/ Amazon is calling its shopping assistant Rufus, and it’s rolling out to select customers now. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer
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Yelp will use AI to tell you if that burger’s any good
/ Yelp’s new AI review summaries will highlight a location’s atmosphere, best dishes, prices, and more. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox
/ Apple’s new rules in the EU are supposed to open up iOS to alternative browsers, but Mozilla says they put an unnecessary burden on developers. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto,
eBay will pay $3 million over bizarre cyberstalking campaign
Policy/ Tech / In 2019, a group of seven former eBay employees sent live insects and a bloody pig mask to the publishers of a newsletter critical of the company. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming
Rabbit sells out 10,000 units of its R1 pocket AI companion in one day
/ Preorders have opened for a second production run of the $199 ‘Large Action Model’ R1 handheld AI device after its CES 2024 debut attracted a flood of interest. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars,
Rabbit sells out 10,000 units of its R1 pocket AI companion in one day
/ Preorders have opened for a second production run of the $199 ‘Large Action Model’ R1 handheld AI device after its CES 2024 debut attracted a flood of interest. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars,
The Last of Us casts Kaitlyn Dever as Abby
/ Dever, who starred in No One Will Save You and Justified, is joining the show for its second season. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously,
Ecovacs’ new cleaning station pairs its flagship robovac with a handheld vacuum
/ The all-in-one station automatically empties both the X2 robovac and handheld vacuum. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at
AMD’s Ryzen 8000-series chips get an AI upgrade
/ AMD’s new Ryzen 7 8700G comes with a neural processing unit that’s built for AI. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer
ChatGPT, Copilot, and Bard: How AI is rewriting the internet
Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Bard, and OpenAI, with ChatGPT-4, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3