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Google Pixel 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro XL Sale: Save Up to $350
Upgrade to the smartest Android smartphones. Google’s latest Pixel 11 phones are all on sale at their lowest prices to date, well ahead of Black Friday.
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The Lawyer Holding Big Tech Accountable by ‘Beating the Tar Out of Them’ in Court
Mark Lanier led the first social media addiction case to go to trial, winning a verdict against Meta and Google in March. It’s just the beginning.
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Google will spend $15B on data centres in Malaysia over two years
Google plans to spend $15B in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028 on data centres, cloud operations, water, power and training. It will expand its Selangor campus and build new ones in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, where it is also funding a $160M water plant. Google plans to spend $15B on data centres and…
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People say they want small smartphones—the Enough Phone will put that to the test
It won't win the specs race, but it will actually fit in your hand.
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Small Phones Have Vanished. Enough Phone Wants to Bring Them Back
As flagship smartphones balloon in size, the Enough Phone offers a 5.3-inch handset. Choose between stock Android or an anti-distraction operating system.
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Parsec founders raise $8.75M from a16z to give AI agents their own PCs
Phaze, started by the team behind remote desktop firm Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z. It lets employees and AI agents use powerful remote computers, so companies can share workstations instead of buying one for each person. Phaze, a startup from the founders of remote desktop…
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Pliant raises $80M to open its B2B payments platform to AI agents
Berlin fintech Pliant has raised an $80M Series C to open its B2B payments infrastructure to AI agents, the company said on Wednesday. Seaya Nova and Speedinvest led the oversubscribed round. Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners and Molten Ventures also took part. The money will fund Pliant’s…
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Galantas CEO Mario Stifano on AI, data centres and the copper supply gap
Mario Stifano is chief executive of Galantas Gold, a gold and copper company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto and on AIM in London. He has more than 25 years of experience across exploration, development and producing mining companies. Galantas is developing the Andacollo gold project…
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Aformic raises $6.95M to move its factory robots into AI data centres
Aformic, which makes self-driving forklifts and carts for factories, raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has more than $34M in orders and plans new robots for building and maintaining AI data centres. Industrial robotics startup Aformic has raised a $6.95M seed…
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The Results Are In: Voters Hate Data Centers
From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.
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Why are premium domains so expensive?
Premium domains are expensive because each name exists only once, and short, memorable ones are long gone. Registries and owners price them on demand. They help brands get remembered, but they do not boost Google rankings, and some renew at premium prices. Registering a normal .com address is cheap.…
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‘You Don’t Put Your Head in the Sand for 4 Years’: Colossal CEO Ben Lamm on Working With Trump
The company’s cofounder recently convinced the Trump administration to support an initiative to gather DNA samples from endangered species.
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How I learned to love an obnoxious phone grip
Much like a great recipe, it started with a stick of butter. This wasn't real butter; it was a friend's new phone grip, complemented by a phone case with bold stripes. Butter is in vogue now, or at least that's what a 12-year-old told me a few months ago. This stick of butter was labeled […]
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Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are more than half off
It’s not often that some of the best noise-canceling headphones you can buy are over half off. But right now, the first-gen Bose QuietComfort Headphones are on sale for $169.99 ($190 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose, matching its best price to date. The newer, second-generation version that…
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Voters Set $400 Million of Elon Musk’s Money on Fire
Elon Musk almost single-handedly funded the Republican midterms push. But of every traceable dollar Musk put into races that have been decided, more than 99 cents went to a race he lost.
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Binance says hackers who stole billions in crypto spent months planning heist
Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.
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Adobe puts its marketing AI agent inside ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot
Adobe’s AI agent for marketing teams now works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Databricks Genie, the company said on Wednesday. Adobe expects Amazon Quick, IBM and Snowflake to follow soon. The agent, CX Enterprise Coworker, plans and runs customer experience work across Adobe’s…
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What I learned driving the Slate electric truck prototype
After 45 minutes behind the wheel, I am more optimistic about the $25,000 EV.
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Apple opens Siri AI to every app, and plans a fee for expanded use
Apple has opened Siri AI to every app developer. A Developer Preview lets any app bring its content and actions into Siri AI, Apple said on Tuesday. It ships in the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and visionOS 27.3 betas. Until now, apps could only plug into Siri through categories that Apple…
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Election Deniers Not Contesting Their Massive Losses
For months, election deniers claimed without evidence that the vote would be rigged. Now they appear to be accepting crushing defeats.
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Shopify misses revenue estimates for the first time since 2022
Shopify’s revenue rose 32% to $3.74bn in the third quarter, the company said on Tuesday. Analysts had expected $3.75bn, making it Shopify’s first revenue miss since 2022, Ignacio Gonzalez reported for Bloomberg. Shares fell as much as 17% during trading, according to Bloomberg. They closed down…
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The DEA banned a drug some opioid users called a miracle
Researchers say the Schedule I ban could kill studies of a promising opioid treatment.
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Disney plans thousands of layoffs, asks some managers to cut costs by 20%
Disney is planning thousands of job cuts and has asked some managers to target cost savings of 20%. Thomas Buckley first reported the plan for Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The savings could come from job cuts as well as other expenses. CNBC later reported the same plan from its…
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Cyberattack pushed French blood bank freezers to extreme temperatures
Hackers took control of cold rooms holding blood plasma at three sites of France’s national blood service. They pushed the temperature settings to extreme levels. Yet, alarms caught the change before any plasma or samples were damaged, the Établissement français du sang (EFS) said on Tuesday. The…