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Google Translate uses AI to help you practice pronunciation
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Google Translate uses AI to help you practice pronunciation

Google is celebrating Translate’s 20th birthday by launching pronunciation practice, which the company says is one of the most requested features for the produc...

Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models
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Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models

Google has signed a deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose." This is according to a report by The...

Amazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark mode
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Amazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark mode

Most modern Kindle devices with a black and white E Ink screen offer an alternate inverted dark mode with white text against a black background across their ent...

The FTC says Americans lost at least $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025
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The FTC says Americans lost at least $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That figure marks an eightfold...

DJI’s new Mic Mini 2 adds colorful covers to help them blend in
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DJI’s new Mic Mini 2 adds colorful covers to help them blend in

Following the launch of the Osmo Pocket 4 earlier this month, DJI has announced a new version of its smallest wireless microphone system. The DJI Mic Mini 2 doe...

Ted Lasso’s fourth season starts August 5
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Ted Lasso’s fourth season starts August 5

It turns out you can go back again, especially if you win a pile of awards, mint a crop of stars and turn a potentially obscure sitcom into Apple’s biggest hit....

Trump administration is paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects
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Trump administration is paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects

The Trump Administration has signed deals with two major energy companies to abandon their respective offshore wind farms, with both firms agreeing to invest in...

Traeger debuts the Irontop, a more affordable gas-powered griddle
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Traeger debuts the Irontop, a more affordable gas-powered griddle

Traeger’s first non-pellet grills debuted in 2023. Jumping into the griddle craze, the company introduced the Flatrock series in a three-burner model — later ad...

Musk and Altman go to court
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Musk and Altman go to court

The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI is officially upon us. And it is going to be a mess. As the two sides fight over the early days of AI, who deserves credi...

Amazon brings dark mode to Kindle Colorsoft and Scribe Colorsoft
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Amazon brings dark mode to Kindle Colorsoft and Scribe Colorsoft

Amazon has today announced a software update for both the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft which will bring dark mode to both e-readers. Even better...

ASUS' dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo is now on pre-order starting at $4,500
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ASUS' dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo is now on pre-order starting at $4,500

ASUS is often best when it's weird, and this year at CES 2026 the company decided to resurrect one of its weirdest laptops ever: the ROG Zephyrus Duo. Unlike th...

Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops
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Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo was my pick for the best laptop of CES: It had two high-end screens, great specs, and the promise of being a one-of-a-kind multitaskin...

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