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Fake job interviews were reportedly the bait in the attack on Binance, which cost the exchange $6.34 billion in digital assets. The company has now shared more details on how the breach unfolded. 🎣 #Cybersecurity #Crypto
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AMD just posted its biggest quarter ever: $13.4B in revenue, and Lisa Su calls it the most profitable in company history. Data center demand is driving it, and AMD is forecasting $17B next quarter. 🚀 #AMD #Tech
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🚗 The UAE just handed over its first 100 locally built ROX vehicles. Government bodies, Abu Dhabi's investment office and KEZAD teamed up to turn industrial investment into real home-grown production. #UAE #Manufacturing #EV
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📀 GOG is looking at bringing back physical PC games while consoles drift toward digital-only, promising gamers more control over what they own. Logistics and publisher approval are still open questions. #Gaming #PCGaming
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Startup Everbloom just unveiled renoa, billed as the first new fiber in 25 years. The surprise? Early impressions say it feels very familiar to the touch. 🧵 A brand-new material that doesn't feel brand new. #Startups #Tech
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Google's first TPU in space is up and running, with a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model on board. Its first big move? Writing cheesy poetry from orbit. 🚀 #AI #Space #Tech
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🚀 MAHE Dubai Campus has teamed up with UAE space education firm SpacePoint on a three-year partnership, aiming to establish a Satellite Development program for students. #Dubai #UAE #Space
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OpenAI says its models produced a proof that the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false, a big claim for computer science. The company also shared new results on math and physics problems. 🧠 #AI #OpenAI
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Anthropic has formally filed for an IPO. The filing shows soaring revenue, growing losses, strong enterprise adoption, and a unique governance setup meant to protect founder control and its AI safety mission. 📈 #AI #Startups
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Meet Prisma: a 40-inch curved 5K display made for the Mac mini. It bundles a dock, SSD bay, wireless charging pad and a cradle for your mini. Preorders start at $999. 🖥️ #Apple #Tech
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🎮 Capcom says a data breach hit 11.7 million users. Capcom ID still works, but affected players should watch for a likely uptick in phishing emails. Stay alert before clicking anything. #Cybersecurity #Gaming
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Nvidia's CEO got hands-on with tiny Microduck robots that stomp, beep like R2-D2, play dead for a "nap" and somersault on voice command. 20,000 have already sold. 🦆 #Robotics #AI #Nvidia
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Claude spotted nearly 500 worrying flaws in open source code across C, Java and Python, including one hidden for 21 years. Anthropic says chasing single bugs won't work; firms should shrink the code they expose. 🔍 #AI #Cybersecurity
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Arc's final day is December 22. The Browser Company is pulling the plug on its quirky browser to go all-in on Dia, its new AI-powered browser. Time to say goodbye to a cult favorite. 👋 #AI #Tech
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SpaceX just showed a demo of how it plans to catch Starship's upper stage for the first time. The attempt could come as soon as next month. 🚀 #SpaceX #Space #Starship
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Apple's first foldable is here, and reviewers say it's a treat for iPhone loyalists who won't jump to Android. Yes, it's heavy and pricey, but the foldable experience may be worth it. 📱 #Apple #Smartphones
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OpenAI is backing a startup that uses brain implants to detect cancer, the latest sign that AI companies are increasingly betting on brain data. 🧠 #AI #Startups
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✈️ Reliable Robotics, the aviation startup founded by a SpaceX alum, just extended its Series D with $115M in equity plus $25M in debt, pushing its valuation past $1B. #Startups #Aviation
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Quantum computing just hit a milestone 🚀 A new demo shows error-corrected qubits cutting errors sharply as the system scales up, moving well past the breakeven point. Reliable quantum machines look closer. #Quantum #Tech
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Four Gemini 4 Argon agents from Google DeepMind reportedly finished Minecraft in just 27 hours, coding 2,783 programs themselves with zero human help. 🎮 The AI gamers are getting scary good. #AI #Gaming
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