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Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield
The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the Australian tech community. One startup walks away with automatic entry into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco — no application, no further competition, a guaranteed spot on the world’s most
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Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs
AI has become the smartphone industry’s latest battleground, with manufacturers racing to add AI-powered features to attract mainstream consumers. Vertu is taking a different path: the UK-founded luxury phone maker, known for hand-finished devices often costing tens of thousands of dollars, has built its business selling status symbols to the ultra-wealthy rather than competing on
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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks didn’t disclose exactly how much it raised; it said the money isn’t in its hands yet and that the round will close later in this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the
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Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak
Everything we know so far about the cyclosporiasis outbreak. Everything we know so far about the cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food producer Taylor Farms released a statement on the Cyclospora outbreak Friday, confirming that it’s “voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the US market.” Reuters reports that, according to a source, Taylor Farms
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Actualité : Soldes / Bon plan – L’enceinte Bluetooth portable Beats Pill (2024) à 90,83 € (-34%)
Bien des années après la Pill+, Beats renouvelle son iconique enceinte nomade en forme de pilule avec la Beats Pill (2024). Une mise à jour moderne et attendue, notamment au niveau de l’architecture sonore, mais sans réelle surprise. Conçue avec soin, la Pill (2024) est une enceinte portable à la finition soignée et l’ergonomie satisfaisante.
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There's now an API for mainlining Trump's Truth Social posts
The API is supposed to deliver posts from 'the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.' We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind social media platform Truth Social, has announced it will sell access to Truth Social posts through a new API. When it becomes available on
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Actualité : Soldes / Bon plan – Le boîtier photo Nikon D850 Boîtier nu "5 étoiles" à 1 814,79 € (-16%)
Le reflex D850 se pose comme la troisième génération de la série et souhaite se placer comme une référence sur son segment. Pour y arriver, Nikon utilise un nouveau capteur de 45,7 Mpx et change aussi le processeur pour pouvoir gérer l'ensemble sans sourciller. Avec le D850, les ingénieurs de Nikon ont pu s'en donner
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Gboard could soon stop adding spaces when you don’t want them
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Earlier today, we revealed that Google is working on a potentially major Gboard accessibility feature that could translate sign language captured by your phone’s camera into written text. That has the potential to make a real difference for people who rely on sign
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Investigation reveals dozens of disguised gambling apps on the App Store in Brazil
An investigation by 9to5Mac reveals dozens of apps that disguise gambling platforms as simple games and utilities. Here are the details. Brazilian users browsing the App Store rankings in categories such as Navigation, Travel, and Weather have noticed a growing number of poorly made games appearing among the top results, many of them featuring AI-generated
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The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’
VC Jeremy Levine has a wry solution to something that routinely annoys him, according to a new Wall Street Journal article on the rise of AI transcription apps. On Zoom, he is no longer “Jeremy Levine” but instead “Jeremy Levine I do not consent to transcribing or recording.” It may sound petty or brilliant, depending
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iOS 27: Access the New iPhone Recovery Screen
Since iOS 26, a malfunctioning iPhone has been able to boot itself into Recovery Assistant, with no Mac or PC required. However, you could only get there if your device failed to start up and dropped into recovery on its own. In iOS 27, currently in beta, Apple has removed that limitation, and you can
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Apple Car Key Support Coming to Future GWM Tank SUVs
Apple’s Car Keys feature appears to be coming to TANK vehicles made by Chinese maker Great Wall Motor (GWM), based on code changes discovered by MacRumors in Apple’s Wallet app backend. GWM Tank is a dedicated off-road luxury SUV brand produced by the Chinese automaker. Car Keys allows an iPhone or Apple Watch with NFC
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Report: Apple Sends Legal Letters to Dozens of OpenAI Employees
Apple has reportedly sent legal letters to dozens of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI, telling them to preserve potentially relevant documents and communications as it continues to pursue its trade secret lawsuit against the AI company. The Financial Times ($) reports that Apple has targeted around 40 former employees with legal preservation letters,
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How to Downgrade From iOS 27 Beta to iOS 26
If you installed iOS 27 Beta or iPadOS 27 Beta through Apple’s Developer Program, you may decide you want to downgrade because of usability or stability issues. Keep reading to learn how it’s done. Apple’s beta versions of its major software updates can be buggy, especially the early releases. While that isn’t necessarily the case
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Got money to burn? Check out this Messi-themed Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra
Credit: Caviar TL;DR Luxury brand Caviar is offering a custom Lionel Messi-themed edition of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. It features a handcrafted portrait of the football icon using the cloisonné enamel technique. It will cost over $13,000 and only 19 are available. Football legend Lionel Messi has had one heck of a World
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Meta is reportedly considering a multibillion-dollar data center deal with Anthropic
It would open up a completely new business for the Facebook and Instagram maker. Meta is "in talks" with Anthropic to lease some of its data centers, according to a new report in The New York Times. The discussions are still in early stages, the report says, but could end in a deal worth up
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Apple increases iPhone prices in Japan by up to 11%
Apple has raised iPhone prices in Japan by up to 11% today. The changes affect the iPhone 17 lineup, iPhone Air, and iPhone 16e. Here are the exact increases and the likely explanation. Here are all the models affected by today’s price increase, spotted by iPhoneros: Apple has not given a reason for why it
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Gboard could soon be able to understand sign language with your phone’s camera
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google’s Gboard keyboard wants nothing more than to help you get the thoughts in your head turned into words on your screen, as easily as possible. We already have so many different ways to accomplish that, from good old-fashioned tapping away at letters,
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Apple Music just quietly raised its prices
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Everything’s getting more expensive lately, and streaming services aren’t exempt. Case in point: Apple Music just queitly increased its prices. As reflected on its website, Apple Music subscribers will now pay between $1 and $3 more per month, depending on their plan. Apple
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Spotify could be about to fix one long-standing security omission
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. You’re reading an Authority Insights story. Authority Insights brings you all the latest exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage from the Android Authority team that you won’t find anywhere else. Spotify currently lets you log in using an email address,
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Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility Robotics is opening a 60,000-square-foot facility to train its humanoid robots in Fremont, California, just up the highway from the factory where Tesla is expected to start manufacturing its Optimus robots this year. Tesla has increasingly bet on Optimus. Elon Musk recently said he expects it to be “the biggest product ever” once it’s
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Apple Music augmente ses prix en France : jusqu’à 3 euros de plus par mois selon les formules
Sale temps pour les consommateurs d’Apple. Un mois après la hausse générale de plusieurs produits allant des Macbook aux iPad, en passant par Apple TV, ce sont les services qui sont impactés. Dans un premier temps, c’était AppleCare+ pour la réparation de ces produits. C’est au tour d’Apple Music et indirectement Apple One de voir
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Shark’s versatile ChillPill cooling system is back to its best price
You can clip the versatile cooling gadget, wear it, and use it as a desk fan. | Image: Shark Portable fans are one of the easiest ways to stay cool during the summer, and you don’t have to spend much to find a decent one. If you’re looking for something more versatile, though, Shark’s ChillPill
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AAPL capitalization squeaks past NVDA, Apple becomes world's most valuable company
Apple stock ended trading on Friday as the world's most valuable publicly traded company, overtaking Nvidia for the first time since April 2025 after a sustained recovery for the iPhone maker met a sharp selloff in chip stocks. Apple shares closed at $333.74, leaving the company with a market capitalization of approximately $4.88 CAP trillion.
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