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Gadgets
Sonos Roam 2 speaker gets 25% off for Memorial Day
The Sonos Roam 2 is available for $134 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart for Memorial Day, a $45 discount…
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AI & Tech
Endless AI Guitar Pedal Shows Real Promise
Polyend has released the Endless, a $299 AI-powered guitar pedal that uses an ARM processor and a system called Playground…
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AI & Tech
Uber Returns to Self-Driving Cars – But Not as Robotaxis
Uber has launched a new AV Lab that deploys sensor-equipped autonomous vehicles solely for collecting real-world driving data, not for…
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AI & Tech
This mechanical bird dies to warn you of poor air quality
The Birdie Pro, now available via Kickstarter, is an air quality monitor shaped like a canary that dramatically slumps over…
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AI & Tech
Smart Home Costs Are Rising in 2026
Smart home companies like Google and Amazon are pivoting from hardware sales to AI-powered subscription models as a path to…
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BigTech Companies
Meta and Google mine data from workplace tracking apps
A new Columbia Law School study found that nine popular employee monitoring tools ("bossware") all shared sensitive user data, including…
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Business
Spotify to Reserve Concert Tickets for ‘Real Fans’
Spotify's new "Reserved" program aims to give concert tickets directly to "real fans" of touring artists, bypassing bots and scalpers,…
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AI & Tech
Spotify’s AI agent now creates a daily podcast just for you
Spotify launched Studio, a new AI app that generates a daily briefing podcast tailored to users based on their Spotify…
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AI & Tech
Spotify Launches AI-Generated Remixes
Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced a licensing agreement allowing Premium subscribers to generate AI-powered remixes and covers of…
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BigTech Companies
GitHub’s survival at stake under Microsoft
Microsoft's 2019 acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion was met with mixed reactions, but nearly eight years later, the platform…
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Artificial Intelligence
Brett Adcock’s AI startup Hark lands $700M at $6B valuation
Brett Adcock’s AI startup Hark raised over $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion valuation, led by…
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AI & Tech
Spotify and Universal sign AI licensing deal for covers and remixes
Spotify Premium subscribers will soon be able to create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs from Universal Music Group artists,…
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BigTech Companies
IBM lands $1B as US backs nine quantum firms with $2B
The US Department of Commerce has signed nine letters of intent to distribute $2.013 billion in CHIPS Act funding to…
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AI & Tech
Europe Launches Go-to-Market Accelerator for AI Startups
AcceleratorX is a new European program for seed-stage AI startups that provides direct access to over 2,000 marketing professionals across…
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AI & Tech
Anthropic opens Milan office to support Vatican-led Italy expansion
Anthropic is expanding its European presence by opening a commercial office in Milan, Italy, following earlier offices in Paris and…
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AI & Tech
Trump backs US AI exports with billions in EXIM financing
The Trump administration is shifting U.S. AI policy from export controls to export promotion through a new "Export-Import Bank program…
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Cybersecurity
International Space Station Reports New Leak
The Russian segment of the International Space Station has resumed leaking air into space due to microscopic structural cracks, a…
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AI & Tech
I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar: The Result Was Unsettlingly Accurate
Google's Gemini app now allows paying subscribers to create AI-generated videos featuring a digital avatar of themselves, powered by the…
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AI & Tech
7 DevOps security threats pros can’t ignore in 2026
In 2025, cybercriminals shifted focus to Git hosting platforms as primary attack vectors, according to the 2026 DevOps Threat Unwrapped…
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AI & Tech
Tesla Full Self-Driving expands to second European country
Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software has expanded to Lithuania, its second European market, following an initial approval in the Netherlands,…
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