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As we wrapped up our generative AI takeover list and our fifth annual most promising startups list, I got to thinking: how many of the companies will still be independent a year from now?Already, this year has seen a flurry of acquisitions and quasi-acquisitions as startups look for a safe haven in the arms of larger tech companies. And there are likely more such deals to comeâbankers tell me that many potential acquirers and targets are waiting for the results of next weekâs presidential elections to suss.
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Cher discusses how growing up impoverished shaped her habits, her struggles with overspending, and the risks of not understanding finances in her book. Read more âș
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Social media giantâs Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges Read more âș
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iâve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iâve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnât have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more âș
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Check out our deals for Nike this month, including up to 60% off with our coupon code. Read more âș
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Whether you've got your eye on consoles, controllers or games, these PS5 discounts are a once-a-year chance to save. Read more âș
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A small town in Portugal beloved by Christian Louboutin is a short drive from a glitzy resort drawing attention from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Read more âș
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Police in Florida arrested a man on grand theft charges for a fake Elon Musk Facebook scam that duped an elderly woman out of $250,000. Read more âș
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The Rust community has "recognized the unsafety of Rust (if used incorrectly)," according to a blog post by Amazon Web Services. So now AWS and the Rust Foundation are "crowdsourcing an effort to verify the Rust standard library," according to an article at DevClass.com, "by setting out a series of challenges for devs and offering financial rewards for solutions..." Rust includes ways to bypass its safety guarantees though, with the... Read more âș
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1969's "The War Games" serial is getting colorized and coming with new sights and sounds for newer Doctor Who fans. Read more âș
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After making $19.2 million in advance screenings, the movie is reportedly heading for a domestic debut of $120 million. Read more âș
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After a series of cybersecurity challenges this year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company needs a culture change. Read more âș
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7-Eleven stores are at the center of a three-way bidding war between the company's management, its founders, and a Canadian convenience store company. Read more âș
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The Realme GT 7 Pro will enter its first foreign market, India, on Tuesday and it will be a make-or-break moment for the phone. The price in its homeland is great, but last weekâs poll shows that people are concerned about the international pricing, which will be higher than the âč42,000/$505/âŹ465 value we get with a simple currency conversion. The pricing issue was easily the most voted option in the... Read more âș
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Action, Henry Cavill, and romance await in Lionsgate's eventual reboot of the beloved Highlander series. Read more âș
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Former Air Force mechanic and tech professional GT Hill converted a 1980s missile silo into an Airbnb. Read more âș
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Kia America COO says ending tax incentives on EVs would have a negative impact on U.S. jobs and the whole auto industry. 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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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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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. Muskâs appearance took Pichai by surprise, one of these people said. Read more âș
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