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The AI boom needs colossal amounts of electricity. That has turned fusion, forever mocked as “30 years away,” into one of the hottest bets in tech. The best-funded player just raised another $1 billion. Commonwealth Fusion Systems, based in Massachusetts, said the round takes its total to $4 billion, roughly
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Facepalm: PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's four largest accounting firms alongside EY, KPMG, and Deloitte, has landed in hot water after it was found to have published at least four reports riddled
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When Paul Moore heard the European Commission President saying that the EU age verification app will “give children a safer start online,” he was unconvinced. "Bypassing the latest EU age verification app (2026.07-1) with a Chrome extension," he later posted on X. And it wasn’t the
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered an extraordinary, sea-like expanse of geometric honeycomb patterns on Mars, providing novel evidence of how liquid water might have shaped the planet eons ago. Imaged inside the Valle Grande Martian valley, Curiosity's findings showcases small polygonal fractures tightly packed across the bedrock.
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Sarah Tew/CNET 9.2 Pros & Cons * Widest platform compatibility of any password manager * No device limit on free plan * 2FA via YubiKey and FIDO2 * Open-source code * Self-hosting available * Strong security and privacy track record * Password hygiene monitoring requires paid plan * Can only share passwords with one other user
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Editors’ note, July 30: On July 27, the Federal Communications Commission issued an update clarifying how its national security restrictions on equipment from foreign companies would apply to robots. The FCC confirmed to CNET that it applies not just to humanoid robots but also to household devices like robot vacuums,
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Back in 2016, floods of people were playing Pokemon Go in public parks and streets just about everywhere. Meanwhile, VR headsets were tech’s hot product, from the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive to PlayStation VR, Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR. I remember that year vividly and think about
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For 6 months, my husband convinced everyone that I had stolen millions from the company I built, including our own daughter. As I sat in federal court, certain I was about to lose my freedom, the doors suddenly opened. My 9-year-old son walked in carrying an old blue backpack, looked
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Blu-ray turned 20 this year, and although streaming is now the way most people watch films, physical media is dead is far from dead. Collectors are still buying Blu-rays for their new restorations, special features or limited-edition packages — and younger audiences are discovering the value of owning their films rather
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Over the last few years, the term “weaponized incompetence” has blown up in dating discourse online. It’s used to describe someone—most often the guy, when it comes to heterosexual relationships—who acts like they are incapable of doing things like cooking, cleaning, scheduling, and just generally being thoughtful,
