You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam […]
Toys ‘R’ Us Showcases Everything You Hate About AI Made Junk
Private equity vultures made Toys ‘R’ Us go bankrupt in 2017. All its U.S. stores closed in 2021. But the zombie brand is still around thanks to a licensing deal with Macy’s. Now it’s using generative AI to reanimate its corpse with an origin story ad that puts its 70-year history in a machine learning blender, just…
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How the Kaspersky ban will hit resellers in the US
Last week, the U.S. government announced an unprecedented ban on selling any software made by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky in the United States. Just days after the […]
Dappier is building a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to LLM builders
When Napster emerged in the late 1990s, it made it easy for people to grab music files without compensating the content owners.The iPod and the iTunes music store […]
Fetcherr lands $90M to get airlines on board with dynamic pricing
The airline industry is headed for record revenue this year — $996 billion — as the demand for travel soars. But the margins remain razor-thin. According to the […]
Strava to shutter 3D mapping platform Fatmap 18 months after acquisition
Activity tracking platform and community Strava is shutting down Fatmap, the Europe-based 3D mapping platform it had acquired last January. In an email sent to users this week, […]
Flipkart launches payments app, Super.money, in fintech push
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has quietly started rolling out its own payments app, dubbed Super.money, as it broadens its fintech ambitions more than a year and half after […]
M.I.A sells literal ‘tin foil hat’ to supposedly block 5G waves
Musician M.I.A. has launched an apparel brand, Ohmni, that promises to block 5G waves from entering the body.
Wordle today: The answer and hints for June 26
Here’s the answer for “Wordle” #1103 on June 26, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.
Samsung’s next big Unpacked event is officially on July 10
Samsung confirmed all the pertinent details for its next Unpacked event, which is in just a couple of weeks.