Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features

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Apple iPhone 16e (2025): Specs, Price, Release Date
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Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest-priced iPhone
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Apple expands India manufacturing
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Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible
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HP to Buy Humane, Maker of the Ai Pin, for $116 Million
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This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses
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Xbox’s AI initiative with Muse is an attempt to read the tea leaves, not the room
Earlier today, the heads of Microsoft’s Xbox division revealed Muse, a generative AI model that intends to create both visuals and gameplay for games. The model, which was trained on the largely ...VentureBeat - 1d -
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Technology Giants: Stop Bullying Companies Into Buying Agentic AI
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Voltron Data just partnered with Accenture to solve one of AI’s biggest headaches
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Invisible, autonomous and hackable: The AI agent dilemma no one saw coming
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Robot Startup Figure Reveals an AI Breakthrough Called Helix
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Meta slashes staff stock awards as group embarks on AI spending drive
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Beijing embraces DeepSeek to lead AI adoption as it looks for new growth drivers
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Alibaba shares jump 14% after pledge to invest ‘aggressively’ in AI
Chinese tech group says it will spend more on artificial intelligence in next three years than over past decadeFinancial Times - 1h -
As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing servicesABC News - 2d -
Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’
One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.”Wired - 1d -
The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)
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How Cisco’s AI defense stacks up against the cyber threats you never see
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AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead
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Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand
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Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone
NYU Langone has built an LLM research companion and medical advisor, and is pioneering what it calls AI-driven “precision medical education."VentureBeat - 15h
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