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Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

Amazon likely hopes that the new glasses will shave valuable time off of each delivery by providing delivery drivers with detailed directions and information about hazards directly in their line of sight.

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What’s Updog? Datadog’s new tool tells you which apps are down

Cloud monitoring platform Datadog launched Updog, a web dashboard that shows the live health status of various SaaS APIs.

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Rivian spinoff Also reveals a high-end modular e-bike for $4,500

The first in a lineup of new vehicles from Also, which started as a skunkworks project inside of Rivian a few years ago.

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Tinder will require new users in the US to verify their identity with a selfie 

The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.

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GM is bringing Google Gemini-powered AI assistant to cars in 2026 

GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s … Continue reading

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Meta cuts 600 AI jobs amid ongoing reorganization

Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer.

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Samsung takes on Apple’s Vision Pro with new Galaxy XR headset

Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.

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Sumble emerges from stealth with $38.5M to bring AI-powered context to sales intelligence

The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they’re making headway.

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Shuttle raises $6 million to fix vibe-coding’s deployment problem

The platform engineering startup Shuttle announced $6 million in seed funding to handle the infrastructure problems that start where products like Lovable and Cursor leave off.

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