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Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
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Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob Mico when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move M...

Netflix is closing two game studios
Technology

Netflix is closing two game studios

Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs. One of the studios being shut dow...

This school-friendly laptop from HP is $300 off
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This school-friendly laptop from HP is $300 off

With memory prices still high and showing no signs of dropping, we’re always happy to find a good deal on a budget-friendly system with an adequate amount of RA...

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week
Technology

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving...

The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks
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The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks

The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against foreign criminals, as reported earlier by Bloo...

I finally found a robot lawnmower I’d trust with my yard
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I finally found a robot lawnmower I’d trust with my yard

Robot lawnmowers are finally good enough to take a lot of work out of maintaining a yard, but they’re still not set-it-and-forget-it machines. If you don’t want...

You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up
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You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up

Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum, just got a big upgrade. The company has launched Matic Cues, which brings voice and gesture control to the robot. Now,...

2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
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2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’

2K is launching a new AAA game development studio, Small Axe Studios, with an ambitious goal: to build the company's "next blockbuster sports franchise," accord...

Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul
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Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul

Ford said today that its next-generation electric vehicle - recently dubbed Fathom - will go into production at the automaker's recently overhauled Louisville A...

Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams
Technology

Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams

Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious messages. Earlier this year, Meta also laun...

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool
Technology

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor w...

The Corvette Grand Sport X delivers Porsche 911 performance for a fraction of the price
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The Corvette Grand Sport X delivers Porsche 911 performance for a fraction of the price

My drive of the 2027 Corvette Grand Sport X began under oily black clouds, a torrential weather front releasing its grip on Manhattan - an inauspicious start fo...

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