Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years

Peter Diamandis, a futurist with degrees from both MIT and Harvard, has spent much of the past two decades evangelizing a vision of an “abundant future” driven by exponential technologies that will lengthen our lives. The serial entrepreneur and founder of organizations like the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University has also cultivated close ties with […]

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French fintech Pennylane doubles valuation to $2.2 billion as Alphabet’s venture capital arm takes stake

Accounting software startup Pennylane has raised 75 million euros ($83 million) in a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

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Meta’s benchmarks for its new AI models are a bit misleading

One of the new flagship AI models Meta released on Saturday, Maverick, ranks second on LM Arena, a test that has human raters compare the outputs of models and choose which they prefer. But it seems the version of Maverick that Meta deployed to LM Arena differs from the version that’s widely available to developers. […]

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TikTok reportedly stays on App Store after assurance from Attorney General Pam Bondi

Apple will keep TikTok on its App Store for at least 75 more days after receiving assurances from Attorney General Pam Bondi, Bloomberg News reported.

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BBC seeks more prominent credit in Apple and Google News

The British Broadcasting Corporation has filed a complaint with a UK antitrust regulator complaining that aggregators like Apple News and Google News minimize credit for the stories they feature. Apple Insider reports that the BBC is asking the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to require Apple and Google to more prominently credit news sources. And […]

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White House reportedly blames auto-suggested iPhone contact for Signal scandal

How did Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg get added to a Signal group chat with Trump administration officials discussing their plans for an airstrike in Yemen? The simplest explanation: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had Goldberg saved as a contact in his phone and accidentally added him. Indeed, when Waltz first claimed that Goldberg’s phone number […]

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Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The trade-offs are big.

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How Tariffs Are Hitting Digital Commerce Companies

These businesses, including e-commerce platforms and payment processors, are pulling back on public offering plans and bracing for pain.

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Microsoft releases AI-generated Quake II demo, but admits ‘limitations’

Microsoft has released a browser-based, playable level of the classic video game Quake II. This functions as a tech demo for the gaming capabilities of Microsoft’s Copilot AI platform — though by the company’s own admission, the experience isn’t quite the same as playing a well-made game. You can try it out for yourself, using […]

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For bitcoin bulls who self-custody crypto, the global risks are growing

Many crypto believers don’t trust brokers and exchanges to hold their bitcoin, but self-custody has become dangerous with climate and conflict risks.

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