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OpenAI's secret hardware to launch this year
Maybe the $6.4 billion that OpenAI spent on Jony Ive’s company was money well spent after all.
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Danish boycott app targeting US goods surges amid Greenland row
Danish shoppers are using the barcode-scanning tool, UdenUSA, to identify and boycott American goods, as tensions over Donald Trump’s threats to invade Greenland rise.
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Greenlandic influencers mock Trump: “I have something he will never have”
Greenlanders are using social media to mock Donald Trump and reject his plans to annex the autonomous island. And they’re doing it in the most hilarious way.
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“Stop with the sass:” Alexa+ hallucinates to the point of gaslighting users
You can now argue with your AI assistant as if it were a real person.
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Europe plans to phase out high-risk suppliers and China's Huawei isn't happy
The EU plans to phase out components and equipment from high-risk suppliers in critical sectors, according to a draft proposal released by Brussels on Tuesday - a move criticised by China's Huawei, which is set to be among the companies affected.
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European social platform W is coming. Will users leave X for it?
Europe is set to launch its own social media platform, W, which is envisioned as a better alternative to Elon Musk’s X. However, the cases of Bluesky and Mastodon illustrate how hard it is to make users break up with X.
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Verizon changes policy on locked smartphones
It will take at least a year for new TracFone users to get their phones unlocked.
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Nova Launcher is making a comeback, possibly with ads
Nova Launcher is here to stay. Instabridge, the company that acquired Nova Launcher last year, has promised to keep the Android launcher alive for the community. However, changes might be inevitable.
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NASA is sending your names to the moon: here’s how to join the Artemis II crew
If you ever wanted your name in lights, well, today might be your last chance, as NASA is sending 1.5 million people’s names into space. Yours could be there, too.
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Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W
European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States.
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Meta “happy to turn a blind eye” to illegal online casino ads on Facebook, Instagram
Illegal gambling is on the rise, and the big names in tech are failing to pick up the slack.
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Temu catches up with Amazon in cross-border online shopping
Chinese discount platform Temu now accounts for a quarter of cross-border e-commerce, according to a new report, putting it on par with the American retail giant Amazon.
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Taylor Swift label Universal Music signs deal with China's NetEase
US-based Universal Music Group struck a deal with Chinese music streaming service NetEase Cloud Music, the two music companies announced Monday.
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UK to consult on whether to ban social media for under-16s
The UK government has launched a consultation on whether to ban under-16s from using social media and is also planning to toughen guidance on phone use in schools.
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China kicks high-speed traders out of exchange data centers
China's securities regulator has asked brokers to remove client-dedicated servers from data centers in local exchanges, a move that will deprive rapid-trading "flash boys" of an edge against other investors, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Is your device running a buggy Windows 11? Microsoft says it has fixed some issues
Microsoft recently released its first Windows 11 update of 2026, and it caused issues for some users. A fix has now arrived.
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People spend 11.8B hours consuming content on social media founded by billionaires
The richest people on Earth are more influential than ever, a new report has revealed.
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UK families face TikTok in US court showdown over viral challenge deaths
Grieving parents are travelling to a US court after filing a wrongful death lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance. They’re alleging that the platform's algorithms pushed dangerous “prank and challenge” content to children who later died after attempting self-strangulation.
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Newest version of Tails OS is no longer available via BitTorrent download
The team behind Tails OS, an operating system designed to safeguard users’ privacy, has decided to drop support for BitTorrent downloads.
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US tech pros condemn ICE shooting and ask their CEO’s to speak up
The fatal shooting of an unarmed woman, who lost her life to a bullet shot by an ICE agent, has caused tech industry professionals to speak up. They’re condemning the Trump administration policy regarding immigration and demand their CEO’s speak up as well.
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