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  • Magna is significantly increasing its investment in battery swapping technology for electric vehicles in India, committing an additional $35 million to its subsidiary Yuma, signaling a growing confidence in the region's EV infrastructure development.
  • Apple has presented 'shocking evidence' in court against a former employee accused of stealing sensitive company data with the intention of providing it to OpenAI, highlighting the ongoing tensions and legal battles surrounding intellectual property in the AI race.
  • The Pentagon has unveiled its own advanced AI systems, mirroring popular platforms like ChatGPT and Grok, to enhance its operational capabilities and information processing in defense initiatives.
  • The FTC has filed a new lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant has been operating a 'secret ad surcharge scheme' that unfairly inflates advertising costs for sellers on its platform.
  • Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) continues its aggressive expansion by increasing its growth fund to $8.5 billion, following closely behind the recent launch of a new $1.1 billion fund, demonstrating substantial capital deployment in the tech sector.

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  • The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more 9 hours ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Google, News, Smart Home, Streaming, Tech

    Google raised the price of its 4K streaming box to $149, up $50 from its original $99 price. The new price is currently live at the Google Store and Best Buy , but Amazon appears to still be offering the original price. The price hike comes just a couple of weeks after Google launched its new lineup of Pixel 11 phones with a $100 price hike over their Pixel 10 counterparts. The Google TV Streamer originally launched in 2024 and doubles as a smart home hub. It isn't the only streaming device getting more expensive - component shortages have been

  • JMGO’s very bright all-in-one projector looks ideal for gamers and sports 10 hours ago by Thomas Ricker
    Gadgets, IFA 2026, News, Tech, TVs

    JMGO’s Iris Ultra Max 4K 120Hz Google TV projector. | Image: JMGO JMGO's 4K 120Hz Iris Ultra Max all-in-one Google TV projector is now available outside China. It gets its name from a new dual-iris system that lets it produce an impressive 10,000:1 native contrast, according to JMGO. It boosts the contrast - always an issue with projectors - by placing two separate physical apertures (irises) along different points of the internal optical path to control light scatter and brightness far more aggressively than a single iris can. It also promises to produce a very bright 6,500 ISO lumen image

  • FTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been ‘secretly and systematically’ overcharging for ads 10 hours ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Amazon, Business, News, Policy, Tech

    The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a "secret ad surcharge" to drive up prices for ads on its website and app. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson claims in a blog post on the lawsuit that the higher advertising prices "were largely passed on to American consumers." According to the complaint , Amazon violated the FTC Act and over a dozen state laws. This lawsuit comes almost a year after Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle an earlier FTC lawsuit over Prime subscription practices. In Amazon's "second price" auctions for ads on its

  • I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro 10 hours ago by Mia Sato
    Apple, Entertainment, Sports, Tech, Virtual Reality

    Ceddanne Rafaela is tagged out at home plate at Yankee Stadium on August 28th. | Getty Images This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense. Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for the first of its series of four games streamed on the device . I do not review tech for The Verge , but I do watch a

  • Alienware’s budget-friendly QD-OLED is discounted for the first time 12 hours ago by Brad Bourque
    Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, PC Gaming, Verge Shopping

    The Alienware AW2726DM is a wallet-friendly screen with premium features for gaming. While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Alienware’s AW2726DM , for example. Dell is selling it for $319.99, a $30 break from the usual price of $349.99. The 27-inch gaming monitor features an QD-OLED panel for deep, immersive black levels, and quantum dots for full and vivid colors. With a 240Hz refresh rate for super smooth gaming, and AMD FreeSync Premium Plus to keep your frames per second and refresh rate locked together, this monitor is a


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