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Updated Sep 8, 2026 · 79 stories
Stoke Space raises another billion to rival SpaceX at re-flying rockets ↗
Stoke has "completed the initial closing" of a $1B Series E round intended to help it reach orbit and prepare a new, larger rocket for operations.
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Among European Companies That Use a CDN, Nearly 9 in 10 Use Cloudflare
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Mistral raises €3B
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We have a year to fix security everywhere
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Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction’s labor crunch
Eric Wu, who built and ran Opendoor before stepping away in 2022, has had his new company, NavigateAI, out of stealth since May - building AI copilots that give construction workers real-time, hands-…
TechCrunch
There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis
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Jellyfin 12.0
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I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s
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India joins US, 24 other nations in push to shape secure, competitive 6G networks
India has joined the United States and 24 other countries in an initiative focused on shaping the development of next generation 6G networks around shared security, competitiveness and innovation goa…
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Muma Malaysia puts human craft at the heart of ONE Asia 2026 ‘Where Taste Matters’ campaign
The One Club for Creativity’s ONE Asia 2026 is entering its final call for entries, with the deadline set for Septembe...
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DLSS 5 Overhauls Assassin's Creed 2 - Beautiful or Botched?
The Ubisoft series faces criticism as AI‐enhanced DLSS 5 transforms its iconic visuals into a glossy, homogenized aesthetic, questioning the future of the franchise's artistic integrity.
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Ubisoft Revives Assassin's Creed 2 for 15th Anniversary with Unreal Engine 5 Remake and New Developer Commentary
Ubisoft relaunches Assassin's Creed 2 on Unreal Engine 5 for its 15th anniversary, merging advanced DLSS 5 graphics, new Glyph puzzles, a collectible feather hunt, and a brand‐new franchise logo, all…
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Comic Book Shops Pivot as In-Store Gaming Draws Decline
The shift from gaming to comics at independent comic book shops is becoming more common due to supply problems, vendor delays, and a shift in customer spending habits.
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GM's Breakup With CarPlay And Android Auto Has One Exception
GM's lineup is dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of its own infotainment systems. But one model is keeping the phone-mirroring capabilities.
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Labor Day crowds pack Mission Beach, but local shops say street vendors are cutting into business
Local businesses say they have noticed more street vendors after the city paused some enforcement following a court ruling this summer, impacting their sales.
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Highest paved road in America wraps first full season after renovation
Mount Blue Sky's scenic byway - the highest paved road in North America - is wrapping up its first full visitor season since reopening after a major renovation.
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A small kit could save a life. This Colorado nonprofit wants one in every classroom in the state
The First Minute Project wants to put bleeding control supplies and free staff training in every Colorado classroom, starting in Jefferson County.
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Controversy swirls following Pro-Palestinian comments made by Macklemore at MetLife Stadium before Ed Sheeran concert
Some are calling for Macklemore to be removed from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after he used part of his opening performance on Friday and Saturday nights at MetLife Stadium to share his pro-Palestinian v…
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OpenAI chief scientist argues for AI research slowdown
OpenAI Group PBC Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki called for an artificial intelligence research slowdown in an essay published on Sunday, after other prominent industry figures have expressed similar…
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Sigma Lithium Confirms Its Mining and Industrial Operations Remain Unaffected by a Preliminary Judicial Ruling Issued Without Due Process
HIGHLIGHTSSigma Lithium confirms that its mining and industrial activities continue to operate and that the Company remains focused on advancing its expansion plans and expecting to deliver 240,000t…
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Lost Meets Six Feet Under In HBO's 3-Part Sci-Fi Masterpiece
Arguably HBO's best TV series, The Leftovers is a perfect blend of Lost's strange surrealism and Six Feet Under's hard-hitting emotion.
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Disconnect your LG television from the internet, now
If you've got an Apple TV set-top box, that's not enough to protect your privacy if you have an LG television. Unplug Ethernet and tell it to forget your Wi-Fi information. Smart televisions have a h…
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ThreatBook Accredited by IMDA Singapore for Full Cycle Agentic Cybersecurity Solutions
The agentic security company is recognized for its innovation and high growth, and is endorsed to service government and large enterprise customers. Being accredited gives ThreatBook's customers peac…
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Behind the Albania Riviera
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Authors in August: Dave Ulrich & "The Why of Work"
Author Dave Ulrich, one of the world’s leading thinkers on organizations, leadership, and human capability, shares what he's learned after decades spent studying organizations.
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Mettler Toledo announces three-part webinar series to help Dairy manufacturers cut giveaway and maximise yield
Mettler Toledo, a global leader in precision instrumentation and product inspection, is pleased to announce a new three-part live webinar series, “Maximise Dairy Yield: Smart Product Inspection to Cu…
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BSW favors an AfD minority government
BSW says it prefers an AfD-only minority government with give and take with parties outside government on specific issues.
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Hubble spots mysterious 10-sided pattern forming around Saturn’s south pole
The newly identified atmospheric wave appears to be strengthening, giving scientists a rare chance to watch an unusual feature develop on Saturn. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a giant 10…
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Iran says it plans to create new ‘restricted zone’ near Strait of Hormuz - as it desperately tries to control chokepoint
Iran announced Monday it will establish a new “restricted zone” near the Strait of Hormuz within the coming days - as the flailing nation desperately tries to expand its control over the critical cho…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Celebrate New Beginnings with Spectacular NYC Dinner
After tying the knot at Madison Square Garden, pop star Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce made a stylish statement with a night out in New York City, turning heads at the Ambassadors Clu…
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Four Seasons Partners with Jacquemus for a Summer Event at T
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Recruiting roundup | Penn State welcomed high number of recruits for Stripe Out crowd
In Matt Campbell’s first game at Penn State, he brought in a plethora of recruits, spanning from the 2027 to 2029 classes, as he and the staff continued pr
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New study reassesses Herman Cherry's 1970 abstraction and ties to nature
Herman Cherry (1909-1992) was a vital part of the legendary New York School of painters, and like many in his generation, migrated away from figurative expression to abstraction beginning in the mid-…
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Interactive Kiosk Market Size, Share, Growth, Forecast, 2034
The interactive kiosk market size is projected to grow from $41.69 billion in 2026 to $66.45 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 6% during the forecast period 2026-2034.
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💻 Multiple High-Paying IT Roles Now Hiring Across Chicago
Chicago’s tech scene is buzzing right now-startups, trading firms, and big brands are all hiring. Here are several strong IT openings you can scan quickly
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India Lowers Bourbon Whisky Tariffs to 100% from 150%
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EU countries discuss ‘realistic acceptable volume’ for Europe-wide taxes
The Irish presidency wants EU member states to set a realistic revenue target for new Europe-wide taxes as it prepares a new compromise proposal on how to fund the next budget.
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U.K. recognises India's carbon credit scheme under its carbon tax mechanism: official
U.K. recognizes India's carbon credit scheme, allowing importers to seek carbon price relief under its carbon border adjustment mechanism.
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UK to offset India’s carbon price against CBAM liability
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TALA Is Open-Source
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Adhunik Metaliks Ltd. Vs. Principal Commissioner of Customs (Port) - NCLT, Cuttack Bench
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Metal industry representatives protest outside European Commission
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Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloads
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UK includes India's carbon credit trading scheme in list of qualifying carbon pricing mechanisms under CBAM
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The Government of the United Kingdom has included India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) in its indicative list of qualifying carbon pricing mechanisms unde…
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3 Nigerians jailed for running romance, gift fraud racket in Rae Bareli
Rae Bareli court sentences three Nigerian nationals to 4 years 3 months under Gangsters Act for social media romance fraud; Rs 7,000 fine each.
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Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
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The Next Sales Channel Is Already Here: How DeepLumen Is Opening Agentic Commerce to Merchants
For a growing number of shoppers, buying something no longer starts at a search bar. It starts with a question typed or spoken into an AI assistant. What’s the best lightweight stroller for city side…
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Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880-2026)
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A secret new Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns Telluride
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary, "You Can See Everything," stunned Telluride audiences Sunday night with its generous access to the Theranos founder.
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This No-Code App Builder is Only $100 for Life
TL;DR: Swiftspeed is an AI app builder that turns plain text ideas into full native apps for iOS and Android, and a lifetime plan is only $100. Custom mobile app...
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What we expect from the upcoming Apple launch
While Apple's first foldable iPhone Ultra will headline the September 9 launch, we're also expecting news about AirPods and HomePods.
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Pride as four young Cork people heading to 'Skills Olympics' in Shanghai
1,400 competitors - and four of them from right here
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This No-Code App Builder is Only $100 for Life
Swiftspeed's AI app builder lets teams ship native Android and iOS apps with no coding and no developer hire. The post This No-Code App Builder is Only $100 for Life appeared first on TechRepublic .
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Ecommerce Website Development Cost: Brief Guide
Understand the ecommerce website development cost. Our brief guide explores essential factors like features, design, and tech stacks for retail businesses.
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Point of Sale Software Market Size, Share, Growth, Analysis, 2034
The point of sale software market size is projected to grow from $13.15 billion in 2026 to $26.58 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 9.2% during the forecast period 2026-2034.
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Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans
Schiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus' goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App Store.
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Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement
Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.
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Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business
The Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete "unfinished business."
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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road - and a snag
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Icy Moons Are Ocean Worlds
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Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
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Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning
The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."
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We built our house for LAN parties (2024)
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Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution
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Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
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Claude integrations: How to use Zapier with Claude (Sonnet 5, Opus 5, and more)
With every new model release, Claude tops almost every benchmark. And chatting with Claude makes it clear why: it's good at everything. But while there's power in a back-and-forth conversation, you c…
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What is Claude Mythos? And how is if different from Claude Fable?
On April 7, 2026, Claude Mythos Preview was officially announced, but it was apparently too dangerous to release. According to Anthropic, Claude Mythos represented a unique cybersecurity threat (they…
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WeatherNext 3
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NeoMME: an efficient Multimodal-native and Multilingual Encoder
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Gmail labels: What they are and how to use them
No matter how organized you think your Gmail inbox is, there's usually something you can streamline even better. That's what happened to me when I discovered how to automatically label emails in Gmai…
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24 free business proposal templates to ace your pitch
In my vast experience of convincing people to do things they're initially sure they don't want to do, I've picked up a trick or two-namely, that no matter how exceptional and transformative your prod…
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Fine-tuning a 350M Model for Better Structured Outputs in 100 GRPO Steps
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Give Your Coding Agents a Memory You Own
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Training a coding model to paint watercolours with TRL and OpenEnv
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Real-Time Intelligence with IBM Time Series Models on Confluent
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How to quote in Slack: 3 ways
Quoting someone in Slack is either the clearest thing you can do in a conversation or a passive-aggressive power move, depending on who you ask. We're not here to relitigate that debate (it's the cle…
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ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks: What they are and how to use them
My laptop and phone are filled with apps dedicated to getting me to do specific things: there's a news app that compiles a customized daily reading list; there's a language learning app that prompts…
The Zapier Blog
The 7 best email clients for Windows in 2026
Web-based email is fine, but nothing quite comes close to the convenience of a native email client. It's the best way to manage multiple accounts, access messages offline, and make use of powerful to…
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BenchMIRT: What are LLM benchmarks actually measuring?
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