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Amazon CEO Talks AI, Cost Cutting, and Prime Video

Amazon today published its annual letter to shareholders, with CEO Andy Jassy highlighting why he's…

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DuckDuckGo Announces Privacy Pro Subscription

DuckDuckGo is bundling three new privacy services into a single subscription called Privacy Pro that…

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Google Photos’ AI Editing Tools Will Become Free for All Users in May

The Google Photos app will make its AI editing tools such as Photo Unblur and…

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Google Adds Two New Models to the Gemma Family

Google today released two new members of its Gemma family of lightweight, open AI models…

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Brave Adds Leo AI to Brave Talk

Brave announced today that it has integrated its Leo privacy-preserving AI assistant with the premium…

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Amazon Will Stop Paying Developers Building Alexa Apps in June

Amazon is planning to stop paying developers building apps for its Alexa assistant at the…

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A Tale of Three AIs (Premium)

Part of the hurdle with generative AI is that it works differently than familiar tools,…

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Microsoft Releases New Xbox Features on PCs and Consoles

The April update for the Xbox app on PC introduces more informative game hubs, and…

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The Soul of a Different Machine (Premium)

Windows and macOS may seem only subtly different, but each is informed by the culture,…

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Microsoft’s Build 2024 Session Catalog is a Glimpse of What’s to Come

Microsoft's Build 2024 session catalog reveals that Windows on ARM, WinUI, WPF, and Copilot plugins…

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Facebook Messenger Now Supports HD Photos, Shared Albums, and Bigger File Shares

Facebook Messenger now allows users to send HD photos and bigger files, and shared albums…

Proton Acquires Standard Notes

Proton Acquires Standard Notes

Proton announced this morning that it has acquired Standard Notes, an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app…

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Intel Claims Big AI Performance Gains in Next Core Ultra Chips

At its Vision 2024 event today, Intel talked up AI acceleration for the enterprise. But…

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Automattic Acquires Beeper

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Akismet, announced today that it has acquired Beeper, makers…

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April Patch Tuesday Update Enables “Moment 5” Features on Windows 11

The April Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 enables the “Moment 5” features that have…

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U.S. Hands $11 Billion in Loans and Grants to TSMC

Chipmaking giant TSMC will receive $11.6 billion in loans and grants from the U.S. government…

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