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Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court
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Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court

Anthropic has launched a new research initiative called Anthropic Institute and has revealed that its Public Policy team is opening its first office in Washingt...

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams
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Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams

Meta is adding more scam detection tools to Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp that can help users protect their accounts. In its announcement, Meta says the new...

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again
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Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again

While Samsung has treated its Flips and Folds to a few major hardware upgrades over recent years, the Galaxy S flagships have often felt like a long, unbroken l...

Meta rolls out new features for scam protection
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Meta rolls out new features for scam protection

Meta announced new features today aimed at cracking down on scams perpetrated via its platforms. First, Meta is launching AI tools for identifying impersonator...

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
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Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company a...

Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close
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Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close

The first thing most people seem to do when they try out a foldable phone I'm reviewing is look for the crease in the screen. In the case of Oppo's Find N6, it...

Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand
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Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand

At the start of the year, Google brought a host of new Gemini-powered features, including built-in Nano Banana image generation, to Chrome. After debuting in th...

How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs
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How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs

Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energ...

A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works
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A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Though the live-action Cowboy Bebop was a big disappointment, Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to give it another go with one of his other iconic pieces of IP. Vari...

Listen to the Live Nation CEO’s alleged threats to a concert venue
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Listen to the Live Nation CEO’s alleged threats to a concert venue

Was it a threat or a reality check? That's a key question in the government's anti-monopoly case against Live Nation, which is currently in limbo after the Just...

Ford is giving its commercial fleet business an AI makeover
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Ford is giving its commercial fleet business an AI makeover

Ford announced a new AI-powered service for its commercial fleet and telematics software customers called Ford Pro AI. The generative AI system analyzes data ge...

Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases
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Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases

The inspector general's office of the Social Security Administration is investigating allegations of a security breach by a member of the so-called Department o...

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