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Senators tell ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 AI video app 'immediately'
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Senators tell ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 AI video app 'immediately'

After ByteDance suspended the global rollout of its new Seedance 2.0 AI video generator on the weekend, US senators have now told the company to "immediately sh...

The Morning After: Apple's surprise AirPods Max refresh
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The Morning After: Apple's surprise AirPods Max refresh

You may have a little Apple fatigue after last week's barrage of Macs, iPhones and iPads. The company wasn't done, however. Surprise! Here is an updated pair of...

Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’
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Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’

Klumpen isn't an off-grid cabin, but it does provide all the utilities needed to live away from civilization comfortably. The seven-square-meter teepee is an "o...

Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera
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Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera

The first Matter camera is here - sort of. Camera support came to the smart home standard last year, and Aqara's Camera Hub G350 is the first to support it. The...

Denon's DP-500BT turntable combines premium design with Bluetooth streaming for $899
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Denon's DP-500BT turntable combines premium design with Bluetooth streaming for $899

Denon is addressing an omission in its current turntable lineup: Bluetooth streaming. With the new DP-500BT, the company combines refined design, analog sound a...

Boox's new Go E Ink tablet includes a 10-inch display and runs Android 15
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Boox's new Go E Ink tablet includes a 10-inch display and runs Android 15

There are many E Ink tablets out there, but most of them are basically digital notebooks. They are great for reading and handwriting notes, but not so great for...

The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’
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The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’

After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoo...

Android tablets and foldables are getting a Chrome bookmark bar
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Android tablets and foldables are getting a Chrome bookmark bar

Sometimes, it's the little details in a software update that make the biggest improvements. Google is rolling out a new feature for Chrome that will add a bookm...

NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis
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NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis

At GTC 2026, NVIDIA and Bolt announced what they hope will be a symbiotic partnership. Bolt gets NVIDIA technology that would be costly and impractical to build...

DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games
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DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games

Nvidia announced DLSS 5 on Monday during its GTC conference, and based on early reactions, it's going to be a divisive update, with some reactions calling it "s...

Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM
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Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM

Three Tennessee teens are suing Elon Musk's xAI over claims that the company's Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized images and videos of themselves as minors, a...

Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni robovacs are nearly 50 percent off
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Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni robovacs are nearly 50 percent off

If you like the idea of spring cleaning but not the part where you actually have to clean, both the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni and newer X9 Pro Omni have droppe...

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