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Black Friday is over, but the deals haven’t simply evaporated. As we turn our attention to Cyber Monday, many of our favorite deals are still holding strong. That means you have another chance to save if you’ve been too preoccupied with holiday leftovers. Be forewarned, though: stock on certain items is dwindling, and in some…

Amazon just yanked the Haribo gummy bear power bank from its website and is canceling orders for the ultralight device. In an email sent to customers, Amazon says it has “learned of a potential safety or quality issue” regarding the power bank, and that it’s not charging customers who recently purchased it. The gummy bear…

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Getty Meerkats are incredibly social animals and live in large groups known as ‘mobs’ or ‘clans’ Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up, according to a study that examined the monogamous lifestyles of different species. In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses…

Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised a $21.5 million Series A led by Felicis, with NVentures (Nvidia’s venture arm), existing seed investor South Park Commons, and others joining in. Simular is an interesting agentic startup because unlike others, it isn’t trying to control the browser but the PC…

Waymo is adding four new US cities to the gradual rollout of its robotaxi service. As reported by , the company said it has already started trialling self-driving cars in Philadelphia, albeit with a human safety monitor, and that it will now commence similar manual tests in Baltimore, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. After the initial…