Amazon Unveils Alexa+, Powered by Generative A.I.
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Amazon Unveils Alexa+, Powered by Generative A.I.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Amazon’s Alexa is undergoing its biggest overhaul since debuting more than a decade ago. On Wednesday, Amazon said it was giving Alexa a new brain powered by generative artificial intelligence. The update, called Alexa+, is set to make the virtual assistant more conversational…

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

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Less than a year after introducing its artificial intelligence capabilities, Apple is bringing the feature to its most affordable iPhone. On Wednesday, the company unveiled an iPhone that will cost $599 and feature an A.I. system it calls Apple Intelligence. The device brings…

Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
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Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to Chinese rivals that have shifted the definition of a high-end car to one that is electric, smart and affordable. Many new Chinese vehicles resemble their…

Banks Sell .7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand
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Banks Sell $4.7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion in 2022, more than a quarter of that was financed by loans from banks including Morgan Stanley. Banks normally quickly sell off such loans, but in this case they kept much of that debt because…

Apple and Google Restore TikTok to App Stores in the U.S.
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Apple and Google Restore TikTok to App Stores in the U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the short-form video platform in compliance with a new law that banned it in the country. President Trump tried to pause enforcement…

Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission
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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company dropped a longstanding effort to change its corporate structure. Mr. Musk and a consortium of investors had offered on Monday…

Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
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Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Whatever you choose to call it, Elon Musk has captured the inner workings of the U.S. government on President Trump’s behalf. His operatives reportedly infiltrated the General Services Administration, gained access to the nation’s system for issuing payments like tax refunds, locked workers…

How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump
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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At President Trump’s inauguration, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, was relegated to the overflow room while other tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took prime spots on the dais under the Capitol rotunda. But days earlier, before flying into…

OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at 0 Billion
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OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at $300 Billion

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines OpenAI is set to complete a $40 billion fund-raising deal that nearly doubles the high-profile company’s valuation from just four months ago. The new fund-raising round, led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, values OpenAI at $300 billion, according to three people with knowledge…

What It’s Like to Be a Football Fan in Antarctica
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What It’s Like to Be a Football Fan in Antarctica

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For about a week leading up to the A.F.C. championship game, Meredith Nolan had been living on a hulking research vessel parked in an Antarctic port. The ship, called the Noosfera, had been waiting for favorable sea conditions before plowing into the icy…