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SpaceX Spotted Offering Free Starlink Mini Dish to Select Users

SpaceX has been offering a free Starlink Mini dish to some of its customers as part of a new promotion. The deal has been appearing through a pop-up on the…

TikTok Child Data Protection Inadequate, Canadian Privacy Officials Say

A Canadian investigation has found that TikTok’s efforts to prevent children from using the app and to protect their personal data have been inadequate. The joint probe, conducted by Canada’s…

Labubu Dolls Make Up 90% of Fake Toys Seized at UK Border

Fake Labubu dolls accounted for 90% of the £3.5 million worth of counterfeit toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to data from the Intellectual Property…

Government Could Buy Car Parts to Protect Jaguar Land Rover Suppliers

Ministers are considering stepping in to support Jaguar Land Rover’s suppliers after the carmaker was forced to suspend production due to a cyber-attack. The attack at the end of August…

Amazon Agrees to Pay $2.5 Billion Over Claims It Tricked Prime Customers

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to resolve claims brought by the U.S. government that it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime memberships and then made…

Starbucks to Close Some US and UK Stores

Starbucks has announced that it will cut approximately 900 U.S. jobs and close its worst-performing stores in the U.S. and some in the U.K. as part of a cost-saving initiative.…

India Court Rejects X’s ‘Free Speech’ Argument, Backs Government Takedown Powers

An Indian court has dismissed an attempt by Elon Musk’s X to challenge the Indian government’s content takedown orders, ruling that the social media platform, as a foreign company, does…

Trump Administration Wants 10% Stake in American Lithium Miner That Sells to GM

The Trump administration, despite its rhetoric on the “green new scam,” is reportedly seeking a significant stake in what promises to be the largest lithium mine in the Western Hemisphere.…

Cohere Hits $7B Valuation a Month After Its Last Raise, Partners with AMD

Enterprise AI model maker Cohere announced on Wednesday that it has raised an additional $100 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $7 billion. This new capital is an extension…

Sam Altman on Worries About OpenAI’s $850 Billion in Planned Buildouts: ‘I Totally Get That’

Standing on the hot Texas dirt of what will soon be a massive data center complex, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled what he calls the largest infrastructure push of the…

Amazon to Close All of Its Fresh Grocery Stores in UK

Amazon plans to close all of its Fresh supermarkets in the U.K., marking the latest recalibration of its grocery strategy. The company announced in a blog post on Tuesday that…

Microsoft to Spend $4 Billion on Second Wisconsin Data Center

Microsoft has announced it will allocate $4 billion to build a second data center in Wisconsin. The announcement was made by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith at a…

Oura Ring Maker Raising $875M Series E, Bringing Valuation to $11B, Report Says

Oura Health Oy, the company behind the Oura health and fitness ring, is in the process of raising $875 million in a new Series E financing round. According to a…

Google Faces Antitrust Déjà Vu as US Seeks to Break Up its Digital Advertising Business

After successfully navigating the U.S. Justice Department’s attack on its monopoly in online search, Google is now facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire in a trial focused on…

Nvidia Eyes $500M Investment into Self-Driving Tech Startup Wayve

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited the United Kingdom this week, bringing with him a pledge to invest £2 billion ($2.6 billion) to support the country’s AI startup ecosystem. One of…

TikTok’s Algorithm to be Licensed to U.S. Joint Venture Led by Oracle

Under the terms of a deal framework laid out by President Donald Trump’s administration, tech giant Oracle will spearhead U.S. oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s popular video…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone Price Hikes Are Not Tied to Tariffs

Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that price hikes on the newest iPhone models are not tied to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans. Speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer from Apple’s…

Notion’s Annual Revenue Exceeds $500 Million with AI-Powered Growth

The generative AI boom, which began with the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, has become a dominant theme in the tech industry, and Notion has been an early…

iPhone 17 Goes on Sale Globally as Apple Faces China Rivals and AI Doubts

The iPhone 17 hit store shelves worldwide on Friday, drawing long lines of eager customers from Beijing to London. The launch featured several new products, including the iPhone 17 Pro,…

Google Partners with UK Nonprofit to Detect and Remove Nonconsensual Images

Google is partnering with the U.K. nonprofit StopNCII to bolster its efforts at combating the spread of nonconsensual intimate images, also known as revenge porn. The search giant will begin…