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Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
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I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or "spirit week" theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in one shot. And I have good news for pare...
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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
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I cracked open a '1,000W' portable charger after it failed me in minutes - and wished I hadn't
Meet the 'too good to be true' portable charger. Here's my general buying advice for these types of products.
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AI is making Patch Tuesday (kinda) fun again
Unless you're an admin or vulnerability manager – then you're totally screwed
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Salesforce cuts staff amid acquisition spree and $50 billion share buyback
The layoffs come after CEO Marc Benioff boasted of record revenue and 'incredible cashflow' two weeks ago
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Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion
Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three years. The house voted 214 to 212 in favor of the reconcilia...
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The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon
Later this year, you will be able to get bundled subscriptions for iPhone apps, as Apple announced it's expanding App Store bundles so they can include offers from different companies. It's similar to streaming video...
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GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker...
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Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.
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Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
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If your sex life is dead, you can blame Steve Jobs
Economists find signs of a ‘large and causal relationship between iPhones and fertility' in AT&T exclusivity-era data
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
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Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During a...
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Anthropic spins a Fable of a tamer, safer Mythos
Company also changes data retention policy
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Nintendo is playing things too safe
Tuesday's Nintendo Direct showcase felt like an important moment for the company. With the Switch 2 heading into its second holiday season, one in which the hardware will be even more expensive thanks to a price hike,...
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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
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Amazon just slashed SSD prices for Prime Day - these are the 5 best deals I've found
I track SSD deals, and found huge markdowns from top brands like WD, Samsung, and more ahead of Amazon Prime Day.
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Miasma worms its way onto GitHub as attack kit goes open source
As if there weren't enough package poisonings to worry about
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WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its long-standing Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
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I just saved $180 a year on my Google AI plan without losing my Drive storage - here's how
Google AI Plus is cheaper now, and may be the easiest way to reduce my Google One bill without giving uo storage or AI.
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Fitbit’s Charge 6 and Ace LTE are now as cheap as the new $100 Air
Whether you’re shopping for Father’s Day or trying to keep your kids entertained over summer break, you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a great Fitbit right now. You can currently pick up the Fitbit Charge 6 for...
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MIT boffins take electrospray nozzles out of the cleanroom, into the 3D printer
Who said sub-millimeter, three-layer science juice had to be expensive to squirt?
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Liquid Glass for Linux? PearOS makes another Mac move - how it looks now
PearOS has been promising to become the MacOS of Linux for some time now, and the latest release just might deliver.
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Apple wants Europe to blink
It took a few years, but Apple finally made its AI look useful. Now millions of iPhone users in Europe are being told they won't be getting Siri AI anytime soon, if ever - and Apple wants them to blame the EU. Apple s...
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Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
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Anthropic's new Claude Fable 5 is the same base model as Mythos but with guardrails attached
Claude Fable 5 brings Mythos-class AI coding power to general users, but with cybersecurity guardrails, fallback models, and pricing that could make developers think twice.
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The best early Prime Day TV deals actually worth your time: Samsung, Sony, and more
Amazon's Prime Day sale is just two weeks away, but you can already save thousands on TVs from top brands we've tested.
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US workers are the world's biggest AI skeptics - and it's not just about job loss
More than half of US desk workers consider themselves AI skeptics, while emerging economies trust AI more, according to recent studies.
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Apple’s iOS 27 goes all agentic on compromised passwords, promises to change them with one tap
iBiz might not win the AI race, but analysts say it's focusing on features people may actually use
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It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
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Amazon Prime members can buy a car online now - and get a $1,500 gift card
Amazon is now partnering with local dealerships to help you buy, sell, or lease your car - and Prime members can get a big gift card when they do.
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Neo4j plots Palantir alternative with GraphAware acquisition
Graph database biz says on-prem, air-gapped intel stack gives governments a no-kill-switch option
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High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single faulty character
Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses.
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Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers, within two years. During an episode of Deco...
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What you give up when you put on a smartwatch or ring
Health wearables are constantly collecting your personal information, but who owns that data, and what does it mean for your privacy?
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Wearables produce huge amounts of health data - and doctors are struggling to keep up
Patients have never had more data about their health, but much of it is unusable. Here's why.
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I'm using these 7 Linux wellness apps to take better care of myself in 2026
If you're on a mission to improve your health and wellness, and Linux is your OS of choice, there are plenty of apps to help you on your journey, and these are my favorites.
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The biggest risks lurking inside your at-home DNA and health tests
What's really in that DNA kit? Hint: It's not just a spit tube, but a whole lot of fine print.
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The curious case of the disappearing wearable
Tech companies are evolving their health trackers to make them smaller, thinner, and near-invisible. Here's why.
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AI can identify intimate partner violence years before people disclose it, but is that safe?
Researchers at MIT and Mass General Brigham have built an AI model that can flag intimate partner violence risk in patients from their medical records.
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How I used Airtable to swap my daily fast-food habit with 5-minute meal planning
I used Airtable to turn daily meal planning into a simple database system, reducing food stress, grocery confusion, and last-minute takeout temptations without counting calories, macros, or points.
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I turned my Android phone into a 35-tool science kit with one free app - and started testing everything
Phyphox can do so much that explaining it all would take hours. The real fun starts once you begin testing the world around you.
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Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
Apple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold promises about AI. The company, CEO Tim Cook said, would be "introducing new technologies and innovations that push the limits on what's possible." But its sl...
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Everything you need to know about Prime Day 2026
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is getting closer, and it’s possible you might have some questions about the sale. When does it start? Why is it in June instead of July? And, most importantly, when will the deals go live? We ha...
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Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams
Sandstone's Series A was led by Lightspeed Partners, with participation from Sequoia.
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Nintendo Direct June 2026: All the news and trailers
After a week of video game news and trailers from PlayStation, Xbox, and most of the major publishers, it’s now Nintendo’s turn. And the next Nintendo Direct comes at an important time for the company. The Switch 2 is...
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Devs know AI code is riddled with holes, but ship it anyway
Pressure to deploy wins out over security as four in five orgs confess to breaches from vulnerable apps
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