Xbox Cloud Gaming finally comes to Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Microsoft’s partnership with Amazon is expanding further, as it has been announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming will come to the latter’s line of smart TVs. Specifically, the newest models of the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series now feature the…
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MAINGEAR Fights The DDR5 Memory Crisis By Letting Gamers Build PCs Without RAM, Gives Users The Choice To Bring Self-Purchased Kit
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Maingear has announced its new "BYO" RAM builds, giving users the choice to build PCs with or without DDR5 memory kits to tackle shortages. MAINGEAR Is The Latest Pre-Built PC Maker To Announce Ram-Less Configuration: Buy A PC Without DDR5 Memory Or Bring…
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Samsung Unveils World’s First 6K 3D And The First 1040Hz Gaming Monitors; Introduces More High-End Models
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup is here, and it's bringing leading specifications to the table for enthusiasts. Samsung Debuts Five New 2026 Odyssey Gaming Monitors; 27-32", IPS and QD-OLED Panels, 165-1040 Hz Refresh Rate, and Latest DP 2.1 Interfa…
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Bitcoin Miner Slowdown May Be Setting Up the Next Bullish Phase
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Hashrate fell ~4%, the sharpest pullback since April 2024 amid tighter markets Past hashrate contractions often preceded stronger 90- and 180-day returns ahead Rising power costs squeezed margins, forcing high-cost miners to shut rigs fast Institutio…
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Nvidia prepares first H200 shipments to China by February
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - According to Reuters, Nvidia has informed Chinese clients of plans to ship H200 AI chips to China before the mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, using existing stock for initial orders totaling 5,000 to 10,000 chip modules, equivalent to 40,000 to 80,000…
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Waymo's robotaxis froze when San Francisco's traffic lights went dark
techspot - Among the most visible signs of the disruption were the clusters of Waymo's white Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis idling motionless at intersections. The company, which operates more than 800 autonomous vehicles in the Bay Area, suspended ride-hailing operations …
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Bitmine Reports $13.2B in Holdings as ETH Stash Tops 4 Million
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Bitmine now holds 4,066,062 ETH, valued at $2,991 each, representing 3.37% of the Ethereum supply. Total cryptocurrency, liquidity, and Moonshot holdings reported at $13.2 billion, including $1 billion in cash. The company added 98,852 ETH in one wee…
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OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’
Laurent Giret / thurrott - “Your Year with ChatGPT” is rolling out in select markets to celebrate how ChatGPT users interacted with the chatbot throughout the year.The post OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’ appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Coinbase buys The Clearing Company, doubling down on prediction markets
Reuters / fastcompany - Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business.Prediction markets let users buy and sell contracts tied t…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use
techpowerup - The Indie Game Awards has previously taken a stance against the use of generative AI, confirming that games that used generative AI during the development process are not eligible for consideration for any awards. Now, it has upheld that stance, with a ne…
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Call of Duty, Titanfall developer Vince Zampella has died at age 55
Jay Peters / theverge - Vince Zampella, who had a major hand in developing franchises like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, and Battlefield, died in a car crash on Sunday, NBC Los Angeles reports. He was 55. NBC Los Angeles and CBS Los Angeles report California Highway Patrol respo…
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SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
Tobias Mann / theregister - Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI.…
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US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
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Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40 billion Larry Ellison backing
Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - It's the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another.
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Instacart’s dynamic pricing experiment is now off the menu
Shannon Carroll / qz - Instacart says it’s done testing grocery prices after criticism that shoppers were unknowingly charged different amounts for the same items
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Alphabet to Buy Intersect for $4.75 Billion as AI-Investment Plans Grow
Katherine Hamilton / wsj - Google-parent said it would buy Intersect’s data-center projects that are in development, plus multiple gigawatts of energy and the Intersect team as part of the deal.
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Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock: Private Equity Firms Announce $8.4 Billion Acquisition
Trader Edge / blockonomi - TLDR Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) enters $8.4 billion take-private agreement with Permira and Warburg Pincus Shareholders to receive $24.55 cash per share, representing a 47% premium over Nov. 10 price Singapore’s Temasek joins investor group with Francisc…
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Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature.Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's ac…
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iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Apple is believed to be kick-starting the trial production of its iPhone 18 shortly after the Chinese New Year.The post iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Finnish startup Aisti secures €20M EIB loan to scale bio-based ceiling tile production
ain - Aisti is building a large-scale production facility in Kitee, Eastern Finland, set to begin manufacturing in the second half of 2026.
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