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Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round

Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in funding, valuing the large language model developer at $170 billion, Bloomberg reported. Iconiq Capital is leading this funding round, but there’s a possibility of a second lead investor joining the deal. The company has also been in talks with Qatar Investment

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Best Fitbit deal: Save $40 on Fitbit Charge 6

SAVE $40: As of July 30, the Fitbit Charge 6 is on sale for $139.99 at Amazon. That’s a 22% saving on the list price. On the hunt for a new smartwatch? Check out this latest deal on the Fitbit Charge 6, currently on sale for a record-low price at Amazon. As of July 30,

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Top Verizon Promo Codes & Deals | August 2025

Back in the day, Verizon proved their expansive reach with the spokesperson who asked “Can you hear me now?” With the spokesman pulling a Benedict Arnold and moving to T-Mobile, Verizon is now called the “Network America Relies On,” proven by their 4G LTE network covering 99% of the U.S. population, and 5G network expanding

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Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

The U.K. government is reportedly backing down from its earlier demand that Apple build a secret backdoor allowing its authorities access to customer data worldwide, following a harsh rebuke from the U.S. government. But one U.S. senator wants to know if other tech giants, like Google, have also received secret backdoor demands from the U.K.

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Get BitMar — find free movies and TV shows online for £11.24 for life

TL;DR: Get a lifetime subscription to BitMar’s content finder for £11.24 with code BITMAR5 at checkout. Here’s a challenge: cut the cord with your streaming services. Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, all of them. You’re likely paying hundreds each year in subscription fees and, chances are, you still can’t find the one movie you want to watch

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A Secretive US Space Plane Will Soon Test Quantum Navigation Technology

The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again. On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle–shaped vehicle on the program’s eighth mission next month. The launch of the vehicle, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to occur no earlier than August 21

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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation 

AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and terms could change.  Groq raised $640 million at a $2.8 billion valuation in August 2024, making this double the valuation in about a year. Groq previously

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Wordle today: The answer and hints for July 30, 2025

Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d

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Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of those exemptions are for agricultural activities, like cranberry harvesting and constructing ponds for farms, or ecosystem and scientific services like surveying and soil maintenance. Some types of coal mining and oil

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Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest

American warfighters need jam-proof communications, and the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions to ensure they have them. As part of that effort, the service established the Protected Tactical Satcom program to build out secure battlefield communications via satellites. The Space Force has already awarded contracts to defense primes Boeing and Northrop

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