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Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to over 100 countries. But as Starlink scaled, it faced a major hurdle: accepting payments in developing markets, where traditional banking infrastructure is unreliable, slow, and prone to blocking transactions. Many local banks across Africa, Latin America and Asia […]
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China’s DeepSeek, which threw Silicon Valley into chaos this week, makes no qualms about sending all of your sensitive data straight to the Chinese government. It’s no secret that the hedge fund-owned startup is closely abiding by the country’s extreme censorship rules. The company’s AI chatbot is consistently skewing reality in often hamhanded efforts to […]
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This blog has ended. See the latest updates on Thursday’s live blog.What to KnowAn American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed Wednesday night into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.All 64 people on the passenger plane that was arriving from Wichita, Kansas, are feared to be dead, in addition to the […]
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Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a lawsuit filed this week in King County Superior Court, the Seattle-based company asked the court to step in and block the release of documents […]
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People are exposed to more noise in the United States during special events like the Super Bowl, the Apple Hearing Study has confirmed, with elevated levels happening well before the game takes place.Apple Hearing Study on the Apple Research app, and the Apple Watch Noise app. Image credit: AppleThe Super Bowl is one of the […]
Read MoreJust days after announcing a version of ChatGPT designed for US government use, OpenAI is further entangling itself with the federal government. The company announced Thursday it would provide approximately 15,000 scientists associated with the US National Laboratories access to its latest frontier AI models. OpenAI will work with Microsoft to deploy its o1 model […]
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MacworldApple can be pretty stingy about discounts, but this amazing MacBook Air M2 is $200 off right now, which means you can get it for $799, an amazing price point.Since this is a MacBook Air, it’s super light at 2.7 pounds and thin, so it will be easy to carry with you anywhere you go. […]
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What to KnowAn American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.The airliner had about 60 people aboard. It’s not known how many were aboard the helicopter. At least four people have been recovered and were rushed to hospitals. A frantic search to find crash victims […]
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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has identified a female victim from a death investigation from Jan. 28. The woman was 46-year-old, Amberly Michelle Bell of Washington. The cause of death remains undetermined, pending results from the Medical Examiner’s Office. On Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at approximately 12:24 PM, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a […]
Read MoreWaymo is planning on bringing vehicles to ten new cities in 2025, according to a report by The Verge. This new testing phase starts in Las Vegas and San Diego. These won’t be pure robotaxis, as they’ll have a manual operator.It’s basically a small-scale experiment by the company to collect data and see how the […]
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