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Marantz's new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound

Marantz's new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound

Marantz launches a new Cinema Cinema Series 2 range of AV receivers, with three different models The have a brand new 32-bit DAC across all three models, plus optional Dirac room correction available on all There's also improved HDMI 2.1…

Old Bhatbhateni Arson Video Resurfaces, Sparks Confusion on Social Media

TechPana

Old Bhatbhateni Arson Video Resurfaces, Sparks Confusion on Social Media

Kathmandu. A video claiming to show vandalism and arson at a Bhatbhateni Supermarket has gone viral on social media in recent days, misleading many users into believing the incident is recent. The 7-minute, 25-second video was posted on…

TechPana

Russia downed 605 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry

The Hindu

Russia downed 605 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry

Ukraine has repeatedly struck sites belonging to Wildberries — a popular online commerce platform often described as Russia's Amazon — across the country since mid-July

The Hindu

Asian shares are mostly lower as Kospi falls 4% and tech giants decline on Wall Street

Stuff

Asian shares are mostly lower as Kospi falls 4% and tech giants decline on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower and South Korea’s Kospi dropped more than 4% on Thursday following declines for some Big Tech giants including memory chipmaker SK Hynix.

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OpenAI says Apple is suing over lost engineers, not stolen trade secrets

OpenAI says Apple is suing over lost engineers, not stolen trade secrets

OpenAI has asked a US federal judge to dismiss Apple's trade secret lawsuit, calling the case baseless and pretextual. The 31-page filing argues Apple is suing to cover its struggles in the AI talent market and its failure to integrate AI…

South Africa: NAPTOSA Rejects Calls to Ban Foreign Teachers - South African News Briefs - August 6, 2026

AllAfrica

South Africa: NAPTOSA Rejects Calls to Ban Foreign Teachers - South African News Briefs - August 6, 2026

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AllAfrica

Twitter product head resigns, sends thanks note to Musk & team; Tesla CEO responds

Twitter product head resigns, sends thanks note to Musk & team; Tesla CEO responds

Nikita Bier has stepped down from his product head role at X after one year. He will continue to serve the company as an advisor while taking a break. Bier highlighted significant growth and the launch of nearly thirty new products during…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Mentorque Productions’ folklore film ‘Biringan’ sets 2027 release

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Mentorque Productions’ folklore film ‘Biringan’ sets 2027 release

Mentorque Productions, the company behind the films “Mallari” and “Uninvited,” is bringing another Filipino horror-folklore story to the big screen with “Biringan.” Mentorque CEO John Bryan Diamante, aka Bryan Dy, took to Facebook on…

Ceuta Migrant Crisis Kills at Least 72 as Europe Turns on Spain

Rio Times

Ceuta Migrant Crisis Kills at Least 72 as Europe Turns on Spain

Up to 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in two days, leaving at least 72 dead and triggering EU emergency talks and an Italian Schengen suspension. The post Ceuta Migrant Crisis Kills at Least 72 as Europe Turns on Spain…

Rio Times

Apple's Private Relay feature could reveal your IP address to websites and services

Engadget

Apple's Private Relay feature could reveal your IP address to websites and services

Security researchers found an issue with Apple's WebKit browser engine that affects Private Relay.

Engadget

Your AI Tutor May Be Helping You Learn Less

Hacker Noon

Your AI Tutor May Be Helping You Learn Less

It's 2 a.m. The same error traceback stares back at you for the third hour. Twenty browser tabs deep into documentation, Stack Overflow, and half-remembered lecture notes, you open yet another tab, this one a chat interface. You paste the…

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Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications

Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications

64% of Brits reject the use of AI to filter job applications, according to a new YouGov poll Meanwhile, 70% would prefer a face-to-face interview over one conducted over a video call Prime Minister Andy Burnham shared his thoughts on…