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There are plenty of old wives’ tales we all heard growing up. You know the ones: Don’t swallow a watermelon seed or an entire watermelon will grow inside your stomach, or that you have to wait 30 minutes after eating to go swimming. While neither of those is actually
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Save $48: Enjoy four free months of Amazon Prime Unlimited when you sign up as part of this early Prime Day deal. The music streaming service usually costs $12 a month, making this a $48 discount. Note that while you need to be an Amazon Prime member to get the
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Hackuity, a Lyon-based cybersecurity company, has raised $19M in a round led by Forgepoint Capital International. Existing investors Bright Pixel, Bpifrance, and Seventure Partners also took part, bringing the company’s total funding to $38M. Hackuity plans to spend the money on product development, its AI features, and expansion across
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British workers spend about £958 million each year out of pocket on generative AI tools for work, according to a Deloitte UK survey of 25,000 people. Of those using these tools, 17% pay for at least one themselves. This spending is part of a larger trend that employers do
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: Remember the recent bizarre case of a man charged with three felonies for destroying a Flock surveillance camera, despite it being a fake decoy? It seems Florida police have had an attack
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Google on Tuesday informed Pixel phone owners that it has patched a zero-day vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks. The zero-day is tracked as CVE-2026-58704, and Google said it’s aware of “limited, targeted exploitation”. The vulnerability has been rated high severity and affects the Pixel’s modem component. “In Cellular
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Natixis has expanded Etienne Huret’s responsibilities to include leadership of its Expertise Centers in India and Portugal, bringing its teams in Bangalore, Porto, and Lisbon under a common leadership structure. The move is aimed at improving coordination, knowledge sharing, and consistency across the three locations. Huret will oversee the
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Krish Kupathil will now lead Quest Global’s AI vision internally and externally, while helping clients translate complex engineering challenges into measurable business value. He will also bring his network across AI and deep tech, along with his experience in data centre infrastructure, to help shape the company’s AI
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Meta has introduced WhatsApp Business Tools MCP, allowing AI coding agents to handle parts of WhatsApp Business setup, configuration, and testing. The move points to a broader shift in how enterprises may interact with platform infrastructure. For businesses using WhatsApp as a customer channel, getting the messaging layer running can
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Meta has introduced Meta One, a subscription service covering Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. It combines higher AI usage with additional features for individuals, creators, and businesses. Meta says more than 50 features are already part of the offering and that it has recorded 15 million subscriptions and trials
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Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2.7 trillion in 2026, a 49.5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimized IaaS, AI-optimized servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices) to support anticipated future workloads
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