Apart from billionaires, no one seems to feel good about the economy right now – but by one key measure, Americans are doing better than ever. The latest report from the Department of Labor showed that applications for unemployment benefits have plunged to an almost...

Brent crude oil prices hit $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since May, after reports that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea located near the Strait of Hormuz, per CNN. West Texas Intermediate futures, a benchmark for...

In a memo to staff that was posted online, Conte the company's core business is strong, but that the platform has to respond to market changes and adjust its cost structure to remain stable.

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Corgi had announced a B1 round of $106 million at a $2.6 billion valuation at the end of May.

Trains are a great way to get around. You just have to make sure you’re across the schedule if you intend to get where you’re going in a timely manner. Train departure boards exist for that very purpose. As a train fan, [Jon] always wanted such a thing, so decided to...

Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now, it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.

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Though GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound are lauded for their transformative effects, including weight loss and lower blood sugar, they’re not without their side effects. Those can include nausea, bone density loss, and digestive troubles—and according to...

Samsung is reportedly weighing a €1 billion investment in Mistral, giving the French AI lab a possible €20 billion valuation as Europe pushes sovereign AI. The post Samsung Reportedly Weighs €1B Mistral AI Investment appeared first on TechRepublic.

Alphabet says Gemini now has 950 million monthly active users as AI drives Google Cloud growth and brings the chatbot closer to the scale of ChatGPT. The post Google Says Gemini Reaches 950 Million Monthly Users as AI Growth Accelerates appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Artificial intelligence is seemingly all that leaders can talk about right now. It’s discussed in all-hands meetings, included in individual and company goals, and employees are measured by how many tokens they’re using or hours spent on pilot projects. No doubt, AI...

Everyone is obsessed with Japan as of late. People want to travel there, watch the movies, eat the food, and wear the fashion. But it appears the fascination has since trickled down, and now even AI can’t stop talking about Japan. Ask ChatGPT what culture intrigues...

Meta is reportedly developing Switchboard, an internal AI router designed to send simpler tasks to cheaper models and reduce rising token costs. The post Meta Develops Switchboard to Route Simpler AI Tasks to Cheaper Models appeared first on TechRepublic.

Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email

Fire TV Sticks are back down to all-time low prices for Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale. We'll break down just how good of a deal you can get.

Today’s phone microphones are perfectly adept at picking up sound in all sorts of conditions, and they’re backed by all kinds of processing techniques to filter out noise and capture clean audio. [mcore1976] has been working on a device to jam phone microphones that...