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* Bose has just unveiled second-generation QuietComfort Headphones * Introduces two-way USB-C audio, better ANC, Bose Immersive Audio and more * Costs less than 2023 model, brings not one but two Shrek-y color options It's been three long years since the Bose QuietComfort Headphones arrived (which were themselves an update on
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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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AI lab Mirendil has signed a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to source compute capacity for its self-improving AI research, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The deal mirrors two trends shaping the AI industry: cloud giants are courting startups with huge infrastructure commitments, and AI companies are snatching up as many
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Sidd Motwani, Ian Anderson and Shivaditya Sinha spent years building the behavioral intelligence infrastructure behind Spotify’s recommendation engine. Called Vector AI, the system is designed to predict a person’s intent and next actions instead of relying only on their past behavior. It powers about 90% of Spotify’s
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Ford’s next-generation electric truck will be called Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 when it goes on sale in 2027, the company said on Thursday. A “destination and delivery” fee will bring that price up to $29,945, putting the Fathom just below the $30,000 mark
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Nearly every major AI lab uses Google Cloud infrastructure, including for training of models, inference for agents, and new frontier research. Google Cloud also continues to be the platform of choice for new, high-growth AI startups who are driving much of the industry’s research and innovation. Today, we’re
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Akamai released a new State of the Internet (SOTI) security report today that details how rogue browser extensions and vulnerable autonomous agents are actively expanding the enterprise threat surface. The Enterprise AI Usage Risk Report 2026 reveals how decentralized shadow AI, highly active AI power users, and silent browser extensions
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Two Stanford AI pioneers teach this landmark course for free. * The curriculum reaches far beyond LLMs and prompting. * Expect 75 to 100 hours of challenging, durable lessons. Imagine for a minute that the technology that
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * A new study shows the effectiveness of AI-generated patches. * Only 26% of the patches generated were actually usable. * AI isn't ready to patch the planet, but it can be used in cyberdefense. New
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Fast self-correction matters more than raw accuracy alone. * Wispr Flow led on corrections, vocabulary, and reliability. * Free, local FluidVoice nearly matched the paid winner. Since February, I have dictated 120,896 words. In the last
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Asus is one of the biggest players in the gaming hardware space, and its Republic of Gamers (or ROG for short) division is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The gaming behemoth is offering fans the chance to snag some limited-edition merchandise when making purchases at the Asus store. ROG
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AI security company Zenity has disclosed the details of two AI browser hacking techniques targeting Claude in Chrome and ChatGPT Atlas, demonstrating how they can be used for account takeovers, phishing, and making unauthorized Amazon purchases. Zenity described its research in two separate blog posts published on Wednesday, one covering
