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OpenAI's Codex Desktop can run your computer now - and has its own browser

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Wall Street Journal

Private Credit’s Exposure to Ailing Software Industry Is Bigger Than Advertised

Many private-credit fund managers are playing down their exposure to software as fears spread about threats from artificial intelligence. A detailed analysis revealed four large funds marketed to ...
Gizmodo

Best Antivirus Software That Won’t Slow Down Your Computer

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The Verge

Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns your spare Mac into an AI agent

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The Next Web

Perplexity turns your Mac mini into a 24/7 AI agent

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TechCrunch

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...
CNBC

AI fears pummel software stocks: Is it 'illogical' panic or a SaaS apocalypse?

New AI tools from Anthropic sparked a broad sell-off in software and data stocks. Executives say fears are overblown, but analysts warn of margin and pricing pressure. Investors are reassessing which ...
Reuters

US software stocks slump as AI disruption fears take over

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