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Computer cops Inside the big business of selling AI to the police. I stood before a hulking glass and brick structure in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. Thousands gathered inside to see what had been billed as “the future of policing in the digital age.” As press, I was prohibite

OpenAI's first hardware device is an RGB macropod — 'Codex Micro' features 13 low-profile keys and a joystick for controlling AI coding agents It's built by boutique keyboard vendor Work Louder. OpenAI has just entered the hardware market with its very first product — a glorified

China’s planned restrictions on rare earth exports could put $6.5 trillion in downstream production at risk, the International Energy Agency said, underscoring Beijing’s chokehold over an industry critical to the global economy. Last October, China decided to expand export contro

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a popular defense minister, leading to public protests. Mykhailo Fedorov had only been in post for six months, but was credited with convincing SpaceX to block the Russian military’s access to Starlink, causing chaos for Kremlin f

Mexico’s president rejected allegations from the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration that there is a “deadly connection” between her government and cartels, the latest escalation in bilateral tensions. Washington has in recent months pressured Claudia Sheinbaum to extr

The US imposed 25% tariffs on some Brazilian imports over alleged “unfair” practices, a decision that could upend the South American country’s economy and politics. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose tariffs on Brazil — even though it is one of the few Lat

Specialty chemicals startup Scimplify is set to raise Rs 181 crore (around $19.05 million) in its Series C funding round led by Hitachi Ventures. Existing investors 3one4 Capital, Accel India, Omnivore Capital, and Bertelsmann Nederland will also be joining the Series C round. Th

Prasanna Sankar, founder of 0xPPL and co-founder of HR software platform Rippling, has launched a new AI startup, Vorflux, raising $15 million in a seed funding round led by Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance, and angel investors including Parker Conrad, Immad Akh

Get an RTX 5080 gaming laptop for just $2,199 thanks to this HP Omen Max deal — save $1,500 on AMD Ryzen 9 beast with 32GB of RAM With a hefty 16GB of VRAM With the AI price crunch driving up the price of gaming laptops, good deals are harder and harder to find these days, but HP

Scientists synchronize 105,000 nano-oscillators in just 45 nanoseconds — paving the way for a highly efficient and fast alternative to transistors Breakthrough shows promise for high-speed comms, financial and scientific modelling, real-time data analytics, and even AI. "Oscillat

The US and Iran exchanged a new wave of attacks, quashing any hopes of a rapid end to the conflict. Washington struck a tanker and targets in northern Iran, while Tehran fired on US military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan. US President Donald Trump claimed the Strait o

Who is the frontrunner to be the UK's next chancellor? - Published Andy Burnham will be moving in to Downing Street on Monday, as he becomes the next UK prime minister following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer. But who will live next door in Number 11 as chancellor? Officiall

KuhlTherm, an advanced precision liquid cooling technology company for high performance computing infrastructure, has raised $1.1 million in a seed funding round led by Arkam Ventures. The fresh funds will be used to accelerate product development, strengthen R&D and testing infr

Meta recently unveiled Muse Image, an artificial intelligence image generator that allows anyone to manipulate pictures of any Instagram user with a public profile. Just as its Meta glasses — the facial recognition-equipped accessory that lets wearers record anyone without their

Ex-Sega engineer creates 'super realistic' CRT monitor emulator — incredible retro offering even includes TV screen tapping to fix picture Physically satisfying retro simulation tech is the brainchild of an ex-Sega employee. An ex-Sega engineer has created a CRT emulator for macO

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75% of all PS3 games reportedly now run on PC via open-source emulator RPCS3 — announcement comes weeks after Sony's plan to shutter the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita by 2027 This could help ensure that PS3 games remain playable even if all PS3 consoles no longer exist. R

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Foundational protein design startup Mandrake Bio has raised around Rs 16 crore in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Activate and Antler, with participation from Spectrum Impact and DeVC. The round also saw investment from angel investors, including Vijay Chandru, Paras Chopra, S

Despite President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, migrants living in the US are more likely than those in any other country to describe the community they live in as a good place for immigrants. Ninety-six percent of US residents born elsewhere said so

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting at least 65 delegations from around the world today for an event focused on “transnational far-left terrorism.” The gathering will include remarks from Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff for policy

Congress isn’t voting to end aid to Israel anytime soon. But Wednesday’s amendment vote is a preview of Democratic tensions to come after nearly half of the caucus voted to support it, including leaders like Whip Katherine Clark and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. It has pr

The News Senate Democrats are adopting a new strategy in their Maine Senate primary: staying all the way out of it. Chief among them is Bernie Sanders, who propelled Graham Platner’s rise and supported the gubernatorial bid of Troy Jackson. Though Jackson is seeking the progressi

Foreign investors appear to have soured on Indian stocks, but they are turning increasingly positive on the country's bonds, ahead of a possible inclusion in the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index. India last month scrapped tax on overseas bond investors, clearing the path to

Reo.Dev, an AI native GTM platform for companies selling to engineering and technical teams, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Elevation Capital, with participation from existing investors Heavybit, India Quotient, and Foster Ventures, as well as new inv

Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes - Published Tehran has launched fresh attacks on US military bases in neighbouring Gulf states, while Washington continued to strike sites across Iran overnight. Tehran said it had struck targets in the region, including

The U.K. government on Wednesday proposed new measures to protect older teens on social media, including a midnight curfew and a limit to infinite scrolling, as tech giants continue to face scrutiny over online safety. Teens between the ages of 16 and 17 years old will face a def

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Thursday reported a 77.4% jump in second-quarter profit year on year, soaring past estimates as the world's largest contract-chipmaker continues to set consecutive record-breaking milestones. Here are TSMC's second-quarter results against