 Ronin, now faces up to 90 years in prison.Rinsch began filming the project, White Horse (later renamed Conquest), around 2017. (Its premise: A scientist creates an organic humanoid species that turns on its creators.) The director completed six short-form episodes... Read more ›
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Remedy Entertainment's Control is a bizarre yet totally captivating action game that feels like Die Hard by way of David Lynch. InControl: Resonant, players step into the role of the original game's most enigmatic and unsettling characters for their own jaunt through a 'new-weird' world outside The Oldest House.Just ahead of the reveal at The Game Awards, we got an early look at Control: Resonant, the next game in the... Read more ›
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Amazon is introducing same-day delivery of perishable food items to 1,300 new cities and towns throughout the country, upping the total service area to more than 2,300 locations. This expansion covers cities like Boise, Salt Lake City, Fort Collins, Omaha, Des Moines and many more. Check the link to see if it has expanded to where you live. The commerce giant says it will be bringing the service to even... Read more ›
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iRobot, the company that brought robotic vacuum cleaners to homes and popular culture, has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, the Chinese company Picea Robotics. Investors “will experience a total loss and not receive recovery on their investment” if the deal is approved, iRobot said. The company didn’t discuss how the move might affect its employees in the US or elsewhere. Amazon dropped... Read more ›
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It looks like Disney wasted no time delivering on CEO Bob Iger’s promise to bring AI-generated content to Disney+. On Thursday, the company announced the start of a three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI to bring more than 200 of its beloved characters, including those from Star Wars and Pixar, to the Sora app and ChatGPT. With the deal in place, OpenAI users will be able to prompt ChatGPT to generate... Read more ›
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Like it or not, the checkmark has become an almost universal symbol on most social platforms, even though its exact meaning can vary significantly between services. Now, Reddit, which historically hasn't cared that much about its users' identity, is joining the club and starting to test verification for public figures on its platform.The company is beginning "a limited alpha test" of the feature with a small "curated" group of accounts... Read more ›
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The Meta Quest 3S is back on sale at its all-time low price of $250. That's $50 off, or a discount of 17 percent, and matches a deal we saw on Cyber Monday. The 3S is the more affordable model in the company's current VR headset lineup. It features the same Snapdragon XR2 processor as the more expensive Meta Quest 3, but with lower resolution per eye and a slightly... Read more ›
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On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a single, nationwide regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence at the expense of the ability of different states to regulate the nascent technology. “To win, United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation,” the order states. “But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative.” As was expected after a draft of the order leaked earlier this... Read more ›
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