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TBC launches Mischief, an AI video model shaped by brain cells

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TBC launches Mischief, an AI video model shaped by brain cells

San Francisco’s Biological Computing Co. released TBC Mischief 1, an image-to-video model built on Wan 2.2. It says insights from living neurons make it about five times faster at the same quality, priced at $0.005 per second of video. It…

Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

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Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

The first TPU in space is a running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

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It's now possible to turn your PS5 into a Steam Machine — but you shouldn't

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It's now possible to turn your PS5 into a Steam Machine — but you shouldn't

PS5 Bazzite Deck is a new spin on this gaming-focused version of Linux It allows you to boot your PS5 to a Steam Deck interface and play PC games You need to jailbreak your Sony console to run it (via the PS5 Linux loader), and that's a…

Your Netgear router may be vulnerable to a security exploit – how to check and patch it

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Your Netgear router may be vulnerable to a security exploit – how to check and patch it

A vulnerability in some Netgear routers could allow an attacker with access to your network to run malicious commands on the device.

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Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

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Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

The US has charged five individuals as part of the first broad federal crackdown on “ghost students”—fraudsters who steal the identities of hundreds of Americans to pose as fake college students and steal student loans. In a press release…

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Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports

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Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports

Proton, the Swiss company behind Proton Mail, will “re-interview” some of its staff about how they use AI at work. The results may affect who keeps their job. Internal messages show chief executive Andy Yen telling engineers to stop…

We've crowned our Laptop of the Year, and there really was only one choice: the Apple MacBook Neo

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We've crowned our Laptop of the Year, and there really was only one choice: the Apple MacBook Neo

I reviewed the MacBook Neo way back in March, and even then I knew there was very little chance that I'd be giving our Laptop of the Year award to any other device at the TechRadar Product of the Year 2026 Awards . It's not necessarily the…

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings agrees to buy ADT for $7.6bn in cash

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Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings agrees to buy ADT for $7.6bn in cash

Thrive Holdings, the holding company set up by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, has agreed to buy ADT for $10 a share in cash. ADT sells home security systems in the US. The deal values ADT at about $7.6bn in equity and $15.3bn in…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Dwyane Wade's statue gets new face after original was widely criticized

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Dwyane Wade's statue gets new face after original was widely criticized

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade has a new face — on his statue. Mindful of criticism that started coming in waves immediately after the statue outside the arena where the Miami Heat play was unveiled in his honor two years ago, Wade revealed Friday…

Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says

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Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says

The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.

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Ford says its new EV drivetrain is 30% more efficient than BYD’s

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Ford says its new EV drivetrain is 30% more efficient than BYD’s

Ford CEO Jim Farley says the drivetrain in its new low-cost EV platform is about 30% more efficient than BYD’s, so Ford can use smaller, cheaper batteries. The platform debuts in the $28,350 Fathom pickup in late 2027. Ford did not say…