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How AI startups are scaling revenue 'faster than any other companies in cloud history' - and what's next

Bessemer Venture Partners ZDNET's key takeaways AI startups are reaching revenue milestones faster than ever. A new, AI-native social media giant could emerge. Startups must be ready for lots of acquisition interest In its annual overview of artificial intelligence (AI), venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners on Wednesday said that startups it funds -- such as Anthropic, Perplexity, and Canva -- are reaching meaningful turning points in their revenue faster than at any other time in

The best TV screen cleaners of 2025: Expert recommended

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Fighting with YouTube to show a preview image

TLDR: Click here for code to implement a lightweight, resilient clickable YouTube preview. YouTube videos are expensive to load on a web page. This compounds if you want your page to display many videos at the same time for the user to choose from. Before the user even plays the video, it loads 4MB onto your previously zippy page. Of course, YouTube does a decent job of caching these resources, but your browser is still doing all this work, creating another complete page context per video, exe

Kodak says it’ll figure things out and won’t shut down

“Kodak is confident it will be able to pay off a significant portion of its term loan well before it becomes due, and amend, extend or refinance our remaining debt and/or preferred stock obligations. To fund the repayment, we plan to draw on the approximately $300 million in cash we expect to receive from the reversion and settlement of our U.S. pension fund (the Kodak Retirement Income Plan, or “KRIP”) in December. However, the KRIP reversion is not solely within Kodak’s control and therefore i

Want free e-books? You can get hundreds for a few more days - here's how

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Amazon adding 1,300 more cities to its same-day grocery delivery service - check yours here

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Changing these iOS 18 settings significantly improved my iPhone's battery life

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I recommend this OnePlus phone over most midrange Androids - and it's $50 off

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The HP OmniBook 5 laptop offers 34 hours of battery life - and it's 60% off today only

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A case study in bad hiring practice and how to fix it

None of this - none of it at all - is remotely relevant to the actual day-to-day job of a Head of Security Operations. Again, these are questions that cannot be answered appropriately in character-capped text fields. But beyond that, these are questions that should not - ever - be used to screen applicants. Applicants for a role where these requirements are not even remotely relevant. How Their Interview Process Works Having waded through this nonsense, your application finally gets sent. As w

The security gadget I never leave home without (and it's not an AirTag)

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Don't like GPT-5? You can still use GPT-4 and other legacy models in ChatGPT - here's how

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Why solar-powered portable batteries are not as reliable as you think (and the best alternative)

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The Team Behind ‘Wednesday’ Is Bringing the Addams Family Back to Animation

Jeffrey Wright talks The Batman, Part II. Plus, get a look at what’s coming on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Alien: Earth. Spoilers away! The Healing/Mar.ia/Holy Mother Variety reports a brand-new sci-fi/horror production company called Void Signal has partnered with Alliance Home Entertainment, “targeting digital and physical releases across North America, the U.K., and Ireland.” The company’s first release, The Healing, will be available this October 7 and star Alyona Mitroshina as “a wo

Chinese tech giant Tencent's quarterly revenue jumps 15% on AI investments, gaming unit boost

The Tencent logo is displayed on the exterior of a building at the company’s headquarters, with a surveillance camera visible in the foreground, on November 30, 2024, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Tencent on Wednesday reported a 15% jump in second-quarter revenue as a strong performance in its gaming unit and AI investments boosted growth. Here's how Tencent did in the first quarter of 2025: Revenue: 184.504 billion Chinese yuan ($25.7 billion), compared to 161.117 billion Chinese y

Miss the microSD slot on your phone? T-Mobile’s latest phone might be for you.

TL;DR T-Mobile has launched the Revvl 8 smartphone, the latest model in the brand’s Revvl portfolio. The new phone stands out from the previous model thanks to an upgraded chip, improved camera hardware, and faster charging. Expect to pay $199.99 when the phone goes on sale tomorrow (August 14). T-Mobile has offered its Revvl phones for a while now, and these are decent if unspectacular budget Android phones. Now, the carrier has announced the Revvl 8. So, what does it bring to the table? Th

This new Wyze security camera promises to eliminate blind spots for $70

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CoreWeave shares drop even as revenue and guidance top estimates

Mike Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Nasdaq headquarters in New York on March 28, 2025. CoreWeave shares slid 11% in extended trading on Tuesday even as the provider of artificial intelligence infrastructure issued results and guidance that beat expectations. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: Loss of 21 cents Loss of 21 cents Revenue: $1.21 billion vs. $1.08 billion expected Revenue more than tripled from $395.4 millio

Save $50 on the OnePlus Pad 3 plus get a free gift - here's the deal

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The next big TV panel leap was just unveiled by Samsung - and it makes LED look outdated

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Let's get real about the one-person billion dollar company

If you like this post, follow my journey on Twitter: https://x.com/random The biggest hurdle to the one-person billion dollar company is not AI capability, but founder pain tolerance. Sam Altman is betting on it in his private group chats. Dario Amodei predicted it'll happen in 2026. These geniuses think the one-person billion dollar company is inevitable, and unicorn teams are getting smaller, but a one person? That’s not going to just happen. One person is an intentional choice by an i

Installed iOS 18.6 on your iPhone? Change these 11 settings for the best experience

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Waze vs. Google Maps: I compared two of the best navigation apps, and here's the clear winner

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OnePlus has an enticing $350 deal for its latest flagship Android phone - free earbuds included

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The world's first Micro RGB TV has arrived - and it makes LED models look outdated

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I found the 5 best laptop sales - just in time for back to school

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The new Preview app has a fun interactive Liquid Glass easter egg

As part of the overall redesign, Liquid Glass has been implemented throughout iOS 26, changing how app icons, toolbars, tab bars and system controls look and behave. But Apple is also open to just having a bit of a fun with the new material, like the completely-over-the-top refraction effect when you pull down the Lock Screen. With beta 6, Apple hid another fun Liquid Glass easter egg inside the Preview app on iPad. See the video after the break … Preview is a new app available on iPadOS 26 th

Is Instagram Map showing your location? How to check and turn it off

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AP to end its weekly book reviews

Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekly book reviews Dear AP book reviewers, I am writing to share that the AP is ending its weekly book reviews, beginning Sept. 1. This was a difficult decision but one made after a thorough review of AP’s story offerings and what is being most read on our website and mobile apps as well as what customers are

I jump-started a bus from the 1930s with this power bank - here's the verdict

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