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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public: Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities. Read More

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems: Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics. Read More

Google's Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities: The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staff: The publication noted that Reality Labs had roughly 15,000 employees, and the job cuts could impact over 1,000 people. Read More

Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation: Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank. Read More

Bandcamp takes a stand against AI music, banning it from the platform: "We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans," the company said. Read More

Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forward: It's a huge change to Tesla's approach with FSD, and it could impact Musk's $1T pay package and the company's myriad legal troubles. Read More

Netflix's first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin: As Netflix tries to take down YouTube's dominance in the podcast space, it's getting new originals with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Gemini's new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more: Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini. Read More