Thursday, August 21, 2025

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Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join xAI bid to buy OpenAI, filing shows

cnbc - In early 2025, xAI CEO Elon Musk asked Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI, new court filings revealed.

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Bungie's veteran CEO Pete Parsons is leaving the company

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he's leaving the Halo developer after working at the studio for more than two decades. In Parsons' place, Justin Truman, a general manager on Destiny 2 and Bungie's chief development officer, is taking over as st…

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This Dubious Leak Shows A Purported iPhone 17 Pro Prototype After A Drop Test

bgr - Apple fans are getting ready for the iPhone 17 lineup release, but one new leak on X has supposedly revealed an iPhone 17 Pro after a drop test.

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Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

PYMNTS / pymnts - Google is bringing more advanced agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its search tool. These capabilities, announced Thursday (Aug. 21) are rolling out with restaurant reservations, with plans to expand them to local service appointments a…

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Overwatch 2 Is Getting A Persona Crossover, And No, I’m Not Joking

Kenneth Shepard / kotaku - ‘You’ll never see it coming,’ - me, telling people about the next Overwatch 2 collaborationThe post Overwatch 2 Is Getting A Persona Crossover, And No, I’m Not Joking appeared first on Kotaku.

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Apple Fitness Chief Jay Blahnik Faces Harassment Claims

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple has disputed claims that its fitness leader created a toxic culture after lawsuits and employee reports highlight allegations of verbal abuse.The post Apple Fitness Chief Jay Blahnik Faces Harassment Claims first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Feds investigate Tesla over inaccurate autopilot and FSD crash reports

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just announced an investigation into Tesla regarding its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems, according to a report by Electrek. The road safety regulator says the probe involves inconsi…

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Apple TV+ Gets a Price Hike in Canada—What Changed

Gary Ng / iphoneincanada - Apple has just raised the monthly price of its streaming service, Apple TV+, in Canada. A subscription now costs $14.99 CAD per month, up from the previous $12.99 price. The change is already live on Apple.ca and that’s a 15% increase. The price jump was …

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Pokémon Legends Z-A Reveals Another All-New Mega Pokémon

Tom Phillips / ign - Pokémon has just announced an all new Mega Pokémon species set to debut in the upcoming Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game Pokémon Legends Z-A.

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New Insta360 Go Ultra offers 4K capture in a small form

appleinsider - Announced on Thursday, Insta360's new Go Ultra camera delivers 4K video in a pocket-sized form factor with magnetic mounting features.Insta360 launches the GO Ultra 4K compact cameraInsta360 has introduced the Go Ultra, a compact, hands-free camera. The d…

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Hollow Knight: Silksong will be out on September 4

Anna Washenko / engadget - Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date of September 4. You heard right, people. This is not a drill. One more time for those in the back, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now scheduled to be available in just a few weeks. The news dropped as part of a "spec…

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Apple TV Plus is getting more expensive and will cost $12.99 per month

Emma Roth / theverge - Apple is raising the price of its streaming service. The company announced on Thursday that its $9.99 per month subscription will now cost $12.99 each month, marking a $3 price increase, as reported earlier by 9to5Mac and Variety. The price increase will …

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Apple issues emergency update to fix zero-day exploit in iPhone and macOS

techspot - According to Apple, the issue lies within Image I/O, the company's framework for handling a wide range of image file formats. If a device processes a specially crafted image, it can trigger memory corruption. While Apple has not disclosed what specific ou…

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Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English.

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Casey Crownhart / technologyreview - Google has just released a technical report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls in the middle of the range of energy demand—consumes 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, the equivalent of run…

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Meta Hits Pause on AI Hiring as Reorgs and Costs Bite

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Meta abruptly froze AI hiring after offering researchers packages up to $1.5 billion, ending a months-long talent war. The move follows investor warnings about soaring compensation costs and questions about AI returns across the industry.

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Made by Google 2025 Unveils Pixel Ecosystem and New Devices

At the Made by Google 2025 event, the tech giant revealed an expansive lineup, including the Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, a cutting‐edge Pixel 10 Pro Fold with IP68 dust resistance, and accompanying accessories. The announcements underscore a robust evolution of Google’s ecosystem and innovative software integrations.

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DeepSeek’s V3.1 goes open, targets parity at a fraction of the cost

Marcus Schuler / implicator - DeepSeek's V3.1 delivers Claude-level coding performance at 1/70th the cost through open source. The Chinese startup's MIT-licensed model challenges American AI economics while optimizing for domestic chips—signaling parallel ecosystems.

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Apple Watch’s restored blood oxygen tracking attracts another lawsuit

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Medical tech company Masimo is suing US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an attempt to overturn the agency’s decision to allow Apple to restore the blood oxygen tracking feature on Apple Watches. Apple has been embroiled in legal disputes over Masim…

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