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Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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As Cars Get Smarter, Personalization Presents Privacy Problems

Ford may want to authenticate your face when you get behind the wheel.

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Big Tech

Amazon Pours Another $4 billion into Anthropic

It’s not quite Christmas yet, but Amazon is putting cash in the stocking of its favorite AI startup, Anthropic.

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Nvidia May Take Humans out of the Data Center Equation

The filing signals that the company wants to be a thought leader in the data center space.

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Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

The company’s ad overhaul has largely worked in its favor based on its recent earnings report

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Media & Entertainment

Andreessen Horowitz Backs Generative AI TV and Film Studio

Will generative artificial intelligence’s star be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Andreessen Horowitz sure thinks so.

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Can Microsoft’s Bing — or Anyone Else — Ever Overtake Google?

Microsoft wants to get up close and personal to make its search results better.

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Industries

Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

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Microsoft hasn’t signed off on OpenAI’s dramatic reversal of its onetime plan to become a for-profit venture.

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Adobe Wants to Fix When AI Starts to Drift

Adobe wants to stop AI models from losing their trains of thought.

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Big Tech

Meta Jostles With EU and US Regulators in Same Week

European authorities fined Meta for allegedly engaging in antitrust behavior by favoring its classified service Facebook Marketplace.

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Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Industries

DoorDash Scoops up British Rival Deliveroo in Global Push

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DoorDash binged Wednesday on British delivery rival Deliveroo, which it is set to acquire in a $3.9 billion deal.

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