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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Claude Cowork turned inbox chaos into usable article research. * Gmail search struggled with context and discernment. * Human verification remains essential before using AI-found quotes. How often have you had to sift through a ton of
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All eyes are on Maine this week. Political operatives in Trumpworld tell Inner Loop they hope embattled senate candidate Graham Platner will stay in the race as long as possible—the state’s electoral chaos can only help Republicans, they claim. Platner, a US Marine veteran, overcame a string of
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Presented by Rubrik Enterprise cybersecurity is facing a fundamental speed problem. Frontier AI models are now enabling autonomous attacks that can move from initial access to full system breakout in as little as 27 seconds. That’s faster than any human-operated security workflow can detect, escalate, and respond. As a
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OpenAI wants the work that once belonged to consultants. Its deployment arm has agreed to buy Northslope, an applied-AI firm, the company told Axios in an exclusive on Wednesday. It did not disclose terms, and the deal still needs regulatory clearance. The purchase marks its second in two months. The
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The tools built to measure how dangerous AI can be have stopped working. Frontier models outpace the benchmarks meant to gauge their hacking skills, Axios reports. That leaves regulators and security teams half-blind to what these systems can really do. The timing bites. US federal agencies have until 1 August
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Removing the privacy light from Meta's AI glasses turned into a small business, with modders openly advertising the work on Meta's own marketplace. Meta is now slamming that door shut with a software update that kills the camera entirely if the glasses detect their capture LED
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Official invites for Google's next major hardware showcase are out. Looking closer at the event details, you might notice something different: the "Made by Google 2026" event, scheduled for Wednesday, August 12, breaks away from standard morning keynotes with a later start time at 6:00
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What if you had a drone that wasn’t a buzzy, annoying fly people wanted to swat — but rather a cute dog that runs and jumps? What if it could do tricks on command, and film your tricks as well? What if it could get right back up after a
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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. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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In Brief 8:00 AM PDT · July 8, 2026 Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the close of a $25 million Fund II. The firm was founded in 2023 by operator-turned-investor Ashley Smith, who runs it as one of the few solo women GPs in venture capital. Speaking to TechCrunch, Smith
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Building or upgrading a PC in this climate of chip shortages and price hikes is a tough proposition, though the current situation only makes it more important than ever to shop around for deals. We have done exactly that, and for what we presume is a limited time, you can
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Roborock Saros 204 / 5Very good pros and cons * The Roborock Saros 20 features a strong 36,000 Pa of suction. * It can climb up to 3.46 inches in a couple of step-ups. * The robot is low enough to fit under furniture that others can't reach. * It has
