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In one of the largest deals in tech history, Marvell buys Lumentum for $115B

Posted by adwmayer on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:28PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/in-one-of-the-largest-deals-in-tech-history-marvell-buys-lumentum-for-115b/

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Siri AI for iPhones and iPads will be delayed indefinitely in the EU

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:04AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2189932/siri-ai-for-iphones-and-ipads-will-be-delayed-indefinitely-in-the-eu/

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Scientists Discover Form of Water That's Both Solid and Liquid

Posted by adwmayer on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @11:09PM
from the studyfinds.org dept.

https://studyfinds.org/scientists-discover-bizarre-water-both-solid-liquid/

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Trump announces new class of U.S. battleships named after himself

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @04:10AM
from the nbcnews.com dept.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-class-battleships-nuclear-navy-john-phelan-rcna250601

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Whatnot Raises $225M as Investors Bet on Livestream Shopping

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @09:23PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/dealbook/whatnot-livestream-shopping-fundraise.html

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RPT-1: SAP Launches a Relational Foundation Model for the Enterprise

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @09:21PM
from the thenewstack.io dept.

https://thenewstack.io/rpt-1-sap-launches-a-relational-foundation-model-for-the-enterprise/

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Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday November 02, 2025 @11:23AM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-thinks-college-might-be-a-waste-so-its-hiring-high-school-grads-aed267d5

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Google Has Killed Privacy Sandbox

Posted by adwmayer on Monday October 20, 2025 @12:45PM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/google-has-killed-privacy-sandbox-130029899.html

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3D-printed, carbon-absorbing bridge is inspired by bones

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday October 19, 2025 @04:41PM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/science/diamanti-3d-printed-concrete-sustainable-bridge-hnk-spc-intl

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Using Privacy Enhancing Technologies to Enable International Data Sharing

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:08PM
from the gds.blog.gov.uk dept.

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/09/using-privacy-enhancing-technologies-to-enable-international-data-sharing/

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Launching: The Boring Semantic Layer

Posted by adwmayer on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @01:47AM
from the juhache.substack.com dept.

https://juhache.substack.com/p/the-boring-semantic-layer

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Australia's Biggest Bank Reverses Plan to Replace Jobs with AI

Posted by adwmayer on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:28AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/commonwealth-bank-reverses-job-cuts-decision-over-ai-chatbots

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NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars

Posted by adwmayer on Saturday August 16, 2025 @03:18AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/nasa-has-sparked-a-race-to-develop-the-data-pipeline-to-mars/

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Construction on Trump's $200M White House ballroom to begin in September

Posted by adwmayer on Thursday July 31, 2025 @11:17PM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/white-house-ballroom-construction

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Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @02:28PM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gx28815wo

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The rise of the AI-native employee

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday June 29, 2025 @11:41AM
from the elenaverna.com dept.

https://www.elenaverna.com/p/the-rise-of-the-ai-native-employee

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Appeals court rules that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe

Posted by adwmayer on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:23AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/appeals-court-confirms-that-tracking-based-online-advertising-is-illegal-in-europe-223714124.html

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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo Is Joining OpenAI

Posted by adwmayer on Thursday May 08, 2025 @03:53AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-is-joining-openai/

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Meta will soon let you link your WhatsApp account with Instagram and Facebook

Posted by adwmayer on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:34AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/meta-will-soon-let-you-link-your-whatsapp-account-with-instagram-and-facebook/

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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @12:41PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91253686/california-will-require-insurance-companies-to-offer-coverage-in-wildfire-zones

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An unusual shift in the weather has turned the Sahara green

Posted by adwmayer on Monday September 23, 2024 @02:09AM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/weather/sahara-desert-green-climate/index.html

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Apple is the first tech giant to get AI right

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday June 16, 2024 @12:47PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-winner-big-tech-company-artifical-intelligence-google-microsoft-openai-2024-6

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First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

Posted by adwmayer on Sunday May 19, 2024 @03:07PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/19/ed-dwight-blue-origin-first-black-astronaut-candidate

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How the Seattle Storm became the WNBA's most valuable team

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @01:47AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91092032/seattle-storm-wnba-most-valuable-team

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Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees–Which Means Trouble

Posted by adwmayer on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:38AM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/arctic-trees-sea-ice-snow-warming/

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Lenovo's Project Crystal is first laptop with a transparent MicroLED display

Posted by adwmayer on Monday February 26, 2024 @01:38AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/lenovos-project-crystal-is-the-worlds-first-laptop-with-a-transparent-microled-display-230025521.html

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Google Critic Luther Lowe Joins Y Combinator

Posted by adwmayer on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:24PM
from the theinformation.com dept.

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-critic-luther-lowe-joins-y-combinator

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Hannah Diamond Has Cracked the Code of Using AI for Music

Posted by adwmayer on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:07PM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/hannah-diamond-has-cracked-the-code-ai-music/

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The Venetian Resort starts testing its giant LED video sphere

Posted by adwmayer on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @12:37PM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/the-venetian-resort-starts-testing-its-giant-led-video-sphere-153112387.html

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