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★ Time to Serve Some Delicious Claim Chowder Regarding the Cook-Ternus CEO Transition
In May 2024, Bloomberg ran a feature story by Mark Gurman under the headline, “Tim Cook Can’t Run Apple Forever. Who’s Next?” The subhead: “John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, is emerging as a potential successor to the CEO.” The nut grafs from that piece: There’s no r…
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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.
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Return to ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With an Astarion Prequel Book
Penguin Random House is giving 'Baldur's Gate 3' a whole imprint to itself, where a cookbook and Astarion-focused novel await.
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Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters
On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. Notably, the model can process much longer prompts than its last generation, thanks to a new design that helps it handle large amounts of text more efficiently. Like DeepSeek’s prev…
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Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling
It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive.
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks
This week, just half of the top 10 rounds crossed the $100 million mark, which is somewhat unusual in this high-flying era for venture megarounds. Nonetheless some large checks did get written, led by Amazon’s $5 billion investment and partnership deal with Anthropic.
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International tech
As DJI duels Insta360, China sharpens global hardware edge amid US scrutiny
In the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, a simmering rivalry between DJI and Insta360 has transformed their shared neighbourhood into a high-stakes corporate battleground. Both companies have long been hailed as the city’s poster children for Chinese innovation. DJI dominated the sk…
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The friends who remember every detail about your life while sharing almost nothing about their own aren’t private. They figured out early that the person asking the questions controls the conversation, and being known felt more dangerous than being interesting.
The friend who remembers every detail about your life while sharing nothing about their own isn't private — they're running a strategy. A look at why some people learned early that asking questions was safer than answering them, and what it costs.
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Groww, BlueStone Surge Amid A Mixed Week For New-Age Tech Stocks
New-age tech stocks saw a mixed week amid uneasy ceasefire in West Asia, Q4 earnings season, and continued selling by…
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X launches standalone ‘XChat’ messaging app on iOS with encryption, calls and group chats
X has introduced XChat, its dedicated messaging app for iOS, after a… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Pine Labs Acquires Tiger Global-Backed Shopflo For ₹88 Cr
Fintech major Pine Labs is acquiring ecommerce-focused SaaS startup Shopflo in an all-cash deal worth ₹88 Cr (about $9.3 Mn).…
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RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence over compliance failures
India’s central bank, RBI, has cancelled the licence of Paytm Payments Bank… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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B-Trees vs LSM Trees: Comparison and Trade-Offs
In this article, we will look at B-Trees and LSM trees in detail, along with the trade-offs associated with each of them.
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Plain text has been around for decades and it’s here to stay
Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897681 Points: 217 # Comments: 109
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Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
Article URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897891 Points: 349 # Comments: 195
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Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/google-to-invest-up-to-40b-in-anthropic-in-cash-and-compute/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47895080 Points: 209 # Comments: 7
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3D Print This Retro Desktop Case
Once upon a time, not every computer lived in a vertical “tower” case. Many decades back a horizontal arrangement was a popular choice, sometimes just referred to as the “desktop” …read more
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penPal, a Robotic Drawing Assistant
Emergent properties include examples like murmurations of starlings which can’t be predicted from looking at a single bird, weather which can’t be predicted by looking at a few air molecules, …read more
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EP212: Data Warehouse vs Data Lake vs Data Mesh
Storing data is the easy part. Deciding where and how to organize it is the real challenge.
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Time Frog Color is a Game Boy Color on Your Wrist
Handheld consoles are great for gaming on the go, but who wants to hold onto things all the time? Would it not be easier to strap the game to your …read more
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Rescuing the Data on a 1960s LGP-21 Computer’s Disk Memory
One of the nice things about magnetic storage is that as long as the magnetic layer remains intact, the data it contains should stay readable pretty much indefinitely. That raises …read more
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