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When Will Apple Release the iOS 18.4 Beta?

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When Will Apple Release the iOS 18.4 Beta? On January 27, Apple released iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, which means we’re now ready for a new round of beta testing. The next betas are rumored to have important new Siri Apple Intelligence features, so when can we expect the software? There are typically few pauses between beta updates, and Apple often seeds a new beta jus…

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The Dawn of PolicyFi

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The Dawn of PolicyFi Memecoins are a dynamic capital formation technology with implications for policy making and politics, says Youbi Capital’s Ivo Entchev.

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Destiny 2 is getting Star Wars-themed armor next month

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Destiny 2 is getting Star Wars-themed armor next month Bungie and LucasFilms are bringing Star Wars armor sets and other items into the Destiny universe, so you can dress your Guardian like a stormtrooper. As part of Destiny 2: Heresy, Act I, which launches next week, you’ll be able to access outfits, accessories, and emotes that come straight out of the Star Wars universe

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Tesla’s profits slide over 70 percent in the fourth quarter

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Tesla’s profits slide over 70 percent in the fourth quarter It’s one week into Elon Musk’s new role as chief cost-cutter for the Trump administration, but today, his side hustle as CEO of Tesla takes center stage with the release of the company’s latest earnings report.  During the fourth quarter of 2024, Tesla said it earned $2.3 billion in net income on $25.7 billion in

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Gemini AI can automatically turn your spreadsheets into charts

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Gemini AI can automatically turn your spreadsheets into charts Gemini has some new abilities that could make it more helpful in Sheets, Google announced in a post on the Workspace blog. Now, Gemini can respond to questions about your data with details about trends or by creating static charts that you can insert into your spreadsheet as images. The new capability is rolling out

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Microsoft’s AI business is booming — Xbox, not so much

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Microsoft’s AI business is booming — Xbox, not so much Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses are doing pretty well — and their impact is being felt across the company. In its Q2 2025 earnings, Microsoft announced revenue of $69.6 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent year-over-year, and net income of $24.1 billion, which is up 10 percent year-over-year. As for the AI business, CEO Satya

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Tesla will launch unsupervised driving in June, Musk says

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Tesla will launch unsupervised driving in June, Musk says Tesla will launch an “unsupervised, no one in the car” robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. “We just want to put a toe in the water, make sure everything’s okay, put a few more toes in the water, with safety of the general public and those

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Do you think AI can transform e-commerce?

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Do you think AI can transform e-commerce? Been reading and researching a bunch on ai and how it’s changing e-commerce. Have you implemented something, what’s the ground reality? some say AI can handle the end to end process of shopping from buying to making payments . submitted by /u/sushantpande1

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Apple Pay Gains Support for Citi Monthly Payment Plans

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Apple Pay Gains Support for Citi Monthly Payment Plans Apple Pay now supports Citi Flex Pay, allowing U.S. Citi credit card holders to pay for ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases over time with the Flex Pay option. Citi Flex Pay is available for ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases over $75. The default payback period is three months, but there are longer payback durations available with a monthly fee. Flex Pay can be used whe…

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White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion

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White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off a day of chaos and confusion on Tuesday up until a judge paused the order right before it was set to take effect. “In light of the injunction, OMB has rescinded the memo to end

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Elliot Page’s production company is making Beyond: Two Souls into a TV show

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Elliot Page’s production company is making Beyond: Two Souls into a TV show Beyond: Two Souls, the Quantic Dream-made interactive thriller starring Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, is being adapted for TV by Page’s Pageboy Productions, Deadline reports. The series is in early development and it’s “expected to explore the game’s non-linear narrative,” according to Deadline. In the game, you play as Jodie (portrayed by Page)…

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Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub

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Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub Microsoft is bringing Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s R1 model to its Azure AI Foundry platform and GitHub today. The R1 model, which has rocked US financial markets this week because it can be trained at a fraction of the cost of leading models from OpenAI, is now part of a model catalog on Azure AI

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