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Perplexity plans IPO in 2028 regardless of what happens to Anthropic or OpenAI, CEO tells CNBC (cnbc.com)

2026-06-09 | by Arjun Kharpal | get AI Startup Perplexity Notebook → | tags: anthropic, anthropic openai, openai

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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Meta Workplace Privacy Kit → | tags: meta, privacy protections, work devices

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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work - but only for half an hour at a time (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-03 | get Meta Privacy Tracking Block → | tags: meta, privacy protections, work devices

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Perplexity CEO tells CNBC one metric will determine who wins the AI race (cnbc.com)

2026-06-03 | by Arjun Kharpal | get AI Development Tracker Notebook → | tags: perplexity, aravind srinivas, anthropic

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Workday jumps 5% as it bumps up margin forecast on AI strength (cnbc.com)

2026-05-22 | by Jordan Novet | get Workday AI Analytics Tool → | tags: workday, aneel bhusri, financial results

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Workday’s Returning CEO Has a Plan to Survive the AI Era (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-21 | get Workday AI Integration Kit → | tags: workday, aneel bhusri, ai task force

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Peter Neumann has died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | tags: multics, peter neumann, sri

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T-Mobile is making it easier for non-customers to sign up for T-Sat, but should you? (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-11 | get T-Mobile T-Sat Starter Kit → | tags: t-mobile, t-sat, starlink

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India’s first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Skyroot Rocket Model → | tags: skyroot aerospace, vikram-1 rocket, india space sector

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Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity Anti-Phishing Kit → | tags: sri lanka, hackers, business email compromise

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This 34-Year-Old’s $5K-a-Month Side Hustle Started With a Family Tradition — Now It’s On Track for $100K in Its First Year: ‘Not Just a Product, It’s a Legacy’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | by Amanda Breen | get Custom Family Heritage Jewelry → | tags: bangkok bites, thai heritage, plant-based protein

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The iPhone is ‘not getting disrupted’ at all by AI, says Perplexity CEO (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-23 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone Screen Protector → | tags: apple, iphone, perplexity

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Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | by Jordana Cepelewicz | get Ramanujan Mathematical Notebook → | tags: srinivasa ramanujan, g.h. hardy, singularities

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Perplexity is changing its wake word from ‘Hey Plex,’ and here’s the proof (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-07 | get Smart Home Wake Word Kit → | tags: perplexity, samsung galaxy s26, wake word

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See it: Air temperatures and pollution around the world are captured in real time in these animated weather maps (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-01 | get NOAA Weather & Climate App → | tags: esri, maps.com, air temperatures

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Rendezvous with Rama (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Galaxy Express 9 → | tags: rama, space odyssey, arthur c clarke

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How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Sriracha sauce → | tags: sriracha, huy fong, underwood ranches

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The 1,700-year-old megastructure history almost forgot (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | by Maureen O'Hare | get Galaxy S → | tags: sri lankan monument, roman port city, disneyland

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Workday CEO Eschenbach departs, with co-founder Aneel Bhusri returning as CEO (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-09 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get Workday CRM → | tags: alongside, bhusri, eschenbach

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Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down, co-founder Aneel Bhusri to take over (cnbc.com)

2026-02-09 | by Ashley Capoot | get Workday Platform → | tags: bhusri, ceo ceo, eschenbach

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Google bolsters bet on AI-powered commerce with new platform for shopping agents (cnbc.com)

2026-01-11 | by Jennifer Elias | get E-commerce → | tags: commerce, google, retailers

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Microsoft takes down mod that re-created Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2 (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-15 | get Halo Engine → | tags: counter strike, froddoyo, halo

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Microsoft takes down mod that recreated Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2 (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-15 | get Halo 3 Engine → | tags: dmca, froddoyo, halo

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Shape-shifting electrodes tune optical-frequency converter (feeds.nature.com)

2025-11-26 | by Srinivasan | get Neuralink → | tags: et al, light, nature

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Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain (futurism.com)

2025-11-12 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Girlfriends → | tags: companionship, dangerous, perplexity

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Using Your Phone on Toilet May Give You Hemorrhoids: Study (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Https | get smartphone → | tags: bathroom, hemorrhoids, pasricha

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Tech Utopians Are Using a Chinese-Built ‘Ghost City’ to Trial Their Network State Fantasies (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lucas Ropek | get computer monitor → | tags: movement, network, school

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The Government Is Preparing to Take Away Your SSRIs (futurism.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: drugs, kennedy, school

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Best Running Shoes for Women in 2025 (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest → | tags: drop, heel, nasri

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Bridging Digital Infrastructure, AI, and Education in Sri Lanka (computer.org)

2025-10-31 | by Jasmine Ang | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: ai, education, lanka