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OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it

Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.

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Nvidia says its GPUs are a ‘generation ahead’ of Google’s AI chips

It was in response to Wall Street’s concern that Google’s TPU chips could threaten Nvidia’s dominance of the AI infrastructure industry on Tuesday.

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Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a 7B-parameter computer-use agent that runs locally on PCs, rivals GPT-4o on web tasks, and adds safety checkpoints for risky actions. The post Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC appeared first … Continue reading

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The Best Black Friday Apple Deals for 2025

A curated rundown of Black Friday 2025 Apple deals on MacBook, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, and accessories, focused on real value and everyday use. The post The Best Black Friday Apple Deals for 2025 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths

Career exploration platform Find Your Grind raises $5 million to help more students discover alternative professions.

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What Dick’s Sporting Goods’ earnings report tells us about Nike’s turnaround

The Investing Club holds its “Morning Meeting” every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

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Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15

WhatsApp’s new platform policies ban general-purpose AI chatbots like Copilot from using its service.

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South Korean police reports 5,196 arrests in yearlong cyber gambling probe

The South Korean National Police Agency has announced that a protracted cyber gambling investigation spanning an entire year led to the arrest of 5,196 individuals. According to a news release from law enforcement in the East Asian nation, over 3,544 … Continue reading

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New York’s RAISE Act: What You Need to Know About the AI Safety Bill

New York’s RAISE Act would require frontier AI developers spending more than $100 million on training to prevent “critical harm” and report safety incidents. The post New York’s RAISE Act: What You Need to Know About the AI Safety Bill … Continue reading

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Fleet Space finds massive lithium deposit using AI and satellites

The discovery suggests that a region in Quebec might hold even more lithium than originally suspected.

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