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Ladies and gentlemen, on my right, costing $322.98 and most popular new Windows PC at Amazon is the Kamrui Essenx E2. Its challenger is the Bosgame E5 11 Pro, a lightweight PC that punches above its weight and costs only $263.49. Let’s see who is the better
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Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2026. At the same time, the company is rolling out new AI tools to find ads and accounts that may be used to secretly
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Next year’s Super Bowl is headed to Disney Plus. On Wednesday, Disney announced that viewers will be able to tune in
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We’re in San Francisco today to hear what’s next for Windows and Surface. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri will all be holding a “conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC.” Microsoft and
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Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX’s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back
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Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief executive Dillon Rolnick wrote in a note on the company’s website. The round
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Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund at $320M, and Europe is now its fastest-growing market. It made 12 investments through Endeavor’s European offices in the first half of 2026. That compares with 14 in all of 2025 and seven in 2024, the firm said on Wednesday. Investors oversubscribed
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Apple is working with LG Electronics on a video doorbell, a thermostat, a smart deadbolt lock and three security cameras, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The devices will carry the LG brand, not Apple’s. The accessories will work with Apple’s new smart home hub, an upgraded HomePod mini and
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Ring has announced a $249 smart lock with a dial that recharges a dead battery by hand, due in the United States early in 2027. Amazon’s own disclosure says the lock has not been authorised by the Federal Communications Commission and may not be sold until it is, and
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Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency (LVV) has ordered Google’s Finnish subsidiary to stop work at two planned data centre sites, in Muhos and Kajaani. The halt covers work that significantly changes the environment. The agency issued the order on Tuesday. Tuike Finland Oy must stop at once, and
