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Apple reportedly cut more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro and Siri software teams
Apple has laid off employees in its Vision Pro and Siri teams as it shifts focus to smart glasses and next-gen AI tech.
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350-Ton Longking ZL230E electric mining rig packs colossal 1,400 kWh battery, claims 10-90% charge in just 25 minutes
Zijin Longking launches ZL230E, a 350-ton electric mining truck with a 1,400-kWh battery and 25-minute fast charging. A 350-ton electric mining truck …
Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O.
The offering could value the five-year-old A.I. start-up at $2 trillion, its bankers have told potential investors, which would exceed Elon Musk’s Spa…
Volkswagen launches $13,400 ID. Era 5S with 160km electric range
Volkswagen’s new ID. Era 5S starts at around $13,400 in China and combines plug-in hybrid power with up to 160km of electric-only range.
New battery tech could make home solar batteries safer and last for decades.
A breakthrough zinc-iodine battery could make home solar storage last for decades.
Xbox Series X Special Edition Pricing Confirms 2026 Is a Bad Year for Gamers
The Microsoft Xbox Special Edition console price has leaked, revealing an unpleasantly high price.
ChatGPT’s iPhone app gets a handy shortcut to attach recent photos more quickly
Users who rely on ChatGPT for quick visual searches can now add photos to a conversation more quickly with a new gesture. Here’s how.
ChatGPT Can Take Over Your iMessages. But Do You Really Want That?
OpenAI has a new feature that allows its AI chatbot to read your texts and write new ones.
Grok Had a ‘Generation Glitch’ That Caused It to Send Users Pure Nonsense
Chatbot gibberish is annoying. But it’s also a lesson in how AI works.
What's your most-used keyboard shortcut?
Some keyboard shortcuts are so ingrained that we barely think about using them anymore. Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + Z, and Alt + Tab probably account f…
Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability." A new national space transportation policy signed by Presid…
Taiwan taps US startup Vatn for modular S12 undersea drones – Washington’s ally turns to cheaper underwater systems
Vatn Systems and Taiwan's NCSIST sign memorandum to jointly develop autonomous undersea drones, though funding timeline details remain undisclosed. Va…
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The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom
Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.
TikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million
The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.
Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet
A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physica…
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take…
Cloverleaf deal is latest example of Nvidia using its war chest to patch cracks in the AI bubble
Nv's new chips need new datacenters, but you can't have bit barns without power Nvidia has made its fortune on the AI boom, but the company has a prob…
10 Ways to Improve Your iPhone's Battery Life
When you're at home or work with regular access to an iPhone charger, you probably don't need to worry much about your iPhone's battery. On days when …
$16,000 Quad AI Geekom mini PC cluster gets DeepSeek V4 Flash treatment with 512GB RAM — reaches 14.61 tokens per second
GEEKOM links four A9 Mega mini PCs via USB4 to run DeepSeek V4 Flash locally, targeting enterprise AI without cloud reliance. Four GEEKOM A9 Mega mini…
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf
Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.
Inside Jason Kelce’s Potty Humor Marketing Ploy Against AI Data Centers
Big Tech’s water guzzling to cool AI servers is serious, even if this viral ad isn’t.
HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US
I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller w…
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Chil…
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying…
TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the ag…
‘Better move would be to ban it’: Apple Music steps up plan for AI-generated song labels, but some users think it doesn’t go far enough
Apple Music will require artists to label their AI-generated music so users know what they’re getting. Apple Music will soon force artists to label th…
‘The Odyssey’ Comes Home in November
It won't be the same as seeing it in IMAX, but Christopher Nolan's blockbuster epic will soon set sail for living rooms everywhere.