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Amazon tests sending customers directly to brands’ websites when it doesn’t stock their products

Remember that Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street,” where Macy’s in-store Santa, Kris Kringle, sends a frazzled shopper to a competitor’s store to find the Christmas present her son wanted because Macy’s was out of stock? Now, Amazon is doing … Continue reading

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Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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An Advisor to Elon Musk’s xAI Has a Way to Make AI More Like Donald Trump

A researcher affiliated with Elon Musk’s xAI startup is researching a method to alter the politics of Grok and better align the chatbot with conservatives.

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Sam Altman Dismisses Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy OpenAI in Letter to Staff

OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.

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Anduril to take over Microsoft’s U.S. Army $22-billion headset program

Anduril Industries will take control of Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar augmented reality headset program for the U.S. Army.

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Shopify took down Kanye’s swastika t-shirt shop, but another antisemitic storefront still operates

Shopify took down Kanye West’s online store after the musician sold t-shirts with the swastika symbol. West, who also goes by Ye, advertised his online store in a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, directing viewers to his website, where the … Continue reading

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Google says it removed cultural events from its calender last year

Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default.  Other events that were removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage, Indigenous People Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic … Continue reading

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FIS shares plunge most since 2023 on disappointing revenue, guidance miss

Shares of Fidelity National Information Services had their worst day on the market since 2023 after the company’s disappointing guidance.

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Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes

Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub also used by Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, and others. Now, the Automattic-owned blogging platform is sharing … Continue reading

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How Musk’s $97.4B bid could gum up OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and a consortium of outside investors, per a letter … Continue reading

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