September 7, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

The second-gen Apple Watch has hit the obsolete list: Here’s what that means

When an Apple product reaches a certain age, Apple renders it either “vintage” or “obsolete.” For people still toting around a second-gen Apple Watch, your time has come. Apple put the Series 1 models on its obsolete list, which means the company has run out of parts and the watch is no longer serviceable.  SEE

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Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Per the authors, it’s the first example of a biolaser cavity within the animal kingdom. As previously reported, the bright iridescent

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Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic for

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Chemistry’s ChatGPT Moment: Will Reaxys AI Change the Game for Researchers?

By eliminating traditional keyword limitations, Elsevier’s new Reaxys AI Search accelerates research timelines and opens the door to faster, more cost-effective drug and materials development. Source link

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Can you replace a laptop with an iPad? Apple’s tablets are basically MacBooks.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsiPads and MacBooks have the same powerful processorThe screen sizes are closing in on each otheriPads can transform into work stations — especially for creativesThe iPad and MacBook interfaces iPads are just competitively priced MacBooks As a long-time iPad user, who’s been covering Apple for several years,

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9 Best Indoor Security Cameras (2025): For Homes and Apartments

Compare Indoor Cameras Best MicroSD Cards Photograph: Amazon Many security cameras support local storage, enabling you to record videos on the camera or a linked hub. A few hubs have built-in storage, and some provide slots for hard drives, but most rely on microSD cards. Here are some details on what to look for (and

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Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week

Even while the tech industry is still fanning its face over Figma’s hot IPO on Thursday, another significant tech IPO occurred this week: Ambiq Micro. On Wednesday, the chip maker for wearable devices saw its shares climb from the initial price of $24 to over $42 on Friday. There’s one thing both companies have in

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Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on August 2, 2025

Ever wondered why the moon looks slightly different every night? This is to do with the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique phases of the moon’s visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of

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Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death

A Miami jury found Tesla partially liable Friday in a 2019 crash that killed one person and injured another—all while the driver of the Model S used the automaker’s Autopilot driver assistance feature. The jury found Tesla liable for $200 million in punitive damages, plus an additional $43 million in compensatory damages. (Because of state

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Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors

CRV has secured $750 million toward the 55-year-old venture firm’s twentieth flagship fund, it announced on Friday. The new fund is smaller than the $1 billion early-stage fund CRV closed in the fall of 2022. At that time, the firm also announced a $500 million second Select fund, a capital pool for backing late-stage rounds

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