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TechnologyI spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.
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Technology<p>Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on Sunday</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/bill-gates">Bill Gates</a> has called on…
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Technology<p>Criminals are trying to glean login details to harvest players’ in-game currency and personal data</p><p>Your 10-year-old son has started playing Roblox, when he realises all of his in-game…
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TechnologyPNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure…
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TechnologyThe limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
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Technology<p>Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways</p><p>OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as…
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Technology<p>Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US</p><p>Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their…
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TechnologyBlue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
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TechnologyTikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.
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TechnologyAt least one social media company seems to be reversing its stance on whether it will accept advertising for Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk.
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Technology<p>The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop</p><p>After the recent backlash against Meta’s so-called “pervert” smart glasses,…
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TechnologyThis $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.
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TechnologyAfter obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
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Technology<p>University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT</p><p>The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on…
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Technology<p>Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government</p><p>When the government officials arrived in Tarluvada last year,…
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Technology<p>New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devices</p><p>Drones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to people…
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TechnologyThe company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.
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Technology<p>Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents</p><p>Two months after OpenAI disclosed the…
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TechnologyOne of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
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TechnologyBoom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.
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TechnologyAfter days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board.
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TechnologyAI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.
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Technology<p>Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race</p><p>Donald Trump and Chinese…
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TechnologyAnyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
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TechnologyWhen NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.
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TechnologyAnthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic…
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TechnologyMark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.
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TechnologyThe funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
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TechnologyMuju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.
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TechnologyThe findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.
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TechnologyFrontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.
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Technology<p>Pontiff continues to decry the rise of AI on his visit to France, stressing the importance of retaining 'ethical discernment' in an age when rapidly advancing technology threatens to undermine…
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TechnologyMuse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agents's promotion across its own apps and beyond.
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Technology<p>Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media</p><p>The organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had…
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Technology<p>Pontiff says artificial intelligence must remain at service of people in first official papal visit to country in 18 years</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv">Pope…
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TechnologyWhen AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic…
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TechnologyThe tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.
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TechnologyThe latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.
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TechnologyAnthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.
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TechnologyTesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.
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Technology<p>As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race</p><p>When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an…
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Technology<p>Apartment with strange view singled out in government’s fight against deceptive ads – but real estate agent says photo is no fake</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a…
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TechnologyAt TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development Save up to…
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Technology“We’re not Luddites... it’s just we don’t want social media, browsing, and that kind of stuff," said 25-year-old founder Shreyas Narlanka.
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TechnologyThe $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high-profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.
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Technology<p>Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable</p><p>“Best case scenario, we never have to do any admin again,” says <a…
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