When China tightened export licences on seven rare-earth elements in April 2025, Western governments responded in the same way as they have to every other critical-minerals shock of the past five years. The European Union accelerated the issuing of extraction permits under the Critical Raw Materials Act. The United States expanded subsidies for domestic refining…
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Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, saying the frontier AI model rivals leading LLMs on coding, computer use, and agentic AI benchmarks while undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic on API pricing, potentially lowering the cost of deploying AI agents in enterprises. The latest model, which was teased last week, matched or was competitive with leading models,…
Motorola will unveil the Edge 70 Max on July 15, and it has already revealed the smartphone’s design and confirmed the chip that will power it. Now, Indian online retailer Flipkart has revealed more details about the Motorola Edge 70 Max, including its battery capacity and charging speed. The Motorola Edge 70 Max will pack…
Warframe leadership isn’t about to celebrate the impending death of Destiny 2, even if they are on course to outlive one of their game’s strongest competitors in the sci-fi live-service space. Developer Bungie announced in May that it’s ending active development on Destiny 2 after more than a decade as it turns its attention toward…
Reed Jobs is easy to like. He’s motormouthed, self-deprecating, prone to video-game analogies, and clearly loves his work. He doesn’t particularly want to discuss the fact that he is Steve Jobs’s son, but he’s not uptight about it, either. When our producer, Maggie, asked if he was on a MacBook for our video call Thursday…
Xapo Bank is best for Bitcoin-first global members who want regulated USD banking, premium custody, and card/payments in one app rather than a high-volume trading exchange. Its strongest point is the combination of Gibraltar-regulated banking, 1:1 Bitcoin custody claims, and security controls such as MPC and a 48-hour BTC Vault delay; the biggest caveat is…
As scientists warn that a powerful El Niño, a climate pattern pushing temperatures up, could develop in the coming years, new research suggests a controversial form of solar geoengineering might one day help reduce the natural occurence’s most destructive impacts. The study, published this week in Science Advances by researchers at the Scripps Institution of…
Allstate Insurance Company has accused Broadcom of haphazardly issuing audits against it because the insurance firm decided not to renew its contracts with VMware and CA Technologies. The allegations were made in relation to a lawsuit that VMware filed against Allstate in December 2025, according to The Register. In the complaint, Broadcom alleges that Allstate…
With One UI 9 set to make its official debut later this month alongside Samsung’s new foldables, many of the company’s first-party apps are nearing their final form. Samsung has already updated several apps for One UI 9, with some changes already visible in the One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series. A…