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Category Archives: Tech
For security, Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days
The update comes months after Apple pushed its own “inactivity reboot” feature.
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TikTok takes on Google Maps by surfacing reviews in the comments tab
As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to … Continue reading
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OpenAI may ‘adjust’ its safeguards if rivals release ‘high-risk’ AI
In an update to its Preparedness Framework, the internal framework OpenAI uses to decide whether AI models are safe and what safeguards, if any, are needed during development and release, OpenAI said that it may “adjust” its requirements if a … Continue reading
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India’s BluSmart swept up in Gensol investigation alleging misuse of EV loans
India’s market regulator launched a probe Tuesday into Gensol Engineering after finding alleged misuse of electric vehicle loans. BluSmart, a ride-hailing startup connected to Gensol that was once seen as an emerging Uber rival in the South Asian market, has … Continue reading
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018, according to an email presented Tuesday in the FTC’s antitrust trial against the company.
OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai
Context.ai, a startup building evaluations and analytics for AI models, announced Tuesday that its co-founders will join OpenAI. Context.ai plans to wind down its products following the acqui-hire, per a message on the company’s website. When reached for comment, OpenAI … Continue reading
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Google bets on geothermal to power data centers in Taiwan
Swedish company Baseload Capital is developing the project.
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Amazon emails sellers to gauge how Trump’s tariffs are impacting their businesses
Amazon asked third-party sellers how the “current U.S. tariff situation” has affected sourcing and pricing, logistics and plans to ship goods into warehouses.
Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business
In a sign of Anthropic’s increasingly cozy relationship with Amazon, Anthropic has formed a new team to recruit AWS customers to use its AI products. The team, which Anthropic appears to have begun hiring several months ago, aims to “accelerate” … Continue reading
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Publishing platform Medium says it’s sticking with DEI
Publishing platform Medium says it’s still committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), even as many other U.S. tech companies have scaled back their efforts in this space to appease the Trump administration. In a blog post published on Monday, … Continue reading
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