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This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired

In red-hot acquisition market, this CVector founders answer this key question in its first conversation with prospective customers.

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AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?

As AI companions from companies like Replika, Character AI, and Nomi AI abound, love is no longer strictly human. In this debate, we ask the question of whether it should be, or whether dating an AI could be better than … Continue reading

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Apple iOS 26 public beta arrives

Apple released iOS 26 in public beta. Here’s everything you can expect, from the Liquid Glass design to features powered by Apple Intelligence.

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Google’s new Web View search experiment organizes results with AI

Google’s new Search Labs experiment will organize the search results using AI smarts.

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Amazon introduces a more affordable color screen Kindle

Amazon launches a more affordable, $250 Colorsoft Kindle and a version for kids.

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Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Fransisco startup. He’s also serving his eleventh year in prison.

A senior software engineer for Turso, Thorpe is part of an experimental program in the Maine state prison system that allows incarcerated people to work remote jobs from custody.

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Google’s new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes

The feature is launching in the United States today, letting users try on apparel items in Google’s Shopping Graph across Search, Google Shopping and product results on Google Images.

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Snapchat will now let your friends know you’ve made it home safe

Snap Map’s new “Home Safe” feature sends one-time alerts to friends, so you don’t need to remember to message others that you’re back safely.

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Mission Barns is betting that animal-free pork fat will make artificial meat delicious

It’s the first such product to reach the market, and it could unlock a host of fattened-up meat alternatives.

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Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models

When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns … Continue reading

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