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The DJI Mini 5 Pro drops to $679 at Amazon, $80 off its usual price, offering a 50MP sensor, 4K/60fps HDR video, and 36-minute battery life for beginners and hobbyists alike.
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Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones drop to $198 at Amazon, down from $399.99 — a 50% discount that matches the lowest price ever offered.
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Ecologist Daisy Dent shows how tropical forests regenerate naturally through animal seed dispersal, outperforming costly plantations and offering a low-cost, resilient path to carbon capture.
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From radiation-shielded lava tubes to water-ice mining, humanity races to establish permanent lunar cities amid extreme environmental and political hurdles.
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NASA targets a lunar city by century's end as drone delivery networks scale on Earth. Both face harsh environments, regulatory gaps, and the need for autonomous safety systems.
News
Apple hosts its first dedicated smart home event, unveiling new hardware and Siri AI integration aimed at closing the gap with Google and Amazon in the connected home race.
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Hello Games confirms No Man’s Sky launches on iPhone and iPad October 28, bringing the full updated experience to mobile with touch controls, a 5GB download, and all post-launch expansions except multiplayer and planetary settlements.
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Googlebooks puts Android on a laptop, delivering instant app access and phone casting, but flaky connectivity, broken file transfers, and underoptimized apps make it feel underbaked. A promising concept that needs major polish before it can...
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OnePlus launches the 16 in China with a 185Hz display, 200MP camera, and 9000mAh battery, but the flagship skips the US and Europe after the brand's market exit this summer.
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Microsoft unveils the Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI chip designed to cut costs, boost energy efficiency, and reduce reliance on Nvidia GPUs by 2027.
Entertainment
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' debuts with a weak $5.5M box office, falling short of 'The Social Network's' $22M opening and facing a shifted theatrical landscape.
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OPay reveals a $533 million short-term investment portfolio as it prepares for a US IPO, with yields climbing to 22% and rapid growth since 2024.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' debuts with a weak $5.5M box office, falling short of 'The Social Network's' $22M opening and facing a shifted theatrical landscape.
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Apple hosts its first dedicated smart home event, unveiling new hardware and Siri AI integration aimed at closing the gap with Google and Amazon in the connected home race.
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A year after a migrant died within view of a surveillance tower, an investigation reveals how AI-powered border cameras failed to prevent fatal crossings, and why deaths persist despite high-tech monitoring.
Politics
A year-long investigation reveals that billions spent on AI-powered border surveillance have failed to prevent hundreds of deaths, exposing critical gaps in detection and response along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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An MIT Technology Review investigation uncovers hundreds of deaths near border surveillance towers, exposing critical flaws in the virtual wall and proposing four urgent fixes for federal oversight.
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An investigation maps nearly 4,000 migrant deaths near US border surveillance towers, revealing critical gaps between technology's promise and the human cost along the border.
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An MIT Technology Review investigation reveals that dozens of migrant deaths occurred within view of US border surveillance towers, exposing critical failures in the virtual wall's AI and monitoring systems.
Business
Chewy reported stronger-than-expected Q2 profit and raised its full-year outlook, driven by subscription growth and expanding service lines despite soft overall pet spending.
