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Dad Asked 6-Year-Old Daughter if ‘She Had the Gun’ Before He Left Her in Line for Pokémon Cards

Police arrested a man in South Carolina after he left his daughter asleep in a Target parking lot so he could keep his place in line.

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Pentagon mulls placing fleet of military satellites around the Moon

"Please jump on my cislunar bandwagon because I need some more friends here."

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Law firm files class-action lawsuit against Nvidia after CEO Jensen Huang confirms affair with alleged Chinese spy

Class-action lawsuit and legal investigations against Nvidia over securities fraud start flying

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What could China get from Jensen Huang?

It's difficult to overstate Nvidia's power in today's AI landscape. The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US…

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Here’s what Trump said he knew about Jensen Huang

President Trump held a White House press briefing earlier today and responded to several questions about his knowledge of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's…

business

Everything we know so far about the Nvidia spy scandal targeting CEO Jensen Huang

The leather-jacketed CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, spurring an investigation by his…

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As investors ask about GTA 6 and AI, Take-Two CEO once again puts faith in dev creativity, states making hit games "remains the purview of human beings"

Today, as part of Take-Two Interactive Software's Q2 2027 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick fielded questions from investors after presenting the…

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SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says

"Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9 percent perfect."

business

Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem

Nvidia is probing whether Chinese intelligence targeted its CEO through an affair.

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WoW: Forever is the biggest launch in World of Warcraft history, says Blizzard

World of Warcraft: Forever is the biggest launch in the MMO's history, pulling in more concurrent players than any previous WoW launch.

business

F1 in Brazil: You’ve got to keep your tires alive

A topsy-turvy grid and intermittent rain resulted in a very entertaining race.

business

GTA 6 pre-orders are tracking "well above expectations" and the game will "set a new baseline" for Take-Two, says CEO Strauss Zelnick

Today, as part of Take-Two Interactive Software's Q2 2027 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick noted that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are tracking…

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Bad news for kinky Brits

Also: Wanna get off this planet? There's a job open on the moon.

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New Democratic Congress will likely strip the gilding from Trump's Golden Dome

"There’s no doubt that whatever it’s going to be called, it won’t be called Golden Dome."

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Apple’s $50 Intelligence Usage Packs extend access to some AI features

After publishing a support article in early September outlining usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features, the company has updated Logic Pro…

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(PR) Google Extends Tensor Processor Unit Series with TPU 8tx and 8i Max

While we've always co-designed our TPUs in partnership with Google DeepMind, we're now increasingly getting feedback from external organizations on…

business

James Gunn is out as DC movie leader

Soon, James Gunn and Peter Safran will no longer head up Skydance's DC Studios.

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A month after Paramount acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, its merged game division is laying people off

Skydance Games has "made the difficult decision to scale down some of our projects."

business

Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago

The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired…

gaming

Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor is laying off staff, a month after it started bringing back furloughed devs

The game sold roughly 1 million copies in its first month and a half

business

Hotel giant Wyndham exposed customer data after app security lapse

Exclusive: Wyndham left a hardcoded credential in its customer app, allowing anyone to access customer data.

business

Skydance Games Confirms Layoffs Following Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger

Skydance Games has laid off staff following last month's Warner Bros-Paramount merger.

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Fervo now has $12B in orders for its geothermal power tech

Geothermal company Fervo is targeting natural gas as it brings down geothermal drilling costs at its 8.4 GW resource in Utah.

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Google claims its new AI software cuts inference latency by over 90% — but there’s a catch

Google’s eighth-generation TPU announcement on Monday included more than new chips, introducing TPU Sync, an open-source system designed to speed

business

Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution

At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.

business

Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis

Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.

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Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say

The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.

business

Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends

The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10- to 30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends.

business

Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe-coding apps amid a changing internet

Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast.

hardware

OpenIndiana 2026.10 released

Version 2026.10 of the OpenIndiana operating system has been released. OpenIndiana is based on Illumos, which in turn was based on OpenSolaris after…

business

Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production

Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around eight months.

businessAI for developers

Agentic cheminformatics with Google Antigravity

Learn how Google Antigravity and our Cheminformatics Skills accelerate drug discovery workflows, search compounds, and propose novel rigidified…

business

A $60 billion fintech hired a 14-year-old. Its CEO explains why.

Ramp hired a 14-year-old intern after discovering an app he had built for fun that attracted attention from roughly a

business

Nvidia Investigates CEO For Relationship With Chinese Spy

As if the midterm elections weren't bad enough for Big AI, Nvidia is investigating CEO Jason Huang for having an affair with a woman who's also a…

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AMD Goes "Data Center First" While Gaming Revenue Drops 40%

AMD CEO Lisa Su now calls AMD a "data center first" company, two days after AMD reported a 40% drop in gaming revenue.

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Everyone Everywhere Hated Meta’s New AI Training Terms. Now, They’re On Pause

Back to the drawing board!

business

Apple reports fourth quarter results

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2026 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2026.

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Oldest Evidence of Getting High on Cannabis Discovered In 2,800-Year-Old Tomb: ‘Absolutely Crazy’

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest direct evidence of psychoactive cannabis use in a Siberian tomb that was used for human and horse…

business

In the UK, Face Sitting Porn Might Land You in Jail

The Crime and Policing Act, which goes into force on November 6, criminalizes possessing or publishing strangulation or suffocation porn, as well as…

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Father Arrested For Leaving 6-Year-Old Daughter Sleeping In Line For Pokémon Cards

NL used Rage. A 35-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested and accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep while waiting in line for…

business

Republicans Learn X Is the Echo Chamber

It turns out you can’t post Malfoids and Anakin when diesel is $6 a gallon and expect America to vote for you.

business

Nintendo Has No Plans for Another Switch 2 Price Hike

Nintendo isn't considering another price increase for the Switch 2, at least for now.

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PlayStation sees record high player numbers and increased revenue for Q2 2026, and a lot of that success is down to Marvel's Wolverine

As part of today's (Thursday 5th November, 2026) financial results, Sony has confirmed that monthly active users, referred to as MAU, across both…

business

‘There Is One Fight’: American Voters Reject Tech Oligarchy

Tuesday's election was a wholesale rejection of Silicon Valley's worldview and AI-powered kleptocracy.

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Evernote turns AI-driven discovery into paid subscriptions

Evernote used ChatGPT Ads to introduce its note-taking app to people working with AI.

business

Apple Creator Studio adds powerful new AI features and even more creative tools

Apple introduces updates to Apple Creator Studio, the collection of creative apps designed to put studio-grade tools into the hands of creators.

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AMD Guidance Points to Its First Quarter Ever With More Revenue Than Intel

AMD looks set to bring in more quarterly revenue than Intel for what appears to be the first time ever.

business

America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'

Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.

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Offer your subscriptions to businesses and schools

Starting today, organizations and educational institutions can purchase subscriptions to apps in volume with multiseat purchasing.

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ChatGPT Enterprise now available in AWS Marketplace

ChatGPT Enterprise is now available through AWS Marketplace, helping organizations simplify procurement through existing AWS purchasing and billing…

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Formula 1® United States Grand Prix™ streams live on Apple TV this weekend

Formula 1® returns to the U.S. this weekend with the United States Grand Prix™, streaming in the U.S. exclusively on Apple TV.

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Apple unveils the 2026 Designers of Tomorrow

Apple’s Designers of Tomorrow showcase returns to spotlight the best in emerging talent, this time focusing on the theme of presence.

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Terminal X matches senior investor judgment 88.6% with GPT-6.1

Terminal X’s Eval Agent grades outputs against a 54-criterion rubric, catching 25% more deviances from a fund’s mandate with GPT-6.1 Sol.

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OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio

OpenAI is acquiring Orchestra Bio to bring AI-powered operations to life sciences R&D, helping biopharma teams accelerate drug development and…

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Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home

Apple today introduced Apple HomeView, designed to be central to the home and personal to everyone in it.

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Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories

Apple today announced Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories built in collaboration with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric.

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Updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement now available

The Apple Developer Program License Agreement has been revised to support new features and updated policies, and to provide clarification.

business

Remedy revenue soars by 226% following release of Control Resonant, the developer's fastest-selling game ever

Remedy - the developer behind the recently released Control Resonant - has released a scorcher of a quarterly financial report.

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Google Cloud Adds Self-Managed VMware Cloud Foundation on Bare Metal

Google Cloud has made a self-managed VMware solution generally available, running VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x on dedicated Z3 bare metal with root…

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Shop faster and save money with built-in tools in Microsoft Edge

It's 11 p.m. Fifteen tabs are open, the reviews don't agree, and you've checked the price three times.