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Welcome back to The Electric!China dominates the global batteries industry, including the supply of components and metals. But its power is not fixed. This week, we examine two flashpoints where China and the U.S. both have much at stake. At a nickel smelter in Sorowako, Indonesia. Photo: Hariandi Hafid/SOPA/LightRocket/GettyLast week, Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines and Singapore’s Trafigura signed a deal to ship cobalt and copper from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo west, on a 1,000-mile, U.S.-backed r
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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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With a few hours to go, bitcoin has tumbled 22% in the first quarter, following a 25% drop in the last quarter of 2025. Read more ›
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OpenAI has secured commitments for its latest funding round totaling $122 billion at a valuation of $830 billion before the financing, the company announced on Tuesday. The total is about $22 billion over its initial target of $100 billion, which The Information first reported. SoftBank and ... Read more ›
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Meta sold 7 million AI glasses last year and now it's coming for the billions who need prescriptions. That puts a live language interpreter on travelers at all times — even without earbuds. Read more ›
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In a letter shared with Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tesla admitted that its robotaxis are sometimes driven remotely by human operators, Wired reports. Competing self-driving car companies sometimes rely on human operators to tell robotaxi software how to get itself unstuck, but letting operators actually drive those cars remotely is more unusual."As a redundancy measure in rare cases … [remote assistance operators] are authorized to temporarily assume direct vehicle control... Read more ›
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It was a very packed month for new Apple products, but we also got some notable new gadgets from Sonos, Nintendo, Asus ROG, and even Ikea. Read more ›
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The star of James Gunn's DC blockbuster pops up in Craig Gillespie's new movie to help Milly Alcock's character find her way. Read more ›
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Meta just debuted a duo of new AI glasses styles in its Ray-Ban smart specs lineup, and they’re designed for folks who have prescriptions Read more ›
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Google is rolling out a feature in the U.S. that lets some users change their Gmail address without creating a new account or losing their data. TechCrunch reports: Users who have access to this feature can go to their Google Account settings, navigate to Personal info > Email > Google Account email option. Tap on the "Change Google Account email" button to start the process of changing your username. Users... Read more ›
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More than a dozen peptides are expected to be removed from a list that bans compounding pharmacies from producing them. Read more ›
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Народные сказки — это не просто фольклор, а старейший в мире архив Post-Mortem отчетов, где за метафорами скрыты фатальные ошибки проектирования, которые мы, по своей наивности, принимаем за магию Если смотреть на «Колобка» с высоты жизненного опыта и системной архитектуры, то перед взором эпично раскинется поле Spaghetti-кода, написанного на коленке под палящим дедлайном. Знаете это чувство, когда менеджер вбегает в опенспейс с криком «Заказчик голоден, релиз нужен вчера!»? Это не... Read more ›
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Samsung released a new free app today called Hearapy, now available for Android devices through the Google Play store, that it claims can reduce the symptoms of motion sickness using just sound. The app's functionality is very straightforward. It plays a low 100Hz sine wave tone through a pair of connected headphones for 60 seconds. […] Read more ›
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A cybercrime group with a track record of hitting some of tech’s biggest names says it has struck again—this time going after one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI talent pipeline. Posts circulating across X and Reddit point to ... Read more ›
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Earlier this month, Gemini for Home received a major upgrade. This week, Google is pushing another upgrade to the service, available on all supported devices. Google announced that Gemini for Home is now available in Mexico, and additionally, the service now supports Spanish in all supported countries. Beyond new language support, new features are also... Read the original post: Spanish Support Comes to Gemini for Home, New Expressive Lighting Commands Read more ›
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You probably don't make any money for Sam Altman and Co. right now. They want to change that. Read more ›
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TikTok and Cameo are teaming up to make it easier for TikTok users to request personalized videos. The two companies announced a new integration that makes Cameo accessible directly from TikTok for creators and fans. With the update, TikTok creators can add Cameo links directly to their videos and viewers can request a personalized clip without leaving the TikTok app. Creators who aren't currently on Cameo can also sign up... Read more ›
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The iPhone 17 Pro series brought a noticeable design shift, and it looks like Apple isn’t done with that direction just yet. The same design language is expected to carry over to the iPhone 18 Pro lineup as well. What might change, though, is how Apple plays with color. Rumors suggest the 18 Pro series […] Read more ›
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Quantum computer will be operated by the Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications. Read more ›
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Health ring maker Oura has been interviewing bankers to advise on an initial public offering that could take place as soon as this year, according to a person with direct knowledge of discussions. A public offering would follow fast growth at the company, which sells connected devices and a monthly subscription to an app that tracks the user’s health, including sleep and fitness. The company reached $1.3 billion in annualized... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms must pay $375 million in civil penalties for violating New Mexico consumer protection laws, a jury in Santa Fe ruled on Tuesday. Meta vowed to appeal the ruling in the trial, which started early last month. The case was based on a lawsuit that New Mexico Attorney General Raúl ... Read more ›
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The federal judge presiding over Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense called the Pentagon’s actions against Anthropic “troubling” in a hearing on Tuesday, saying that they “look like an attempt to cripple Anthropic.” The comments from Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of ... Read more ›
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Walt Disney Co. must be so glad it committed to investing $1 billion in OpenAI and becoming a customer of the ChatGPT creator. The theme park and entertainment firm agreed to both steps as part of a deal struck last December in which it licensed its characters for use on OpenAI’s Sora video-generation tool. On Tuesday, OpenAI decided to shut down Sora. In response, Disney abandoned the entire deal, including... Read more ›
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SpaceX is aiming to file its initial public offering prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans. The confidential filing will formalize the IPO plans for Elon Musk’s rocket and telecom company as it targets a June public listing. The offering will test investor appetite for what is gearing up to be the biggest U.S. IPO of all time—by... Read more ›
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OpenAI and Anthropic’s remarkable revenue growth has invited scrutiny of how the AI startups are tallying the headline-making figures they have privately or publicly disclosed.Last month, OpenAI’s annualized revenue jumped to $25 billion, nearly four times higher than a year earlier. Anthropic has grown even faster: At the end of last month, Anthropic crossed $19 billion in annualized revenue—about 14 times higher than a year earlier. If the trend lines... Read more ›
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Amazon bought humanoid robotics startup Fauna Robotics last week, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Amazon plans to continue selling Fauna’s humanoid robot Sprout, which costs $50,000 and stands at just three and a half feet tall and weighs 50 pounds. Amazon has over a million robots working in its ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms has agreed to dole out a bounty of new stock options to its top leaders that will pay out only if the company hits aggressive new share price goals. To collect the maximum amount of options included in those packages, Meta will need to hit a share price that translates to a more ... Read more ›
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Chinese AI company SenseTime said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization turned positive during the second half of last year, the first time since its listing in 2021. SenseTime, founded in 2014, is one of the pioneers among the last generation of AI companies in ... Read more ›
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Chinese authorities barred Manus’ cofounders from leaving the country while regulators review Meta Platforms’ $2 billion acquisition of the AI agent startup, the Financial Times reported. Cofounders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao were called to a meeting with the National Development and Reform ... Read more ›
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