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

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

This is a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models.
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ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequioia at a $11 billion valuation

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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

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

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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’

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

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?

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

AI was meant to cut labour costs. For many organisations, it hasn’t. Here’s why AI ROI is now under scrutiny across APAC.
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Accel doubles down on Fibr AI as agents turn static websites into one-to-one experiences

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Fibr AI replaces marketing agency– and engineering-heavy website personalization with autonomous systems designed for enterprise scale.

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Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Techme101

Spotify is revamping its lyrics feature, adding offline access for Premium users, global lyric translations, and a more prominent placement in the Now Playing view.

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