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Amazon Now Lets Prime Members Add Items to Upcoming Orders with One Tap

Amazon is rolling out a new feature that is designed to make it easier for Prime members to buy more items throughout the week. The company is now updating its…

Threads Launches New Communities Feature

Instagram Threads, Meta’s key competitor to the platform now called X, which boasts over 400 million monthly active users, is officially launching a major new feature designed to redefine how…

Perplexity AI Frees Comet Browser for Global Use

Perplexity AI announced on Thursday that Comet, its artificial intelligence-powered web browser, is now available across the globe and will be offered to users free of charge. The Comet browser…

Tesla Posts Record-Breaking Quarter Ahead of EV Tax Credit Expiry

Tesla delivered 497,099 vehicles over the last three months, a figure announced on Thursday that marks the company’s best quarter of deliveries ever. This represents a massive 29% jump from…

Meta Wants to Bring Its Business AI Chat Tools to Third-Party Websites

Meta’s efforts to expand its core business beyond online advertising involve pitching companies AI-powered chat tools that they can use on their own websites. The social media giant debuted on…

Apple Shifts Focus to AI-Powered Smart Glasses Over Cheaper Headset

Apple is reportedly prioritizing the development of smart glasses over a lighter, more affordable version of its Vision Pro headset. Previous rumors suggested Apple had plans for two distinct smart…

OpenAI Employees Cash Out $6.6 Billion, Pushing Valuation to $500B

OpenAI has finalized a secondary share sale totaling $6.6 billion, a transaction that allows current and former employees to sell stock at a record $500 billion valuation. This latest valuation…

Elon Musk’s Net Worth Surpasses $500 Billion, a First in History

Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500 billion (£370.9 billion), a new milestone driven by a rebound in Tesla’s stock…

Microsoft Wants to Mainly Use Its Own AI Data Center Chips in the Future

Microsoft would like to mainly use its own chips in its data centers in the future, a move that could reduce its reliance on major players like Nvidia and AMD.…

Google Finally Refreshes Its Home Speakers, Nest Cams With Gemini Inside

Google’s biggest smart home announcement may be the integration of Gemini AI across its devices, but the company also revealed four new hardware products: three Nest cameras and a smart…

iPhone 11 Pro Max and Apple Watch Series 3 Now ‘Vintage’

Apple added the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Series 3 to its vintage list this week. According to Apple’s policy, a product is designated as vintage five…

Meta to Use AI Assistant Data for Ads and Recommendations

Meta will soon show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the company’s digital assistant and related products powered by generative artificial intelligence. The social media…

Oura Announces a New Line of Rings and a Suite of Health-Focused Features

Oura announced on Wednesday that it is launching the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic, its first collection of smart rings that doesn’t feature metallic finishes. The company also announced a new…

Apple Seeks Dismissal of xAI Lawsuit Over OpenAI Partnership

Apple is attempting to get a judge to toss a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s xAI that accuses the company of anti-competitive favoritism on its App Store charts. In August,…

Democrats Unite Against Trump, Embracing a Government Shutdown

On this, at least, the Democrats agree: It’s time to fight. As the U.S. government hurtles toward a shutdown on Tuesday night, Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging…

NASA Employees on Artemis Missions Will Continue Work During Shutdown

NASA is requiring employees involved in Artemis missions with contractors SpaceX and Blue Origin to stay on the job during the government shutdown. According to an email sent to staffers,…

Hollywood Pushes Back Against AI Actress Tilly Norwood

Tilly Norwood, a London-based actress with about 40,000 Instagram followers, is not real; she is an AI-generated character created by Xicoia, the AI division of the production company Particle6. Eline…

Google Lays Off 100+ Design Staff in Its Cloud Division

Google has laid off more than 100 employees in design-related roles, according to internal documents. The cuts, which took place earlier this week, affected staff in the cloud division’s “quantitative…

Shell Unveils Thermal Fluid That Could Cut EV Charging Times to Under 10 Minutes

Oil and gas company Shell has developed a new product it hopes will make electric vehicle (EV) charging easier, unveiling a thermal management fluid it says can significantly reduce charging…

OpenAI’s Big Week Reshapes AI Race, Investors Say It’s Not “Crazy”

OpenAI has redefined what momentum and risk look like in the artificial intelligence arms race. In a rapid-fire series of announcements, the company unveiled partnerships involving staggering sums of money…