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outside investment One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell (center right) celebrates with family and other SpaceX employees at the Nasdaq Marketsite in Times Square during the launch of the SpaceX initial public offering. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images A businessman with
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In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that it had spent over $350 million to build. No reason was given for the decision to shut down the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), but suspicion immediately focused on the network’
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ai + ml The underlying technology is real...and borrowed from a partner the company failed to mention A San Francisco startup best known for its AI-generation software is making a bizarre leap into medical imaging, and trying to says it hopes draw curiosity-seekers into its new spa to get scanned.
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Dating app giant Match Group — which owns apps like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid — conducted a study to determine how U.S. singles really feel about the relationship between AI and dating. Turns out, people don’t want AI messing with every aspect of human life. Across the industry, dating apps
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After all, pictures are only worth a thousand words. Instagram just added a long-requested feature. The platform now lets users add unique captions to each carousel slide. Previously, all slides fell under the same caption, which certainly got in the way of telling a coherent multi-image story. This is accessible
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Compilation Matters: Despite the meteoric rise of generative AI services, traditional tools such as Photoshop still dominate the creative industry. So much so that Microsoft – now largely focused on cloud services and AI models
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Just ahead of next week's rival Prime Day sale from Walmart, the retailer is offering an unbelivable 50% discount on its popular Plus membership. That brings an annual Walmart Plus membership from $98 to just $49, which is an incredible price for all the perks and benefits you&
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* Trend Micro found criminals abusing Claude’s “Shared Chats” feature to spread infostealers via ClickFix and malvertising * Fake Apple Support chats on claude.ai, promoted through Google Ads, tricked macOS developers into pasting malicious commands * Anthropic banned the accounts and disabled malicious conversations, promising further abuse mitigations Security researchers Trend
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It's not just Sony pushing gamers to upgrade their consoles ahead of GTA VI's release—Rockstar is also doubling down by providing PS4 and Xbox One (X) owners of Grand Theft Auto V with a free Enhanced Edition upgrade ahead of the next GTA Online heist.
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You're not limited to using Samsung pay just because it's a Galaxy Watch Yes, you can tap your Samsung Galaxy Watch to pay for purchases and transportation with cards saved on your Google Wallet. You just have to set it up and make sure you meet
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Sunscreen protects you from UV rays, but the message is getting lost in translation on social media. 4 min read Misinformation about sunscreen makes up a small portion of TikTok videos about the subject, but those posts are disproportionately popular and widely shared, a new study finds. Wellness topics are
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Smartphones are becoming AI-first devices these days, with nearly every major phone maker prioritizing the technology -- whether you want it or not. Samsung, known to throw any feature it can into its phones, is no different, and you might want to tone some of these AI features down if
