The 13 best unlocked phone deals in Best Buy’s 3-day sale

The 13 best unlocked phone deals in Best Buy’s 3-day sale

If you haven’t upgraded your phone in a few years, then this 3-day sale from Best Buy is the perfect opportunity to do so. You can take advantage of dozens of unlocked phone deals on everything from budget-friendly phones that cost less than a couple of hundred dollars to high-end folding phones. Whatever it is, …

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Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

Google weighing ‘Project Ellmann,’ uses Gemini AI to tell life stories

“Project Ellmann” is an internal Google proposal to use artificial intelligence to help users get a “bird’s-eye view” of their life stories. The idea would to use LLMs like Gemini to ingest search results, spot patterns in a user’s photos, create a chatbot and “answer previously impossible questions” about a person’s life. The team also …

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Amazon CEO says generative AI will change every customer experience

Amazon CEO says generative AI will change every customer experience

In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said generative AI will change the customer experience in the company’s enterprise and discretionary consumer business. “Generative AI is going to change every customer experience, and it’s going to make it much more accessible for everyday developers, and even business users, to use,” he …

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Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk A.I.

Microsoft’s president meets with the Chinese government to talk A.I.

Microsoft President Brad Smith met with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao to discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence to trade relations between Washington and Beijing. The meeting underscores China’s attempt to show it remains favorable to American businesses amid continued tensions with the U.S. and as it looks to reinvigorate its economy. The statement …

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Why a ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a problem for Big Tech

Why a ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a problem for Big Tech

A global rush for the next wave of generative artificial intelligence is increasing public scrutiny on Big Tech’s expanding water footprint. Shaolei Ren, a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study investigating the resources needed to run buzzy generative AI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Ren and his colleagues found that …

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Google Pixel Watch 2 just got its first proper discount

Google Pixel Watch 2 just got its first proper discount

Joe Maring / Digital Trends If you’re on the hunt for smartwatch deals, here’s an offer that you should definitely consider — the Google Pixel Watch 2 for $300, down from $350 at Best Buy We think there’s a lot of shoppers who have been waiting for the wearable device’s first proper discount since its …

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Tesla: When Big Tech Facebook, Google and Tesla lost over $200 billion in a week

Tesla: When Big Tech Facebook, Google and Tesla lost over 0 billion in a week

The so-called Magnificent Seven technology companies brigade that have powered this year’s US stock rally seem to be having not so great time in the stock market. These “magnificent seven” comprise seven technology companies: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook parent Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. The seven have added almost $4tn in market capitalisation in 2023, …

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