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Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.

eBay’s board of directors today rejected GameStop’s $55.5 billion offer to buy the company. “We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive,” eBay Chairman Paul Pressler wrote in a letter to GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen. Pressler said…

Hi HN, we’re Sai and Aayush, and we’re building Hypercubic (). Today we’re launching Hopper, an agentic development environment for the mainframe. Mainframes still run a surprising amount of critical infrastructure: banking, payments, insurance, airlines, government programs, logistics, and core…

Gemini got a major agentic upgrade on Android, handling multi-step tasks across apps – and powering new features.

Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I

Googlebooks use an all-new OS that merges Android and ChromeOS with more premium hardware.

Google took its first swing at laptops with Chromebooks way back in 2011. These web-first laptops have seen success over the years, mostly in enterprise and education. Google insists Chromebooks aren’t going away, but the company’s focus has shifted to…

Google is going all-in on it’s new product line while assuring users Chromebooks aren’t being phased out.

Android Auto will officially support full HD videos, including watching YouTube. But there are a couple of limits.

Android 17 just made it easier to switch from an iPhone or exist alongside a group of iOS users with new features and capabilities.