TECH
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‘Uber for guns’ app Protector lets you hire armed body guards like you would an Uber — but does anyone need this?
In a TikTok video with over 3 million views, a woman in a fluffy, maximalist coat sits in the back…
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Amazon unveils a new and improved Alexa, Alexa+
At an event in NYC on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI…
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Did xAI lie about Grok 3’s benchmarks?
Debates over AI benchmarks — and how they’re reported by AI labs — are spilling out into public view. This…
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Twitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads
Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content…
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X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal…
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Airbnb CEO says it’s still too early for AI trip planning
Airbnb says it’s poised to roll out AI technology — but not in the way consumers may have initially wanted.…
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BYD to offer Tesla-like driver assist, even on its cheapest models
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD unveiled “God’s Eye,” an advanced driver assistance system that will be install on its entire…
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Why the ‘spirit’ of open source means much more than a license
Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If…
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Musk moves to dismiss suit over Tesla’s alleged use of AI-generated ‘Blade Runner’ imagery
Attorneys for Elon Musk intend to move to dismiss a case that accuses the Tesla CEO, who is also the…
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Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield
Google’s X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning-driven startup aiming…
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