"Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch," writes The Verge. While it's not available for downloads in most locations, Meta's Pocket will allow people "to generate small, interactive apps and games using AI prompts," writes TechCrunch. They're called "gizmos", and Pocket "also offers a scrollable feed where you can play with gizmos others have made." Some context from The ..

England vs Mexico kicks off at 2am BST on BBC One. Find TV channel, live stream, build-up time and latest Mexico weather forecast as rumours of a postponement fly.

"Companies spending heavily on AI are growing headcount faster, even in the entry-level roles that many fear are doomed," writes TechCrunch. That's the conclusion of new report tracking AI spending from Ramp's corporate card/bill pay data as well as Revelio Labs' workforce records from 21,599 U.S. firms: According to the report, "high-intensity adopters" firms that spend on average $30 per employee per month on AI in the first three months saw headcount increase 10.2%. Headcount also rose ..

Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion in a new group "assisting clients with AI implementations," reports CNBC: [Microsoft] said Thursday that 6,000 employees will be embedded with clients, in a practice that's become known as forward deployed engineering [or FDE]... The announcement comes two days after cloud rival Amazon said it was putting $1 billion behind an FDE initiative to support fast-paced AI engagements. Leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI both established FDE groups in May, ..

In this week's "Sunday Reboot," scientists somehow say iPhones lowered birthrates, and Musk's AI prototype story shows that specialist hardware is coming, even if we don't necessarily want it. Elon Musk denies there's an xAI AI device being prototyped - Image Credit: Tesla Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get the next week underway with a good first step. Continue Reading on ..

Have you ever needed a Linux application which only exists in the Windows world? Long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM writes: Windows does have a lot of useful app (but smaller than "power apps"). Some of these are closed source, some are open, but they're not all available in Linux yet. My list would have to contain Gimp Tookit versions of: IrfanView image manager, which I think is unequaled in Linux (though it does work to some extent under Wine). I also miss the full version of 7-Zip, because ..

Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping

Japan has plans 10 million robots by 2040, using Noetra AI models to address labour shortages across key industries.

Yinson GreenTech's chargEV has launched a 32-bay AC charging hub at Menara Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, with each bay rated at 22kW, making it one of the largest single AC charging installations in Malaysia.

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Weve been waiting since March, but its finally here the Honor Magic V6 is available in Europe and... wait, how much? Until the end of the month, the flagship foldable will be available at a discounted price of 1,700. Plus, you get a free Honor Pad 10 along with a 24-month screen protection plan. If you want to buy a V6, however, you should do it before the end of the month because come August, the price will shoot up to 2,300. Honor Magic V6 in: Red Gold White Black The Honor Magic V6 is ..

America's Justice Department and FBI teamed joined Finland's National Bureau of Investigation to arrest a teenager they say is part of one of the world's biggest cybercrime syndicates, reports Tom's Hardware. The "Scattered Spider" syndicate has extorted over $100 million in ransom payments, according to Department of Justice figures: 19-year-old Peter Stokes is a dual U.S.-Estonian citizen who was trying to board a flight to Japan from Helsinki, when law enforcement caught up with him. [T]he ..

HoYoverse has announced Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.4 "In Ravages Does the Whistle Sound," launching July 15 with a new story arc, Himeko Nova, and the second phase of the Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works collaboration beginning July 24.

If you want to learn how to conserve energy during a heatwave, you'll have to ask someone other than the Department of Energy.

Anything released after 2028 will still be digital-only.

Google Pixel has introduced a Football Edition Pixel Plushie in Malaysia, limited to 200 redemptions for eligible Pixel purchasers on a first-come first-serve basis.

Razer has announced the Razer x Wuthering Waves Collection in collaboration with Kuro Games, featuring four Denia-themed gaming peripherals now available for pre-order globally.

"A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize," reports the Guardian. In mid-May the story had been selected as a regional winner, but with critics on X and Bluesky "claiming it showed 'obvious markers' of AI use." In the wake of the controversy, the Commonwealth Foundation conducted a review of the regional winners, which it said involved looking at drafts, time-stamped documents and notes. "We are satisfied with ..

SpaceX retired 260 Starlink satellites in six months, with hundreds more to follow, as debate grows over the atmospheric impact of satellite burn-ups.

DIYer shows how they made a handsome magnetic core memory USB drive using home CNC and 3D printing equipment. However, it isn't a homebrew answer to the AI- induced memory crisis with only 64 bits of data capacity

A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after roughly 1.5 million in public funding expired.

"The internet is filled with fakes," writes Gizmodo. "A court in India is setting out to address the problem by requiring more transparency from domain registrars to make it easier to crack down on fraud. And while the intentions might be good, Reuters is reporting that major American domain registrar GoDaddy is sounding the warning bells that the court's decision could fundamentally reshape the internet well beyond India's borders." GoDaddy argues the move would even make the internet less ..

Here's how to find out whether you're charging your Apple mobile devices at top speed.

Apple may be pulling an iPhone X for the iPhone Fold , by launching it in September but actually selling it months later. What the iPhone Fold could look like - Image Credit: AppleInsider Apple is widely expected to launch the iPhone Fold this fall, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro. However, the schedule of when it goes on sale could be completely different. According to a Sunday X post by TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo , the supply chain indicates there may not be enough inventory for the ..

Financial institutions are putting their clients at risk in the name of convenience.

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Tesla's robot cabs are now roaming around the 305, but only a small sliver of it so far.

Turns out, a modded RTX 4080M desktop GPU performs worse than similarly-priced official options. It currently costs roughly $400 in China and compared to the RX 9070 GRE, this custom card loses in every game tested except PUBG.

Say whaaaat? Hannah Montana Linux is back. Basically abandonware since 2009, the distro has returned with a modern kernel and about 18 years worth of patches.

The US Navy is experimenting with 3D-printed patches for composite parts, allowing forward bases to repair F/A-18 Super Hornets without waiting for replacement parts coming from the tail end of a logistics supply chain thousands of miles long.

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Midjourney seeks studio AI records as it fights a landmark copyright suit from Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.

It's good to know how long your phone will get updates before you purchase.

HMD has unveiled four new feature phones, but there are question marks over the inclusion of an AI button.

Atomic Semi, the semiconductor tooling startup founded by chip architect Jim Keller and DIY fabrication pioneer Sam Zeloof, has rebranded as Fab2.

A sublime ultraportable with world-class quality and OLED visuals, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 excels at everything it does.

Petet Stokes was arrested in Finland and extradited to the U.S. over alleged ties to the Scattered Spider group, with Microsoft helping in the investigation. He's in custody awaiting trial based on a criminal complaint for a May 2025 attack on a U.S.-based luxury jewelry retailer

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI combines an OLED 240 Hz display, Intel's Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5070 Ti graphics, and 32GB of DDR5 memory, all while saving you $300 off its regular price.

247,000 miles on an EV battery? So says the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in Evs, who tells the Wall Street Journal EV batteries keep performing well even after several hundred thousand miles. "They are proving themselves to be exceptionally reliable." After five years on the road, the average EV will still be able to drive up to 95% of its original range, according to Recurrent, a data-science company that provides a battery-monitoring tool for EVs better than ..