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Apple’s Siri-ous Problem + How Starlink Took Over the World + Is A.I. Making Us Dumb?
In the A.I. era, does Apple need to get comfortable shipping less polished products?The New York Times - 5d -
How Microsoft's quantum breakthrough could solve the world's biggest problems
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Apple now faces a problem far bigger than tariffs or weak iPhone sales
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"It's going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features and we anticipate rolling them out in the coming year," the company said Friday.CNBC - Mar. 7 -
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National security adviser Mike Waltz confirmed on Sunday that U.S. airstrikes “took out” multiple Houthi leaders in attacks this weekend. Asked how the U.S. attacks this weekend differ from strikes ...The Hill - 2d -
Rubio takes Elon Musk's side in fight with Polish diplomat: 'Just making things up’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took Elon Musk's side in an online fight with a Polish diplomat over Starlink's role in the Russia-Ukraine war. The exchanges were notable coming days after Rubio and ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
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Why the toll road text scam is out of control across the U.S., and Apple, Android can't do anything to stop it
Toll road text scams have used over 60,000 domain names and Apple, Android have been powerless to prevent the fraud from hitting users everywhere.CNBC - 5d -
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Il Foglio says artificial intelligence used ‘for everything – the writing, the headlines, the quotes … even the irony’ . An Italian newspaper has said it is the first in the world to publish an ...The Guardian - 1d -
Grab co-founder Anthony Tan says ‘humans who don’t embrace AI will be replaced by AI’
Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan discussed how workers can use AI to become more productive, at Converge Live in Singapore.CNBC - 6d -
Enhancing AI agents with long-term memory: Insights into LangMem SDK, Memobase and the A-MEM Framework
AI agents can forget instructions. Methods to improve memory retention will make agents more powerful and useful.VentureBeat - Mar. 5 -
Elon Musk's Starlink has a growing footprint in the federal government
The use of Starlink has been adopted by at least one additional federal agency since Donald Trump began his second presidential term.NBC News - Mar. 8 -
Steve Jobs Hired a High-Schooler to Write the First Mac Guide. Here’s How You Can Use AI to Follow His Example
A variety of AI services like ChatGPT can improve your business’s readability.Inc. - 4d -
Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days
The system America took 80 years to assemble proved surprisingly fragile in the face of Trump’s assault, a revolution in how the country exercises power across the globe.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wine
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Inching towards AGI: How reasoning and deep research are expanding AI from statistical prediction to structured problem-solving
In March 2023, OpenAI released GPT-4, which promised "sparks" of AGI. Two years on, the flame is beginning to appear.VentureBeat - 3d -
Telcos race to transition from 'dumb pipes' to tech players with help from AI
Telcos are talking up efforts to transform themselves into tech players, touting advances in AI, 5G and 6G networks, satellite internet and even smart cities.CNBC - 2d -
This Strategy Helps Humanize Your AI-Generated Content
Think AI will solve all your writing problems? Think again.Inc. - 7h -
Apple and Nvidia led Monday’s $750 billion tech wreck. How to play the aftermath.
Trump’s policy moves are causing angst. But one analyst says the broader AI thesis is still intact, and he names Tesla and Microsoft among big potential winners.MarketWatch - Mar. 10 -
Baidu shares jump 10% following release of new free-to-use AI models
Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.CNBC - 1d -
Stanford professor who co-founded 4 startups: How to use AI as a 'force multiplier' to start a business
"You don't want to compete with someone who has an AI at their shoulder," says Steve Blank. He has co-founded four startups, one of which sold for $329 million.CNBC - 2d -
iPhone 16e review: Apple’s cheapest new phone
Stripped back iPhone offers latest chips, AI and longer battery life, but with only a single camera on the back. Apple’s cheapest new smartphone is the iPhone 16e, which offers the basic modern ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Tech stocks tumble as AI boom fizzles out
The world’s biggest technology companies have seen their stock prices tumble over the past month as wider tumult in the market hits the tech sector hard after years of steep gains driven by ...The Hill - 5d -
US makes fresh push for World Bank to back nuclear power
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Best MacBooks (2025): Which Apple Laptop Should You Buy?
Having a hard time choosing from Apple’s complex MacBook lineup? Let us help you find the right laptop.Wired - 8h -
Mauricio Pochettino: ‘In five or 10 years the US can be No 1 in the world’
Argentinian reveals the challenges of managing the US men’s national side, that he was never in consideration for the England job and how he would love a return to Spurs. Pressure? It comes with ...The Guardian - 1d -
Musk's Starlink could help remote parts of India get online under deals with telecoms players
Elon Musk’s Starlink has signed an agreement with India’s top telecom operator on Wednesday to bring the U.S. satellite internet giant’s services to the world’s most populous country, a day after ...ABC News - Mar. 12 -
What Covid Taught Us
We look at how the world changed — and what studies revealed about how we live.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
The world is getting noisier, and it’s making us ill. I’ve certainly played my part
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Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots
Google is taking its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology models into the physical world to power robots.CNBC - Mar. 12
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