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xAI's Grok is rated for kids age 12 and up in the iOS App Store, despite adding "companions"; one includes an NSFW "Bad Rudy" mode and the other becomes NSFW (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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The 13-inch M2 MacBook Air is a great back-to-school deal at just $699

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Cyberpunk 2077’s next update adds ‘AutoDrive’ and VRR for consoles

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Google announces a Pixel event on August 20 in New York, with four new smartphones and a new watch expected (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

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AWS rolls out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, meant to help businesses create a network of AI agents that analyze internal data, write code, and take on other tasks (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)

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Google announces Pixel 10 launch event

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Insta360 now offers lens filters and a larger battery for its 360-degree action cam

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Google Search's AI Mode gets Gemini 2.5 Pro and new deep research capabilities; Google also expands an AI-powered business calling feature to all users in US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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Beetle Infestation Threatens Hungary’s Oldest Library

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A review of Smurfs, aka ‘Randomized Free-Association of Stuff That Happens in Kids’ Animated Movies’

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Google’s AI can now make phone calls for you

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Bedrock Robotics raised $80M from Eclipse and 8VC to develop retrofit self-driving kits for construction and worksite vehicles, in testing with five companies (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

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Looks like Steam is having a messy crackdown on sex games

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Scale AI says it is laying off 200 full-time employees, or ~14% of its global workforce, and will stop working with 500 contractors, after Meta invested $14.3B (Bloomberg)

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Tesla reveals Model 3 Plus and Model YL in China as price war heats up

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Airbus' Acubed and Google spinout SandboxAQ test MagNav, a quantum-sensing navigation device and potential GPS alternative, for 150+ flight hours across the US (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

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Europol and Eurojust disrupt pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) that has claimed responsibility for 1,000+ DDoS attacks since 2022, and make two arrests (Jordan Robertson/Bloomberg)

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Ex-NYPD Interim Commissioner Sues, Alleging Department Is a Criminal Enterprise

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Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

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Jensen Huang says "I don't think I changed" Trump's mind on the US' China export rules, and "it's my job to inform the president about what I know very well" (New York Times)

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