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Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards, again
The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday to lower fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in…
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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your…
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The future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on Dec 3
Tonight, at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand…
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Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors
Two more nuclear companies have been awarded large grants by the Trump administration. The Tennessee Valley Authority and…
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AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation
Right on the heels of announcing Nova Forge, a service to train custom Nova AI models, Amazon Web…
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Google Photos’ 2025 Recap turns to Gemini to find your highlights
Google Photos users can now access their year-end Recap, the photo-hosting site’s own version of something akin to…
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Waymo starts autonomous testing in Philadelphia
Waymo is adding another four cities to its growing list of robotaxi rollouts. The company announced Wednesday it…
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Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’
Spotify Wrapped is back. After last year’s widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight,…
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After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones
India has backed away from its plan to force smartphone makers to pre-install a government app on all…
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OpenAI slammed for app suggestions that looked like ads
ChatGPT’s unwelcome suggestion for a Peloton app during a conversation led to some backlash from OpenAI customers. People…