TechRadar

I helped create Amazon's Alexa – here's why I think businesses should embrace humanity's analogous imperfection to succeed

I've witnessed firsthand the remarkable development of AI, having helped to create the technology that eventually became Amazon’s Alexa. Today, models can be extraordinary conversationalists, ...
Daily Mail

Strictly bosses are struggling to rein in Thomas Skinner as show nears breaking point before it even starts - after one very unhappy pro breaks ranks and two celebs quit

The Strictly saga shows no sign of letting up for the 2025 series with unhappy pros breaking ranks and two star departures before the live shows even kick off. The latest news from set suggests ...
Columbia Missourian

Mercury snap back from 20-point deficit to beat Lynx in OT and even WNBA semifinal series

MINNEAPOLIS — Satou Sabally scored 11 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter and Alyssa Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury erase a 20-point deficit and beat the Minnesota ...
Ars Technica

Broadcom’s prohibitive VMware prices create a learning “barrier,” IT pro says

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced kids to stay home, educators flocked to VMware, and thousands of school districts adopted virtualization. The technology became a solution for distance learning ...
NPR

U.S. Education Dept. unites conservative groups to create 'patriotic' civics content

The U.S. Department of Education announced a partnership Wednesday with more than 40 conservative organizations to create programming around civics aimed at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...
Institute of Development Studies

How pro-migration policies can create backlash and fuel the right-wing agenda

The world is witnessing a rise of the right-wing. A common thread uniting many of these groups is their anti-migration agenda. Politicians such as Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, and Alice Weidel have ...
Houston Chronicle

Galveston Sandcastle Festival draws thousands as architects create sandy tributes to Harry Potter, Minecraft

Thousands of people descended on Galveston’s East Beach on Saturday for the annual Sandcastle Festival. Twenty-seven teams, most of them professional architecture firms, were in the running for the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan

Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated ...
Digital Trends

The iPhone 17 Pro lets you create this iconic movie effect. But there’s a catch

Apple has just unveiled the iPhone 17 series, with the premium Pro model featuring a chassis crafted from a single piece of aluminum, a larger battery, a new “vapor chamber” for cooling, and a display ...
TechRadar

‘We did not chase clicks, we build trust’ - How Hubspot wants to help write the AI marketing playbook

Hubspot has opened its Inbound 2025 conference with the launch of a host of new tools and services to help customers revolutionize their marketing in the age of AI, with 200 new features and an AI ...
Retail TouchPoints

Gildan Buys Hanes for $2.2 Billion to Create Global Basic Apparel Powerhouse

Gildan Activewear has entered into a definitive agreement to pay $2.2 billion for HanesBrands in a deal that places its enterprise value at $4.4 billion. The acquisition will give HanesBrands ...
Geeky Gadgets

Create Ads Like a Pro : How AI Is Transforming Modern Marketing

What if your next ad campaign could be created in minutes, tailored to your audience, and optimized in real time—all without a single brainstorming session? This isn’t a distant future; it’s the ...