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Billionaire Elon Musk said he needs to be “super focused” on his companies, pointing to issues at X as evidence of a need for “major” improvement at the social network.

It’s the latest attempt in a growing effort by states to enact significant limits on the use of social media by young people. But these sorts of bills face a murky legal future.

Microsoft’s Build developer conference is under way in Seattle, where the company has revealed plans to make the […]

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Jalopnik: With the gradual rise of semi-autonomous vehicles, there will likely be multiple cameras pointing back when you pull out a phone to take a photo or record video of a car. One reddit user found out earlier this month that car-mounted lidar sensors ca...

Starfish Neuroscience, founded by Valve CEO Gabe Newell, has revealed plans to produce its very first brain chip later this year.

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Crypto exchange Kraken said on Thursday it is launching tokens of U.S. equities that will trade around the clock, giving non-U.S. investors exposure to high-profile companies such as Apple , Tesla and Nvidia .

The clash over where iPhones are built is heating up. But moving production to the U.S. might be more expensive than the tariffs themselves.

After losing key court fights, the FTC is moving on from its effort to undo the biggest gaming acquisition in history.

The Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 is powered up for mobile gaming with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors and Legion ColdFront cooling for hours of play.

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Continued rising demand still outpacing growth of renewables in the US.

President Donald Trump is threatening 25% tariffs on US bound iPhones if Apple does not manufacture them domestically.

The deal could be interesting if it went through, as Digg could leverage Pocket's existing user base to fuel interest in its relaunch.

Cook personally called Texas Governor Abbott asking him to either amend or veto the bill that will require Apple to collect age data.

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The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot…

The Treasury reportedly lost over $85 million producing the one-cent coin last year. It has now placed its final order of penny blanks.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision goggles, the contact lenses, described in the jour…

A group of Bathurst Street business owners in Toronto is using AI-generated personas to oppose a proposed bus lane project that would eliminate parking spaces in favor of faster transit. "This may be the first Toronto transit controversy involving angry AI, but tensions have been simmering between d...

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Google’s access to a wide swath of user data gives its Gemini AI assistant a big advantage over competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Google is working on a desktop mode for Android devices, with engineering manager Florina Muntenescu saying during I/O that it’s “building on the foundation” of Samsung DeX.