Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…change soon. New civil investigative demands reveal that the Federal Trade Commission is looking at potentially exclusionary behavior around Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, as well as its role in the AI…
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Uber employees have a Dara AI
…How is AI changing our board processes? I’ve got to think about that one. Oh, trust, I get those pitches. You don’t want anything to do with those. Let’s…
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
…more advanced Starbucks features — or have any idea what I’d just been up to. I can’t shake the idea that this app — like so many AI tools — appears to be…
What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your…
Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign
…The suggestions pop up before you take a photo, though Sony says you can turn the feature off entirely if you prefer. It seems much more powerful than the rather basic AI…
All these smart glasses and nothing to do
…Not only do they look alike, but most are similarly unsubtle in their attempts to stick AI on your face. They’re loaded with promises about how wearable AI can change your…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…So, the per-puff points system is a defunct legacy feature, and the crypto portfolio-managing agentic AI doesn’t actually exist yet. What does this actually do again, besides the obvious…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…I hope you’ve seen how much has changed in the car. It’s truly been by bringing in end-to-end features, not only changing the user interface but having your…
Smart Home
…Increased resolution provides clearer video and better zoom capabilities and feeds richer data into Ring’s AI features, such as Search Party , AI-generated text descriptions , and search history . The cameras will…
Amazon Alexa
…Amazon’s AI-powered assistant can use visual context from Ring doorbells to identify visitors, interpret why they’re there, and interact “intelligently” using natural language, according to the company . The feature…