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Your immune cells are key to your health. They fight disease and repair tissue. Now, you can store them for the future, just by doing a simple blood draw, thanks to a new service offered by Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech startup Cellino.
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The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.
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Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles.
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METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.
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Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
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The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.
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Stocks slumped on Wednesday morning after consumer price index data showed slightly worse than expected inflation in September, erasing billions of dollars from the fortunes of the world’s wealthiest people.
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The US will experience an economic recession if a moratorium against data centers is established, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink opined. He argued the buildout of the controversial facilities is “not the problem” as Americans have grown more negative about data center and their impacts
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Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa
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The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
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The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
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With Prismm, account holders can give designated family members access to their accounts and documents ahead of time.
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German startup TimeTeller has developed a saliva test kit to help anyone understand their circadian rhythm; it aims to reduce side effects from cancer treatments.
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Databases have traditionally been designed either for analytical data or for operational data. But database engine CedarDB supports both, and its approach has gained relevance with the rise of agentic AI.
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Non-Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on the platform.
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Non-Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on the platform.
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Bluesky says the process will still take 18-24 months, so don't expect your new, shortened 'bsky' handle any time soon.
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"We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone."
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There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with the skills and knowledge to build a company. But on November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit gives founders the next-best thing: A packed day at Boston's SoWa Power Station,
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Snap invented a more casual and intimate form of social media and quickly watched Meta copy the best parts. Now founder Evan Spiegel is trying to build something harder to steal — market dominating AR glasses. He’s still facing his perennial boogyman: Meta and Mark Zuckerberg.
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