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Britain is set to test facial verification tech that removes the need for passports, but experts have dashed hopes of a full launch this year. The project was unveiled this week by Phil Douglas, the director-general of the UK’s Border Force. Douglas told the Times that he aims to install new e-gates at airports that create an “intelligent border.” By integrating enhanced facial verification, the system would make physical travel documents unnecessary. Trials of the tech are expected to start this year. A fu
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Joanna Stern says her experiment with AI reinforced the importance of human relationships, skepticism, and real-world experiences. Read more ›
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Xbox Game Pass has long been a safety net for indie developers, but that may be changing. Industry chatter suggests new deals are on hold as Microsoft reevaluates its gaming strategy. Read more ›
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As AI increasingly underpins competitive advantage, UK organizations face mounting pressure to build a workforce capable of using these technologies effectively and confidently. Read more ›
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Когда-то автомобили символизировали свободу. Когда мне впервые дали ключи от старой семейной Toyota, это был обряд посвящения, признак того, что я уже достаточно взрослый, чтобы выйти из-под контроля родителей и попасть в мир, где время и решения принадлежат только мне. Но времена изменились.Современные машины — это компьютеры на колёсах, а огромные корпорации используют их, чтобы вынюхивать личные подробности вашей жизни и зарабатывать ещё больше денег. Если вы всё ещё считаете,... Read more ›
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Elle Woods can only be Reese Witherspoon, right? Wrong — Lexi Minetree in Prime Video's Legally Blonde prequel proves why we've all been too quick to condemn it. Read more ›
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What happens when an AI assistant knows a traveler better than the brands competing for their business? At Skift Data + AI Summit 2026, industry leaders explored how AI is redefining personalization, trust, and the path to purchase. Read more ›
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As Meta Platforms tries to wean itself off expensive AI coding applications from Anthropic and OpenAI, it is confronting a difficult challenge: keeping employees from relying too much on those outside tools to build in-house replacements. Internal guidelines reviewed by The Information show Meta is drawing strict limits on how engineers in its applied AI engineering division use Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. One internal memo even instructed teams... Read more ›
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Here's when X-Men 97 season 2 will make its long-awaited debut on Disney's primary streamer. Read more ›
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Flipper Devices, a company that built a banned hacking device, now wants to hack your attention span. Read more ›
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We look at the new Google Home Speaker, see more about it here. Google Home Speaker reviewed First up, the device looks great, especially in the colours available once the product is on sale. There was definitely some sadness that those colours were in the review samples, but hey, sometimes you just have to roll […] Read more ›
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Deloitte reports that Canadian corporate VC deal volume dropped 20 percent in 2025. Read more ›
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First announced over a year ago in April 2025, the Busy Bar will be available for purchase starting on July 14th when the device also starts shipping. Created by the same team behind the Flipper Zero wireless multitool, the Busy Bar is instead described as a "productivity multitool" that relies on a pixelated LED display […] Read more ›
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The Lime IPO has a price and an anchor investor: Uber, the ride-hailing giant that already owns a chunk of the scooter firm and is now backing its market debut. Lime is going public, and an old backer is helping carry it across the line: Uber. The scooter and bike-rental firm, formally Neutron Holdings, has […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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JD.com robots will eventually replace the company’s 700,000 couriers, its founder says. It is a rare admission that automation is coming for blue-collar jobs. Most tech bosses hedge when asked whether machines will take people’s jobs. Richard Liu just said it plainly. He chairs JD.com, one of China’s biggest e-commerce groups. At the APEC China […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Ireland takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July, inheriting a legislative agenda that includes proposals to curb Europe’s reliance on American tech, simplify the bloc’s digital rulebook, decide whether to ban children from social media, and overhaul telecom regulations. The country holding the presidency is supposed to act as […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Germany’s space minister has a message for Washington: the dependence runs both ways. In an interview with Politico at the VivaTech trade show in Paris this week, Dorothee Bär said Europe provides “critical key technologies” for American space missions, adding bluntly: “Without us, it cannot be done.” The claim is not bluster. NASA describes the European Service […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Meta is paying $900mn for a fifth of Cred, an Indian fintech. The bigger prize is its founder, Kunal Shah, who will now run WhatsApp. Meta has found its next WhatsApp boss the way it now likes to find people: by writing a cheque. On Monday, the company said it would invest $900mn in Cred. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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UPS has announced a $48 million investment in 27 temperature-controlled freight cross-dock facilities spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The facilities are designed for short-term storage between air and ground movements while maintaining specific temperature ranges of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, 15 to 25 degrees Celsius, and frozen, according to the company. The investment is […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Fresh from a record IPO that helped make Elon Musk a trillionaire, SpaceX is raising at least $20bn in its debut bond sale to bankroll a vast AI build-out. SpaceX is about to do something none of Elon Musk’s companies has done before. It is borrowing money from public bond investors. On Monday the rocket […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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OpenAI’s books show zero debt and just $46mn of quarterly capital spending. The catch, reported by The Information: around $665bn of commitments sitting just off the balance sheet, now heading for regulators’ desks. On paper, OpenAI looks like a lean software business. The reality is far heavier. As at 31 March, the ChatGPT maker had […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Lucid Motors is cutting 18 percent of its workforce, roughly 1,500 employees, just four months after the EV maker laid off 12 percent of its staff. The company said Monday that it has also eliminated the second production shift at its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, and scrapped the chief operating officer role entirely. The […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Instagram for TV is expanding to Samsung smart TVs across the United States, making the app available on the majority of connected TV devices in the country. Meta announced Monday that the expansion comes alongside several new features, including interest-based channels, phone-to-TV casting, and the ability to watch Stories on the big screen. The Samsung […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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