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Samsung says it’s in “crisis,” apologizes for missing profit target

Samsung Electronics has issued a public apology and acknowledged the company is considered to be in “crisis,” following the release of worse than expected profit guidance on Tuesday. The South Korean chip giant reported a preliminary operating profit of ₩9.1 trillion ($6.8 billion) for the third quarter, undershooting market expectations of a ₩10.3 trillion profit, according to LSEG SmartEstimates. While its expected operating profit has almost tripled compared with the same period a year ago, following a surge in memory chip prices, it is down almost 13 percent on the second quarter of this year. Read full article

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News Image Now 30% Off at Prime Day, This Bose Soundbar is The Most Affordable And Top-Rated Option on The Market

This versatile Bose speaker can fulfill various roles in your living space.

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Casio reports IT systems failure after weekend network breach

Japanese tech giant Casio has suffered a cyberattack after an unauthorized actor accessed its networks on October 5, causing system disruption that impacted some of its services....

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News Image Add the Newest Samsung Soundbar Featuring the Lowest Price and Highest Quality to Your Prime Day Cart

The HW-Q600C is 58% off for Prime Day. Bring truly great sound for streaming, gaming, and more!

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News Image Launched in May, The Microsoft Surface Pro is Now 20% Off For Amazon Prime Day

The 11th edition of the Surface Pro is an excellent 2-in-1 PC.

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First-time buyers need €42,000 in own cash to have a chance at buying a home

In recent months, first-time buyers had to put an average of 42,000 euros of their own money down to buy a house.

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Dave Clark, formerly of Amazon and Flexport, just landed $100M for new supply chain venture

Dave Clark has had a rollercoaster of a time these past two years. After stepping down in June 2022 as CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division — a role he held for over two decades — Clark relocated to Dallas to join supply chain logistics company Flexport. With a board mandate to prepare Flexport to […]

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Distributional raises $19M to automate AI model and app testing

Distributional, an AI testing platform founded by Intel’s former GM of AI software, Scott Clark, has closed a $19 million Series A funding round led by Two Sigma Ventures. Clark says that Distributional was inspired by the AI testing problems he ran into while applying AI at Intel, and — before that — his work at […]

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News Image Forget Black Friday, Amazon Slashes Prices on iPad Mini 6th Gen This Prime Day (30% Off)

Amazon is going all out for Prime Day with massive discounts on the iPad Mini 6th Generation.

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News Image One More Familiar Face Won’t Return for I Know What You Did Last Summer

Meanwhile, Over the Garden Wall is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style with a special new short.

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Roli Airwave system uses AI and hand tracking to teach piano

Learning an instrument is difficult for most people. That’s doubly the case when attempting to learn on your own. It’s the reason so many of us have dusty guitars and keyboards jammed up in our attic rafters amid the croquet mallets and badminton birdies of days past. The latest product from London-based Roli offers a […]

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Adobe proposes a way to protect artists from AI ripoffs

As the engine powering the world’s digital artists, Adobe has a big responsibility to mitigate the rise of AI-driven deepfakes, misinformation, and content theft. In the first quarter of 2025, Adobe is launching its Content Authenticity web app in beta, allowing creators to apply content credentials to their work, certifying it as their own. This […]

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News Image Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 Review: A Tiny Laptop

This tiny Chromebook is now one of my favorite laptops for basic tasks.

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News Image The Roli Airwave Is Both an AI Piano Teacher and a Digital Theremin

The Roli Airwave uses infrared cameras to track your hand movements on a keyboard. That visual data can be used to teach you how to play a song or to compose entirely new sonic creations.

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News Image Adobe has a new tool to protect artists’ work from AI

Adobe is expanding its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to make it even easier for creatives to be credited for their work, identify what is and isn’t AI online, and protect their content in the process. It’s launching a free web app that will allow users to quickly apply creator information to images, videos, and audio and even opt them out of generative AI models — for the AI developers that support it, at least. The Content Authenticity web app can be used to widely apply attribution data to content that contains the creator’s name, website, social media pages, and more. It also provides an easier way for creatives to opt their work out of AI training en mass compared to laboriously submitting individual protections for their...

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News Image This controller can change the layout of its face button labels

GameSir’s new Tarantula Pro controller is designed for multiple gaming platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PCs, and Steam devices. To make switching between those platforms a little easier, both the layout and the labels of the controller’s face buttons can be changed. The $69.99 Tarantula Pro addresses a common problem experienced by gamers with multiple consoles. The Nintendo Switch uses a clockwise button layout of X, A, B, and Y, while the Xbox, Steam Deck, and mobile controllers for Apple and Android devices use a Y, B, A, and X layout. The GameSir Connect mobile app can swap the functional layout...

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Google’s partnership with SpotHero brings parking reservations to Maps and Search

SpotHero, a parking startup that lets drivers reserve nearby parking spaces, announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with Google to integrate its offering into Google Maps and Google Search, allowing users in the U.S. and Canada to reserve parking spots at over 8,000 locations. With the latest feature, users can find parking close […]

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News Image Elon Musk Says He Might Get Thrown in Jail If Trump Doesn’t Win

Musk also claimed liberal states were "making crime legal" during an interview with Tucker Carlson.

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News Image Amazon Crushes PS5 Prices, There’s No Need to Wait for Black Friday

It's the only time of the year to save on a PS5.

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