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Google fined $3.5 billion by EU for ad tech abuse

The European Commission has waged a €2.95 billion (~$3.5 billion) fine against Google for “abusing its dominant position” in advertising technology. In its announcement, the Commission claims that Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices have increased costs for advertisers and publishers, potentially raising prices for consumers as a result. The Commission has ordered Google to come up […]

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Tech leaders take turns flattering Trump at White House dinner

Several of the most powerful business leaders in the country gathered around a table last night to fawn over President Donald Trump for his AI policies. “You and your policies are really helping a lot,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the president. AMD CEO Lisa Su praised “the amount of acceleration that we’ve seen just […]

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We saw the next Boox Palma and… is that a color E Ink screen and cellular connectivity?

It wasn’t on public display at its IFA 2025 booth, but Boox gave The Verge’s Jess Weatherbed a brief but early look at its next Palma smartphone-sized e-reader. The company wasn’t yet willing to divulge any technical specs. Still, the new Palma appears to feature a color E Ink screen, and the device’s status bar […]

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Tesla offers $1 trillion to Elon Musk to unleash his army of robots

Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire if Tesla shareholders approve a new pay package that was just put forward by the company’s board. Musk would need to meet certain milestones in order to receive that eye-popping compensation, such as producing 1 million robotaxis and 1 million humanoid robots, as well as increase Tesla’s […]

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Bose announces QuietComfort Ultra headphones with support for lossless audio over USB-C

Bose has announced a second-generation version of its QuietComfort Ultra wireless headphones that it introduced nearly two years ago. The name is the same, but the new one finally adds support for listening to lossless audio over a USB-C cable, while still carrying forward the 2.5-millimeter analog headphone jack for those who don’t always want […]

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OpenAI could launch its own AI chip next year

OpenAI is on track to start mass production of its own in-house artificial intelligence chips for the first time next year, according to a report from the Financial Times.  Unnamed sources tell the outlet that OpenAI designed the chip with US semiconductor giant Broadcom, which announced a $10 billion chip order from an unnamed customer […]

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Reolink’s new floodlight cam has 360 vision and on-device AI

Reolink has announced the TrackFlex Floodlight WiFi at IFA 2025, the security tech provider’s new hardwired dual-lens floodlight camera for monitoring any concerns outside your home. Video is recorded at 4K resolution with a choice of wide or telephoto views. The pan-tilt controls provide 360-degree coverage and 270-degree out-of-field motion detection, with the latter enabling […]

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Withings adds predictive AI health features to the ScanWatch 2

Withings announced at IFA 2025 today that it’s revamping the operating system of its ScanWatch 2 smartwatch. Called HealthSense 4, the update adds new algorithms for 35 health metrics as well as predictive AI-powered alerts when a user’s health changes. The ScanWatch 2 also gains two new colors and improved battery life of 35 days […]

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