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World Cup 2026-focused study shows 19% of people are planning to bet for the first time

The payments platform Paysafe suggests the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be a key moment for North America, as it says 60% of consumers plan to place bets online or via an app, with 19% planning to bet for the … Continue reading

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Instagram might soon let you remove yourself from someone’s Close Friends list

Since the feature’s launch in 2018, users haven’t been able to remove themselves from someone else’s Close Friends list.

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Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

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Fireblocks CEO says North Korea-linked job recruitment scam targeted LinkedIn profiles

CEO Michael Shaulov said hackers, especially those with ties to North Korea, have been evolving at “lightspeed” because of AI.

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Buzz about Broadcom’s custom chips is testing, but not breaking Nvidia’s dominance

As custom chips gain favor, the Street weighs what it really means for Nvidia.

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Daily Tech Insider Unpacks the Week AI Became Your Intern, Concierge, and Lip-Reader

AI news roundup: Gemini lands in Chrome and Search, Yahoo launches Scout, Apple previews smarter Siri, and Microsoft debuts Maia 200 chips. The post Daily Tech Insider Unpacks the Week AI Became Your Intern, Concierge, and Lip-Reader appeared first on … Continue reading

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Former Google engineer found guilty of espionage and theft of AI tech

The case marks the first conviction on AI-related economic espionage charges in the U.S., according to the Department of Justice.

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SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share … Continue reading

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Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel … Continue reading

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Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

The company says you can use plug-ins to “tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes.”

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