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AMD’s Lisa Su addresses guidance concerns, says demand still accelerating for advanced chips

CEO Lisa Su said that the data center business has risen from the fourth to first quarter and demand for its CPUs is “going gangbusters.”

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Windows Shutdown Bug Spreads to Windows 10, Microsoft Confirms

Microsoft confirms a Windows bug preventing some PCs from shutting down or hibernating after January 2026 updates. A fix is still pending. The post Windows Shutdown Bug Spreads to Windows 10, Microsoft Confirms appeared first on TechRepublic.

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ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequioia at a $11 billion valuation

ElevenLabs’ valuation has raised more than three times in the last twelve months.

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Amazon Expands Alexa+ AI Assistant to All US Users After Yearlong Rollout

This is a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models. The post Amazon Expands Alexa+ AI Assistant to All US Users After Yearlong Rollout appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Anthropic says no to ads on Claude chatbot, weeks after OpenAI made move to test them

Anthropic said the personal nature of users’ conversations with Claude would make ads feel “incongruous.”

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Amazon makes Alexa+ AI assistant available to everyone in the U.S. nearly a year after launch

Alexa+ launched last year in an “early access” preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service.

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After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

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Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate

Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current finance chief Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah.

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Disney’s next CEO, Chipotle’s traffic problem, government shutdown ends and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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AI Was Meant to Cut Wage Costs. Has It?

AI was meant to cut labour costs. For many organisations, it hasn’t. Here’s why AI ROI is now under scrutiny across APAC. The post AI Was Meant to Cut Wage Costs. Has It? appeared first on TechRepublic.

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