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How ICANN’s new domain applications include .agent
ICANN says 1,615 applications have come from 481 applicants. Ten companies, including Meta and OpenAI, applied for .agent.
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Microsoft sets October 16 launch for Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599
The laptop uses Nvidia’s RTX Spark and starts with 24GB of RAM. Microsoft also outlined Windows updates involving Copilot and search.
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What Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra says about Nvidia’s PC chip entry
Microsoft’s new laptop introduces Nvidia’s RTX Spark to a high-end Windows device, with configurations priced from $2,599.99 to $5,899.99.
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Microsoft sets October 16 launch for Surface Laptop Ultra
The laptop starts at $2,599, with an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Higher configurations reach $5,899.99.
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Amazon’s About You page exposes the inferences behind recommendations
Launched on 13 May, About You lets shoppers inspect and change the details Amazon infers from their activity to shape product recommendations.
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Why Alexa voice commands may no longer control Echo aux audio
The 3.5mm input on older Amazon Echo devices remains usable, while voice control for line-in playback may have been removed. The reported change leaves app settings available.
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Blue Duck urges Snap to raise outside capital for Specs
Blue Duck Capital Partners has proposed selling a stake in Specs at a $5B valuation to raise $1B. Snap’s augmented reality glasses are due in the United States, Britain and France this autumn.
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How ASML’s hybrid bonding plans could affect Besi
Bank of America lowered BE Semiconductor Industries to neutral and nearly halved its target, as ASML’s possible move into hybrid bonding raises questions about competition and ownership.
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Anthropic filing reports $18M pay for CEO Dario Amodei
Reuters reported the figure from a confidential IPO prospectus. The filing also sets out pay for Daniela Amodei and a planned share award.
