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Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — Chile, home to the world’s biggest lithium reserves, is confident that investors will compete for licenses to drill new deposits even amid a worsening global glut that’s squeezing the battery-metal industry. “We’re convinced that there’s interest,” Mining Minister Aurora Williams said in an interview late Wednesday — a day before…
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Source: The Verge Perplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such as writing an email, setting a reminder, booking dinners, and more. It’s also multimodal, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen…
Source: Venture Beat Amplitude Studios announced Endless Legend 2, a long-awaited next entry in the award-winning fantasy strategy game series. Read Full Article
Source: Bitcoinist Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has shared his thoughts on the role that Bitcoin plays in the global financial system. At a recent event, Solomon denied that Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies might threaten the US dollar’s dominance. His remarks demonstrate how warily the conventional financial industry is reacting to the rising acceptance of…
Source: Coin Tegraph Janice McAfee and Vine co-founder Rus Yusupov are the latest to ride in the memecoin wave, raising scam fears. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9361167/vpavic_170925_2023_0082.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Fitbit fined million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people")
Source: The Verge The Consumer Product Safety Commission has provisionally accepted the settlement. The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries. Of those reports, 78 mentioned burn injuries, including two instances in which consumers received third-degree burns from their watches and four instances…
Source: Venture Beat David Haddad, who has served as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president for 12 years, is leaving the company. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24007893/acastro_STK112_android_02.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Android 16 public beta adds Google’s limited take on live notifications")
Source: The Verge Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s reveal of a similar feature in Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones. The new beta also forces apps to be resizable, a move to make sure they run full-screen on…
Source: Venture Beat It’s been a long time coming, with a couple of big giant companies standing in the way. But Epic Games announced it will finally be able to release third-party mobile games on the Epic Games Store. It’s been an epic ordeal to get this far, but the launch includes games from tens…
Source: Coin Tegraph The majority of projects involved the authenticity vertical, establishing confirmed identity and legitimacy through secure verification. Read Full Article
