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Beast Industries, owned by YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, announced on Monday that it has acquired Step, a banking app designed for teens and young adults. The move comes a couple of months after Donaldson announced plans to start a new YouTube channel centered on personal finance and investing. His main channel has 466 million subscribers […] Read more ›
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Discord announced on Monday that it's rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users' accounts to a "teen-appropriate" experience unless they demonstrate that they're adults. Users who aren't verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won't be able to […] Read more ›
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“The All-American Halftime Show," born out of outrage over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, fell short of the hype. From Kid Rock’s poor lip synching to Erika Kirk being MIA, it was simply dull. Read more ›
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OpenAI has started testing ads inside ChatGPT for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers in the United States, the company said. The Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education tiers remain ad-free. Ads are matched to users based on conversation topics, past chats, and prior ad interactions, and appear clearly labeled as "sponsored" and visually separated from ChatGPT's organic responses. OpenAI says the ads do not influence... Read more ›
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding. Read more ›
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Colonizing Mars has been the ultimate mission of SpaceX for decades, but it would appear that reality is finally setting in for CEO Elon Musk. Read more ›
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Specifications of Intel's B960, Z970, Z990, Q970, and W980 platforms leak out, showcasing up to 48 PCIe lanes and an all-new chipset category. Read more ›
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Bolt Data and Energy was recently cofounded by Eric Schmidt and raised $150 million. Now it's in talks to have Google anchor Texas campus. Read more ›
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We met up with attendees of Super Bowl LX’s pregame festivities to get their takes on the competing halftime shows, the potential for ICE actions, and the influence of Silicon Valley on the event. Read more ›
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SpaceMolt envisions a world where AI plays with itself and the humans just watch. Read more ›
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Samsung ditched variable apertures after the Galaxy S10, but Apple adopting it looks to be forcing a rethink. Read more ›
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The singer listed the names of all countries in North and South America, and said, "God Bless America." Read more ›
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The Ampinel GPU power adapter finally goes on sale following a three-month delay, bringing real-time six-channel load balancing and meltdown prevention features Read more ›
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Bad Bunny joins a long list of musicians, including Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, who have been criticized for progressive themes or sexual lyrics. Read more ›
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Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini set 16 instances of Claude Opus 4.6 loose on a shared codebase over two weeks to build a C compiler from scratch, and the AI agents produced a 100,000-line Rust-based compiler capable of building a bootable Linux 6.9 kernel on x86, ARM and RISC-V architectures. The project ran through nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions and cost about $20,000 in API fees. Each instance operated inside its... Read more ›
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Mrinank Sharma, who led the safeguards research team at Anthropic, said he's leaving the company to pursue work that aligns with his integrity. Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 10, No. 505. Read more ›
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Apple AirTags have only been cheaper than today once, and for a very short time. Read more ›
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Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul would place a lower student-loan limit on certain advanced degrees, including nursing. Read more ›
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A 'SaaSapocalypse' hit the Indian stock market on Wednesday (February 3) with IT stocks such as Infosys, Wipro and TCS all crashing. This occurred after Anthropic launched a new AI tool for its Claude Cowork agent, which investors fear could displace traditional software platforms Read more ›
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After Elon Musk called the raid on X's Paris office as a 'political attack', France said that investigating child sexual abuse material was not controversial. France is investigating X's chatbot Grok for generating sexually explicit deepfakes and Musk has ramped up his anti-EU rhetoric. Read more ›
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As Anthropic achieves another AI advancement with Claude Cowork Project, the market has not taken it well. According to the reports, these AI tools, that aim to turn Claude into a specialist for a role, team, and company, have also triggered a steep decline in IT and software stocks worldwide. Read more ›
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The move comes as part of a wider crackdown under Operation Meltdown and reflects growing cooperation between US and Indian authorities to curb illicit drug trafficking online. Read more ›
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Supreme Court of India has warned WhatsApp to follow privacy laws or leave the country. Firstpost speaks to an expert on why global tech firms need to adopt true privacy-by-design approach. Read more ›
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Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched Bharat Taxi, India’s first cooperative-led ride-hailing platform, promising a fair, commission-free system that puts drivers, and not corporations, in control. Read more ›
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OpenAI said it designed its Codex app to make it easy for users to simultaneously manage multiple artificial-intelligence agents over a long period of time. Read more ›
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Adobe confirmed that Animate will officially be discontinued on March 1, 2026. Read more ›
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The agreement lowers US tariffs on Indian goods to an 18 per cent ceiling from a steep 50 per cent, marking a significant shift in trade policy. The move is being viewed as a major boost for India’s electronics and semiconductor exporters, who have long grappled with unpredictable tariff regimes and uncertainty across global supply chains. Read more ›
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China will ban hidden car door handles from January 2027, mandating mechanical interior and exterior releases after safety concerns grew over rescue failures in crashes. The move targets Tesla-style designs and aims to improve vehicle safety standards. Read more ›
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