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OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility

A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He’s suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.

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Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms

The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.

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Reddit is testing verification badges

Verified users will actually be notable figures, not just people who paid for the checkmark.

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YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026

The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for.

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Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on participating publications’ Google News pages as part of a new pilot program, the search giant announced on Wednesday. News publishers participating in the pilot program include Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, … Continue reading

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Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published ebooks

Amazon says its Kindle Direct DRM-free titles will be available as PDFs and EPUB files going forward.

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Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities

The e-commerce giant says it will expand the service to additional cities in 2026.

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ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

This is ChatGPT’s first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

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Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.

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Unacademy’s founder says startup is now worth less than $500M, confirms M&A talks

Unacademy’s valuation has dropped by over 85% from its pandemic-era peak price tag of $3.5 billion, its founder said.

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