· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on "free" TurboTax ads
Biden-era punishment tossed; Intuit now has more friendly regulators under Trump.
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· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’
On a Monday episode of the Lex Fridman podcast, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a hot-button statement: "I think we've achieved AGI." AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is a vaguely defined term that has incited a lot of discussion by tech CEOs, tech workers, and the general public in recent year
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US
Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Google’s new Pixel 10 ads made me go ‘Wait, WHAT are they trying to sell?’
Ever watch a TV ad and wonder, "How did this get approved?" Today, Google has not one but two new ad spots for its six-month-old Pixel 10 phones, and… let's just say they may not come across as intended. First, there's "With 100x Zoom," an ad that appears to suggest that if a vacation rental company
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
LG Display starts mass-producing LTPO-like 1 Hz LCD displays for laptops
Dell XPS laptops will be the first to use the display tech that reaches up to 120 Hz.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Kalshi says it will block politicians and athletes from trading in markets they’re tied to
The prediction market platform Kalshi says it's rolling out new guardrails to "preemptively block" political candidates and athletes from trading in their own markets, as reported earlier by Axios. In addition to blocking political candidates from trading on their own campaigns, Kalshi says its syst
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months
Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
After hackers hit an Iowa company, cars around the country failed to start
If you don't calibrate your interlock in time, your vehicle is dead.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick
When asked whether he was still "salty" about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn't equivocate. "I'll never forget that, nor forgive," he said.
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Nvidia CEO tries to explain why DLSS 5 isn’t just “AI slop”
If game makers don’t like it, “they could decide not to use it, you know?"
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
Trump's MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts
She stalled over MAHA woo-woo, anti-vaccine views, and lacking medical background.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The kid-friendly Fitbit Ace is $100, which matches its best price
The Fitbit Ace LTE turns exercise into a game for kids, and it’s on sale at multiple retailers. | Image: Fitbit If you’re trying to figure out how to keep your kids occupied this spring break, the Fitbit Ace LTE is an easy way to get them outdoors and off their phones. The kid-friendly smartwatch en
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter
"We can’t quite afford to support everything that we have done in the past."
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US
In December, the Federal Communications Commission banned all future drones made in foreign countries from being imported into the United States, unless or until their maker gets an exemption. Now, the FCC has done the exact same for consumer networking gear, citing "an unacceptable risk to the nati
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Delve halts demos, Insight Partners scrubs investment post amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations
After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal.
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
360 Capital raises €85M for deeptech fund backed by European defence prime
The Paris-Milan VC’s new vehicle is the latest sign that European investors are hardwiring defence into their deeptech strategy. There is a version of this story that could have been told three years ago and would have raised eyebrows in polite European venture circles: a deeptech fund, backed by a
· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
A month with Lenovo's premium ThinkPad made me rethink what a work laptop should be
Lenovo's latest ThinkPad P1 is a portable workstation that can do it all, but it doesn't come cheap.
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Air defence startup Egide raises €8M seed to take on Europe’s sky protection gap
A new entrant into the crowded but urgent European air defence startup space has closed its first significant round, as capital chases the continent’s most pressing military capability shortfall. The phrase ‘air defence gap’ has become one of the defining anxieties of European security policy in the
· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
This hidden Windows 11 feature can help you spot battery issues early - how to find it
The built-in report provides insight into your laptop's battery status, including whether it's time for a replacement.