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Xbox will soon let players buy games directly in its Android app following Google antitrust ruling

Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s … Continue reading

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ByteDance lays off hundreds of TikTok employees in shift to AI content moderation

ByteDance’s TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees, mainly in Malaysia, according to Reuters. The cuts come as the social network is increasingly turning to AI for content moderation. Although TikTok did not provide the exact number, it said that … Continue reading

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How AI-generated content is upping the workload for Wikipedia editors

As AI-generated slop takes over increasing swathes of the user-generated Internet thanks to the rise of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT, spare a thought for Wikipedia editors. In addition to their usual job of grubbing out bad human … Continue reading

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Apple Intelligence features can also summarize breakup texts for you

When Nick Spreen installed the beta of iOS 18.1 to try out upcoming Apple Intelligence features, he probably didn’t expect to receive an AI-generated summary of breakup texts from his then girlfriend. “No longer in a relationship; wants belongings from … Continue reading

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UK neobank Monzo hits $5.9B valuation with secondary market sale

Monzo is now valued at $5.9 billion after the U.K.-based challenger bank confirmed a secondary market share sale to provide liquidity for its employees. The transaction, first rumored yesterday, saw existing investors such as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (GIC) and … Continue reading

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Elon Musk unveils the Robovan: the biggest surprise from Tesla’s We, Robot event

Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of Tesla’s Robovan on Thursday night during the company’s We, Robot event in Los Angeles. The Robovan will be an electric, autonomous vehicle roughly the size of a bus, designed for transporting people around high … Continue reading

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Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000

Tesla has finally revealed its Cybercab, and it looks like a smaller, sleeker Cybertruck. And while many were expecting there to be at least one prototype of a robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, Tesla CEO Elon Musk delighted … Continue reading

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Tesla Robotaxi event: How to watch the reveal live

Tesla loves to put on a show, and Thursday’s Robotaxi reveal might just be the flashiest of them all.  The electric vehicle maker is slated to unveil its much-hyped Robotaxi vehicle at Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studio in Burbank, California. … Continue reading

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Amazon team in charge of Just Walk Out loses three execs, gains one

Three Amazon executives in charge of developing new technologies for checking out of physical stores – including Just Walk Out, Dash Carts, and Amazon One – are leaving or have left the division, TechCrunch has learned. In addition, a former … Continue reading

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FTX’s Ryan Salame posts jokes on LinkedIn as he heads to prison

After the criminal implosion of the crypto exchange FTX, many of the company’s executives have been found guilty on various counts of fraud or conspiracy to commit such acts. Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is starting … Continue reading

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