September 14, 2025

Matthew Terry

The 6-inch screen of a smartphone, how to stop doomscrolling
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The 6-inch screen of a smartphone, how to stop doomscrolling

How to stop doomscrolling. The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss

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Klarna nabs Walmart from Affirm and boosts its IPO prospects

On the heels of its IPO filing, Swedish fintech giant Klarna announced on Monday that it will exclusively provide buy now, pay later

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OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive
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OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive

OpenAI will soon begin testing a way for business customers to connect apps like Slack and Google Drive to ChatGPT. OpenAI plans to

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Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startup
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Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startup

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup working on AI-powered video generation tools along the lines of OpenAI’s Sora. Aakash

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Flexport accuses former employees of stealing its source code
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Flexport accuses former employees of stealing its source code

Flexport accuses former employees of stealing its source code : Creating a startup that competes with your former employer can be risky. Apple,

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People are using Google’s AI model to remove image watermarks
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People are using Google’s AI model to remove image watermarks

Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images, including from images

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ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturing
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ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturing

Artificial intelligence continues stirring things up in chemistry. To wit: Y Combinator-backed Cambridge, U.K.-based ReactWise is using AI to speed up chemical manufacturing

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Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings

Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step

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TikTok rolls out ‘Security Checkup’ tool to help users
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TikTok rolls out ‘Security Checkup’ tool to help users

TikTok is introducing a new “Security Checkup” tool that allows users to quickly review and update their account’s security settings from a single

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Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, allowed to leave France
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Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, allowed to leave France

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, no longer has to stay in France. A source told AFP that the

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