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The 7 best cordless vacuums for 2026
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The 7 best cordless vacuums for 2026

A good cordless stick vacuum cleaner gives you the freedom to move from room to room without dragging a cable or hunting for the nearest outlet. They’re lighter...

Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla
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Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla

Every six months or so, Nvidia's head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, invites CEO Jensen Huang to go for a ride in a vehicle equipped with the company's hands-free a...

How Trump’s war on Iran stranded a million fliers — and plunged the Gulf’s favorite playground into chaos
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How Trump’s war on Iran stranded a million fliers — and plunged the Gulf’s favorite playground into chaos

It was a little after 1PM on Friday, February 28th, and Samantha Lujano was about to board her flight from Dubai to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when the drone attacks b...

Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court
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Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court

Anthropic has launched a new research initiative called Anthropic Institute and has revealed that its Public Policy team is opening its first office in Washingt...

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams
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Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams

Meta is adding more scam detection tools to Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp that can help users protect their accounts. In its announcement, Meta says the new...

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again
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Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again

While Samsung has treated its Flips and Folds to a few major hardware upgrades over recent years, the Galaxy S flagships have often felt like a long, unbroken l...

Meta rolls out new features for scam protection
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Meta rolls out new features for scam protection

Meta announced new features today aimed at cracking down on scams perpetrated via its platforms. First, Meta is launching AI tools for identifying impersonator...

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
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Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company a...

Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close
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Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close

The first thing most people seem to do when they try out a foldable phone I'm reviewing is look for the crease in the screen. In the case of Oppo's Find N6, it...

Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand
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Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand

At the start of the year, Google brought a host of new Gemini-powered features, including built-in Nano Banana image generation, to Chrome. After debuting in th...

How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs
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How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs

Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energ...

A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works
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A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Though the live-action Cowboy Bebop was a big disappointment, Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to give it another go with one of his other iconic pieces of IP. Vari...

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