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Amazon’s AI shopping tool sparks backlash from online retailers that didn’t want websites scraped

Some businesses have objected to their products being sold on Amazon through the “Shop Direct” feature without their permission.

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Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

The funding is part of an A.I. frenzy, as investors aggressively plow enormous sums into fast-growing start-ups at sky-high valuations.

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A.I. Images of Maduro Spread Rapidly, Despite Safeguards

Deepfakes of Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, flooded the internet after his capture, in a new collision of breaking news and artificial intelligence.

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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities 

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.  As has been … Continue reading

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Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

The most surprising part is that the plastic isn’t the biggest problem.

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This climate startup is taking recycling to the next level, with shower water beer

Epic Cleantec makes the Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch, and is also considering making a nonalcoholic beer.

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Huang says Nvidia seeing ‘very high’ Chinese customer demand for H200 AI chips

“It appears that we’re going to be going back to China,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday at the CES conference in Las Vegas.

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AMD’s AI Chips Are Coming for Your Laptop, Desktop, and Car

AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 and Embedded processors at CES 2026, touting up to 60 TOPS NPUs and new chips for laptops, desktops, and edge devices. The post AMD’s AI Chips Are Coming for Your Laptop, Desktop, and Car appeared … Continue reading

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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.

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Meta hires Microsoft exec, former Trump deputy as chief legal officer

Meta said Tuesday that it hired former Microsoft legal executive Curtis Joseph Mahoney to become its chief legal officer.

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