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Right now, you can add the M5 Pro MacBook Pro to your cart for a record-low price of $2,341. This is our favorite MacBook for creatives, and this deal is on the 2TB model. That means along with your high-performing new laptop, you'll also get more than
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In Brief 11:45 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Early-stage venture firm A* Capital on Tuesday announced a $450 million Fund III. The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories including AI applications, fintech, healthcare, and security. The average check size for this fund will be between $3
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former cofounder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure. Altman was asked out of the gate what he thought of Musk’s allegation that OpenAI’s other founders “stole a charity” when they
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced patching 137 vulnerabilities across its products, none of which have been flagged as exploited in the wild. Roughly a dozen of the bugs addressed with the latest Patch Tuesday updates have an exploitability rating of ‘exploitation more likely’, indicating that threat actors could start abusing them
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Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks to a reporter on the House steps after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW May 12, 2026 02:09 PM ET The top Democrat on
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Earlier today, Meta announced that it was testing a new Meta AI chatbot for Threads that would function a lot like Grok on X. Even though the "early beta" isn't available to most people on the platform yet, a number of Threads users have discovered its
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The perfect robot mower for you is not nearly as fancy and feature-heavy as you may think. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's not the lawn mower, it's
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Google announced Rambler, a new AI-powered voice dictation feature for Gboard — its widely used Android keyboard app — at its Android Show: I/O Edition 2026 event on Tuesday morning. The launch puts Google in direct competition with the likes of Wispr Flow and Typeless, a growing crop of AI-powered dictation
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Intel was rumored to be working on a "Nova Lake-AX" processor that was reportedly a direct competitor with both Apple's M-series as well as AMD's Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" chips. It would have been a BGA design with powerful graphics and
