Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
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Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be a win-win: a huge…
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Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air's thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop's name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14) is a productivity machine weighing just 1.76 pounds / 799g and…
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Dell’s newest laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo
Dell's new Dell 14S laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo: it comes in four colors, is aimed at students, and it starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Announced at IFA 2026, the 14S is meant to sit below the recently launched XPS 13 and offer another affordable laptop…
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Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name
Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards. The company claims Claude Fable 5.1 offers stronger performance than Fable 5, but costs around 25 percent less typically and…
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Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario
Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The company joins Google in re-labeling the Great Lake following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the midst of a trade dispute with Canada. The…
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OpenAI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
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Lenovo’s 2-in-1 Yoga 7i is a great Labor Day deal at $750
Best Buy is celebrating Labor Day all week long with big deals, including a deep discount on the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1, taking its original $1,1199.99 price down to $749.99. It’s a capable configuration for the price, with a Core 7 Ultra 256V processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X memory,…
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Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more
While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements.
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X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money
X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.
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John Ternus hypes ‘huge launch next week’ in first memo as Apple CEO
Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.
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Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive
Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.
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Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer
New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.
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John Ternus sends first memo as Apple CEO teasing a ‘huge launch next week’
New Apple CEO John Ternus sent out his first staff memo, thanking his predecessor Tim Cook, and quickly turning to what the company will do next, reports Bloomberg. "We have a huge launch next week that's going to be phenomenal. Thanks for everything you've all done to make it…
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Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple is pushing for "expedited discovery" in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a filing on Monday, Apple alleges OpenAI only just handed over a MacBook used by a former employee at the…
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Who is John Ternus, the new Apple CEO?
Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now.
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