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Best early Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals: My 15 favorite sales live now

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Terra CO2 cements $124M Series B to slash concrete’s carbon footprint

Concrete has been around for millennia, but Terra CO2 thinks it has a better way to make the ubiquitous building material, and investors appear to agree. The Golden, Colorado-based startup recently closed a $124.5 million Series B to help bring its low-carbon cement replacement to market. Cement — the stuff that binds aggregate together to form concrete — weighs heavily on the climate. The CO 2 released by the chemical reaction that makes Portland cement, the most common type of cement, and th

Confidence in agentic AI: Why eval infrastructure must come first

As AI agents enter real-world deployment, organizations are under pressure to define where they belong, how to build them effectively, and how to operationalize them at scale. At VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, tech leaders gathered to talk about how they’re transforming their business with agents: Joanne Chen, general partner at Foundation Capital; Shailesh Nalawadi, VP of project management with Sendbird; Thys Waanders, SVP of AI transformation at Cognigy; and Shawn Malhotra, CTO, Rocket Compani

Everwild has reportedly been cancelled amid Xbox layoffs

In today's gaming world, a decade of development can sometimes amount to nothing. Parent company Microsoft has reportedly cancelled Rare's long-in-development project Everwild. The news comes amid broader layoffs across Microsoft's Xbox division. Rare employees will likely be part of the Xbox layoffs, according to Video Games Chronicle. VGC and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier were the first to report the game's cancellation. (Schreier added that an MMORPG project from Zenimax, codenamed "Blackbird,"

Citrix warns of login issues after NetScaler auth bypass patch

Citrix warns that patching recently disclosed vulnerabilities that can be exploited to bypass authentication and launch denial-of-service attacks may also break login pages on NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances. This happens because starting with NetScaler 14.1.47.46 and 13.1.59.19, the Content Security Policy (CSP) header, which mitigates risks associated with cross-site scripting (XSS), code injection, and other client-side attacks, is enabled by default. However, while it is designed to b

How to prove your writing isn't AI-generated with Grammarly's free new tool

SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty AI is everywhere. It can be problematic for students, professionals, and everyone in between because it's hard to prove what was written by AI - and what wasn't. That could cause serious problems. Also: My two favorite AI apps on Linux - and how I use them to get more done That confusion could be intensified when your words are used to train AI. Who's to say someone might use generative AI to write a paper, only to find your words were used in the process? You

The best AirPods you can buy are $50 off on Amazon right now

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The best gaming speakers of 2025: Expert tested from SteelSeries and more

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Best early Prime Day TV deals: My 23 favorite sales live now

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Best early Prime Day headphones deals: My favorite sales live now

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Scientists Finally Sequenced the First Ancient Egyptian Genome

Scientists have, for the first time, sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian who lived approximately 4,500 to 4,800 years ago. The feat was achieved by a team of researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University, who published their findings in Nature. According to the study, the ancient individual’s genetic ancestry traces back to populations in both North Africa and West Asia, shedding light on the genetic diversity of early Egyptians. Researchers fir

Mint Mobile Wants to Hook You Up With a New Samsung Galaxy S25+ and a Sweet Deal on Their Unlimited Plan

If you’re not ready to switch your cellular service over to Mint Mobile yet, you can’t say it’s due to lack of effort on their part. It’s possible you missed their earlier deal offers that dramatically dropped the price of their Unlimited plan and a brand-new Samsung smartphone, and if that’s the case, you’re in luck because they’re back with another one. See at Mint Mobile Make the jump from your current provider to Mint Mobile, where you get access to the nation’s largest 5G network at consi

Physicists Solve a 50-Year Mystery About a Critically Important Molecule

After relying on an educated guess for decades, scientists have finally confirmed the dipole moment of aluminum monochloride (AlCl), an elusive but important molecule known to sneak around the interiors of ancient galaxies. An electric dipole moment is a measure of polarity—a crucial determinant for many physical properties of any system, such as its boiling point or solubility. Given its importance, the new result, published last month in Physical Review A, presents exciting opportunities for

The Sets of ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Look, Well, Fantastic

The decision to set The Fantastic Four: First Steps in a retro, 1960s-inspired world couldn’t have come easy. For one, it meant the entire film would take place in a multiverse away from the traditional Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also, it meant the production would have to build all of these sets from the ground up. We still don’t know much about the multiversal madness of Fantastic Four, but in a new video just released by Marvel, we do know about its sets. Director Matt Shakman, along with pr

Qantas Breach Comprises Data of Up to 6 Million Customers

Qantas disclosed a cybersecurity incident on July 2 potentially affecting 6 million customers. Ryan Fletcher/Getty Images Australian airline Qantas has disclosed a cyberattack potentially comprising the data of 6 million customers. Cybercriminals gained access to customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and frequent flyer numbers via a third-party platform used by a company call center, it said. In the wrong hands, this data could lead to phishing attacks orchestrated by ba

Paramount accused of bribery as it settles Trump lawsuit for $16 million

CBS owner Paramount has reached a $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over his claim that 60 Minutes deceptively manipulated a pre-election interview with Kamala Harris. Trump's lawsuit has been widely described as frivolous, but Paramount seemed motivated to settle because its pending $8.4 billion merger with Skydance needed regulatory approval from the Trump administration. In a statement provided to Ars today, Paramount said it "has reached an agreement in principle to resolve

AI virtual personality YouTubers, or 'VTubers,' are earning millions

One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes. But he isn't a human — he's a fully virtual personality powered by artificial intelligence. "I'm here to keep my millions of viewers worldwide entertained and coming back for more," Bloo said in an interview with CNBC. "I'm all about good vibes and engaging content. I'm built by humans, but boosted by AI." Bloo is a virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, who has built a massive following of 2.5 million

Tesla Gets Dismal Sales News After Disastrous Robotaxi Launch

Tesla has posted its second quarter delivery numbers — and they're not looking good. As the New York Times reports, the company reported it had delivered just 384,000 vehicles between April and June, a massive drop from 444,000 vehicles over the same period last year. Meanwhile, CEO Elon Musk has focused his carmaker's resources on developing a robotaxi network of fully autonomous vehicles. However, given a disastrous launch filled with near-collisions, bizarre driving behavior, and human "saf

How to clear your Android phone cache (and why it greatly improves the performance)

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Own a PS5? I changed 3 settings on my gaming console for an instant performance boost

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Best early Prime Day Kindle deals: My 10 favorite sales live now

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Best early Prime Day smartwatch and fitness tracker deals: My 13 favorite sales live now

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Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

“This is a huge step forward in the genetic treatment of deafness, one that can be life-changing for children and adults,” says Maoli Duan, consultant and docent at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and one of the study’s corresponding authors. The study comprised ten patients between the ages of 1 and 24 at five hospitals in China, all of whom had a genetic form of deafness or severe hearing impairment caused by mutations in a gene

Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans

When Meta launched its paid verification service, Meta Verified, in 2023, the tech giant promised users and businesses alike that part of the offering would include direct access to customer support. However, amid a mass ban wave affecting Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as Facebook Groups, some Meta Verified paying subscribers say they’re receiving little to no help from Meta’s customer service reps, even when they’re facing their most serious crisis yet: a mistakenly suspended account

Tesla deliveries drop 14 percent amid Musk backlash

Tesla says it delivered 384,122 electric vehicles in the April-June timeframe, which is a 14 percent drop compared with the same period in 2024. It's also the second quarter in a row that sales have fallen year-over-year (YoY). The company produced 410,244 vehicles in Q2, which is very close to the 410,831 it made during the equivalent period last year. However, the company delivered more vehicles (443,956) than it produced in Q2 2024. That's not the case this time. The number of vehicle delive

Buy EcoFlow portable power stations and air conditioners for nearly 50% off for Prime Day

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Furbo's treat-dispensing pet camera is 20% off ahead of Prime Day

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