Tech
AI Summary
- Amazon is expanding its logistics capabilities, opening its global network to all businesses, signaling a significant shift in the e-commerce infrastructure landscape.
- The tech industry is grappling with the ethical and legal implications of AI, as evidenced by the debate over AI-generated art eligibility for awards and concerns about data privacy in healthcare.
- AI continues to make inroads into various sectors, with advancements in diagnostic tools for healthcare and the integration of AI features into platforms like Doordash to streamline operations.
- The mobility sector is exploring innovative solutions for autonomous vehicles, including the challenge of ticketing robotaxis and Uber's ambitious plan to leverage its driver network as a sensor grid.
- Startups are pushing the boundaries of consumer technology, from Barocal's novel cooling crystals to Ouster's new color lidar aiming to replace traditional cameras, alongside a focus on 'boring' but essential AI applications.
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TechCrunch
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US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
an hour ago
by Zack Whittaker
Privacy, Security, cybersecurity, healthcare, privacyVirginia and Washington D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers.
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Amazon opens up its global logistics network to all businesses
an hour ago
by Aisha Malik
Enterprise, AmazonThe new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx.
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Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals
2 hours ago
by Tim De Chant
Climate, Exclusive, Breakthrough Energy, BarocalBarocal might have discovered a cheap, nonpolluting material that could dethrone today's refrigeration technology.
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Doordash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes
2 hours ago
by Ivan Mehta
Commerce, DoorDash, food delivery, RestaurantsDoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.
Hacker News
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Engadget
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Instagram is testing optional 'AI creator' labels
2 hours ago
by Karissa Bell
Social MediaThe company is encouraging accounts that frequently post Gen AI content to use the feature, but isn't requiring it.
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Amazon opens up its logistics networks to any business
4 hours ago
by Steve Dent
AmazonThe first to sign up are P&G, 3M, Lands' End and American Eagle.
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Sony will soon settle a PlayStation Store class action lawsuit for $7.8 million
20 hours ago
by Jackson Chen
PlayStationThose affected will see their PlayStation Network accounts automatically credited.
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GameStop submits $56 billion offer to buy eBay
a day ago
by Jackson Chen
GamingThe Wall Street Journal reported that the offer could come as soon as this month.
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Ask.com has shut down, marking the official farewell to the Internet's favorite butler
a day ago
by Jackson Chen
ComputingRIP to the original AI search bot.
The Verge
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Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
an hour ago
by Nilay Patel
Decoder, Podcasts, Ride-sharing, Transportation, UberToday, I’m talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It’s become something of an annual tradition to have Dara join us in the studio when he comes to New York for Uber’s big GO-GET event every year, and it’s always a lot of fun. The big news this year is that Dara is really starting to think about Uber as a much larger platform for travel — starting with the ability to book hotels in the Uber app, thanks to a partnership with Expedia. There’s also new services, like being able to have coffee and snacks in your Uber when it arrives,
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Tesla hits Musk’s threshold for ‘safe unsupervised’ driving
an hour ago
by Andrew J. Hawkins
Autonomous Cars, Electric Cars, Elon Musk, News, Tech, Tesla, TransportationWe've crossed yet another one of Elon Musk's self-driving thresholds. Tesla's fleet of vehicles using the company's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system has driven over 10 billion miles, according to the company's updated safety page. That means the company has crossed the line Musk set earlier this year for "safe unsupervised" driving. But Tesla owners did not suddenly wake up today to find their FSD (Supervised) vehicles transformed into FSD (Unsupervised) ones. FSD is still just a Level 2 system that requires a fully attentive human driver behind the wheel to monitor the road and be prepared to take over at any
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GameStop makes $56 billion offer to acquire eBay
2 hours ago
by Emma Roth
Business, Gaming, News, TechGameStop has made an offer to acquire eBay for $56 billion, which comes as part of GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's plan to transform the online marketplace into a "legit competitor to Amazon," he tells The Wall Street Journal. In an announcement on Monday, eBay says it will "carefully review" the unsolicited proposal, adding that it had "no discussions with or outreach from GameStop" before receiving the bid. GameStop says it will fund the acquisition using $9.4 billion on the company's balance sheet and third-party financing, including up to $20 billion from TD Securities. As noted by the WSJ, the company doesn't
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Hisense aggressively cuts the price of its RGB LED TV on release day
2 hours ago
by John.Higgins
Gadgets, News, Tech, TVsHisense didn’t wait to reduce the UR9’s price by over 40 percent. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge The Hisense UR9 - the first RGB LED TV to be released this year - is now available for much less than originally revealed. The 65-inch UR9 is now $1,999, while the 75-inch model is $2,999 and the 85-inch is $3,999. (There's no updated price yet for the 100-inch.) That's between $1,500 and $2,000 off, depending on size. When I reviewed the UR9, my biggest issue was its price. At $3,500 for a 65-inch, both the LG G6 and Samsung S95H - flagship
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Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter
3 hours ago
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Apple, Matter, News, Smart Home, TechHomebridge, the popular software solution that allows you to integrate non-HomeKit devices like Ring cameras into Apple Home, is adding support for the Matter smart home standard. Today, May 4th, Homebridge 2.0, which has been in beta for over three years, officially launches. Along with other improvements, the update brings the "initial groundwork for Matter support," according to a post on the r/homebridge subreddit from NorthernMan5, one of the GitHub core maintainers. The update enables Homebridge to act as a Matter bridge in addition to a HomeKit bridge, allowing Matter devices to appear in Apple Home through Homebridge. It will also … Read
Wired
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Exclusive: Metalenz Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID Invisible
an hour ago
by Julian Chokkattu
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Phones, In, Plain, SightMetalenz’s Polar ID face-scanning technology works even when the camera is hidden under the display.
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RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect
4 hours ago
by Emily Mullin
Science, Science / Health, Meat, and, FermentsThe first two episodes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new podcast feature him discoursing on food with a reality-TV chef and, for some reason, Mike Tyson. Vaccines are not on the agenda.
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Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
4 hours ago
by Rhett Allain
Science, Science / Physics and Math, Dot, PhysicsOn Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question that has bedeviled sci-fi nerds for years.
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What I Packed to Run 80 Miles Across the Italian Apennine Mountains
5 hours ago
by Kieran Alger
Gear, Gear / Products, Gear / Products / Outdoor, Gear / Reviews, AFKHere's everything you need to survive while running many mountain miles. It all fits into a 10-lb pack.
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A Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now She’s Running for Congress
5 hours ago
by Makena Kelly
Politics, Politics / Politics News, TakeoverAlexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency.