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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Score: 364 | Comments: 95

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The Illuminated Man: an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard

Score: 47 | Comments: 15

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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

Observable Space and Quantum Opus teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.

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OpenAI now lets teams make custom bots that can do work on their own

OpenAI is giving users of its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans access to cloud-based "workspace" agents available in ChatGPT that can perform business tasks. In its blog post, OpenAI give

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Alexis Ohanian shocks Washington with pro-immigration remarks

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge readers about tech politics, political tech, and how they're muddying the waters of Washington, DC. My birthday is this week, and if you're not a

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How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer

Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition.

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France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens.

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New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production

Score: 64 | Comments: 100

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Former MrBeast exec sues over ‘years’ of alleged harassment

A former employee of Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson has filed a lawsuit alleging that she faced "intentional infliction of emotional distress" from harassment at the YouTuber's production company, was aske

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From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's po

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Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.

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Flickr: The first and last great photo platform

Score: 33 | Comments: 8

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Website streamed live directly from a model

Score: 152 | Comments: 55

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Ember’s self-heating smart mug is more than $50 off ahead of Mother’s Day

Coffee is what gets many of us through the workday, and a proper smart mug can keep it hot for hours so you can maintain your focus without constantly getting up to reheat your cup. Thankfully, if you

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Over-editing refers to a model modifying code beyond what is necessary

Score: 291 | Comments: 172

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Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

Score: 103 | Comments: 38

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Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players

Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron's FORPHEUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the robot, which was

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Parallel agents in Zed

Score: 159 | Comments: 98

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We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your private Tor identities

Score: 436 | Comments: 124

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Google turns Chrome into an AI co-worker for the workplace

Google brings Gemini-powered "auto browse" capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

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