AI tokens will remind many enterprise customers of cloud pricing's early days. However, measuring the value derived from AI remains an unsolved problem.

#ai-tokens#cloud-pricing#enterprise-ai#cost-management

· · Engadget

Valve's Steam Machine starts at $1,049 with 512GB storage and no controller

Valve's Steam Machine will cost well over $1,000, and that's without a controller.

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· · Gizmodo

How to Watch SpaceX Launch Its Secretive Starfall Capsule

The upcoming demo mission opens up a new market for SpaceX.

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· · Engadget

Uber Execs Face Lawsuit Over Alleged Failure to Prevent Passenger Safety Breaches

Uber's shareholders have filed a lawsuit against the ride-sharing giant.

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· · Gizmodo

Warner Bros. Just Teased a Possible ‘ThunderCats’ Animated Film

Snarf, Lion-O and the rest of the nostalgic 1980s animated characters may finally find their way to the big screen.

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· · ZDNet

Older iPhones have an unfixable security flaw - why it can't be patched and the models affected

Here's how to tell if your device is at risk and what to do about it.

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· · Engadget

Indian Tech Users' Verdict: Is Meta Optics Worth the Premium Price Tag?

The Ray-Ban Meta Optics lineup adds a premium fit and a few extra features, but comes with a higher price.

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· · XDA Developers

Fire TV Upgrades: 4 Game-Changing Features for Enhanced Streaming Delight

From turning off tracking to replacing the remote, these simple changes made my Fire TV faster and easier to use

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· · MIT Technology Review

Three things to watch amid Anthropic’s latest feud with the government

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. For those of you enjoying your summer unaware of Anthropic’s latest feud with the US government, here’s a recap: In April the company said it had built an AI mode

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· · The Next Web

Robinhood Secures $2 Billion for Stock Buyback Amid Market Volatility

Robinhood Markets is raising two billion dollars through a sale of convertible senior notes due October 2029, joining a surge of zero-coupon convertible issuance from technology companies betting that investors will accept no interest in exchange for equity upside. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are lea

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· · The Next Web

Kazakh fund-of-funds invests in Central Asia's growing startup landscape.

Kazakhstan’s Alem Capital Management has anchored a regional venture capital fund backing technology startups across Central Asia and the Caucasus, marking the fund-of-funds manager’s first publicly disclosed investment in the region’s startup ecosystem. Alem participated in the $25 million final cl

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· · The Next Web

The AI memory crisis just hit DDR2, a standard from 2003, with 60% price hikes

The AI-driven memory shortage has now reached the oldest DRAM standard still in production. DDR2 contract prices rose 55 to 60 percent in the second quarter of 2026, according to Taiwanese market intelligence firm TrendForce, with a further 35 to 40 percent increase forecast for the third quarter. T

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· · TechCrunch

Claude by Anthropic may require user identification.

Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.

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· · The Next Web

Nearly 7,000 fake Amazon domains registered ahead of Prime Day 2026, researchers warn

Cybersecurity researchers have identified nearly 7,000 fraudulent Amazon-themed domains registered in the six months leading up to Prime Day 2026, which begins on 23 June. Check Point Research tracked 6,843 new domains created between December 2025 and May 2026, with registrations peaking at 1,446 i

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