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ChatGPT for Excel

Score: 248 | Comments: 158

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Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch's tech didn't work properly.

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Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?

Score: 210 | Comments: 106

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Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company

Ford is shaking things up as it relates to its EV and software teams. Doug Field, who left Apple five years ago to helm Ford's multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles and software, is stepping do

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One interface, every protocol

Score: 39 | Comments: 5

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Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups

Score: 166 | Comments: 5

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Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fan art

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech power plays in Washington and beyond. (And when I say beyond, I mean the great beyond, like Heaven, maybe.) If you've

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Scientists discover “cleaner ants” that groom giant ants in Arizona desert

Score: 79 | Comments: 28

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PiCore - Raspberry Pi Port of Tiny Core Linux

Score: 82 | Comments: 7

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OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.

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Metatextual Literacy

Score: 43 | Comments: 4

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Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds

Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist, a Manhattan jury found, according to Bloomberg. The jury found the company liable on three counts: illegally monopolizing the market for live event t

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Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds

Score: 399 | Comments: 117

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FTC pushes ad agencies into dropping brand safety rules

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a group of eight states have announced a proposed settlement with big ad agencies that will prevent them from working together to avoid certain platforms like X

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Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI

The startup says it grew its ARR by $70 million in just 20 months after launching an AI agent platform for marketers.

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LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet

LinkedIn says hiring is down 20% since 2022, but blames higher interest rates — not AI — for the slowdown.

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Feds will require data centers to show their power bills

In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.

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AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

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Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.

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Ikea’s smart donut lamp is a sweet treat

Ikea's popular Varmblixt lamp just got a smart home glow-up. The delightfully bulbous light now features color-changing, dimming, and smart home control. I tested the new smart lamp in my daughter's r

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