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A new breakthrough from Facebook’s AI research team could seriously improve our daily lives.

Jeff Wilke, head of Amazon’s retail business, to retire next year

Wilke has been a top executive at Amazon for 22 years and has served as the CEO of Worldwide Consumer since April 2016.

We’re giving away $600 to spend at Best Buy*

Be one of three lucky winners who will each receive a $200 gift card to Best Buy. Open to US and Puerto Rico only.* Giveaway ends August 31, 2020.

Internet use increases among poor Brazilians

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A greater percentage of individuals on lower incomes is shopping online and paying for streaming services during the Covid-19 outbreak, according to new research.

Best Samsung phones in 2020: Galaxy Note 20 5G, S20 Ultra 5G, Z Flip, and more

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Samsung continues to lead the world in smartphone market share with Huawei recently passing up Apple for the second spot. Samsung offers a range of smartphones with the A-series, S-series, Note line, and new foldable Android smartphones.

Drop in number of students taking GCSE computing in 2020

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UKAS rejects ISO certification concerns

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Coronavirus fails to dim digital transformation ambitions of enterprise IT leaders, research shows

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Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping

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Pandemic behaviour shift will continue for many consumers, research finds

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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living [...]

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 [...]

Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction. [...]

Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia. [...]

How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours

Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying. [...]

HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US

I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform [...]

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act [...]

Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button

LinkedIn actually announced a "Seems like AI slop" button on July 30th, and the company says that a lot of people have already used it. According to a Thursday post [...]

Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri

Apple is laying off staff on the Siri and the Vision Pro teams, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include "largely shutting down" a Vision Pro gaming team and "reducing the [...]

$100 Best Buy gift cards will be $60 at stores Saturday

The best gift card deal we’ve spotted this year is happening Saturday, August 22nd, at Best Buy stores for one day only. In celebration of the retailer’s 60th anniversary, you [...]

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Facebook is building home robots to help you find your ringing phone

Jeff Wilke, head of Amazon’s retail business, to retire next year

We’re giving away $600 to spend at Best Buy*

Internet use increases among poor Brazilians

Best Samsung phones in 2020: Galaxy Note 20 5G, S20 Ultra 5G, Z Flip, and more

Drop in number of students taking GCSE computing in 2020

UKAS rejects ISO certification concerns

Coronavirus fails to dim digital transformation ambitions of enterprise IT leaders, research shows

Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping

Pandemic behaviour shift will continue for many consumers, research finds