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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcasting entirely. Parental
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Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit loses its battle with international law enforcement Alleged developer arrested in Indonesia after more than 200 servers slain German authorities say they have neutralized the main infrastructure supporting the Kratos phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit following an operation supported by the US and Indonesia. Officers from Frankfurt am Main&
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AI AND ML Regulator refuses to budge on $7B guarantee for nearly 1 GW campus being developed with Vantage and OpenAI Oracle says that it could face more than $100 million a year in financing costs to guarantee the power commitments behind a nearly 1 GW datacenter campus it is
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As Berlin-based audio brand HEDD’s fourth set of over-ear headphones, the HEDDphone D1 continue an impressive run of cleverly-designed pro-grade audio fare — this time, though, with its gaze levelled squarely at the mid-range market.These over-ear, open-back headphones achieve remarkable sonic quality for their price, thanks in large part
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The Android Auto version of Google Maps has begun incorporating a live speedometer for a small group of beta users, suggesting a broader rollout is on its way. The long-requested feature appears directly in the Maps UI on the car's screen and shows the vehicle's current
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Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026. Sands leads
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Android users have long got the rougher version of X. After nearly a year of work, the company has stopped patching the old app and rebuilt it from scratch. The new version ships as a normal update through the Play Store, X said, so there is no separate app to
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TL;DR Apple is launching Apple Upgrade on July 28, a Klarna-backed leasing program for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches that replaces its current financing. Apple is preparing to launch Apple Upgrade, a device leasing program backed by Klarna that will mark one of the biggest changes to how
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The tools are Cursor, OpenAI’s Codex, Google’s Gemini CLI, and Antigravity. Over several months, Pillar Security found ways for each agent to cross its security boundary while staying, technically, inside the box. The escape that isn’t one The trick is neat. These sandboxes trust the agent inside
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TL;DR Nvidia confirmed Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI deploying at scale in Q3 and CoreWeave reporting ten times the token output. Nvidia confirmed on Monday that its Vera Rubin platform has reached full production, with Ian Buck, the company’s vice president of accelerated computing, telling
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The other two major labels made peace with Udio months ago. Sony did the opposite. On Monday it filed a fresh lawsuit in New York, Billboard reported, covering 30,117 recordings and leaving Udio facing a far bigger bill. Turning peace into a weapon The heart of the case is
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TL;DR VW launched an e-bike with a rear camera, radar, crash-detecting helmet, and HUD smart glasses, starting at $3,999 with Q4 2026 delivery. Volkswagen has put its name on an e-bike built around the kind of safety technology you would normally find in a car. The Volkswagen eBike,
