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In a major step expanding its conversational artificial intelligence outside of Western markets, Amazon has officially commenced pilot testing for Alexa+, its next-generation, generative AI-revamped voice assistant, in India. The tech giant has started dispatching exclusive email invitations to select customers across the country, inviting them to participate in an
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* Photograph: Ryan Waniata * Photograph: Ryan Waniata Clip 5 The JBL Clip 5 is a tad pricey for a micro-sized portable speaker, but this is a classic case of getting what you pay for. I think of the sound as “fat” in a good way, with fuller bass and midrange frequencies
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Jun 25, 2026 7:39 AM These are the hottest Prime Day TV deals on our favorite screens and streaming devices. Courtesy of Samsung Amazon Prime Day June 2026 All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from
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South Korean chip stocks rallied on Thursday after Micron Technology reported a record quarter and an upbeat outlook, reviving optimism that demand for AI memory will stay tight well into next year. The benchmark KOSPI rose about 4.1%, with the country’s two memory makers, which together account for
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IBM announced that it has built the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology, a transistor architecture at what it calls the 0.7nm, or 7-angstrom, node. It is the kind of milestone the semiconductor industry has been straining toward for years, and the kind of claim that needs reading carefully,
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On the morning of June 25, Oracle began telling roughly 500 of its Romanian employees that their jobs were gone, part of the company’s long-running global reorganisation toward cloud and artificial intelligence. Oracle has not commented publicly on the exact number of local roles affected. It is the second
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TD’s plan to monitor some staff has exposed a legal gap: in much of Canada, an employer can watch you work and owes you little more than a notice. Then Toronto-Dominion Bank told some of its staff that software would soon be watching how they worked, the employees did
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Did you struggle to sleep in the heat last night? What you need is a super-quiet fan, and you're in the right place to find one in the Amazon Prime Day sales. We test dozens of fans here at TechRadar, and I've put together this collection
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Sorry Sony (and Bose, and AirPods) I know the best earbuds I've ever tested — and they're a Technics product called the EAH-AZ100. I know, try to see past the immediately forgettable name, because once you get past that alphabetty spaghetti, there's a seriously good
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* Big Tech was hit with $3.5B fines over three years, Surfshark found * Many were fined for using personal data unlawfully * Enforceability remains a key challenge Major tech companies have already been hit by fines totalling $3.5 billion for using vast amounts of users’ personal data to train their
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It's been years since I last owned my own Kindle, as I ultimately do prefer physical copies to add to my collection, and only otherwise used my OG Kindle while travelling. However, whenever Amazon Prime Day rolls around, I do tend to second-guess myself when I see the
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Dutton Ranch continues the Yellowstone story of Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton. The newest program to expand Taylor Sheridan's TV universe stars Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly, who return to their fan favorite roles in the sequel series. Dutton Ranch takes place in Texas, where Rip and Beth
