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Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon, Its Second Major AI Model in a Month

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, which it said is significantly more capable than the model it released less than a month ago, as the company steps up efforts to contend with the leading frontier labs.

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Amazon’s Alexa Home Map is getting a smarter 3D redesign

Amazon's smart home map interface that shows you where all your connected devices are has been overhauled with new graphics, features, and dynamic effects. The new Alexa Home Map is now an interactive 3D view of not just everything that's inside your property, but outside of it too - using compatible Ring cameras to provide

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Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents

The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers’ cell phone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.

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Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now pull info from Gmail to help you fill out forms 7 sources covering Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now pull info from Gmail to help you fill out forms

Following improvements made to Chrome's enhanced autofill last year that included your name, passport number, email address, and physical addresses sourced from your Google Accounts and services like Google Wallet, the feature is now expanding.

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Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed 6 sources covering Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed

The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.

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AI Cybersecurity Startup Upwind Raises at $3.8 Billion Value 10 sources covering AI Cybersecurity Startup Upwind Raises at $3.8 Billion Value

Upwind Security, a San Francisco-based startup offering cybersecurity for artificial intelligence and cloud applications, has secured $400 million in fresh financing that values the company at $3.8 billion.

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As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps 8 sources covering As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps

A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

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Nvidia releases all-in-one adaptable Nemotron 3.5 audio transcription and translation model 5 sources covering Nvidia releases all-in-one adaptable Nemotron 3.5 audio transcription and translation model

Nvidia Corp.

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Marvell Said to Near Megadeal for Lumentum In AI Push

Marvell Technology Inc.

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Apple Unveils Touch-Screen MacBook Pro, Reversing Long-Held Jobs Stance 3 sources covering Apple Unveils Touch-Screen MacBook Pro, Reversing Long-Held Jobs Stance

After two decades of spurning the idea, Apple Inc.

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GitHub turns Copilot into an agent orchestrator across projects and models 4 sources covering GitHub turns Copilot into an agent orchestrator across projects and models

Copilot Fusion is generally available and cross-repository Projects enters public preview; GitHub says Fusion used about half the API cost per task in a benchmark.

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South Korea fined Google and Apple a combined $47.6 million for pushing their app payment systems on local developers 8 sources covering South Korea fined Google and Apple a combined $47.6 million for pushing their app payment systems on local developers

The regulator said Google and Apple unfairly pushed developers toward their own payment systems while discouraging third-party payment with fees

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Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw 7 sources covering Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw

The critical flaw in UEFI firmware—used by most server vendors and data centers—allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

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ServiceNow Falls After Quarterly Sales Outlook Revives AI Fears 3 sources covering ServiceNow Falls After Quarterly Sales Outlook Revives AI Fears

ServiceNow Inc.

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Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns 15 sources covering Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns

In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

TechCrunch ·
Here’s how macOS is changing for touchscreens 3 sources covering Here’s how macOS is changing for touchscreens

Touchscreen laptops are nothing new in the Windows world, but Apple has only just announced its first MacBook with a touchscreen.

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Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs 4 sources covering Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs

Nearly two years after LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025 that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI assistant's functionality on all TVs this year, according to a report by Windows Central.

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