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Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz plans to open an outpost in Japan, its second international office, Nikkei Asia reports. The Menlo Park-based firm opened an office in London last year led by its general partner Sriram Krishnan. The Japan office will be used for fundraising efforts ...
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Elon Musk is calling F-35 makers "idiots" for building manned jets while drone technology soars. Here's what experts say on the subject. Read more ›
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Over 150 scientists went with Napoleon Bonaparte when he invaded Egypt. They mapped pyramids, dissected mummies, and did more scientific work. Read more ›
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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says job candidates come prepared to answer "gotcha questions," so he likes to put them to work on a real problem instead. Read more ›
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Hackers are using a legitimate Avast driver to disguise malware and turn off antivirus defenses. Read more ›
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Apple this month filed next-generation CarPlay images with the EU's Intellectual Property Office, as it seeks to protect the design of the upcoming software system there. It is yet another sign that next-generation CarPlay might finally be nearing launch, after a few redesigned icons for the system showed up in iOS 18.2 beta code earlier this month. The images show various next-generation CarPlay instrument cluster and interface designs, including a... Read more ›
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Elon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X. He calls it "lazy linking" — a term I've never heard of. Read more ›
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Google argued DOJ proved the "exact opposite" of existence of ad tech monopoly. Read more ›
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The criminal case related to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election is ending. Read more ›
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Nvidia has introduced Fugatto, an AI music editor that can generate never-head-of audio combinations, including instruments mimicking animal sounds. The tool processes both text and audio inputs to create music, sound effects, and modified speech. The system can isolate vocals, swap instruments, and alter voice characteristics. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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Amazon's intriguing Secret Level anthology series is almost upon, bringing 15 episodes of brand-new stories set in familiar video game worlds. And following on from its recent series trailer, Amazon is now releasing individual teasers for each episode, offering a closer look at the likes of Spelunky, Unreal Tournament, and, of course, that posthumous turn for Concord. Read more Read more ›
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Grocery stores across the country have been experiencing egg shortages recently, thanks in no small part to bird flu. Read more ›
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The spacecraft delivered food and supplies to the ISS, but its cargo might be contaminated. Read more ›
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Max isn’t the only one of our favorite streaming services with a juicy Black Friday deal. From now until December 4, you can get two months of Paramount+ for $3 monthly. Formerly CBS All Access, the platform has original series like Star Trek: Discovery and a growing selection of sports content. The deal applies to the Paramount+ Essential (with ads, usually $8) or Paramount+ with Showtime (ad-free, usually $13) tiers.... Read more ›
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Uber and Lyft drivers say they're earning less through the apps. That's led some to start their own ride businesses to make more money. Read more ›
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Ping Li admitted to sharing information with Chinese agents about his former employers, including Verizon. Read more ›
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The newly surfaced report appears to have been assembled by Google strategists to try to imagine what kind of ad business Apple might build out. Read more ›
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Lawyers for the United States on Monday said that Google had created a monopoly with its services to place ads online, closing out an antitrust trial over the company's dominance in advertising technology that could add to the Silicon Valley giant's mounting woes. From a report: The legal case concerns a system of software that is used by advertisers to place ads on websites around the internet. Aaron Teitelbaum, a... Read more ›
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An ongoing furnace issue at Tesla's Texas factory raised the temperature and created a "constant haze," The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more ›
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Instagram today announced several updates for direct messages on its platform, including location sharing, nicknames, new sticker packs, and more. There's now an option to share a live location with a friend for up to one hour on Instagram, which can be used for locating friends when getting together in real life. There's also an option to pin a spot to a map for coordinating meetups. Instagram says that locations... Read more ›
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Sony is developing a portable version of the PlayStation 5, according to a new report. Read more Read more ›
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Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversal’s cable TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and Oxygen, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which comes a month after company executives first floated the idea to investors and analysts, could pave the way for more ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more ›
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To call the last two years “tepid” for tech initial public offerings would be an understatement. In the wake of a record-smashing high in 2021, IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022 and have been slow to recover. But 2025 could be looking up, with some big names likely to hit exchanges. At a recent event about artificial intelligence’s impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Information’s financial analysis... Read more ›
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Techies know well that coaxing a large language model to give you a good answer can feel a bit like tricking a toddler. Developers have been known to write, “if you don’t give me the correct answer, I will be fired” in their prompts—successfully. That led to “prompt engineering,” a side hustle for techies who wanted to make easy money by writing and improving prompts for LLMs. Now, a host... Read more ›
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There’s a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more ›
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OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsung’s most important partner in using the Android ... Read more ›
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Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more ›
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Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more ›
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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai called Donald Trump to congratulate the president-elect on winning the election, a guest was on the line: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, xAI and other companies, according to two people familiar with the situation. Musk’s appearance took Pichai by surprise, one of these people said. Read more ›
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