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There’s a Kindle Scribe with color, but you won’t like how much it costs

Amazon is rounding out its Colorsoft collection with a new e-reader. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, which was unveiled at the company’s Devices & Services event in New York City, is…

Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ‘Grokipedia’

Elon Musk plans to take on Wikipedia with his own rival encyclopedia site. On Tuesday, the Tesla CEO announced on X that his xAI startup is building Grokipedia, which he…

Older Z Flip cover screens just got a massive upgrade

The cover screens on older Samsung Galaxy Z Flip models are finally getting access to Google Gemini. The Z Flip 5 and 6, both of which share the same cover…

China’s DeepSeek Launches Next-Gen AI Model: Here’s What Makes It Different

Chinese startup DeepSeek, which sent Silicon Valley into a frenzy when it launched its first model R1 out of nowhere last year, has released a new experimental model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp. The…

Thousands of Workers in Limbo as US-Africa Trade Deal Set to Expire

At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the future is uncertain for its workers as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is set to expire on…

Opera Launches Its AI-Centric Neon Browser

Browser maker Opera has launched its AI-centric browser, Neon, which allows users to create apps through AI prompts and build repeatable prompts through a feature called “Cards.” With this move,…

Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, Its Best AI Model for Coding

Anthropic has launched a new frontier model called Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it claims offers state-of-the-art performance on coding benchmarks. The company says Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building…

Trump ‘Truths’ About Tariffs on Films and Furniture Raise Questions on Details

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films. The president made the announcement in a post on his social media site,…

OpenAI Takes on Google, Amazon with New Agentic Shopping System

ChatGPT users in the U.S. can now make purchases within conversations, as OpenAI launches its new “Instant Checkout” feature. The new tool is available to all ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and…

US Shutdown Looms After Trump and Democrats End Meeting Without a Deal

The U.S. is hurtling towards a government shutdown on Tuesday night, and there appears to be little appetite on either side of the partisan divide to avoid it. A last-ditch…

Democrats Refuse to Cave on Health Care Before Meeting with Trump on Government Shutdown

Congressional Democrats are holding the line on their healthcare demands just hours before a key meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican leadership. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was firm…

DJI Loses Lawsuit over Classification as Chinese Military Company

A federal judge has rejected drone maker DJI’s efforts to get off a Department of Defense (DoD) list of Chinese military companies. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled…

Trump Shares Apparent AI Video Promoting ‘Medbed’ Conspiracy Theory

President Donald Trump on Saturday shared an apparently artificially created video of himself promoting a cure-all bed with origins in conspiratorial corners of the internet. The video, which has since…

Nearly 200,000 BMWs, Toyota Supras Recalled for Starter Fire Hazard

Almost 200,000 vehicles, primarily BMWs and a small number of Toyota Supras, are being recalled in the United States due to a fire hazard linked to their engine starters. According…

Oura CEO Talks Potential IPO and ‘Nonnegotiable’ Data Privacy

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Oura Health CEO Tom Hale did not discuss reports that the company is raising new funding that would value the health-tracking…

Microsoft Copilot Can Now Help With Your Messy Photo Collection

A new AI feature coming to Windows 11 called Auto-Categorization could help those who struggle to keep their photographs organized. The new tool will automatically detect and sort a photo…

YouTube to Allow Creators Banned for COVID-19, Election Misinformation to Apply for Reinstatement

Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will soon allow previously banned accounts to apply for reinstatement, rolling back a policy that had treated certain violations as permanent. This change applies…

Apple Built Its Own ChatGPT-Like App to Test Out New Siri AI Revamp

Apple is getting closer to a major AI revamp for Siri. The iPhone maker has been overhauling its voice assistant to make it more competitive with AI tools from companies…

Meta Wants to Become the ‘Backbone’ of Humanoid Robots

According to a report from a tech newsletter, Meta’s chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth said in a recent talk that the company wants to become the software “backbone” of humanoid…

Trump Says He’s Sending Troops to Portland to Protect ICE Facilities

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, a city he described as “war ravaged,” to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities that…