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Amid new competition, Chrome speeds up its release schedule
As AI-powered browsers from companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and others attempt to carve out a space for themselves…
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Activist investor Elliott takes a $1B stake in Pinterest, betting on AI-driven growth
Elliott Investment Management, an activist investor known for its assertive involvement in company decisions, has taken a $1…
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Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: How cyber operations supported the war against Iran
On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli jets began a bombing campaign against Iran, killing its supreme leader Ali Khamenei…
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The new MacBook Pro laptops are as much as $400 more expensive than their predecessors. Thank the RAM shortage.
Apple unveiled its latest slate of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops on Tuesday morning, and in the…
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Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability
Anthropic is bringing Voice Mode to Claude Code, the company’s AI coding assistant for developers. The launch of…
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TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale
Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an…
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Just three companies dominated the $189B in VC investments last month
AI continues to dominate the venture world, per a new Crunchbase report. A record $189 billion of global…
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Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push
Alibaba’s Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the…
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Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices
As competition among AI startups heats up, founders and VCs are turning to novel valuation mechanisms to manufacture…
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A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising Apple iPhones running older software…