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Google’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open them

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Pixar is heading back to Italy for its next big film

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USDOT wants more self-driving cars without pedals or steering wheels

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Meta's Scale AI deal dwarfs rivals' "reverse acquihires" in scope and ambition, showing that its fear of lagging in AI outweighs fears of regulatory backlash (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

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Steam is finally adding native support for Macs with Apple Silicon

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The new Pebble watch’s mobile app will also work with some old Pebble watches

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The Army Reserve launches Detachment 201, an innovation corps with Palantir CTO, Meta CTO, and other tech execs advising on AI and tech as lieutenant colonels (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

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Switch, Xbox, and the portable future of games

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Google just released the first major Snapseed update in years

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Interactive Planetarium Exhibit Offers Guests Chance To Touch Live Protostar

The Onion

Menendez Brothers Receive Stars On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

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Matthew Early

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Bloated Supreme Court Rules They Ate Too Many Shrimp

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Father’s Day Gift Wrapped In Paper Towel

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What drove the tech right’s — and Elon Musk’s — big, failed bet on Trump

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Why Donald Trump soured on some of his own judges

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The spiritual sequel to Coraline is getting a 3D release for Halloween

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Google plans to shut down Android's Instant Apps, which let users launch apps without installing them, later this year citing low usage and engagement (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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Switch 2 is the continuity candidate that might just win

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Sources: Tencent is in early talks to acquire Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant behind Dungeon & Fighter Mobile; Tencent pursued a Nexon acquisition in 2019 (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)

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