From The Verge: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Amazon “hostile” based on a rumor that its site will adjust to show how tariffs affect the total cost of a product. The statement comes just hours after a report from Punchbowl News suggested that the e-commerce giant will display...
From PC Mag: Language learning platform Duolingo has announced plans to go "AI-First," a strategy that will integrate AI into more of the company's workflow and eventually eliminate contract workers.
"AI is already changing how work gets done," writes Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn in a memo shared with...
From CNET: Amazon launched 27 low-Earth orbit satellites on Monday night as part of Project Kuiper, which will provide satellite broadband services, competing with Elon Musk's Starlink. The launch mission, KA-01 or Kuiper Atlas 1, used a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, and began its journey...
From The Verge: OnePlus has reversed a big price hike for the Watch 3 and will sell the smartwatch for $349.99, OnePlus spokesperson Spencer Blank tells The Verge via email. That’s $20 more than the price it was initially announced at, but a big drop from the unexplained $499.99 cost it debuted at...
From PC Mag: Nearly two weeks after a major outage, 4chan is back online — but the site now admits it suffered a "catastrophic" hack that exposed critical data, including its source code.
In addition, the whole incident could have been avoided if 4chan’s development team had routinely installed...
From PC World: The free and open-source smart home platform Home Assistant got another vote of confidence today, with the IoT manufacturer Xthings announcing that its Ultraloq U-Bolt series of Z-Wave smart deadbolts will be integrated with it.
Both the U-Bolt Z-Wave ($180) and the up-market U-Bolt...
"Did you go to Sir Winston Churchill High School?" a student in my class asked me in one of our side conversations. I laughed and replied, "Yeah, I did. Why did you ask?" "Oh, you just seem like the type," she said. Now, what exactly is the "type" that goes to Sir Winston Churchill High School here in Calgary? For those who are not from here, Churchill is one of the best public high schools in the province, and in general, any nerdy looking Asian...
As my wife and I have been settling more into our rhythms of work and life, we have been discussing how to better design our living space at home. From the color of the walls, the artwork, where the furniture goes, and having houseplants, we have had many discussions to explore these ideas and how to approach each decision. Now, design and art are one of my least developed skills. I have a bad eye for how colors go together or how to envision...
From PC Mag: ChatGPT has had a "Deep Research" tool since February, but it's been limited to subscribers. Now, the company is rolling out a lightweight version to all users, including those on the free service.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, says the lightweight version of its Deep Research...
From PC World: As of yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed the issue and implemented a fix, but that fix won’t actually roll out until “early May” (Beta Channel), “mid May” (Current Channel Preview), or “late May” (Current Channel). If you absolutely can’t wait that long for the update, you can revert...
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