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Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions
5/2/2024
Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:03
Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers
5/2/2024
Tesla has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its connector the defacto standard in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:03:49
Bumble’s “Opening Move” feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time
5/1/2024
As Bumble prepares for its app relaunch this summer, the women-first dating platform announced a series of product updates on Tuesday, including a new feature that lets women prepare questions to send to matches, additional dating intention preferences and prompts, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:04:24
The first-ever race between four self-driving cars and a Formula 1 driver just happened in Abu Dhabi
5/1/2024
Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:23
Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs
4/30/2024
Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than its core food delivery business, as per the bank’s sum-of-the-parts analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:04:18
OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use
4/30/2024
OpenAI, maker of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, has netted another news licensing deal in Europe, adding London’s Financial Times to a growing list of publishers it’s paying for content access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:11
Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills
4/29/2024
Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:02:34
The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems
4/29/2024
At a quick glance the IBM-HashiCorp deal seems like a good one for both sides, but upon closer inspection, perhaps not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:31
TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns
4/26/2024
TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:04:18
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150 million monthly active users
4/26/2024
Meta’s Twitter/X rival Threads is growing at a stable pace. The social network now has more than 150 million monthly active users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:02:23
Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids
4/25/2024
Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy continued to cut into the automaker’s bottom line Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:48
X is launching a TV app for videos ‘soon’
4/25/2024
X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is launching a dedicated TV app for videos uploaded to the social network soon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:02:19
Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop
4/24/2024
Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:04:12
Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5-$3B valuation for its AI search platform, sources say
4/24/2024
Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is a hot property at the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:09
TikTok Shop expands its secondhand luxury fashion offering to the UK
4/23/2024
TikTok Shop, TikTok’s social commerce marketplace, is launching a secondhand luxury category in the U.K., putting it in closer competition with The RealReal, Vestiaire Collective, Depop, Poshmark, and Mercari, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:03:38
Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature for users to send date plans to their curious friends
4/23/2024
It’s not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback or to let them know who they’re seeing that weekend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:03:16
Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues
4/22/2024
Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:03:56
Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them
4/22/2024
Artificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:01
Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters
4/19/2024
The world is on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:03:08
Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla, Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation
4/19/2024
Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:05:25