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- Texas halts approval of data center grid connections until audits are performed; projects representing 474+ GW are in the queue, over 5x the grid's peak demand (The Texas Tribune) [2d]
- Amazon becomes the fifth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple; its stock closed up 4.58% on Monday (Jeran Wittenstein/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Snap reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.54B est., DAUs up 5% to 493M, vs. 487M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SNAP jumps 10%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) [2d]
- Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, vs. $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY 2026 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 9%+ after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [2d]
- Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) [2d]
- Court docs: an FBI agent has been charged with amassing ~$1M worth of cryptocurrency, largely by making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas (Devlin Barrett/New York Times) [2d]
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- Beast of Reincarnation is an emotional journey from start to finish and excels with its Sekiro-like combat that is guaranteed to make players come back for more [2d]
- Panasonic's new gadget is a bread maker that also churns ice cream — I went hands-on with the wild two-in-one appliance, and the results were seriously tasty [2d]
- GMKTec pairs the fastest laptop CPU ever launched with a desktop RTX5070 GPU in an impressive Neo-X1 workstation PC [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #1653) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #1150) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #884) [2d]
- Nvidia could invest $250bn in OpenAI's 10Gw Ohio data center — but costs could balloon to $500bn [2d]
- Let’s swing through the best Spider-Man: Brand New Day toys, collectibles, and gear worth adding to your web [2d]
- Quote of the day by filmmaker James Cameron on AI: 'All of human art and human experience put into a blender' — dismissing the rise of AI in creative industries [2d]
- I'm not convinced that Stuart Fails to Save the Universe titles are 'AI slop' — in fact HBO Max creators have teased that there really is a hidden message in the changes [2d]
- Someone just made the world's most elaborate Train Simulator controller — and it even includes real dashboard components from 'Class 80x' UK trains [2d]
- Liene PixCut S1 review: A compact, crowd-pleasing photo sticker printer and cutter for home and work [2d]
- 'Generative AI is already changing what malicious software packages look like and how threat actors are beginning to probe AI-based code systems': Amazon flags North Korean hacker group as being behind the surge in open source supply chain attacks [2d]
- I picked out 6 amazing back-to-school gadgets for under $60 — these are the desk upgrades I recommend for work and study [2d]
- After months of silence, the first Googlebook has been spotted — and it looks nifty, but will anyone really care? [2d]
- MySpace coming back — again — is no surprise; I’m only shocked it’s not been announced as the first all-AI social media platform [2d]
- 'We can push the limits of technology to pursue something mind-blowing': Disney Worldbuilders looks like a must-watch for Disney Parks fans [2d]
- Don’t worry about the MacBook Air shortages — these official Apple refurbished deals are a better buy anyway [2d]
- A study found 92% of workers over 50 showed signs of disordered sleep — these 3 ChatGPT tricks helped me switch off [2d]
- Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock review: I finally found the ultimate docking station for creatives [2d]
- Anthropic reveals Claude AI model hacked three companies during tests — so how worried should we be? [2d]
- Mystery Booster Commander Edition is everything I could want from a Magic: The Gathering set — please, Wizards of the Coast, print as much as possible [2d]
- Samsung warns RAM-pocalypse could last until 2028 — as its profits continue to rise [2d]
- Disney+ brings 4K streaming back to European customers, but HDR is still on the to-do list [2d]
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