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Voice interfaces have become commonplace, but they depend on either powerful processors or cloud services to do the heavy lifting. That has kept them largely out of reach for the tiny, inexpensive microcontrollers that power countless embedded devices. But now, a toolkit called Moonshine Micro has been developed to bring
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Whether you're an office worker or a student, I always find now is a great time to pick up a laptop for work and study that's actually worth the money. MacBooks might be expensive, Chromebooks can be underpowered, but there are plenty of big-brand Windows 11
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I'm quite happy with my current Sonos speaker. Still, I've just seen that the manufacturer has once again launched its double upgrade credit campaign, meaning it could be a good time for some new tech, as you can save 30% on your next speaker or soundbar
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Apple has granted access to its long-awaited Siri AI with the iOS 27 public beta, which is available to any user with an iPhone 11 or newer. The release offers users a first look at Apple's fully revamped assistant. Based on what we've heard so far,
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Organizations need to transform to meet the needs of agentic AI. Meta VP of Engineering Barak Yagour opened his talk at VB Transform 2026 wearing a pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, a small sign of how far AI has already worked its way into physical life. His argument went
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The US is one step closer to observing daylight saving time year-round. On Tuesday, the House advanced the Sunshine Protection Act on a 308 to 117 vote, which would turn clocks one hour ahead permanently, as reported by CBS News. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social in May that
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* The UK government confirmed it will not limit VPNs * Data reveals only 7-10% of teenagers use a VPN to bypass age checks * Social media curfews, autoplay restrictions were also announced The UK government has officially scrapped the idea of restricting virtual private networks (VPNs) to enforce its impending social media
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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 8:29 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s generative AI offering, is coming to China. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that China’s regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, approved Apple’s AI services in the country, on the back of a deal to
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In Brief 8:30 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint bid to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion. Reuters reports that the offer was submitted earlier this month and is backed by roughly $50
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Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. Sure, Bluetooth speakers are awesome to have for picturesque beach trips, camping weekends, and other outdoor adventures. But they’re just as good to have for some sprinkler
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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
