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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.It’s been 10 years since the movie “Her” introduced us to a queasy future in which a man falls in love with his AI-powered digital assistant. Guess who loved that movie? Yup, Sam Altman, the father of ChatGPT. “The things ‘Her’ got right—like the whole interaction models of how people use AI—that was incredibly prophetic,” he said earlier this summer. So it should come as no surprise that the OpenAI CEO is doing everything in his power to make the speculative fiction of “Her” bec
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Mistral AI releases content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B language model. The €6 billion-valued European AI startup has backing from tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft. The European artificial intelligence powerhouse Mistral AI has announced the release of its new content moderation API, marking a step in its mission to deliver sovereign AI solutions.... Read more » Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a robot clean your floors. Here’s our pick of the most cost-effective bots you can buy right now. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Pure Telecom, the Irish-owned fibre broadband and telecoms company, has officially opened a multisensory room for children visiting Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly. The room and services were entirely funded by Pure Telecom’s fundraising initiatives for Children’s Health Foundation. Children’s Health Foundation raises vital funds to support sick children and their families in Ireland. It […] Read more ›
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Meta is said to be planning a fiber-optic subsea internet cable that will span the world and could cost north of $10 billion. The project, which was originally reported by subsea cable expert Sunil Tagare, could be formally announced early next year. However, sources linked to Meta told TechCrunch that the project is in the early stages. Only a few contractors would be capable of building out that infrastructure and... Read more ›
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Taylor Swift's self-published "The Eras Tour Book" was released exclusively at Target on Black Friday. Read more ›
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Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency. Read more ›
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From 3rd January 2025, Riot Games will ban content creators for bad "off-platform conduct". Read more Read more ›
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Yet another Final Fantasy 14 Ultimate Raid world first challenge has been scuppered by cheaters, who were busted due to a single pixel. Read more Read more ›
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The Chevrolet K5 Blazer was immensely popular during its time, blazing a trail for future SUVs. But what ever happened to the K5 Blazer? Read more ›
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TSMC founder Morris Chang and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have long-admired each other publicly — but Huang decided to keep his focus on his own company. Read more ›
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There are many deals on Black Friday that are as good as what Samsung is running for the Galaxy Watch 7 and I’m going to guess it’ll sell out quickly if you don’t hurry. The Galaxy Watch 7 is (seriously) down to $2.60 at the moment, thanks to an instant discount and and instant trade-in … Continued Read the original post: Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 7 is $2.60 for Black Friday... Read more ›
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Therabody's Black Friday discounts are here to give your body (and your wallet) a well-deserved break. Read more ›
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Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, announced on Monday that he would reinstate a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump Administration removes federal EV tax credits. But the state may not extend the credits to Tesla because of the company’s large market ... Read more ›
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If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. had its way, the chip manufacturing powerhouse would be a neutral party in the battle between the U.S. and China for technological supremacy—a semiconductor version of Switzerland, one TSMC executive told The Information. Unfortunately, the company may find it increasingly tough to avoid picking a side. Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation into whether TSMC was still producing chips for Chinese tech... Read more ›
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Uber announced a new service on Tuesday to help companies label their data and train artificial intelligence models. Through the new service, Scaled Solutions, Uber will hire data labelers on contract to provide companies with human-written annotations, such as descriptions of images or rankings ... Read more ›
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Apple’s desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers can’t overcome a design hurdle with the slim iPhone planned for release next fall—it can’t fit a physical SIM card tray, which is required in China. Apple plans to release its slim iPhone next year, alongside new versions of its traditional models, aiming to rejuvenate iPhone sales by providing customers with a compelling reason to... Read more ›
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The judge overseeing Google’s search antitrust case warned that he doesn’t want to delay the upcoming trial of remedies to deal with Google’s illegal search monopoly, now scheduled for the spring. At a status conference for the case on Tuesday, the judge said the incoming presidential ... Read more ›
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It’s a bit early to be offering predictions for 2025, but here goes anyway. Chances are very good that sometime next year we’re going to hear a bunch of complaints about newly released Apple iPhones dropping calls more often than previous models did. In other words, we’re in for a repeat of the “Antennagate” brouhaha of 2010, when similar connectivity issues on the new iPhone 4 became a big story.Assuming... Read more ›
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Two startups that compete with major cloud providers by renting out servers with chips made by Nvidia are seeking fresh financing, underscoring the capital demands and investor interest for artificial intelligence companies continues. Together AI, a two year-old startup that rents out such ... Read more ›
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Most founders stay silent about their failures. Instead, Adrian Aoun, who just shut down his health care company Forward after raising nearly half a billion dollars, accepted our invitation to come on the pod. I really enjoyed our conversation, which holds a lot of lessons for founders. And I couldn't help get some sharp questions in myself. Hope you enjoy! Apple Spotify YouTube Read more ›
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