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Apple Reclaims Title as World's Most Valuable Company, Overtaking Nvidia for First Time Since April 2025

Apple Reclaims Title as World's Most Valuable Company, Overtaking Nvidia for First Time Since April 2025

Apple briefly reclaimed its position as the world's most valuable publicly traded company on Friday, edging past Nvidia in market capitalization...

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Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws in July as AI Accelerates the Pace of Vulnerability Discovery

Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws in July as AI Accelerates the Pace of Vulnerability Discovery

Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws in July as AI Accelerates the Pace of Vulnerability Discovery Microsoft released software updates...

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OpenAI's Odd New $70 ChatGPT Basketball and $230 Codex Micro Keyboard Mark Entry Into Hardware Market

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is stepping into physical retail with an unusual mix of products this week, rolling out a branded rubber...

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Hacked Suno Source Code Reveals AI Music Startup Scraped YouTube and Deezer, Bolstering Labels' Case

Hacked Suno Source Code Reveals AI Music Startup Scraped YouTube and Deezer, Bolstering Labels' Case

Hacked source code from AI music company Suno lists YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius among the platforms it scraped to build its artificial...

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EU Orders Google To Give Rival AI Assistants Same New Android Access As Gemini Under Antitrust Rules

EU Orders Google To Give Rival AI Assistants Same New Android Access As Gemini Under Antitrust Rules

BRUSSELS — The European Union issued two binding orders against Google on Thursday, requiring the company to open key parts of its Android operating...

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Apple's OLED iPad Mini Reportedly Coming This October as Prices Keep Rising Amid Global RAM Shortage

Apple's OLED iPad Mini Reportedly Coming This October as Prices Keep Rising Amid Global RAM Shortage

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch an OLED display upgrade for the iPad Mini as soon as October, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman,...

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OnePlus Confirms Exit From the US and Europe But Promises Continued Support for Existing Phone Owners

OnePlus Confirms Exit From the US and Europe But Promises Continued Support for Existing Phone Owners

OnePlus confirmed Thursday that it is exiting the United States and European markets, ending its run as a mainstream Android smartphone brand in two...

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Micron Technology Shares Fall 3.2% to $875 as Memory Chip Stocks Extend Their Steep Multi-Day Selloff

Micron Technology Shares Fall 3.2% to $875 as Memory Chip Stocks Extend Their Steep Multi-Day Selloff

Shares of Micron Technology fell another 3.2%, or $28.90, to $875.38 on Thursday morning, extending a punishing stretch for the memory chipmaker that...

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Navitas Semiconductor Stock Steadies Near $13 Ahead Of Earnings As Wolfspeed Lawsuit Looms Over Shares

Navitas Semiconductor Stock Steadies Near $13 Ahead Of Earnings As Wolfspeed Lawsuit Looms Over Shares

Shares of Navitas Semiconductor were little changed Wednesday, rising 0.15%, or roughly 2 cents, to $13.11 as of 11:49 a.m. EDT, as the power...

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Aehr Test Systems Shares Jump 38% After Earnings Beat and Bullish AI-Driven 2027 Revenue Outlook Today

Aehr Test Systems Shares Jump 38% After Earnings Beat and Bullish AI-Driven 2027 Revenue Outlook Today

Shares of Aehr Test Systems surged 38.12% Wednesday morning, climbing to $99.46 as of 10:09 a.m. EDT, after the semiconductor test equipment maker...

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(VIDEO) iPhone 20 All-Glass Design Rumors Grow More Credible as Leaker Says Factory Is Already Prepping for It

(VIDEO) iPhone 20 All-Glass Design Rumors Grow More Credible as Leaker Says Factory Is Already Prepping for It

Speculation surrounding a dramatic redesign of Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone has intensified this week, with a new leak suggesting the...

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(VIDEO) Samsung Reveals Flex Titanium Display Tech to Reduce Galaxy Z Fold 8 Crease Ahead of July 22 Unveiling

Samsung has confirmed that its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 lineup will feature a redesigned foldable display architecture aimed at significantly reducing...

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OpenAI's First Hardware Device Will Be a Movable, Screenless AI Speaker Built as a Home Companion Bot

OpenAI's First Hardware Device Will Be a Movable, Screenless AI Speaker Built as a Home Companion Bot

OpenAI's long-anticipated push into consumer hardware is set to begin with a mobile, screen-free smart speaker designed to function as a...

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Samsung Reclaims No. 1 Global Smartphone Spot From Apple Amid AI-Driven Memory Chip Shortage Crisis

Samsung Electronics has retaken the top spot in the global smartphone market, overtaking Apple in the second quarter of 2026, even as the industry as...

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Meta Disables New Muse AI Image Generator After Backlash From CAA and SAG-AFTRA Over Consent Privacy

Meta Disables New Muse AI Image Generator After Backlash From CAA and SAG-AFTRA Over Consent Privacy

Meta has disabled its newly launched Muse Image artificial intelligence generator just days after its debut, reversing course following sharp...

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GameStop Stock Ticks Higher as Ryan Cohen Presses Aggressively On With Rejected $125-a-Share eBay Bid

GameStop Stock Ticks Higher as Ryan Cohen Presses Aggressively On With Rejected $125-a-Share eBay Bid

GameStop shares rose 0.83% Monday morning, trading at $21.86, as investors continued to weigh the video game retailer's unusual pivot toward...

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Apple's IPhone 18 Pro Prices Could Jump $200 As Memory Costs Surge In Tim Cook's 'Hundred-Year Flood'

Apple is expected to raise prices on its upcoming iPhone 18 Pro lineup as a global memory chip shortage, fueled by soaring demand for artificial...

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Is Pokémon Go Down Today? Players Report Issues as Trackers Show Service Mostly Operational For Some

Is Pokémon Go Down Today? Players Report Issues as Trackers Show Service Mostly Operational For Some

Some Pokémon Go players took to social media Saturday to report trouble accessing the popular augmented reality game, though independent monitoring...

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SpaceX Shares Rebound Above $150 After Data Center Lawsuit Recently Threatened Its $45 Billion Anthropic Deal

SpaceX Shares Rebound Above $150 After Data Center Lawsuit Recently Threatened Its $45 Billion Anthropic Deal

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. traded at $152.35 on Thursday, up $4.09, or 2.76 percent, recovering some ground after the stock...

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USPS Website Down? Website Reportedly Down for Hundreds of Users Nationwide

USPS Website Down? Website Reportedly Down for Hundreds of Users Nationwide

The U.S. Postal Service's website was reportedly experiencing access problems for some users Thursday afternoon, with the social media account...

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Micron Shares Surge Past $1,000 After $250 Billion US Expansion Plan and Bullish Analyst Upgrades Today

Micron Shares Surge Past $1,000 After $250 Billion US Expansion Plan and Bullish Analyst Upgrades Today

Shares of Micron Technology jumped Thursday, trading at $1,021.04, up $72.24, or 7.61 percent, reclaiming the $1,000 level after the memory chipmaker...

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(VIDEO) Samsung Confirms Galaxy Unpacked For July 22, Offering Up To $1,230 Off Galaxy Z Fold 8 Preorders Now

Samsung has officially confirmed that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place July 22 in London, where the company is expected to unveil an...

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Samsung Posts Record $58 Billion Historic Quarterly Profit, Surpassing Nvidia and Apple on Memory Chip Boom

Samsung Posts Record $58 Billion Historic Quarterly Profit, Surpassing Nvidia and Apple on Memory Chip Boom

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics set a new record in global corporate history Tuesday, reporting a preliminary second-quarter operating...

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Google Pixel 11 Prices Reportedly Leak With €100 Hike Across Lineup as 128GB Base Storage Disappears for Good

Google Pixel 11 Prices Reportedly Leak With €100 Hike Across Lineup as 128GB Base Storage Disappears for Good

Google's upcoming Pixel 11 lineup is set to arrive with higher prices across the board, according to a new leak detailing European pricing for...

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(VIDEO) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Tipped To Get New Hinge For Nearly Creaseless Display Ahead Of July 22 Launch

(VIDEO) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Tipped To Get New Hinge For Nearly Creaseless Display Ahead Of July 22 Launch

Samsung's next generation of foldable smartphones is expected to debut with a redesigned hinge aimed at significantly reducing the visible crease...

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IPhone 18 Pro May Finally Fix Apple's Biggest Battery Complaint As New Leaks Point To Much Bigger Cells

IPhone 18 Pro May Finally Fix Apple's Biggest Battery Complaint As New Leaks Point To Much Bigger Cells

Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max may finally address one of the most persistent criticisms of the company's flagship...

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GameStop Shares Dip Modestly As Retailer Navigates Post-Meme Era Challenges

GameStop Shares Dip Modestly As Retailer Navigates Post-Meme Era Challenges

GameStop Corp. shares traded lower Tuesday, reflecting ongoing volatility for the video game retailer as it continues its evolution from...

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July 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Now Available to Download, but Fans Call Lineup a 'Crap Selection'

July 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Now Available to Download, but Fans Call Lineup a 'Crap Selection'

Sony's PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for July 2026 are now available to claim, with "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III," "For the...

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Intel Shares Plunge Over 8% as Chipmaker Faces Renewed Market Pressures

Intel Shares Plunge Over 8% as Chipmaker Faces Renewed Market Pressures

NEW YORK — Intel Corp. shares tumbled sharply on Tuesday, extending recent volatility for the semiconductor giant as investors reacted to broader...

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OpenAI's Codex Coding Tool Reportedly Down for Some Users as Outage Reports Spike Overnight

OpenAI's Codex Coding Tool Reportedly Down for Some Users as Outage Reports Spike Overnight

OpenAI's Codex, the company's AI-powered coding assistant, was reportedly experiencing connectivity and access issues for some users early...

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WhatsApp Tops the Global List of World's 5 Most Used Messenger Apps as Competition Continues to Grow Fast

WhatsApp remains the world's dominant messaging platform in 2026, according to the latest available data, holding a commanding lead over rivals...

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Apple IPhone 18 Pro Rumored To Feature In-House C2 5G Modem, Advanced Satellite Connectivity

Apple is expected to take another significant step toward hardware independence with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, as leaks suggest the company will...

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Samsung Messages App Officially Shuts Down Today in the US as Galaxy Users Move to Google Messages for Good

Samsung's longtime default texting app, Samsung Messages, is being discontinued in the United States as of today, ending a service that has...

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SK Hynix Files for Nasdaq Listing Under SKHY Ticker in Bid to Raise Record-Setting $29.4 Billion

SEOUL — South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix filed an amended registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30,...

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Intel Revives Old Raptor Lake Chip Production Lines for China as Global Memory Shortage Drives DDR4 Comeback

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel has restarted production of its 13th and 14th Generation Core processors, a chip family nearly three years removed from...

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Instacart Down Now? Service Disruption Hits Hundreds of Users Across U.S. as Delivery App Experiences Outage

Instacart users reported widespread service disruptions Thursday, with hundreds unable to access the popular grocery delivery platform amid what...

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Sony Xperia 1 VIII Review: Flagship Photography Powerhouse Keeps Classic Features Alive

Sony's latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia 1 VIII, delivers impressive camera advancements while preserving distinctive hardware touches that...

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Sony Ends PlayStation Physical Game Discs Starting January 2028, Sparking Immediate Backlash From Fans

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Wednesday that it will stop producing physical game discs for all new titles releasing on PlayStation...

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Micron Stock Holds Near Record Highs Today As Wall Street Debates Whether The AI Memory Boom Has Peaked

Micron Technology shares slipped modestly Tuesday, trading at $1,138.50, down 0.59%, as Wall Street continued debating whether the stock's...

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Maye Musk's AI-Tagged Birthday Tribute to Elon Musk Sparks Fresh Online Speculation and Mixed Reactions

A birthday tribute posted by Elon Musk's mother to mark his 55th birthday has drawn online scrutiny after a label briefly appeared on the images...

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IBM Shares Gain 1.7% As Tech Giant Advances Artificial Intelligence And Cloud Initiatives

NEW YORK — Shares of International Business Machines Corp rose modestly Monday, reflecting steady investor interest in the technology services...

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DoorDash App Goes Down for Nearly Four Hours on a Sunday Night, Frustrating Users During Love Island Episode

DoorDash experienced a widespread outage Sunday evening, leaving customers across the United States unable to place orders or complete checkout for...

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Microsoft vs Apple Stock in 2026: Comparing Two Tech Giants' Very Different Growth Paths for Investors

Two of the world's most valuable companies, Microsoft and Apple, represent fundamentally different bets on where technology investing is headed...

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Samsung Messages Shutdown Date Revealed: Here's Exactly When the Texting App Will Stop Working in 2026

Samsung is preparing to shut down its long-running Messages app, ending a texting tool that has shipped on Galaxy devices since 2009 and pushing...

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Samsung Confirms Galaxy S27 Pro as Company Prepares Expanded Flagship Lineup for 2027

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics has confirmed the existence of the Galaxy S27 Pro through regulatory filings, adding another device to its...

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Elon Musk Proposes Humorous Name for Potential AI Regulatory Body Amid Industry Growth

Potential name for the AI industry regulatory authority:AI Associated Institute of America, Inc or AIAIAI, pronounced “ay yai yai”— Elon Musk...

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Apple Rolls Out iOS 27 Beta 2 with Enhanced Siri Features and Wallet Updates

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple has released the second developer beta of iOS 27, introducing several new features focused on Siri enhancements, Wallet...

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iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max Rumors: Higher Prices, Variable Aperture Camera and a Foldable Phone Expected

Apple's flagship smartphone hasn't taken a year off from its updates since 2007, and barring a massive surprise, 2026 won't be any...

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10 Things to Know About Meta's Smart Glasses as New $299 Models Launch

Meta has aggressively expanded its smart glasses lineup in 2026, introducing a new, lower-priced entry point while continuing to push the boundaries...

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(VIDEO) Meta Launches Affordable Smart Glasses at $299 in Push for Wearables Dominance

NEW YORK — Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new line of smart glasses starting at $299, aiming to broaden access to AI-powered wearable...

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