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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he “absolutely” believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

Since 2015, Be My Eyes has worked to connect our 6.9 million volunteers to users to assist them with everyday tasks. Our mission is to make the world more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision, which is why, seven months ago, our team began working with the blind community to incorporate AI into the existing Be...

A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating content and growing a following by taking advantage of a fundamental new truth: privacy is now essentially dead in public spaces....

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Two years ago, the metaverse was billed as the next big thing - but many in the tech world have already moved on....

Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they “didn’t reduce carbon emissions”::Danish toy giant Lego said 2 years of experimentation with blocks made from recycled plastic bottles showed they “didn’t reduce carbon emissions.”

Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It’s putting those people in an awkward spot::Big Tech wants to bring back some of the workers it laid off. The decision might come down to how a company handled the layoffs.

A partnership with OpenAI will let podcasters replicate their voices to automatically create foreign-language versions of their shows.

Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle::Even though the company behind the wildly popular game engine walked back its controversial new fee policy, the damage is done.

The company’s DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry....

NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters::NASA retrieved a sample from an asteroid for the first time, providing scientists with material to understand the early origins of the solar system.

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Google will discontinue the Basic HTML version of its Gmail service in January 2024....

The Billionaire Keeping TikTok on Phones in the U.S.::Financier Jeff Yass made a big bet on the app, and he’s a top donor to lawmakers who support it.

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much — From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections, and it is completely changing the way we conceive o…::From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the...