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Meta is reportedly building an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta is reportedly building an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg

Picture this: You're a senior Meta employee looking for feedback from the CEO. But, instead of hearing from the real Mark Zuckerberg, you get a response from a...

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis
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The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

Farmers are very busy in the spring, under pressure to get crops into the ground just as the Northern Hemisphere begins to thaw. But this year has been differen...

Roblox introduces mandatory age-gated account tiers
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Roblox introduces mandatory age-gated account tiers

Roblox is preparing to roll out its biggest change since starting age verification late last year. While that program was initially focused on chat access, toda...

Roblox has games again
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Roblox has games again

Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word "game" for "experience" all over its website and mobile apps in 2021 while the Epic Games...

Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old
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Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that's intended for users nine or older, you will...

Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?
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Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?

Elon Musk promised Neuralink would bring superhuman abilities and minds merged with AI. Then he fueled a runaway hype train for his brain implant technology, wh...

Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds
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Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds

Microsoft has started testing its own virtual mouse cursor inside its Xbox mode for Windows-based handhelds. The new Gamepad Cursor option provides a quick way...

Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack
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Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack

Sam Altman was seemingly targeted by a second attack on Sunday morning, with two suspects arrested following a shooting at his Russian Hill residence, The San F...

Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable
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Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable

Apple and Samsung have both been strongly linked with plans for foldable phones in a boxy, wide aspect ratio, but it looks like another company will get there f...

Apple reportedly testing out four different styles for its smart glasses that will rival Meta Ray-Bans
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Apple reportedly testing out four different styles for its smart glasses that will rival Meta Ray-Bans

Apple may be late to the smart glasses market, but it could be covering all its bases with up to four potential styles for its upcoming product. According to Bl...

Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop
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Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop

For obvious reasons, I've had Moon on the mind all week. So I was trying to figure out what I should recommend this week that would thematically fit. Brian Eno'...

The US government wants Reddit to snitch on one of its users through a grand jury
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The US government wants Reddit to snitch on one of its users through a grand jury

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a certain Redditor in its crosshairs and it's now strong-arming the social media platform to reveal who they are with a...

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