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SoftBank gets $8.2 billion boost from Intel as OpenAI takes a backseat (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: billion, gain, intel

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Nintendo's fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue beat estimates, despite Switch 2 sales slump (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jenny Lee | tags: billion, billion yen, nintendo

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Alibaba-Backed AI Startup Vast Seeks Fresh Capital, Eyes IPO (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: alibaba, alibaba baidu, artificial

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Linux Use Skyrockets to a Historic High (cnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Julian Dossett | tags: cloudflare, internet, linux

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‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Seehorn Has No Idea What Carol Is Going to Do With That Bomb (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: emmy, emmy nominee, fans

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A University Used AI to Police Its Entrance Exam. Now 58,000 Students Need a Do-Over (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: artificial, artificial intelligence, chanted

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This free Windows 11 tool can rescue your PC when things go wrong - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lance Whitney | tags: click, create, point

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We're adding to our position in a chipmaker as the AI trade regains its footing (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jeff Marks | tags: intel, investing club, jim cramer

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Huge $750 saving makes this Gigabyte OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti an absolute steal right now — just $1,999 for 1600p rig with 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, and a 24-core Intel CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Ben Stockton | tags: gigabyte, rtx 5070 ti, oled display

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Frore claims its LiquidJet can drop Nvidia Rubin GPU temperatures by 10°C — can also boost performance by 15% as hyperscalers eye using delidded GPUs in production environments (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Anton Shilov | tags: frore systems, liquidjet, nvidia rubin

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Google Photos could soon let you customize Collections to your liking (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: google photos, collections, rakshabandhan

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Crazed modder turns NAS into a gaming PC with RTX 5060 hanging from the side, boosts frame rate by 828% — Frankenstein rig hides dedicated PSU in drive bay, breaks Time Spy world record for the onboard CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nas, rtx 5060, intel core i5-1235u

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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-05 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: spacex, starlink, elon musk

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Can empty space can interact with light — and even change its properties? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sokolova-Lapa | tags: astron, astrophys, competing interests

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How tech is helping in the battle against wildfires (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: fire detection, artificial intelligence, gironde

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Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: fire detection, artificial intelligence, wildfires

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Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: spacex, elon musk, starlink

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'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: outsourcing, philippines, artificial intelligence

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AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by With Interpol | tags: interpol, africa, mobile money

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Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: amazon, perplexity, comet browser

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Pinterest shares fall on lukewarm sales guidance (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jonathan Vanian | tags: pinterest, amazon, prime day

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Bingers, a new TV-tracking app from the founder of TV Time, is now available to download (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: tv time, bingers, whip media

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Can MS Paint run Doom? (Yes) (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ms paint, doom, mark russinovich

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Fender’s CEO compared cover bands to AI. Now he’s walking it back (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: fender, artificial intelligence, cover bands

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TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV-tracking app (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sarah Perez | tags: tv time, whip media, bingers

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Opinion | AI Can Empower People, but Only With Some Guardrails (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: artificial intelligence, governance, ai access

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The Truth About AI That Every Business Leader Needs to Hear Right Now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Majeed Javdani | tags: entrepreneur, openai, artificial intelligence

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Jim Cramer weighs the next move after massive rallies in two tech stocks (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: intel, boeing, iran

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Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing AI (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: brinker international, chili’s, anthropic

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Most tech revolutions made work worse for employees (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: microsoft, smartphone, internet