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Google is raising the price of Nest Aware subscriptions again

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Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based on Edward Cullen

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This fake Johnny Cage movie should be a real Mortal Kombat movie

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OpenAI says it will use the Google Cloud Platform for ChatGPT and its API, adding it to a list of suppliers that also includes Microsoft, CoreWeave, and Oracle (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hack from a hot wallet exploit, plans to pay back users and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace stolen assets (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

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John Malkovich cut from Fantastic Four after Marvel scrapped him on Spider-Man 4

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I tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best

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Rare Earth Magnet Maker MP Materials Is Having a Big Week

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‘Talk me out of this’: How to Train Your Dragon’s director on when he first felt good about his live-action remake

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Sources: Anthropic's financial performance has prompted some investors to indicate interest in funding the company at a valuation of $100B+ if it pursues a deal (The Information)

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Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving

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‘A once in a lifetime pull’: Would you skip your own wedding for this epic Balatro hand?

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Zelda’s new live-action stars could be around for a long time

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I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend

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Superman and the DC heroes will duke it out in their own Mortal Kombat this fall

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Sources: Anthropic has rehired Boris Cherny and Cat Wu, who developed Claude Code, just two weeks after they left for Cursor developer Anysphere (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)

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Voting in the US House on whether to open debate on several cryptocurrency bills bogged down on Wednesday, a day after Trump intervened to save the initiative (Reuters)

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The best iPad deals you can get right now

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GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

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NYC-based Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, acquires Boston-based blockchain data provider Coin Metrics, a source says for $100M+ (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

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