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The Guardian view on events in Ceuta: chaos and tragedy are weaponised by the far right | Editorial

Instead of finger-pointing at Spain, mainstream EU leaders should be showing solidarity with its prime minister, Pedro Sánchez At least 72 people are believed to have died late last week, most of them drowned or crushed as they joined tens…

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The first-gen Kindle Scribe is a big e-reader and digital notebook that’s $150 refurbished

The Verge

The first-gen Kindle Scribe is a big e-reader and digital notebook that’s $150 refurbished

The Kindle Scribe is worth considering if you’re heading back to school, as its large 10.2-inch screen can display textbooks and ebooks, or let you jot down handwritten notes during class. Now through August 8th, the first-gen model (with…

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Gemini Spark now has Chrome web-browsing capabilities

Engadget

Gemini Spark now has Chrome web-browsing capabilities

Google's AI assistant can "use your logged-in accounts and saved passwords to handle tedious web errands."

Engadget

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics

Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.

No more boring back-to-school laptops: The 15.6" Lenovo LOQ with Ryzen 5 processor and RTX 4050 graphics is $300 off

No more boring back-to-school laptops: The 15.6" Lenovo LOQ with Ryzen 5 processor and RTX 4050 graphics is $300 off

If you're looking for a capable laptop that can handle demanding tasks without costing the Earth, I found a great deal on the 15.6" Lenovo LOQ for $750 (was $1050) at Best Buy . The laptop combines an AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS processor with 16GB…

A torrent of states are repealing data center tax exemptions — but it could increase costs by upwards of 7%

A torrent of states are repealing data center tax exemptions — but it could increase costs by upwards of 7%

Multiple US states are repealing or enacting moratoriums on sales tax exemptions for data centers Estimates on lost tax revenue are far below the billions of dollars some states have missed out on Ongoing data center constructions may not…

US-Israeli payroll unicorn buys Tel Aviv AI cyber startup to combat fake hires

Times of Israel

US-Israeli payroll unicorn buys Tel Aviv AI cyber startup to combat fake hires

Deel bolsters its payroll and HR platform with Clarity's technology for identity verification, deepfake detection, and fraud prevention to help employers manage global workforces The post US-Israeli payroll unicorn buys Tel Aviv AI cyber…

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No shade Sony, but Hideo Kojima is celebrating his love of physical discs with a new limited edition version of my…

No shade Sony, but Hideo Kojima is celebrating his love of physical discs with a new limited edition version of my…

km5 is collaborating with Kojima Productions on a limited edition CD player The Cp1 features Bluetooth 5.3, a 3.5mm headphone jack and more It's inspired by Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and comes in neon orange Sony might be planning to…

Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries

Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries

Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries.

I tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it's truly like having an iPad mini or a Kindle in your pocket

I tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it's truly like having an iPad mini or a Kindle in your pocket

Samsung Galaxy Fold 8: Two-minute review It’s high praise that one of my biggest problems with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is that I wish it had a different name. The fact that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra has taken up the mantle of the…

Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications.

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