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businessGoogle has won a bankruptcy auction to acquire a vast repository of internal business data from the defunct Spirit Airlines for $10 million, a deal that underscores the growing demand for proprietary corporate informatio...
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marketsAlphabet, the parent company of Google, has begun marketing its inaugural Australian dollar bond offering, seeking to raise approximately A5 billion (US$3.6 billion) as the U.S.
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entertainmentYouTube announced on Monday, August 17, 2026, that it will change how it counts public views across its platform, counting a view from the moment a video begins playing rather than requiring viewers to watch for a minimu...
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technologyMozilla has introduced a native ad blocker for its Firefox browser on iOS, a feature designed to automatically filter out most online advertisements and trackers without requiring third-party extensions.
businessUber Technologies announced a partnership with autonomous drone delivery company Zipline on Monday, August 17, 2026, in a major push to integrate aerial delivery into its Uber Eats platform.
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technologyAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has reiterated his prediction that artificial intelligence could help cure most human diseases within the next five to ten years, while also conceding that the AI industry has yet to deliver on...
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footballNewcastle United have entered direct negotiations with Bayern Munich to sign midfielder João Palhinha, according to multiple reports.
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businessStripe has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence model routing startup, for more than $7 billion, according to a report published on August 16, 2026.
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businessA scheduled system update caused Mastercard transactions to be declined across Australia on the afternoon of August 15, prompting widespread confusion for shoppers and forcing many businesses to scramble for alternative ...
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technologyAlibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced that its Qwen family of artificial intelligence models has surpassed 3 billion global downloads, establishing it as the most widely used open-weight AI model family in the world.
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technologyAnthropic announced it is implementing a text watermarking system for its Claude AI chatbot, a measure designed to comply with the European Union's AI Act.
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marketsBerkshire Hathaway significantly increased its stake in Google's parent company Alphabet and several homebuilder stocks during the second quarter, while reducing its holdings in financial firms and other companies.
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entertainmentNBA all-time leading scorer LeBron James has launched a YouTube channel centered on golf, chronicling his journey as a relative newcomer to the sport.
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entertainmentWalt Disney Studios and BBC Studios have released the first teaser trailer for "The Bluey Movie," confirming that the globally beloved animated series will make its theatrical debut on August 6, 2027.
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businessA federal judge has ordered Google to remove what he called "anticompetitive friction" from the process of finding and installing rival app stores on its Android devices, marking the latest step in a long-running antitru...
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entertainmentHolly Willoughby has revealed a past wardrobe malfunction during a live television broadcast that she said left her "mortified" and inadvertently resulted in a feature in a newspaper's Page 3 section.
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technologyGoogle has introduced a new health feature for its wearable devices that tracks insulin resistance over time, marking a first for consumer technology companies in the race toward comprehensive metabolic monitoring.
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technologyGoogle has introduced a new setting allowing users to turn off the visible watermark on AI-generated content created with its Gemini tools, a move that balances creator preferences for cleaner visuals with the company's ...
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technologyGoogle has expanded its "Take Notes for me" feature in Google Meet, allowing the AI-powered tool to transcribe and summarize in-person, face-to-face meetings in addition to its existing functionality for virtual calls.
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crimeSingapore authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of a sophisticated cryptocurrency scam that has resulted in approximately US$11.