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Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean
After renaming Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps following Trump's executive orders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai might be drawing the li…
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Inaugural ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative Art Programming Schedule Announced [Exclusive]
ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative Art is assembling a stacked lineup of comics legends, industry panels, and must-see events like The Art of Alex Ros…
Microsoft shuts down its beloved maker space
Microsoft is closing down The Garage, a set of popular maker spaces where employees worked on experimental projects and collaborated on surprising new…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.
Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work
The ride share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
Stranger Than Heaven director says 'it was really important' for RGG that 'the player experience the whole life of a man' and that the story's 50-year timeline was essential to depicting how a yakuza organization is built
Stranger Than Heaven director Mikinobu Abe has explained why RGG Studios chose to tell an era-spanning story in one game, rather than across multiple …
Watch Bournemouth vs AC Milan for FREE: Live streams
All the ways to watch Bournemouth vs AC Milan live streams for free online from anywhere as the Cherries welcome European giants in the Europa League …
Someone folded the iPhone Duo over 11,000 times, and the crease did exactly what many feared
Two fold tests say Apple’s hinge is built to last, but the matte screen can’t fully hide a growing crease.
This Flock Camera map shows more than 300,000 devices
Proton is hosting a free map of Flock surveillance cameras and devices after legal threats against its creator. Search your ZIP code to explore. You p…
PC shipments are in the toilet, plunging over 20 percent from last year
This could reach 27 percent throughout the end of 2026 as prices continue to rise.
This Is Why You Don’t Peel Off the iPhone Duo’s Matte Screen Layer
A viral video shows how the iPhone Duo's nano-texture layer makes the foldable screen much more pleasant to look at than Android foldables.
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Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+, and the 2 big changes include AI audiobooks
Unlike narrated audiobooks from Audible and other providers, the audiobooks created with Virtual Voice in Kindle+ will instead be narrated by AI.
What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.
YouTuber makes a fully functioning solar cell at home using a microwave
In an impressive bit of DIY engineering, YouTuber Dr. Semiconductor has made a working solar cell with readily available items. A new YouTube video sh…
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia had record lobbying quarters
It was a busy summer for AI lobbyists. Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia each had their highest-spending lobbying quarter between July and September, fede…
EA says it's 'bringing together our Respawn and DICE studios to collaborate on a future project' that is reportedly Star Wars Battlefront 3
Star Wars Battlefront 3 is reportedly in development after EA confirmed that Respawn and DICE will work collaboratively on a new project. Electronic A…
VPN Deal of the Week: NordVPN's Black Friday VPN deal has landed — and I'm not sure another deal will offer more
VPN, password management, cloud storage, and identity security in one package NordVPN has released its Black Friday VPN deals. Now, its Complete and P…
Samsung’s 2025 flagship soundbar package is $1,000 off right now
Save 50% off the RRP on Samsung’s HW-Q990F, an 11.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos soundbar system with subwoofer. Samsung’s flagship 2025 soundbar package has…
Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught
The company is looking to roll the gold two-seater robotaxis out to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number of paid rides.
Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch
Zurich-based Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth with a $30M pre-seed round from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It builds …
Kindle Unlimited is dropping the Unlimited to go Plus
Kindle Unlimited is going by a new name. Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR The subscription service known as Kindle Unlimited has a new…
Earth Is Getting Rounder—and You Can Guess Why
New research finds that melting ice caps are literally reshaping the planet.
Americans Say Rising Utility Costs Are Straining Their Budgets. They’re Blaming Data Centers
1 in 5 households have cut back on groceries because of energy bills, according to a new Consumer Reports survey.
Organize Your Schedules, Recipes and More With Over $150 Off This FridgeCal Smart Display
This magnetic smart display can keep busy families on the same page, and right now you can pick it up for just $249.
Four advantages MacBook Pro redesign will have over current model
Next week Apple will unveil its first MacBook Pro redesign in five years. Rumors indicate the new MacBook Pro will have the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chi…
Security breach at AI aggregator exposes over 18 million files, including some very embarrassing chat records
An AI aggregator kept an open database unprotected on the internet containing personally identifiable information and some embarassing chat logs. Rese…