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Cyber & Infrastructure · techcrunch

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.Read the story ↗

Startups & Markets · business insider

DATAVAULT AI DEADLINE TOMORROW: ROSEN, TRUSTED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Datavault AI Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important October 5 Deadline in Securities Class Action - DVLT

- October 4, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Datavault AI Inc.Future Tech · tom's hardware

7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV Pro gets shocking 50% price hike driven by AI memory shortage

Nvidia has increased the price of the Shield TV Pro from its original $199. The new price is listed on Nvidia’s website, and the company blames rising component costs driven by AI for the increase. Go deeper with TH Premium: Memory (Image credit: SK Hynix) AI data centers are swallowing…Major Tech · verge

Netflix is pivoting away from prestige

Discovery on the verge of a megamerger that will reshape the entertainment landscape, Netflix is clearly thinking about how it can continue to hold its own in the ongoing streaming wars .AI · cnet

Reddit Is Choking Off RSS and Open Web Access to Keep AI Bots Out

Many are worried that killing RSS feeds will destroy one of the last open, user-controlled ways to read the web.

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A gold bar and a Bitcoin coin linked by a thin line of light.

Bitcoin and Gold: Why Are They Compared?

Gold is ancient. Bitcoin is new. Both draw attention because their supply is limited — but they work in very different ways.

An editorial illustration of Bill Ackman between a falling market line and a rising green path.

Bill Ackman’s Billion-Dollar Comeback

His biggest bets were failing, investors were leaving, and his marriage was ending. Bill Ackman rebuilt by returning to basics.

A broken acoustic guitar on an airport baggage conveyor.

United Breaks Guitars

One broken guitar became three songs — and a warning that a customer story can travel farther than a company expects.

A faulty server sends a flood of stock orders into a market.

When One Bug Moved the Market

A bad release sent millions of unintended stock orders into the market before people could understand what was happening.

A transistor and a qubit shown side by side.

What Is a Qubit?

The transistor built the digital world. The qubit could unlock a new kind of computer — if scientists can keep it under control.

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