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Technology Apr 21, 08:00

Sennheiser launches HD 480 Pro, the closed-back headphones fans have been waiting for

Sennheiser has introduced a new high-end headphone set for audio professionals. The HD 480 Pro is essentially a closed-back reimagining of the company's popular HD 490 Pro headset. Both headphones...

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Technology Apr 21, 06:18

Instagram says a bug turned your photos black and white

If Instagram has been turning your color photo posts into black and white recently, don’t worry, there’s no problem with your camera or your account. The Meta-owned app has confirmed to Engadget t...

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Technology Apr 21, 03:30

"5,000 tiny robot arms": How a humble telescope created the largest 3D map of the universe to help unlock dark energy's secrets

The DESI project recorded data from 47 million galaxies and quasars and built a 3D map of the universe to help unlock dark energy's secrets....

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Technology Apr 21, 01:02

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained ...

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Technology Apr 21, 00:14

Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer

Though Tim Cook is shedding his CEO title for the role of Apple's executive chairman, it appears he'll keep one of his most important duties: that of the company's Trump whisperer. "As executive chair...

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AI Development Apr 20, 23:10

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return....

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Technology Apr 20, 22:40

“Essentially invisible:” How hackers 'trojan-horsed' QEMU virtual machines to bypass security and drop ransomware

Hackers hide ransomware tools inside virtual machines using QEMU, allowing attacks to bypass security controls and remain largely invisible....

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Technology Apr 20, 22:33

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes....

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Technology Apr 20, 22:10

"100x faster than traditional tools": Scientists load quantum computer with first complete genome to crack biology’s 'impossible' puzzle — in time for World Quantum Day

Scientists load a complete genome into a quantum computer, moving faster DNA analysis closer to reality....

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AI Development Apr 20, 22:00

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of t...

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Technology Apr 20, 21:44

John Ternus is taking over from Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO

The multitrillion-dollar home of the iPhone, Mac, and so many other tech gadgets is getting a new leader this fall, as Apple has announced that Tim Cook will be replaced as CEO on September 1st by cur...

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Technology Apr 20, 21:42

Read Tim Cook’s letter to the Apple world as he departs as CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a letter to the community as he prepares to step down from his role in September. "This is not goodbye. But at this moment of transition, I wanted to take the opportunit...

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Technology Apr 20, 21:12

Tim Cook stepping down at Apple, John Ternus will become new CEO

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO in September, and John Ternus will assume the role, while Cook remains as Executive Chairman....

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Technology Apr 20, 21:05

Apple names Johny Srouji as chief hardware officer

Apple has appointed Johny Srouji as its new chief hardware officer, "effective immediately," according to an announcement on Monday. He is stepping into the shoes of current hardware engineering head ...

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Technology Apr 20, 21:05

John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO

Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day....

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Technology Apr 20, 21:02

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down

John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook will stay on as executive chairman....

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Technology Apr 20, 20:59

John Ternus will be CEO of Apple when Tim Cook steps down this fall

Apple CEO Tim Cook is officially stepping down from his role on September 1, the company announced today, while current SVP of hardware engineering John Ternus will take over as the new CEO. Cook will...

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Technology Apr 20, 20:42

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts...

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Technology Apr 20, 19:49

Sony will require age checks in the UK and Ireland to access PlayStation communication features

Sony is adopting new age verification policies for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland. The company isn't making this a blanket requirement, but steps to confirm age will be needed to access &...

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Technology Apr 20, 16:11

FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin’s New Glenn mishap

The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage....

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AI Development Apr 20, 16:06

NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud

NSA is said to be using Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI model....

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Technology Apr 20, 15:59

WhatsApp is testing a premium subscription, but it is mainly cosmetic

WhatsApp is testing a subscription after Meta debuted a similar subscription for Instagram earlier this year....

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Technology Apr 20, 13:00

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce?

The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time....

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Technology Apr 20, 11:00

Tech CEOs Think AI Will Let Them Be Everywhere at Once

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey have different visions for how to use AI for management purposes, but both imagine a system of heightened control....

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AI Development Apr 20, 09:00

The best website builders for small businesses in 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

We've rounded up the top website builders for small businesses, from Webflow's design power to Hostinger's budget-friendly AI tools....

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AI Development Apr 19, 21:24

OpenAI’s existential questions

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company....

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AI Development Apr 19, 10:00

This powerful Gemini setting made my AI results way more personal and accurate

I enabled Personal Intelligence, connected my Google apps, and now Gemini guesses what I want without me saying it....

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Technology Apr 17, 19:31

Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"

Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media....

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Technology Apr 17, 18:08

Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction

Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows....

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Technology Apr 17, 17:42

Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore

The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon's store....

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AI Development Apr 17, 17:34

Train-to-Test scaling explained: How to optimize your end-to-end AI compute budget for inference

The standard guidelines for building large language models (LLMs) optimize only for training costs and ignore inference costs. This poses a challenge for real-world applications that use inference-tim...

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AI Development Apr 17, 17:07

Most enterprises can't stop stage-three AI agent threats, VentureBeat survey finds

A rogue AI agent at Meta passed every identity check and still exposed sensitive data to unauthorized employees in March. Two weeks later, Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup, confirmed a supply-chain br...

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AI Development Apr 17, 15:00

Anthropic just launched Claude Design, an AI tool that turns prompts into prototypes and challenges Figma

Anthropic today launched Claude Design, a new product from its Anthropic Labs division that allows users to create polished visual work — designs, interactive prototypes, slide decks, one-pagers, an...

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AI Development Apr 17, 14:06

Should my enterprise AI agent do that? NanoClaw and Vercel launch easier agentic policy setting and approval dialogs across 15 messaging apps

For the past year, early adopters of autonomous AI agents have been forced to play a murky game of chance: keep the agent in a useless sandbox or give it the keys to the kingdom and hope it doesn&#x27...

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AI Development Apr 6, 01:23

AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy

AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could...

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AI Development Mar 31, 11:16

DNA robots could deliver drugs and hunt viruses inside your body

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build molecular-scale devices. By borrowing ideas from traditional robotics and combining them...

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AI Development Mar 16, 00:59

Scientists discover AI can make humans more creative

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a tool that replaces human work, but new research from Swansea University suggests a far more exciting role: creative collaborator. In a large study with ...

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AI Development Mar 13, 06:08

Scientists built the hardest AI test ever and the results are surprising

As AI systems began acing traditional tests, researchers realized those benchmarks were no longer tough enough. In response, nearly 1,000 experts created Humanity’s Last Exam, a massive 2,500-questi...

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AI Development Nov 13, 16:53

Cybersecurity and LLMs

Large language models are becoming both powerful security tools and high-value targets, creating new attack surfaces where multimodal exploits, jailbreaks, prompt leakage, and AI-assisted cybercrime a...

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AI Development May 13, 16:48

OpenAI Created Her: The Birth of GPT-4o

OpenAI's GPT-4o, with its advanced multimodal capabilities, real-time responsiveness, emotional intelligence, and potential for personalized interactions, brings us significantly closer to the human-l...

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AI Development Nov 23, 06:18

Q*

The maker of ChatGPT had made progress on Q* (pronounced Q-Star), which some internally believe could be a breakthrough in the startup's search for superintelligence, also known as artificial general ...

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AI Development Jan 16, 00:01

Hang AI art on your walls

AI generated art has changed the way we look at artwork. No longer is it solely created with a paintbrush, but many works are now generated through an algorithm. AI Art is gaining increased popularity...

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