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Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.

27 minutes ago

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Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

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AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become ...

31 minutes ago

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AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

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Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

34 minutes ago

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Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

WIRED

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

1 hour ago

WIRED

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

Ars Technica

Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge

Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge

WIRED

This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light

Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.

1 hour ago

WIRED

This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light

Engadget

Substack is adding an AI detection feature

Substack is partnering with Pangram to add an AI detection feature.

1 hour ago

Engadget

Substack is adding an AI detection feature

Engadget

Apple has reportedly fixed its Hide My Email vulnerability

Apple reportedly fixed the Hide My Email vulnerability that left iCloud+ users' emails not especially hidden.

1 hour ago

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Apple has reportedly fixed its Hide My Email vulnerability

TechCrunch

Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

The acquisition — Einride's first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.

1 hour ago

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Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

Engadget

Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026

Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut and seven others will be gone soon.

1 hour ago

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Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026

Engadget

We tested dozens of free CarPlay apps, here are the best ones

After using CarPlay for years and testing dozens of apps, we've narrowed down the list of CarPlay apps you really need.

1 hour ago

Engadget

We tested dozens of free CarPlay apps, here are the best ones

Ars Technica

Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day

NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day

Engadget

Threads is getting new parental control features

Parental Supervision is coming to Meta's Threads.

1 hour ago

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Threads is getting new parental control features

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Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

2 hours ago

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Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

Engadget

The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader with more features than you might expect

The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader for DRM-free books.

2 hours ago

Engadget

The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader with more features than you might expect

Ars Technica

Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals

A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals

Ars Technica

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out

Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out

TechCrunch

Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.

2 hours ago

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Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Ars Technica

Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4

There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4

WIRED

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users.

4 hours ago

WIRED

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

Ars Technica

TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

"Current economic conditions" have shifted TreeSize's business model.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

WIRED

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrastructure.

5 hours ago

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Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

WIRED

The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams

A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so.

5 hours ago

WIRED

The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams

WIRED

The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun

The FDA could decide whether to loosen rules around peptide production this week. Some telehealth players are already seeing dollar signs.

6 hours ago

WIRED

The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun