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In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak

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Trump administration threatens 92 GW of new electricity supply with red tape

Permitting delays pushed by the Trump administration threaten to derail 92 gigawatts of clean power, even as electricity demand from AI data centers skyrockets. Already, permitting changes and federal funding withdrawals have led to the cancellation of 7 gigawatts of generating capacity on federal land in 2025, according to a

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Internet down? 3 ways I use an old Android phone as a backup connection for my home router

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * An Android phone can help keep your home network online. * Router-level backup keeps more devices connected during outages. * You can avoid changing Wi-Fi settings on every device. The weather's been a little warm

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HP's 4th of July sale cuts up to 45% off laptops for hybrid work and back-to-school — but the clock's…

HP has kicked off its 4th of July sale with a string of discounts on laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and accessories. But as hardware editor with an eye on upgrading business office tech (and the back-to-school season just around the corner), it's the laptop deals that caught my eye.

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30 years later, my Hotmail email address still works, even though I won't read your message if you email me there

Like a vestige of a bygone era, my Hotmail email address still exists and works, even if the domain resolves to Microsoft's far less sexy Outlook online mail system. The continued utility of my Hotmail email address is a reminder that, 30 years after its launch, Hotmail played

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Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud Security uses AI internally

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2026. Today, we’re discussing how we use AI to chart a path to autonomous software development lifecycle security. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading

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Config 2026 - AI blurs the lines as Figma brings code, motion and agent workflows into its design canvas

For the entire history of computing, enterprise applications have forced us into functional silos to get things done. Book a vacation? Log into your HCM app. Create a document? Go to your word processor. Write some code? Fire up your code editor. Today, that's no longer true, thanks

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The best July 4th sales we found so far

Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. July 4th sales are typically a precursor to what we’d see during a mid-July Prime Day, but obviously things are flipped

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This curved MSI MAG 242C monitor is now under $100, making it the budget productivity upgrade for your home office setup…

Budget monitors at this price often cut corners in ways you notice every day — a stand that only tilts, no speakers, a 75Hz panel. The MSI MAG 242C is $100 (was $120) at Best Buy, and it avoids most of those compromises. You get a 24-inch 1080p VA curved panel

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Sources: Amazon is weighing using OpenAI's and its own Nova models to cut costs after Anthropic raised prices for using its models in Amazon products

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Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200M led by Summit Partners

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