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* NordVPN releases a free-to-use AI tool that evaluates suspicious content * NordBot aims to stop users from falling victim to social media scams * It integrates directly with WhatsApp, Telegram, X, Instagram, Messenger We all know the feeling of receiving a text about a missed delivery fee or a bizarre link from
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It’s a strange time we find ourselves living in. We finally have incredibly powerful computers connected to a global network that we can carry around in our pockets wherever we go. These little devices offer us conveniences that would have seemed like science fiction just a few decades back.
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NVIDIA is, apparently, beginning to feel the pain of component shortages caused by the very bubble it is currently in the process of inflating — and, as a result, has quietly increased the prices of its Jetson computers-on-modules, in some cases by more than double. First spotted by VideoCardz, the price
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A team of scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Center for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence at Shatin have come up with a new approach to delivering ultra-low-power machine vision for embedded cameras — by building a task-agnostic optical neural network that can be fabricated into a viable
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A vintage floor lamp is not the sort of thing you would normally expect to follow you around the room. But in an interactive installation called Bloom Chandelier, a family heirloom has been transformed into something that seems almost alive. Built around a brass floor lamp passed down from the
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Google has confirmed that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have reached the end of their software life cycle, with Android 17 QPR1 serving as the last update series for both phones. This makes it the first series with the Tensor chipset to no longer receive updates. Google excluded
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Ookla's study measured speed and consistency among US telecom providers. * T-Mobile was tops among the three major US mobile carriers. * AT&T Fiber ranked first among major internet providers. Not happy with
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. AMD says it’s going to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping to expand the AI company’s computing
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The flip phone is back, and this one has a cause. Light, the Brooklyn maker of deliberately boring phones, has unveiled the Light Flip, its first clamshell and its fourth device in a decade. It costs $299 and lands with a pointed message: as Apple and Google push AI deeper
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A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off testing for the X-BAT. It is an AI-piloted strike aircraft, built to take off and land vertically. The two firms announced the milestone this week. The
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Augustus has raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation. Tiger Global led the round, the company announced on Tuesday. Hummingbird, QED, and the founders of Nubank, Ramp, Circle and Deel joined in. The startup has now raised $210 million in total. Augustus wants to be what it calls the
