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Summer is wrapping up, which means Labor Day deals are officially here with some massive end-of-season discounts. If you want to grab some fresh outdoor gear for next year on the cheap, right now is definitely the time to look. Retailers are slashing prices on all kinds of warm-weather essentials.
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Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home — in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one
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OpenAI is putting $1bn behind getting its cyber tools into the hands of organisations that cannot afford them. The programme, called Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, targets water utilities, electric grid operators, local government, community banks, nonprofits and open-source maintainers. It arrives on the same day the company shipped GPT-6 Astra,
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A proprietary trading firm has just signed one of the largest AI cloud contracts of the year. Jane Street is committing roughly $13bn over five years to Crusoe, the data centre company, for clusters of AI chips and the infrastructure around them. The terms were first reported by Bloomberg, citing
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The world’s largest chemical company is suing Apple over Face ID. BASF filed a patent infringement claim on Thursday, alleging that dozens of iPhone and iPad models use face authentication technology covered by patents it owns. The case was reported by Reuters and was filed in federal court in
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South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed. The confirmation was reported by Reuters, and it follows Washington signalling plans for targeted
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Havells has launched an Agentic AI Voice feature on its Havells One mobile app, allowing users to control connected appliances through natural-language voice commands in English and seven Indian languages. The feature, developed by Havells Center for Research & Innovation (CRI), uses ElevenLabs’ streaming speech-to-text and text-to-speech models as its
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A team of astronomers discovered a strange polygonal atmospheric structure on Saturn near the planet’s south pole. This 10-sided shape, known as a decagon, joins one of the gas giant’s most famous features: a hexagon near the north pole that was first observed 44 years ago. Images of
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A US law firm is alleging that UK-based telecoms and software company ConnexAI sold it software and AI systems that failed to perform as the vendor claimed, and then unlawfully renewed its contract. ConnexAI has rejected the allegations. The dispute has involves two court cases, both of which are ongoing.
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AMD and the University of Delhi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide students and faculty with access to AI development tools and training resources, with the programme targeting up to 10,000 students over the next year. Under the collaboration, AMD will bring its AI Engage Developer
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MathCo has announced a transition to an AI-native operating model as the enterprise AI and analytics company marks 10 years of operations. The company said the new model is expected to create more than 2,000 specialised AI roles and expand its workforce to more than 4,000 AI-native professionals
