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OpenAI is putting ChatGPT, its browser and code generator into one desktop app
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OpenAI is putting ChatGPT, its browser and code generator into one desktop app

OpenAI is developing a “super app” for desktop that unifies ChatGPT, its browser and its Codex app, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC. A company spo...

Valve’s huge SteamOS 3.8 update adds long-awaited features — and supports Steam Machine
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Valve’s huge SteamOS 3.8 update adds long-awaited features — and supports Steam Machine

Valve has just released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, and it's a doozy. Not only is it the first release to support the upcoming Steam Machine living room gaming PC...

OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’
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OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’

OpenAI is working on a desktop "superapp" that merges its ChatGPT app, the Codex AI coding app, and its AI-powered Atlas browser into one app, The Wall Street J...

Alphabet no longer has a controlling stake in its life sciences business Verily
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Alphabet no longer has a controlling stake in its life sciences business Verily

Alphabet's life sciences business Verily is restructuring and raising money as a new corporate entity. Verily announced that with its $300 million investment ro...

States are suing the EPA for relinquishing its role as a greenhouse gas emissions regulator
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States are suing the EPA for relinquishing its role as a greenhouse gas emissions regulator

California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are leading a group of 20 other states in suing the US Environmental Protection Agency for renouncing its ab...

Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr
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Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr

Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024,...

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 wireless earbuds are on sale for the first time
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Sony’s WF-1000XM6 wireless earbuds are on sale for the first time

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over the last-gen model because of the price. Wh...

DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models
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DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models

DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. The delivery service introduced Tasks, which it describes as "short acti...

Google is reportedly testing a Gemini app for Mac
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Google is reportedly testing a Gemini app for Mac

Google is testing a version of its Gemini app for macOS, Bloomberg reports. The app would bring the AI assistant to uncharted territory, and in more direct comp...

Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie
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Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie

I admit, this is an innovation I did not see coming: Silicon Valley has invented the philosophical zombie from the classic thought experiment "lol how crazy wou...

The coolest game controller for your phone is $50 off
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The coolest game controller for your phone is $50 off

The MCON is the closest to a Swiss army knife that a controller can be. No, it doesn’t contain a can opener, but it makes up for it with a surprising array of f...

Hermès doesn’t include a power adapter with its $5,150 charging case
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Hermès doesn’t include a power adapter with its $5,150 charging case

Over a decade after Apple first partnered with Hermès for a special Apple Watch collaboration, the French luxury goods maker has released a new collection of le...

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