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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Manufacturers profit twice: on sale, and on cloud storage. * Think in $/GB, not GB; that's what storage really costs. * A gigabyte of storage is not as much as you think. Modern smartphones are
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The Keychron K8 Ultra 8K offers a solid build, hot-swappable mechanical switches, and multiple wireless connectivity options. It also performs quite well, as you might imagine given the spec. However, the keys don’t have the smoothest action, and their wide spacing can make gaming and typing uncomfortable, as does
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In Brief 4:56 PM PDT · August 17, 2026 Anthropic’s revenue continues not just to grow at an historic pace but to accelerate. The model maker’s annualized revenue run rate — a projection of a full year’s revenue based on a recent, shorter period —surpassed $65 billion at
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Usually, you don’t want people poking around on your device. There are ways to stop this, including biometrics and passcodes, but Android users don’t have many privacy options once someone — whether it’s a kid, friend or thief — gets hold of their phone and gets past the lock
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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / video content. As part of an
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* Chinese researchers built an AI targeting infrared traces from F-22 and F-35 engines * Flare decoys reportedly fail to fool this heat-based recognition model * Lab tests show recognition accuracy above 90 percent for simulated targets Chinese researchers have claimed a lightweight AI system can identify heat signatures resembling those of F-22
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Aachen-based amber has closed a €7mn Series A. Ventech co-led it with NRW.Venture, the venture arm of NRW.BANK. NRW.BANK is the development bank owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. By the standards of this year’s AI rounds, €7mn is small. The argument behind it
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The US Justice Department is investigating Andreessen Horowitz. At issue is whether partners at the venture capital firm improperly sit on the boards of competing artificial intelligence companies. Bloomberg reported the investigation on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Those sources put the investigation at nearly a year old.
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A security company built working exploits for two pre-authentication root bugs in macOS. It took four hours. The firm, Calif, used an AI agent. It now withholds technical details of one of those bugs, CVE-2026-65400, until most Macs carry the patch. The reason is the speed. Producing the exploit was
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Wispr has raised $280mn at a $2bn valuation. Menlo Ventures led the round, having led the last one too. Total funding now stands at $361mn. The company makes Wispr Flow, a dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in whatever application your cursor happens to be in. Reuters reports
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It feels like every week brings new TV shows and movies that you just need to see. However, most of these shows and movies are spread among various streaming platforms. Subscribing to multiple services can get expensive fast. However, plenty of top-rated streaming services are currently offering big savings — especially
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American luxury EV builder Lucid Motors announced and unveiled the Lucid Gravity GT-S this weekend during Monterey Car Week in California. The new performance variant of the brand’s three-row electric SUV inherits the upgraded three-motor powertrain from the 1,070-horsepower Lucid Air Sapphire, seats up to seven and features
