ASML hits record high on AI boost — and analysts see plenty of room to run
cnbc - Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML became just the third European company to his a valuation of over $500 billion on Thursday.
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AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits the Highs With $1.3B Valuation
eWEEK Staff / eweek - An $80 million Series A extension brings total Series A funding to more than $130 million and valuing the company at more than $1.3 billion.The post AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits the Highs With $1.3B Valuation appeared first on eWEEK.
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Verizon Offers $20 Credit After Nationwide Outage Stranded Users in SOS Mode For Hours
msmash / slashdot - Verizon is offering affected customers a $20 account credit following a nationwide network outage on Wednesday that left users across the US unable to connect, forcing phones into SOS mode for roughly ten hours before the carrier restored service around 1…
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Nintendo Portal Lists Myterious Switch 2 "OSM" Model - Speculated to be "Lite" Variant
techpowerup - Yesterday morning, an allegedly new Nintendo Switch 2 model was highlighted by a Bluesky social media account. Members of the gaming community and media outlets quickly picked up on sky :3's discovery of an unused "OSM" identifier within Nintendo's Accoun…
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OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - OpenAI quietly launches ChatGPT Translate, a standalone AI translation tool focused on tone and context, signaling a potential challenge to Google Translate.The post OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google appeared first on eWEEK.
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Microsoft expands Windows Backup with first sign-in restore
Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft is expanding Windows Backup for Organizations with a first sign-in restore experience. Starting early 2026, Windows 11 users will be able to restore their settings and Microsoft Store apps at the very first sign-in, even on Microsoft Entra hybri…
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Bluesky rolls out cashtags and LIVE badges amid a boost in app installs
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Bluesky adds new features to its app amid a boost in installs due to the deepfake drama on X.
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Viture is being sued by Xreal for allegedly infringing its patents
Reece Bithrey / theshortcut - The AR glasses wars have begun
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Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Meta is sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app, and it will also stop selling commercial SKUs of Meta Quest headsets.The post Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - It's not just you: X is down right now for many users across the iPhone, web, and other platforms.The social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is failing to display posts due the outage. It is unclear how long the issues will last.Not everyone is…
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M6 MacBook Pro OLED Panel Production Underway, With Samsung Initiating The Manufacturing Of These Displays Far Ahead Of Schedule
Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple will finally introduce a significant redesign to its M6 MacBook Pro, with the company bidding farewell to mini-LED and bringing OLED technology in its place. With Samsung having years of experience under its belt in manufacturing these particular pa…
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Hard Drive Prices Have Surged By an Average of 46% Since September
msmash / slashdot - Tom's Hardware: Extensive research into the pricing of some of the best hard drives on the market for large capacity, economical storage indicates that prices are beginning to increase sharply, with some of the most popular models on the market seeing inc…
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Jefferies strategist Christopher Wood swaps bitcoin for gold on quantum computing concern
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - Christopher Wood, Jefferies' global head of equity strategy, swapped a 10% bitcoin allocation with gold on concern quantum computing could weaken bitcoin’s security case.
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Gigabyte CEO explains Nvidia's potential GPU supply strategy amid crushing memory shortages — gross revenue per gigabyte of GDDR7 memory could decide what products thrive
tomshardware - Gigabyte CEO Eddie Lin says the revenue contributed per gigabyte of GDDR7 on Nvidia graphics cards will be the key measure for which products thrive and which will be in short supply in 2026.
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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
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Your Ray-Ban Meta alternative is open-source, and that changes everything
digitaltrends - Mentra Live is a Ray-Ban Meta alternative with a rare perk, an open-source OS and a MiniApp Store. It’s limited-run, app-driven camera glasses, but real-world polish and privacy details still need proof.The post Your Ray-Ban Meta alternative is open-sourc…
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Memory supply crisis forces ASUS to discontinue RTX 5060 Ti
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - ASUS has ceased production of NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics cards due to a memory supply shortage, placing the RTX 5070 Ti into end-of-life status, as reported by YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed. Hardware Unboxed detailed in its latest…
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German AI Startup Parloa Raises $350M Series D Valued At $3 Billion
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German-founded Parloa, which builds AI voice agents for call centers, has raised $350 million in a Series D round, tripling its valuation to $3 billion in just seven months. The Series D round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participat…
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Amsterdam’s Optics11 Raises €25M EIB Loan To Boost Europe’s Subsea And Energy Security
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €25 million venture debt agreement with Amsterdam-based Optics11, a DeepTech scale-up developing advanced fibre optic sensing solutions. The Dutch company will use the funding to advance research and develop…
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Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Two co-founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are heading back to OpenAI, alongside Sam Schoenholz, another former OpenAI staffer who had joined the startup.The post Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI appeared first on eWEEK.
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