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Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens' safety and mental health. Lawyers suing the company said this week that the label has been applied far too broadly, while pointing to a recently unsealed document showing that the team behind launching Instagram's Teen Accounts in 2024 put in an order for baseball caps that simply said "a/c priv." The lawyers suing Me

What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is its first to integrate "micro-power Wi-Fi 6E" right into the chip, so they can connect directly to your home Wi-Fi network, and from there to the cloud. If that sounds like a familiar promise, it's probably because Qualcomm promised something similar back in 2023 wit

In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hotspots as well.

Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The surprise change will see Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith oversee communications, while the company searches for a replacement for Frank Shaw, chief communications officer, who is departing later this year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thanked Shaw "for everything he has done f

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This week on Uncanny Valley, we look into the reporting behind our feature on the women still struggling after being targeted by the burnerverse.

The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.

Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it's currently only available to Gemini Enterprise customers. As noted by Google, Live Avatar can transition between the 97 languages it supports "without degrading video fidelity or introducing visual drift." One video shared by Google shows its Live Avatar talk

Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.

F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.

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New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.

Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.

Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney focuses on the world's wealthiest man.

Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots.

Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.

CyberPowerPC’s RTX 5070-equipped prebuilt. While PC component prices remain high, you can save a good bit of money on a system by purchasing a prebuilt desktop. Walmart has a well-equipped CyberPowerPC gaming PC on sale for $1,549, almost $600 off its original price of $2,139. It’s powered by an Intel Core i7-14700KF processor, and paired with 32GB of 6000MHz DDR5 memory and an Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition with 12GB of VRAM. The case is a CyberPowerPC MA-O1, an in-house design with extensi

The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.