Dyson announces the PencilWash wet floor cleaner

Matt Tate / engadget - Last year Dyson introduced the PencilVac, which it immediately declared the "world’s slimmest vacuum cleaner." Presumably, then, the title of world’s slimmest wet floor cleaner goes to the newly unveiled PencilWash.Promising a "lighter, slimmer and smalle…

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Google launches Lyria 3 music generation model

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Google LLC today introduced an artificial intelligence model called Lyria 3 that consumers can use to generate short tracks. The algorithm is rolling out to the company’s Gemini app and Dream Track, a music generation feature in YouTube’s creator toolkit.…

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Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla Investment After Ethereum Treasury Stock Craters

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and Founders Fund held a 7.5% stake in Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla last year—but not anymore.

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Figma stock climbs on 40% revenue growth and surging Figma Make adoption

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Shares in Figma Inc. were up more than 14% in after-hours trading today after the graphic design software provider impressed investors with earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and provided forward guidance ahead of expectations. F…

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eBay is buying Depop from Etsy for $1.2 billion

Wayne Williams / betanews - eBay has announced plans to acquire fashion resale marketplace Depop from Etsy in a cash deal worth about $1.2 billion, expanding its reach in secondhand fashion and strengthening its position with younger buyers. Depop, a mobile-first marketplace known f…

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Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

John Timmer / arstechnica - Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.

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Coinbase’s Base moves away from Optimism’s 'OP stack' in major tech shift

Margaux Nijkerk / coindesk - Base launched in 2023 and quickly became one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2 networks.

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11-Inch M5 iPad Pro Hits New All-Time Low at $799.91 [Deal]

iclarified - Apple's 11-inch iPad Pro with the M5 chip has dropped to a new record low price of $799.91 today. That's a 19 percent discount off its regular $999 retail price, saving you nearly $200 on Apple's latest Pro tablet.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, T…

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Here's what to expect at Apple's product launch event on March 4

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Apple has scheduled a product launch event, dubbed an "Apple Experience", for March 4 at 9AM ET. The company is reportedly holding this event in NYC, London and Shanghai.Everyone loves shiny new products, so what can we expect to see at Apple's first laun…

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Microsoft releases KB5077241 Update preview with new features for Windows 11 users

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders signed up to the Release Preview Channel. The release of the KB5077241 update brings Windows 11 up to builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918 and includes a number of important changes and – im…

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India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two governm…

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Cyberpunk 2077 is now playable on high-end Android smartphones using PC emulation

techspot - YouTube channel ETA Prime used the Red Magic 11 Pro to run an emulated version of Cyberpunk 2077. It's a suitable handset for the experiment, thanks to its liquid cooler, active cooling fan, and large vapor chamber, all helping keep the Snapdragon 8 Elite…

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NVIDIA Sells Remaining $140 Million Stake in Arm, Keeps Licensing Ties

techpowerup - Once a target of the largest industry acquisition that was halted by market regulators, NVIDIA has officially divested all its holdings in Arm Holdings PLC by selling 1.1 million shares, valued at about $140 million at the time of writing. Importantly, th…

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French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Quantonation Ventures, a Paris-based venture firm for quantum and physics-based technologies, has closed its second flagship fund above target at €220 million. With this close, Quantonation reportedly becomes the largest dedicated quantum investment firm …

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