Stories By Ronil Thakkar
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News
/ 4 weeks agoInstagram chief denies mic-spying myth
Meta’s recommendation engine uses advertiser data and lookalike profiles to figure out what you’ll click.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoOpenAI staff raises concerns over company’s social media push
Sam Altman says Sora is a fun side project that helps show off new tech while raising the money OpenAI needs...
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Apps
/ 4 weeks agoVenmo and PayPal users will finally be able to pay each other
Will Venmo and PayPal start charging us extra once they realize how useful this actually is?
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoOpenAI debuts Sora 2 and TikTok-style AI video app
The sample videos OpenAI shared, beach volleyball rallies, skateboard tricks, and cannonball splashes, look more like actual reality.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoEx-OpenAI, DeepMind pros raise $300M to build AI scientists
Periodic Labs wants to build AI scientists, systems that run experiments, test hypotheses, and iterate like real researchers.
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Amazon
/ 4 weeks agoAmazon debuts Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft
The new Kindle Scribe starts at $429.99 and the Colorsoft costs $629.99.
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Microsoft
/ 4 weeks agoMicrosoft Office gets an AI agent mode
Its a new Copilot feature rolling out to Word, Excel, and soon PowerPoint.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoChatGPT gets safety router and parental controls
GPT-5 uses a new training method called “safe completions,” designed to answer delicate questions in a calm, constructive way.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoAnthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 codes better than a pro
Anthropic also claims Sonnet 4.5 is its most aligned model yet, with fewer sycophantic answers and stronger defenses.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoDeepSeek’s new model cuts API costs in half
DeepSeek claims that for long-context tasks, its method can cut API costs by half.
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AI
/ 1 month agoOpenAI and Nvidia plan massive AI data centers
Nvidia is ready to sink as much as $100 billion into this infrastructure spree.
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AI
/ 1 month agoMeta finally tightens AI chatbot rules to protect kids
The leaked training document lays out exactly what the bots can and cannot say.
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Gear
/ 1 month agoJudge keeps DJI on US military blacklist
DJI says that this applies to many companies that have never been listed.
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Google
/ 1 month agoGoogle Messages link previews may get a new look
If a message contains only the link, the actual URL text disappears entirely.
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Apple
/ 1 month agoEU tells Apple Digital Markets Act isn’t going anywhere
Apple has already been slapped with a $570 million fine for anti-competitive App Store practices.
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AI
/ 1 month agoMeta launches Vibes, an AI-generated TikTok nobody asked for
The top comment on Zuckerberg’s announcement simply reads: “gang nobody wants this."
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Social
/ 1 month agoTrump gives TikTok a lifeline with $14B US buyout deal
Trump’s order effectively puts the ban on ice for 120 days while the divestiture plan moves forward.
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AI
/ 1 month agoElon Musk offers Grok to government for 42 cents
xAI offers a year and a half of access for less than a pack of gum.
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Social
/ 1 month agoInstagram hits 3 billion monthly users
The rocket fuel behind Instagram’s growth is clear: direct messages, Reels, and algorithmic recommendations.
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News
/ 1 month agoX-ray study shows cheap batteries are hot mess
Of the all batteries scanned, 33 had a dangerous defect called negative anode overhang, which can lead to internal short circuits,...
