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BYD to install thousands of 5-minute EV chargers across Europe
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BYD to install thousands of 5-minute EV chargers across Europe

Chinese EV colossus BYD has announced plans to speed up its conquest of the European auto market with the rollout of superfast Flash Chargers across the contine...

Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models
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Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models

The RAMageddon crisis has got Microsoft rethinking its Xbox console hardware business. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball have both revea...

Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
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Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month

Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Of...

Waymo built a virtual driver to study how humans react to surprises on the road
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Waymo built a virtual driver to study how humans react to surprises on the road

Waymo has a lot of experience building virtual systems to help its autonomous vehicles better understand the real world. It built realistic 3D worlds to better...

WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free
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WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free

Meta has been ordered by the European Commission to restore free WhatsApp access for chatbots made by rival AI providers while the regulator finishes its antitr...

Logitech’s new Mobi Fold squeezes a lot of functionality into a tiny folding mouse
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Logitech’s new Mobi Fold squeezes a lot of functionality into a tiny folding mouse

Logitech finally announced its new ultraportable travel mouse following leaked marketing images that spoiled the surprise last month. As the name implies, the M...

I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
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I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works

Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or "spirit week" theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto...

Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion
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Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion

Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three yea...

The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon
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The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon

Later this year, you will be able to get bundled subscriptions for iPhone apps, as Apple announced it's expanding App Store bundles so they can include offers f...

GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
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GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech

At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growin...

Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
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Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the...

Nintendo is playing things too safe
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Nintendo is playing things too safe

Tuesday's Nintendo Direct showcase felt like an important moment for the company. With the Switch 2 heading into its second holiday season, one in which the har...

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