Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act

Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Friday aimed at holding large AI developers accountable for the safety of their models. The RAISE Act establishes rules for greater transparency, requiring these companies to publish information about t…

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Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

EditorDavid / slashdot - During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local news reports. But in the end it was Flock cameras accord…

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Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

slashgear - Buying RAM for your PC has become a nightmare. Retailers are hiding prices, costs have doubled, and one major brand has reportedly shut down entirely.

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The LCD Steam Deck is done

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - The most affordable Steam Deck, the $399 LCD model, is not available in the US. And, according to the Steam Deck site, it won't be coming back. Underneath the listings for the various models is a note that says: We are no longer producing the Steam Deck L…

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ChatGPT gets tone controls: OpenAI adds new personalization options

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI now lets users customize how ChatGPT communicates.The article ChatGPT gets tone controls: OpenAI adds new personalization options appeared first on The Decoder.

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Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistant on phones in 2026

digitaltrends - Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google fine-tunes Gemini for a full mobile rollout.The post Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistant on phones in 2026 appeared …

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Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…

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Australia Approves Apple Watch Hypertension Alerts

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Australia’s medical regulator has authorized Apple Watch hypertension alerts, letting eligible users receive heart health notifications locally.The post Australia Approves Apple Watch Hypertension Alerts first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Swiss Glucose-Monitoring Startup Liom Raises €13.9 Million In Series A Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Schwyz-based Liom, a developer of a non-invasive glucose-monitoring wearable and biomarker monitoring solutions, has secured a €13.9 million (CHF 13 million) extension to its Series A financing round. The round was led by existing investors, with new part…

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SpaceX loses control of Starlink satellite 35956

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - SpaceX has lost control of Starlink satellite 35956 in low Earth orbit at 418 km (260 miles) altitude following an anomaly that caused it to fall back to Earth. The incident involved sudden loss of communications, a drop in altitude, venting of the propul…

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Samsung reveals Exynos 2600: world's first 2nm smartphone chip could supercharge Galaxy S26

techspot - The Exynos 2600, manufactured by Samsung Foundry, features a 10-core configuration based on Arm's v9.3 architecture. It uses the new C1-Ultra (prime) and C1-Pro (middle) cores – Samsung has dropped the low-power cores in this Exynos model.Read Entire Arti…

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Early backer of Personio and Enpal Picus Capital raises €150M in preferred equity from Carlyle AlpInvest

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Picus Capital has secured a capital boost, closing a €150 million preferred equity financing provided by Carlyle AlpInvest.…

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LG backtracks, will soon let users delete Copilot from its smart TVs

Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - LG has announced it will let you remove Copilot from its TVs after facing user backlash.

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Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation to turn non-developers into software builders

Cate Lawrence / tech - Lovable has raised $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation, led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures' Anthology fund. Additional investors in this round include the venture arms of lead...

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Enlightra Raises $15M To Develop Energy-Efficient AI Data Centre Lasers

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Enlightra, a deeptech startup focused on developing chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for next-generation data transmission, has raised $15 million in funding. Investors include Y Combinator, Runa Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Protocol Labs, Halo Labs, …

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Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - In 2026, Apple is refreshing how ads appear on the App Store with new top banner ads and more running on search results.The post Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - New York-based fintech Imprint, co-founded by Irishman Daragh Murphy, has hit a $1.2bn valuation with its latest $150m Series D raise.Read more: Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

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