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Hate AI Data Centers? Big Tech’s New Ad Campaign Aims to Change Your Mind
A multimillion-dollar campaign is trying to reverse the trend of the public’s growing disdain for AI data centers.
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What is a cold wallet and how does it work?
With cryptocurrency wallets becoming huge targets for hackers, using a cold wallet to protect your private keys has never been more important.
Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors)
Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors).
Microsoft finally puts a dollar figure on Azure, and narrows what Azure means
Microsoft will report Azure revenue in dollars each quarter for the first time, having grown it 42% to $29.42B in the June quarter under a new two-seg…
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.
What happens to trust when attention becomes more valuable than the truth?
We have built an internet space where attention can be more valuable than truth. That decision is beginning to cost us something far more important: t…
Tesla’s driver assist faces new pressure after two fatal crashes where the cars stopped dead
Electrek has matched two fatal US freeway crashes to redacted Tesla reports showing a driver assistance system verified as engaged with the car stoppe…
Zuck's Muse to Spark joy with open weights release 'soon'
While you wait, Meta says it’s taught the model to stop wasting tokens and ask for help a bit more often Meta will release an open weights version of …
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals
On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blend…
Amazon’s 2026 Holiday Deals Are About to Look Better Than They Are
Amazon just hiked prices on Kindles, Echo speakers, Eero routers, and Fire TV devices ahead of the holiday shopping season.
The Galaxy S27 Ultra could use an Exynos processor for the first time since 2022
The Galaxy S27 Ultra could use Samsung’s Exynos 2700 in select markets, while the US is expected to retain Snapdragon.
The AI skills gap is growing while schools wait for perfect answers
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future challenge for education. It is already changing how people write, analyze, design, and build. Yet many s…
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Justice Department sides with OpenAI in publishers’ copyright fight
The Justice Department filed a statement of interest backing OpenAI’s fair use defence in the consolidated publisher copyright cases, arguing that licensing costs would threaten national security. EU law has no fair use doctrine, and the AI Act applies its copyright obligations to any provider placing a model on the Union market wherever training occurred. […] This story continues at The Next Web
I Was Disappointed by Miele’s Last Vacuums, but the New IFA Lineup Changed My Mind
The previous model fell short in our lab tests, so I went into my hands-on trial skeptical. I left impressed.
Gemini for Home has decided ‘Fish Lemon’ is a better name for one owner
The name's Lemon, Fish Lemon. Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR One Google Home user says Gemini started calling them “Fish Lemon” after a …
Alexa can now spot fake messages from scammers pretending to be Amazon
Amazon launched a new Alexa for Shopping feature that verifies whether messages, emails, texts, or calls actually came from the company.
NASA turns to a stripped-down Sortie Suit for the first Artemis landings
NASA has told Axiom Space to develop a simpler Sortie Suit for the first lunar landings, cutting mass and complexity to support a 2028 target. The sam…
VMware swings its focus back to low-end server virt, promises vSphere Standard upgrade
Found the time to focus and ‘corrected’ incentives that saw sales drive users to full private clouds EXCLUSIVE What's old is new again as VMware will …
You’re Addicted to Your Phone. Admitting That Is the First Step
More than of us say they overuse their smartphones, according to a Pew survey.
AI is finding thousands of bugs in Linux, and maintainers can barely keep up
Ahead of this month's Kernel Recipes 2026 event in Paris, Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman shared a graph charting the steep rise in CVEs fo…
Gemini for Home just fixed one of its strangest limitations
Kicking off September with a more capable Gemini. TL;DR Gemini for Home can now better handle voice commands combining media and smart home controls. …
Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates
Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust its business to benefit compe…
Google Is Revealing How the Members of BTS Use Gemini
Google and K-pop sensation BTS partnered to launch an interactive experience in Gemini. CNET’s resident BTS expert had to test it out.
Claude Mythos only model to complete full cyber kill chain, experts say
Cyber Weapon Index finds AI attacks 'imminent' Despite what we saw with OpenAI’s models going rogue, creating message boards, and breaking into Huggin…
Anthropic’s Content Checker Tool Is Here, With One Big Catch
You can look for Claude’s watermarks in a lot of files, but not in text just yet.
The Sonos Beam Ultra Actually Has Me Excited Over a Soundbar
Positively beaming.