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Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, the hosts discuss how limiting foreign-born workers hurts Silicon Valley.

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Apple brings Apple Intelligence to the iPhone screen

Apple said it’s bringing Visual Intelligence, its AI-powered image analysis tech, to the iPhone screen in iOS 26.

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Apple Wallet gains new travel-friendly features in iOS 26

The app will soon be able to hold a digital version of your passport, and boarding passes will gain new features.

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XRobotics’ countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a month

XRobotics recently raised a $2.5 million seed round to help it produce more of its countertop pizza robots.

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Corporate AI adoption may be leveling off, according to Ramp data

A healthy chunk of corporate America has eagerly embraced AI, betting that the tech will bring heretofore unrealizable productivity gains. But adoption may be leveling off, according to transaction data from fintech company Ramp.

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Microsoft enters portable gaming with new ROG Xbox Ally devices

Xbox players will soon be able to take their favorite games anywhere with the launch of the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds.

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Vantage raises $820 million in a first-of-its-kind cloud and AI data center deal in Europe

Vantage Data Centers raised 720 million euros in an asset-backed securitization (ABS) deal, the first ever euro-denominated with data center assets in Germany.

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IonQ buys UK quantum startup Oxford Ionics for more than $1 billion

Interest in quantum computing has skyrocketed in recent months following recent announcements from major technology players like Microsoft and Alphabet.

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Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”

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YouTube Loosens Video Content Moderation Rules

The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.

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