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If Alexa’s in your home, you might’ve been one of many users this month who were suddenly moved from the original Alexa to the new AI-powered Alexa+ voice assistant. Amazon announced in early January during CES that it'd be rolling out the new assistant to all Alexa+ Early Access customers, and that turns out to

“Damning” Overall, a lack of updated data can make it more difficult, if not impossible, for federal and state health officials to identify and rapidly respond to emerging outbreaks. It can also prevent the identification of communities or demographics that could benefit most from targeted vaccination outreach. In an accompanying editorial, Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of

Spectacular coincidence or obvious censorship? TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images TikTok wants users to believe that errors blocking uploads of anti-ICE videos or direct messages mentioning Jeffrey Epstein are due to technical errors—not the platform seemingly shifting to censor content critical of

There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering scam spam. The emails originate from [email protected], an address tied to Power BI. The Microsoft platform provides analytics and business intelligence from various sources that can be integrated into a single dashboard. Microsoft documentation says

Salazar v. Paramount hinges on video privacy law’s definition of “consumer.” Credit: Getty Images | Ernesto Ageitos The Supreme Court is taking up a case on whether Paramount violated the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by disclosing a user’s viewing history to Facebook. The case, Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, hinges on the law’s

One of NASA’s three large WB-57 aircraft made an emergency landing at Ellington Field on Tuesday morning in southeastern Houston. Video captured by KHOU 11 television showed the aircraft touching down on the runway without its landing gear extended. The pilot then maintains control of the vehicle as it slides down the runway, slowing the

Speaking online at an event hosted by a rural education charity foundation, Jack Ma said AI posed challenges for rural education but also offered an opportunity to return to the core purpose of teaching. “In the AI era, the question is no longer whether to use AI, but how to teach our children to use

Credit: deepseek Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Tuesday released a research paper and open-sourced its latest optical character recognition (OCR) model, DeepSeek-OCR 2, aiming to improve how machines interpret and process visual information. The company said the model is built on its DeepEncoder V2 architecture, which replaces rigid scanning-based visual encoding with a semantic reasoning

Credit: TechNode At today’s XIN Summit, leading experts in Asia’s tech-globalization ecosystem gathered to discuss how Chinese technology companies can successfully expand overseas. Covering everything from AI devices to robotics, and from Southeast Asia to Europe and the US, the speakers drew on their respective backgrounds in investment, venture building, crowdfunding, and industrial operations to

On Friday, WeChat announced that its Mini Programs will support virtual payment functionality on iOS, with Apple reducing its commission rate to 15%. Previously, iOS Mini Programs faced long-standing restrictions on virtual payments due to Apple’s ecosystem rules, affecting both user experience and developer revenue. This adjustment comes as part of Apple’s new Mini Program