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Most phone batteries don't fail dramatically. They just hold a little less charge than they used to, then a little less than that, until the device that lasted all day barely makes it to afternoon, and you start carrying a charger everywhere as a matter of survival. That
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The Airseekers Tron ... it's an odd one, for sure. There are a few things that I find irritating, but then it'll go and surprise me with some stuff it can do really well, where even "better" or "more expensive" robomowers tend to
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Thanks to upcoming EU regulations, the next Apple Pencil could feature replaceable batteries. It's been nearly three years since Apple introduced its refreshed stylus with a USB-C port and two years since the more premium Apple Pencil Pro. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple reportedly has
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Professional kitchens run lean. There's no room for a device that does one thing adequately when a knife, a pan or a spoon does it better and handles a dozen other tasks besides. Home kitchens tend to run the opposite way: stuffed with unitaskers, specialty slicers and gadgets
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TL;DR Meta’s stock rose about 6% on Friday and roughly 15% on the week, its best week since early 2024, after the company gave investors a concrete plan to monetise its AI infrastructure via Meta Compute. Wolfe Research estimates each gigawatt monetised at a ~$25bn rate could lift
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The founder of China’s most prominent AI lab has made an unambiguous case for openness. Frontier AI should stay broadly accessible rather than controlled by a select few, Zhipu’s Tang Jie wrote in an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg. His argument inverts the usual security logic. Real safety
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The AI build-out has done something the fossil-fuel industry could not do for itself. It has set off the largest-ever construction boom in natural gas-fired power plants, the Associated Press reports. Aging coal plants are being kept alive past their retirement dates too. Utilities, plant owners, and the federal government
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TL;DR Netflix executives have reportedly discussed adding always-on, genre-based live channels and folding rival subscriptions such as Peacock into Netflix as billed add-on tiles, per a Wall Street Journal report. Neither is confirmed; both are internal discussions with no launch date or pricing. The logic is engagement and unskippable
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Ubisoft has remade the best-loved game in its biggest franchise. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced arrives 13 years after the original, and the BBC found it largely worth the wait. The Caribbean looks spectacular now. New underwater sections and coral reefs show off what modern hardware can do with
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Ripple effect: As Sony, and likely Microsoft, prepare to take their gaming businesses fully digital, more users may find themselves at risk of losing their purchases to account hijacking. In one case that could
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Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. Apple’s self-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company’s chips
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I am back from vacation. What did I miss? Turns out, quite
