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In Brief 10:16 AM PDT · August 3, 2026 Valar Atomics confirmed the whisperings that it was raising a giant round led by Sequoia on Monday. The startup’s founder and CEO Isaiah Taylor announced that the company has raised $1 billion in equity, with Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire joining
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For too long, enterprises with legacy mainframe estates have been faced with a high-stakes dilemma: continue maintaining their mainframes, essentially kicking the modernization can down the road (they know they will need to deal with it eventually), or perform a dangerous "big bang" migration with many unknowns and
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* Multiple US states are repealing or enacting moratoriums on sales tax exemptions for data centers * Estimates on lost tax revenue are far below the billions of dollars some states have missed out on * Ongoing data center constructions may not be subject, but costs are expected to increase for new or
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Factor is offering a discount of 50% off your first box of curated food when you sign up for a new subscription with the codeCNET50FG. And that isn’t all, because you’ll also get one free three-pack of daily greens included in each of your boxes until Sept. 27.
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Save $50: A second monitor can really boost your productivity, and with the Asus ZenScreen, you can take a dual-display setup with you just about anywhere. Plus, this portable monitor is down to just $99 right now at Amazon, which is over 30% off the usual price. That’s a
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Save $75: The Pixel 10 was already Google’s most affordable phone, but it’s now even cheaper at just $424 in your choice of color. It normally retails for almost $500, so this is a savings well worth taking advantage of. But we recommend doing that sooner rather than
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Huawei Mate X Royole FlexPai Samsung Galaxy Fold ZTE Axon M Choose wisely! The correct answer, the explanation, and an intriguing story await. A little background Ask most people to name the first folding-screen device and they will say Galaxy Fold. The real answer is a phone almost nobody outside
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* km5 is collaborating with Kojima Productions on a limited edition CD player * The Cp1 features Bluetooth 5.3, a 3.5mm headphone jack and more * It's inspired by Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and comes in neon orange Sony might be planning to wind down its production
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(L to R) GSA Deputy Administrator Mike Lynch speaks with GSA Senior Advisor Matt Batzel, GSA CIO David Shive and Commerce Department Chief Technology Officer Moksh Jawa at the Federal Emerging Technology Showcase held Thursday, July 30 at the Interior Department. Frank Konkel / Government Executive ByEdward Graham, Managing Editor, Nextgov/
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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is a shot in the arm for the foldables market. Samsung has adapted familiar elements to make a phone that's ready to fit your lifestyle with its practical size, excellent screens, and plenty of software and performance potential. It’s still costly, and
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
