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In the study, 50 professional analysts chose the option their AI assistant favoured 86 per cent of the time, against the 50 per cent expected by chance.

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Rubin Observatory spots a possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto

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The object, provisionally named ED138, may be one of the largest dwarf planet candidates ever found, a preliminary analysis shows. It orbits in the outer solar system beyond Pluto.

Ford's US$28,350 Fathom electric truck will have built-in home power backup

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A built-in inverter can supply up to 10 kW of AC power to a home, so no separate wall-mounted inverter box is needed.

iPhone 18 Pro sales start 3.1% above last year's iPhone 17 Pro, Counterpoint says

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Counterpoint Research says global sales of the iPhone 18 Pro series in their first three weeks were 3.1 per cent above the iPhone 17 Pro series a year earlier.

The Alexa Photo Frame has a 10-inch touchscreen, shows only your photos and never ads. Alexa Plus picks the best shots by lighting, smiles and the season.

Anthropic's filing shows US$16.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026, up from US$4.585 billion in all of 2025. It also shows a loss of about US$80 billion, much of it a one-off charge of US$72.4 billion.

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Google announces Genie 4, its next world model

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Genie 4 makes more realistic interactive worlds, can generate audio, and lets users change an experience in real time with a text prompt.

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Apple unveils the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip

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The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at US$1,999 and comes in space black and silver.