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Late Bronze Age Collapse

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EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA

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Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US

Last month, Polestar shocked the auto industry when it announced that it was pulling out of the US. The EV company's decision came after the federal government denied its authorization to continue sel

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Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’

Meta is in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the "addictive" design of Instagram and Facebook. It's likely to be forced to redesign both apps a

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Good Tools Are Invisible

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Java 27: What's New?

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In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service

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AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region

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After Apple, India’s smartphone manufacturing boom enters new phase with Vivo JV

Vivo's joint venture could become a template for Chinese smartphone makers in India.

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Parental device use and the adolescent-caregiver attachment bond

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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.

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Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him

The new exchange-traded funds exclude companies that are founded, controlled, or led by Elon Musk. That means no SpaceX or Tesla.

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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year

Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft's carbon emissions

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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s No. 2 role

OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected — a leadership vacuum that comes at a tricky time as the company eyes

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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness

OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X. The news follows Simo's original announcement in Apri

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Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels

Netflix is thinking about adding always-on channels that would stream specific shows and movies, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move sounds like a Netflix version of always-on services like

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OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI's latest family of models promises improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.

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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise

Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.

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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension.

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Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Musk insists that the company can.

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