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Media & Entertainment

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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Social Media

Reddit’s Expansion Hinges on AI Translation and Sprinkling in some Google Magic

Reddit, the world’s newest publicly-traded social media company, intends to chase growth by breaking into new markets.

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Patent Drop

Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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Why Salesforce Might Be Eying AI Image Generation

The tech could make graphics generation more intuitive as the company continues its push towards AI agents.

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Industries

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

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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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Patent Drop

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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Google May Be Giving Glasses Another Go. Will It Succeed?

Despite its initial fumble with Google Glass, there are a few reasons it may be able to avoid another “glassholes” situation.

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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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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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JPMorgan Chase May Use Blockchain to Check Facts

Core blockchain technologies themselves are being adopted at a more gradual pace.

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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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