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A surprising numeral of “ iPad kids ” — aka Generation Alpha ’s 7- to 9 - class - old demographic — are using X , concord to new information from parental control software maker Qustodio . The business firm found thatover 30 % of this group of childrenhave an disco biscuit report . Qustodio theorizes that X may be gaining the attention of this new crowd thanks to its integration with Google Search , which features 10 Emily Price Post straight off in the search results .

The family of powerhouse VC Marc Andreessen , one of the investor behind the hoped - for California Forever utopian city , isplanning to work up a large planned community in the areaas well , TechCrunch has watch .

Mike Lynch , the U.K. investor and founderof IT ship’s company Autonomy , has been key as one of the bodiesrecovered from the Bayesian , the racing yacht that sank off the glide of Sicily after it was collide with by a tornado - like water pillar . Lynch ’s girl Hannah was also identified .

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Our first impressions of ChatGPT ’s ripe Voice Mode : fast reception times , unique answer and the power to answer complex questions makes the feature article stand out against Siri and Alexa . But it still fall down scant as an effective replacement for practical assistants . learn more

Banks might regret help Elon Musk buy Twitter : Elon Musk borrowed $ 13 billion from several major coin bank to assist finance its $ 44 billion acquisition . The WSJ allege this has since become the bad merger - finance peck for banks since the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis . say more

Waymo want to drive around your kids : Waymo is reportedly considering a subscription programme called “ Waymo Teen ” that would let teens hail one of its robotaxis and send pickup and drop-off - off alerts to their parents . Read more

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Welcome back , Myspace : Instagram just launch a newfangled feature of speech that allows you to add music to your profile as part of a collaborationism with singer Sabrina Carpenter . However , songs wo n’t play automatically . say more

A new room to collapse your iPhone : A security researcher establish that typing “ ” : : into the hunting bar in the options app or the App Library lookup stripe can do iPhones and iPads to in brief barge in . Type at your own risk , but do n’t say we did n’t monish you . understand more

Peloton wants more immediate payment for your used equipment : Peloton will implement a new one - time “ used equipment fee ” of $ 95 in an effort to squeeze additional tax revenue from used products over business that cheap , slightly used equipment could cannibalise gross sales . Read more

X exits Brazil :X is ending operations in Brazil amid a legal battle with Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes , who assay to block some cristal accounts for an investigation into election disinformation . The service will remain useable to substance abuser in the country . Read more

Look what you made me do : Donald Trump posted a collection of memes on Truth Social that make it seem like Taylor Swift and her fans are coming out in living of his campaigning . Is it illegal ? Here ’s what sound experts think . translate more

see to it out this robot doing push - ups : A new TV from Boston Dynamics record its unexampled humanoid robot Atlas can do push button - ups . While not an indicator of real - cosmos enjoyment , it ’s a great monstrance of Atlas ’ highly robust and powerful actuators . Read more

Never gon na give you up : Lindy beginner Flo Crivello had to train his AI not to Rickroll mass after it place the euphony video for Rick Astley ’s 1987 dance - pop hit “ Never Gon na Give You Up ” to two different customers . Seems like some net meme are so omnipresent that even LLMs pick up on it . say more