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Artificial intelligence heavyweights including OpenAI and Perplexity, along with commerce giant Amazon, are painting visions of AI tools acting as personal shoppers that can seamlessly buy stuff across the internet.
But the handful of AI agents that have so far been released have had trouble with online shopping, since they’re easily tripped up by variations in retailers’ product listings and checkouts, investors and founders say. It’s also tough for retailers to distinguish between an agent and a maliciou
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Anthropic is at the center of another showdown with the Trump administration, this time over the company's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models. Read more ›
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I ranked four different store-bought barbecue sauces for grilling season. My favorite was one I was already familiar with. Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the second betas of upcoming watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, and visionOS 26.6 betas for testing purposes. The software comes three weeks after Apple seeded the first betas. The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required. There's no word on what's in the software as of yet. watchOS, tvOS, and... Read more ›
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Nvidia already has more than $13 billion in cash. Now, the company is preparing to raise another $20 billion. The AI chip giant is returning to the corporate bond market for the first time in five years, according to a ... Read more ›
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Almost 18 months after Civilization 7's bumpy launch - which saw it panned by players for a range of issues, including a poor UI, controversial changes to the series' classic formula, and a lack of features - developer Firaxis' slow and steady course correction continues next week with the launch of another major update, this time including the much-requested arrival hotseat multiplayer. Read more Read more ›
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Apple today provided the second beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.6 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming almost three weeks after Apple seeded the first beta. Developers can download the macOS Tahoe 26.6 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required. With... Read more ›
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Last week, Xbox boss Asha Sharma sent a memo warning of an Xbox "reset" ahead of expected layoffs, and today, Kotaku reported that Xbox plans to shut down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight. Since taking over in February, Sharma has made some big decisions, including cutting the price of Xbox Game Pass […] Read more ›
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Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three weeks after Apple seeded the first betas. Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. With iOS 27 set to launch in September, Apple is wrapping up work on... Read more ›
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Jobs where AI automates parts of the workflow are actually seeing more growth and wage growth, PwC report reveals. Read more ›
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Apple is internally testing iOS 26.5.2, according to the MacRumors visitor logs, which have accurately confirmed many future iOS versions over the years. iOS 26.5.2 will almost certainly be a minor update that fixes software bugs and/or security vulnerabilities. We do not know exactly when the update will be released, but our best guess is that it will arrive this week or next week. iOS 26.5.1 was released earlier this... Read more ›
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Today, the UK government has announced that it's going to ban the use of social media for children under 16. The ban will include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, but won't include messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. The UK government will also (somehow) restrict "harmful functions" like live streaming and "stranger communication with children". These restrictions will apply to a wider range of online services, not just... Read more ›
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Развлечение труженика телекома в свободное от основной работы время. Так сказать перезагрузка, отвлечение.... Ведь лучший отдых это смена вида деятельности... Развлечения работника телекома в свободное Read more ›
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Don't throw your old iPhone or Android away yet. Transform it into a free security cam instead. Read more ›
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Ahead of its second and final season, the 'Trek' series starring Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti gets a digital release with bonus features. Read more ›
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X-59 flew at Mach 1.4 in preparation for debuting its quiet thump to the public. Read more ›
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A mystery pair of Beats headphones has been spotted on three different World Cup players — here's everything we know about the unreleased tech so far. Read more ›
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Apple launched a much anticipated new version of its Siri voice assistant at the start of its annual developer conference on Monday, which users will be able to access through a new Siri app. The refreshed voice assistant, now called Siri AI, which uses Google’s Gemini models, will allow users ... Read more ›
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OpenAI said on Monday that it has filed draft paperwork for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a week after rival Anthropic said it had done the same. OpenAI also plans to let employees sell their shares ahead of the IPO, according to a person familiar with ... Read more ›
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OpenAI on Monday had good news and bad news for the media corps that avidly follows its every twist and turn. The good news is that it filed confidentially to go public, a week after Anthropic did the same thing. (Yippee!) The bad news: OpenAI said it has “not decided on timing yet” and “it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely... Read more ›
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Databricks, a provider of database management software, has discussed raising more money in a funding round that could kick off within the next month, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations. Databricks has indicated to investors the new round could lift its valuation to between $165 billion and $175 billion. That would mark a jump from its $134 billion valuation, including the money raised, in a round... Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday added more than a dozen Chinese tech companies including Alibaba and Baidu to a blacklist, a move that could further escalate tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Electric vehicle makers Byd and Nio, humanoid maker Unitree, Yangtze Memory ... Read more ›
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When Founders Fund earlier this year set out to raise its latest fund, a $6 billion vehicle to back mature startups like Anduril, it was the first time in the firm’s two-decade history it had asked its limited partners for more cash within two years of its prior fundraise. The reason: It had already blown through the $4.6 billion fund it raised last year, thanks to investments in seven startups,... Read more ›
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Big news: Anthropic has a new version of a Mythos-class model coming later today called Claude Fable, according to a person with knowledge of the release. It’s a neutered version of Mythos with safeguards to protect against its misuse either in cybersecurity hacks or the construction of bioweapons, the person said.For those who have been living under a rock, Anthropic first previewed Mythos in April, describing it as an ultra-powerful... Read more ›
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SpaceX’s Starlink is hitting new roadblocks with regulators India over concerns about how its satellite internet service has been used in the Iran war, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Iranian regulators have not approved Starlink, but the U.S. has smuggled thousands of terminals into the country, ... Read more ›
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Broadcom said Tuesday that it is launching a new fund—backed by Apollo and Blackstone—to help finance more than 20 gigawatts of AI data centers through 2028 using chips designed by Broadcom, including projects tied to Anthropic and OpenAI. Apollo will lead an initial $35 billion commitment to ... Read more ›
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Software companies and their shareholders have watched the recent growth of Anthropic and OpenAI with unease. But the mood is shifting as customers complain about AI costs, and the old guard smells blood in the water. Last week, Palantir CEO Alex Karp and his lieutenants told his customers at an event outside San Francisco that they’re foolish to do business directly with AI firms rather than with intermediaries like his... Read more ›
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