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Tesla signs $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to make AI chips

Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics, a move that could bolster the South Korean tech giant’s unprofitable contract business but is unlikely to help Tesla sell more EVs

This AI startup lets you ask data questions in plain English—and gets you answers in seconds

Businesses have spent the past decade or more amassing vast amounts of data on customers, sales, and nearly everything else measurable. Yet everyday employees—and even C-suite leaders—often struggle to work directly with these datasets, which typically require specialized technical skills to access, analyze, and query.

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Estée Laundry is back—and this time it’s got a newsletter

Estée Laundry, the anonymous Instagram account and self-proclaimed beauty industry “watchdog,” is back after a two-year hiatus.

Estée Laundry—the name a play on beauty giant Estée Lauder—launched in 2018 to air out “the beauty industry’s dirty laundry,” as the account’s bio once read. It posted regularly, and followers, or “Laundrites,” were encouraged to weigh in on daily beauty news and controversies. That continued unti

Why Elon Musk’s ‘Baby Grok’ has child safety advocates alarmed

The AI companion space will soon see another new entrant. Elon Musk, the owner of xAI and social media platform X, announced recently, “We’re going to make Baby Grok @xAI, an app dedicated to kid-friendly content.”

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What content strategy looks like in the age of AI

There’s an air of panic in the media world. The specter of AI has been looming large for a couple of years now, but the threat now appears to be solidifying. Publishers are reporting that search traffic is in free fall, and there&#82

‘Customer satisfaction at the end of the day’: TikTok users push Costco’s return policy to the limit with wild refunds

Costco is well-known for its no-questions-asked return policy. Now some shoppers are taking it upon themselves to test the limits of that policy.

“Returning my slime stained carpet to Costco,” one TikTok user posted earlier this month.

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Is ChatGPT making us stupid? Depends on how it’s used

Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?

In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested the answer was yes, arguing that technology such as search engines worsened Americans’ ability to think deeply and retain know

LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman says the career ladder is disappearing in the AI era

As AI evolves, the world of work is getting even better for the most creative, curious, and growth-minded employees. So says Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer. Raman has intriguing and urgent insights on why the career ladder is disappearing—and how AI will help transform it into more of a climbing wall, with a unique path for each of us. Lea

This Florida company’s imaging tool helps speed up natural disaster recovery efforts

It has, to date, been a calm hurricane season in the state of Florida, but any resident of the Southeast will tell you that the deeper into summer we go, the more dangerous it becomes.

There’s no stopping Mother Nature’s wrath, but a Florida-based tech company has come up with a way to help state officials begin recovery efforts after a storm blows through. The technology could event

TikTok reacts to alleged shoplifter detained after 7 hours in Illinois Target

TikTok has become obsessed with an alleged shoplifter who spent seven straight hours in a Target before being detained by security on her way out. Now, people are making pilgrimages to the Target store in Illinois.

The woman, a tourist visiting the U.S., allegedly stole approximately $1,300 worth of merchandise from Target on May 1. After body camera footage of her deta


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