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Earlier this year, Microsoft stopped trying to convince consumers to pay extra for artificial intelligence features in its popular Office 365 software, instead opting to add the AI features by default while increasing the lowest price of the software by 30%. That strategy is showing early signs of wringing a few extra bucks out of individual Office customers.Revenue from consumer subscriptions to Office 365 rose 10% in the three months ending in March compared to the same period a year earlier, a faster rat
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We visited three Target stores across the US to get a sense of what the retail chain could be doing better as sales growth stalls. Read more ›
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We'll also get a new OnePlus Pad Lite tablet and two new OnePlus Nord phones. Read more ›
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Russian business leaders are backing legislation that would stop Western companies one day returning to the market they left after the Ukraine invasion. Read more ›
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said China has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Engrate has secured €2.5M in funding led by global VC firm Maniv to accelerate digital integrations for energy companies transitioning to renewable sources. Founded by Anna Engman and Richard Eklund in 2024, the energy tech startup is focused on simplifying grid flexibility solutions through its digital platform. The funding will be directed towards further ... Read more Read more ›
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"If I go to my grave and know that my son has outdone me, I'm in heaven," Arnold Schwarzenegger said. Read more ›
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"Materialists," starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal, is about choosing between money and love. Read more ›
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Scan-of-the-month over at Reddit shows off what the Nintendo Switch 2 looks like under a CT scan and confirms the hardware inside. Read more ›
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Donald Trump might be planning to launch a mobile network and a Trump-branded phone. DTTM Operations LLC, the company Trump uses to manage his trademarks, has applied to use both “Trump” and “T1” for telecoms, mobile accessories, and even phones themselves. The applications, filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office last Thursday, cover wireless […] Read more ›
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Everyone wants to fight like an assassin, or a baddie. WIRED talked to Ballerina stunt performer Cara Marie Chooljian for tips on how average folks can win a brawl, even when they’re outmatched. Read more ›
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If you’ve been having flashbacks to 2007 while using your PC over the past few days, you’re not alone. Microsoft has mistakenly replaced Windows 11’s boot sound — in test versions of the OS — with the startup chime from Windows Vista. Windows testers started noticing the issue shortly after Microsoft released its latest Dev […] Read more ›
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An ex-Microsoft engineer explains how and why he update his résumé every 6 to 9 months, and why you should to. Read more ›
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Director Dean DeBlois and stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker talk "How to Train Your Dragon" and the famous Toothless/Hiccup scene. Read more ›
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Paris-based Sopra Steria (formerly Ordina), a company known for its consulting, digital services, and solutions, has appointed Ernst-Jan Stigter as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Netherlands. With his extensive experience in the digital sector, Stigter will be responsible for further strengthening the position of Sopra Steria as a leading IT service provider in the ... Read more Read more ›
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An investigational drug developed by Eolo Pharma is showing promise in animal experiments and an early human trial. It could eventually be an alternative or add-on to popular GLP-1 medications. Read more ›
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Some of the popular products I'm watching for CNET's daily tariff price tracker are on sale so now might be the time to take the plunge before price hikes arrive. Read more ›
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As entry-level jobs disappear and pathways to success for Gen Z shrink, the most rejected generation is in a tough spot. Read more ›
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Trademark applications suggest the US President might be planning to start a mobile carrier. Yes, really! Read more ›
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AI coding tools like Bolt and Replit are disrupting the SaaS business model by lowering barriers to building custom software. Read more ›
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We could get a display downgrade from "overkill" to "practical," and it might also be the end of OnePlus x Hasselblad. Read more ›
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Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in the knowledge and information organization, which includes the company’s core search and much of the ads organization, a senior executive told staff on Tuesday. The move comes as Google’s search business faces unprecedented threats from ChatGPT and following its loss in a U.S. antitrust case that could hurt the company’s ability to distribute its search product. Nick Fox, who runs the knowledge... Read more ›
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Meta has agreed to take a 49% stake in data labeling firm Scale AI for $14.8 billion, two people familiar with the matter said. The unusual deal will be structured so Meta will send the cash to Scale’s existing shareholders and place the startup’s CEO, Alexandr Wang, in a top position inside Meta, the people said. The deal, which hasn’t yet been finalized, appears to be a rich one for... Read more ›
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Databricks will soon host Google’s Gemini models as part of an expansion of a four-year-old strategic partnership between the companies that will be announced later today, Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, said in an exclusive interview at the company’s customer conference. The ... Read more ›
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OpenAI has talked to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and existing shareholder United Arab Emirates’ MGX about investing in the next installment of its $40 billion financing led by SoftBank, according to two people familiar with the fundraise. The investors could put in at least hundreds of millions of dollars each, they said. An investment in OpenAI by Saudi Arabia’s $900 billion–plus wealth fund would underscore... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried to fix a seemingly existential problem in recent months. His company’s large language model, Llama, was falling behind competitors and struggling to perform as well as models from OpenAI, particularly on complex tasks. Increasingly, Zuckerberg turned to an unlikely person for advice: Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, whose startup did the relatively low-grade work of hiring human experts to improve artificial intelligence... Read more ›
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Nvidia recently debuted a cloud service enabling artificial intelligence developers to rent server chips directly from the chip designer, part of its push into the cloud market dominated by Amazon and Microsoft. In doing so, Nvidia is encroaching on the turf of CoreWeave and dozens of other up-and-coming firms that sell the same type of service. Nvidia executives told the firms they could make their AI servers available to customers... Read more ›
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Elon Musk may have parted ways with Washington and President Donald Trump, but employees from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are moving forward with a plan to restructure the Securities and Exchange Commission and bring artificial intelligence technology into the agency. The reorganization will begin to take shape over the next couple of months, according to two SEC employees. Leaders at the agency haven’t yet made it clear to staff... Read more ›
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When Chime CEO Chris Britt pitched his company to venture capitalists a decade ago, he got a lot of handshakes and little money. Venture capitalists, he has said, were too rich to understand why low- or no-fee bank accounts would appeal to people living paycheck to paycheck. He said investors would question him: “What’s the problem? I don’t get charged fees. Morgan Stanley doesn’t charge me any fees. I don’t... Read more ›
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Snapchat has realized the limits of disappearing content—especially when it comes to attracting creators. On Thursday, the app said users will be able to automatically save their disappearing Stories to their public profiles. That’s a big change, and it’s one that should help make the app more of a destination for creators, whose Instagram, YouTube and TikTok profiles give fans—and advertisers—a taste of their content. Read more ›
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Podcasting is booming, driven by the rise of video shows and podcasters’ sway during last year’s presidential election. That’s got me thinking about whether podcasting has become too saturated. It’s a question I posed to our podcasting panel at The Information’s Future of Influence event last week in Los Angeles. Spotify doesn’t think so. The company saw a “massive, massive reacceleration” in podcasts last year, while this year is “growing... Read more ›
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