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Zoom launches a cross application AI notetaker, AI avatars and more in its latest update

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-24 19:00:00

Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered meeting scheduling, and AI avatars that resemble users. With these features, the company aims to compete with verticalized meeting startups and productivity suites. The company has long offered an AI bot that can record and transcribe Zoom meetings. However, cross-application meeting notetakers like Re

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Ten years after selling Periscope to Twitter, startup's co-founder raises $40 million for Macroscope

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-24 23:00:01

It's been a decade since Kayvon Beykpour sold Periscope to Twitter for a reported $100 million, allowing the social media site to jump into livestreaming. Twitter shuttered Periscope in 2021, and the parent company, now called X and owned by Elon Musk, gravitated to a live events product called Spaces. Meanwhile, Beykpour, who spent seven years at Twitter after the acquisition, is back with Macroscope. He said on Wednesday that he's raised $40 million from venture investors, including GV (form

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There's Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-24 22:19:47

For many hopeful entrepreneurs, founding a successful company is a ticket to the top, the lofty promise of fame and fortune. Yet for a growing number of up-and-coming AI executives, a successful tech startup is the end in itself — not a step toward luxury, but a rejection of it. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the newest class of young founders flocking to the Bay Area are eschewing the frivolities enjoyed by their peers in favor of a proudly minimalist, monk-like existence. "Why would I

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Google's new study tool personalizes your learning material - here's how

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-09-24 23:42:48

MirageC/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Learn Your Way is now available in Google Labs. Google's education-centered AI models personalize material. AI companies continue to market study tools to younger users. Google is introducing a new way to interact with textbooks, using gen AI to personalize your studying methods. The experience, called Learn Your Way, uses LearnLM, Google's education-specific models, to first person

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Launch HN: RunRL (YC X25) – Reinforcement learning as a service

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 23:13:00

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New PS5 Update Lets DualSense Controllers Pair With Multiple Devices at the Same Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 23:32:55

All you PlayStation 5 players can now pair your wireless DualSense controllers with up to four devices at a time and toggle among them. For some time, you've been able to pair your DualSense controllers not just with PS5s and other PlayStation consoles, but also with PCs, Macs, smartphones and other Bluetooth devices. But that pairing could happen with only one device at a time; using a different device with a DualSense required pairing all over again. That changes now, with system update 25.0

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Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-24 23:09:19

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon is opening the door to even more AI ads by offering sellers access to a new chatbot that can generate promos with a simple text prompt. With the new tool, Amazon sellers can describe the type of ad they’d like to see, and the AI chatbot will draw from a s

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Airbuds is the music social network Apple and Spotify wish they had built

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-24 23:36:38

A new social network has been quietly blowing up with Gen Z and younger, and it’s not from Meta. San Francisco-based Airbuds offers a mobile, social app that lets people express themselves through their music. Users can share what they’re streaming with friends through a smartphone widget that works with a range of streaming services. On Wednesday, Airbuds is announcing its raise of $5 million in funding from early-stage venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, founded by Reddit co-founder Alexis

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Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-09-24 23:44:14

In Brief Luxury car-maker Jaguar Land Rover said Tuesday it will not resume vehicle manufacturing operations until at least September 24 due to a cyberattack earlier this month. In a new statement, the company said it informed colleagues, suppliers, and partners that the halt in production will extend into its third week. The company said this was due to “the controlled restart of our global operations, which will take time,” the company wrote. Laura Savvas, a spokesperson for Jaguar Land Ro

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Nvidia boss says UK will be 'AI superpower' as tech firms invest billions

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-25 03:10:33

Nvidia boss says UK will be 'AI superpower' as tech firms invest billions 50 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor and Faisal Islam Economics editor Share Save Watch: UK is not giving up its digital sovereignty, Microsoft boss tells BBC Major US tech firms have pledged tens of billions of pounds worth of investment in the UK, with Nvidia Jensen Huang, predicting the country will become an "AI superpower". The biggest single investment comes from Microsoft, which has announced

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Galaxy owners baffled by ‘daily download limit’ error for updates

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 03:32:10

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Galaxy phone users are running into an unusual error message when attempting to download an update. The message says “the server has reached its daily download limit.” It appears that Samsung may have had a glitch in its update infrastructure. Samsung recently started rolling out its September 2025 security update. As you would expect, this build contains a variety of vulnerability fixes for Galaxy devices. While usually you could check to see if the pat

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9to5Mac Daily: September 17, 2025 – watchOS 26 features, more

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-09-25 03:29:40

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by iMazing: iMazing lets you back up, transfer, and manage your iPhone and iPad data like never before — including messages, photos, music, WhatsApp, voicemails, battery health, and more. No cloud required. Use code 9to5mac-20off to get 20% off, exclusively f

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This PS5 Update Lets DualSense Controllers Pair With Multiple Devices at the Same Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 03:03:25

All you PlayStation 5 players can now pair your wireless DualSense controllers with up to four devices at a time and toggle between them. For some time, you've been able to pair your DualSense controllers not just with PS5s and other PlayStation consoles, but also with PCs, Macs, smartphones and other Bluetooth devices. But that pairing could happen with only one device at a time; using a different device with a DualSense required pairing all over again. That changes now, with system update 25

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Nvidia’s AI chips are no longer welcome in China

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-09-25 03:03:12

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese technology companies are barred from purchasing Nvidia’s latest AI chips custom-made for China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The Cyberspace Administration of China banned buying and testing the RTX Pro 6000D chips,

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AI and the Future of Defense: Mach Industries’ Ethan Thornton at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-25 04:00:00

From stealth mode to center stage, Mach Industries is bringing AI into one of the world’s most complex and controversial sectors: defense. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to share what it takes to build in high-stakes environments where speed and autonomy matter most — and why next-gen infrastructure starts with rethinking the fundamentals. Inside the AI arms race — and the founder aiming to rewrite it Thornton launched Ma

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Workday stock climbs as activist investor Elliott takes $2 billion stake

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-09-25 07:55:44

Shares of Workday popped 9% on Wednesday to around $238 after activist investor Elliott Investment Management announced a $2 billion stake in the company. Workday announced a multi-year plan to enhance its operating model and capital allocation framework on Tuesday, and Elliott said it believes the plan will drive "substantial long-term value creation." "We believe CEO Carl Eschenbach, CFO Zane Rowe and the entire Workday team have made substantial progress in recent years, positioning Workday

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Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They're Trying to Peddle "Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-25 06:08:46

When a job seeker named Conor recently applied for a content architecture position, something felt off right away. For one thing, he got an offer for a virtual job interview just minutes after he applied, which seemed like a suspiciously quick turnaround time in today's beleaguered job market. Was there any way that a human had actually reviewed his application? And when he logged in for the interview, he immediately realized he was talking to an AI system, not a human. It wasn't the first tim

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AT&T's new AI receptionist will answer calls for you - and block spam

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-25 07:23:46

AT&T Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AT&T's digital receptionist will use AI to screen your calls. The goal is to determine if a call is legitimate or spam. The feature will roll out this year as a test for select AT&T customers. How often do you receive a call from an unknown number and debate whether to answer it? Spam calls continue to plague us all, often making us hesitant to answer our phones unless we know who's calling. Now AT&T is turni

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Zuckerberg Gets a Personal Political Piggy Bank With Meta Super Pac

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-25 06:35:48

Mark Zuckerberg, man of the (digital) people, demigod of the Metaverse, founder of the almighty Meta, is looking to get just a little bit more politically involved over the next few election cycles, a new report shows. The Verge has revealed that, in an exceedingly unusual move, Zuck has created his own personal super PAC, dubbed the Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, or META. In the near term, the org plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on political advertising while a

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Jack Black and Paul Rudd’s Meta ‘Anaconda’ Trailer Goes Full ‘Tropic Thunder’

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-25 07:00:33

Sony Pictures Entertainment finally released the official trailer for a new Anaconda remake, starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black, transforming the creature feature into a full-on comedy. The first time we heard of an Anaconda remake was last December. In it, Rudd and Black essentially gave us a vibe check that their remake of the film would lean heavily into the campy nature of the 1997 flick starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, and Jon Voight. Before that, all we knew about the plot was that it wo

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Americans Want More Control Over the AI in Their Lives, Pew Survey Finds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 07:00:05

Artificial intelligence is everywhere now, powering song recommendations on Spotify, filling inboxes with AI-written emails, and showing up in classrooms and workplaces around the world. You may not feel like you get much say in where and how AI shows up in your life. You're not the only one. That's the takeaway from a Pew Research Center report published Wednesday, which finds that six out of 10 Americans (61%) want more control over how AI is used in their lives. More than half (57%) say they

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Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-25 07:18:50

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s introducing an always-on AI agent that will help sellers on its platform run their businesses. The company is updating Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, to help handle tasks on the seller’s behalf. “Our agentic AI capabilities are designed to work seamlessly throughout the entire selling experience, which means sellers can go from handling every task themselves to collaborating with an intelligent assistant that works proactively on t

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Amazon introduces AI agent to help sellers with tedious tasks

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-25 11:01:24

Packages ride on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday, one of the company's busiest days at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Amazon on Wednesday introduced an artificial intelligence agent that will help third-party merchants operate their online businesses. The company is adding agentic capabilities to Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, meaning the software can take action on a merchant's behalf with their permission, Amazon said. The up

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Nothing OS 4.0 teaser hints at a sleeker UI, new clock styles, dashboard to track AI usage, more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 08:31:22

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has shared another teaser for the upcoming Nothing OS 4.0. According to the announcement, Nothing OS 4.0 features a more minimalist design, camera enhancements, and a new AI dashboard to track usage across various AI apps. The launch date hasn’t been announced, but Nothing says an open beta is coming soon. Stable Android 16 has been available for months, but Samsung is the only brand to have released a stable Android 16-based update for its devic

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With Lumo, Proton thinks it can carve a place at the AI table

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 11:00:00

Proton released Lumo — its privacy-focused chatbot built on open-source models — in mid-July, and, following an update in August that addressed some early issues, I find myself using it more often than ChatGPT or Claude. In a world where internet companies have done so much damage to our society, I'm trying to find more ethical tools. But when the competition offers flashier features in exchange for the low price of user data, does Proton seriously think it can compete? If Eamonn Maguire, Proto

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You absolutely should not buy Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 11:10:09

Apple released its thinnest phone yet last week, the iPhone Air, and revealed the new iPhone Air MagSafe Battery alongside it. The existence of a specially-made battery pack wasn’t a big surprise to me, because there had been rumors of the iPhone Air for months leading up to the event. Everyone was prepared for the thinnest iPhone ever to make some battery life sacrifices to achieve its svelte design. However, what was a surprise to me was how much Apple leaned on the new battery during the iPh

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Amazon's new AI agent can make an ad from start to finish - how to try it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-25 11:00:00

Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon says its agent makes high-quality ad production a breeze. The agent aims to give SMBs better advertising tools. It's accessible via a new "chat" feature in Creative Studio. Amazon has launched a new AI agent that automates virtually every step of the advertisement-production process, from audience research to ideation to storyboarding to the production of a short video ad. Also: In 2 years, half of a

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You can run a Google search directly in Windows now - no browser needed

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-25 11:49:18

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now run a Google search directly in Windows. The new Google app for Windows works in Windows 10 and 11. Google Lens is integrated, so you can search on selected text and images. If you're like me, you probably head to Google's search engine on the web several times a day to get information on specific topics. But if you're working in Windows, that means you have to stop wha

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Procedural Island Generation (III)

news.ycombinator.com Chema Guerra 2025-09-25 10:29:49

Resulting terrain elevation with multi-scale noise layers and mountain peaks This post continues from Part II, where we established the paint map foundation and mountain ridge system. Now we’ll add detailed noise layers, distance-based mountain peaks, and do blending to create the final terrain elevation. Paint Map (recap) Before applying noise layers, we start with the foundation established in Part I - the paint map that defines our base land/water distribution: The paint map from Part I -

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Tau² Benchmark: How a Prompt Rewrite Boosted GPT-5-Mini by 22%

news.ycombinator.com Przemysław Hejman 2025-09-25 11:03:24

In a recent post, we introduced the Tau² benchmark, a framework for benchmaring LLMs. Today we’re sharing a surprising discovery we made while using it: a simple prompt rewrite boosted a small model’s success rate by over 20%. This post is a deep-dive on how we found and fixed this performance bottleneck by making subtle changes to agent policies. Benchmarking LLMs with Tau² On the recent OpenAI Summer Update, we have seen that GPT-5 model has made significant strides in agentic tasks. To vali

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