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Tim Cook and then-President Donald Trump, speaking to the Press in Austin, Texas in 2019. | Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook managed to forge a personal relationship with Donald Trump during his first Presidential term that other tech firms struggled to replicate. Now, others are trying to follow his template, says a Wall Street Journal report today. Cook used direct appeals to influence... Read more âș
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Bluesky has quickly become a popular social media app as users attempt to flee the site formerly known as Twitter. Here's how Bluesky differs from X. Read more âș
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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As Comcast readies a sale of its legacy media outlet, the rightwing billionaire has mused about an acquisition. Read more âș
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The new legislation likely aims to boost recruitment amid soaring Russian combat losses. Read more âș
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Elon Musk threatened to purchase MSNBC. Joe Rogan had ideas, too. Of course he did. Read more âș
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"Wicked," Universal Pictures' highly anticipated film, topped the domestic box office with an estimated $114 million after its Friday premiere. Read more âș
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Dataminers have discovered the ages of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's cast as given by developer BioWare. Read more Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnât so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weâre here... Read more âș
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Sam Wilson may be just a guy, but Brave New World will show why he's the right guy to pick up Steve's mantle. Read more âș
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America's population could plunge as much as 32% if the US were to completely close its borders, one Brookings projection found. Read more âș
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Flying cars have been depicted in sci-fi movies and fiction for years, but do they exist today? And if so, who's making them? Here's the story. Read more âș
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Image: Apple Wolfs director Jon Watts told Collider on Friday that he didnât think a sequel to the George Clooney and Brad Pitt movie, which Apple had already greenlit, would be happening. Yesterday, he revealed to Deadline that he had backed out of the project because he âno longer trusted [Apple] as a creative partnerâ after the company made a u-turn on its wide theatrical release. The New York Times... Read more âș
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Whether you're a seasoned home chef or a beginner learning to cook, these are the best cookware sets to help you upgrade your meal preparation. Read more âș
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iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but the software update's first major new feature has already leaked. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated his previous report that said iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational Siri" powered by "more advanced large language models." He said this upgrade will make Siri more like OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated... Read more âș
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The legendary game show star was best known for hosting "Wheel of Fortune" and "Love Connection." Read more âș
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Russian hackers compromised two different organization to attack the network of a third firm located across the road via Wi-Fi. Read more âș
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The latest hotfix for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 rectifies a few stability issues and advises users to move the Community Folder. Read more âș
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that a range of AI-enhanced robotics systems are dangerously vulnerable to jailbreaks and hacks. Read more âș
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Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversalâs 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 âș
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the companyâs CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapseâs 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 âș
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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 âș
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To call the last two years âtepidâ 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 intelligenceâs impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Informationâs financial analysis... Read more âș
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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, âif you donât give me the correct answer, I will be firedâ in their promptsâsuccessfully. That led to âprompt engineering,â a side hustle for techies who wanted to make easy money by writing and improving prompts for LLMs. Now, a host... Read more âș
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Thereâs 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 âș
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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 Samsungâs most important partner in using the Android ... Read more âș
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In China, one of the biggest names in tech is Kai-Fu Lee, a Taiwan native and a bestselling author who used to head Googleâs operations in the country. When Lee founded an artificial intelligence startup called 01.AI in Beijing in March last year, Chinese investors including Alibaba Group were so eager to back him that the startup became a unicorn just eight months later. But in the U.S., where Lee... Read more âș
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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 âș
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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 âș
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