Latest World News as of June 17, 2025 Middle East Escalation: Israel-Iran Conflict Israel and Iran have exchanged attacks for the fifth consecutive day, significantly escalating regional tensions. U.S. President…
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Amazon Prime Day will take place July 8 to July 11, with six bonus PC games via Prime Gaming
Amazon said Prime Day 2025 will take place from July 8 through July 11, and gamers will be able to get six free PC games via Prime Gaming.
You can now set up double dates with friends on Tinder
Tinder launched a new Double Date feature, which allows users to team up with friends and chat with potential matches together.
Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling
Spotify’s Daniel Ek just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, according to the Financial Times. The deal makes it one of Europe’s most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe’s […]
OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract
OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said […]
Meta warns users to ‘avoid sharing personal or sensitive information’ in its AI app
Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to “avoid sharing personal or sensitive information” to the “post to […]
9 Urgent Questions About Trump Mobile and the Gold T1 Smartphone
We don’t know much about the new Trump Mobile phone or the company’s data plan, but we sure do have a lot of questions.
Inside LinkedIn’s AI overhaul: Job search powered by LLM distillation
In building its AI-powered job search, now available to all users, LinkedIn chose to distill large models and improve its understanding of queries.
Meta warns users to ‘avoid sharing personal or sensitive information’ in its AI app
Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to “avoid sharing personal or sensitive information” to the “post to […]
Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing
Pornainen recently turned on a 100 MWh thermal battery filled with ground up soapstone.