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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Amazon deliveries could soon come with a new catch: the delivery driver’s smart glasses will be snapping photos of anything they see while
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AWS News Blog Today, we’re excited to introduce the newest members of the AWS Heroes program. AWS Heroes are a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts who go above and beyond to share knowledge, mentor others, and build thriving communities. These individuals make a real difference in helping developers
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Amazon has launched a faster Fire TV Stick 4K with a redesigned remote, running its own Vega operating system rather than Android. That switch also removes sideloading, and the Digital Markets Act cannot require Amazon to restore it, because none of its operating systems is designated. Amazon has launched the
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DoorDash has opened an American waitlist for an AI agent that takes food orders inside Apple’s Messages app, using your order history and stored payment method. Bloomberg’s testing found it giving prices that differed from the app, which in Europe is a consumer law question rather than a
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The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs over the risks their technology poses to consumers. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the probe on Wednesday to CNBC and CBS News. The New York Post first reported the probe earlier on Wednesday, citing administration officials. Marisa Schultz
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ElevenLabs is now worth $22bn, double its $11bn valuation in February. Employees and existing investors sold $300m of shares, the voice AI company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Wellington Management and T. Rowe Price led the deal. Six investors bought in for the first time. They are EQT,
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Alex Stamos has joined Cognition, the maker of the Devin AI coding agent, as its chief information security officer. He announced the move in an article on X on Tuesday, titled “Why I’m joining Cognition”. “There are real safety and security issues raised by AI, but they can be
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. On September 23, HP and Google announced expanded availability of HP Dimension with Google Beam across the US,
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. AI assistants are starting to outgrow the chat window. During the OpenAI DevDay on Sept. 29, the company
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Gemini Gems now have an end date. Google will begin automatically converting Gems on personal Google accounts into
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Taiwan is expanding its drone manufacturing base in Chiayi as part of a broader push to build a more resilient, non-red supply chain. Image: Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site,
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BDx faces a temporary halt to its planned 640MW AI data center project in West Java, Indonesia, pending required permits and environmental approvals. Image: Generated with ChatGPT. We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of
