Have an Amazon Fire TV device? Well, you just got Alexa+, Amazon’s AI assistant, for free — whether you like it or not. On Wednesday, Amazon announced that the company would now include Alexa+ at no cost with every Fire TV device. This includes the current-generation Amazon Fire TV Sticks, the Fire TV Cube, Amazon Ember…
Meta’s smart glasses have officially become so controversial that even Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) doesn’t want them around. Well, at least not the consumer version. In a memo issued Aug. 18, acting ICE Director David Venturella told employees that Meta’s camera-equipped glasses count as personal body-worn cameras and therefore cannot be worn in federal…
If your For You page has recently started whispering about a creek, don’t worry: You have not accidentally wandered onto FishingTok. “Quiet on the creek” is the latest TikTok catchphrase to escape the app. People are whispering it, dancing to it, and dropping it into comment sections whenever someone reveals a little too much information….
Everything and everyone has a story. But not all of them are true. I still remember my first undergraduate journalism class when I heard the famous phrase “he who controls the media, controls the mind.” Ever since, I have stayed acutely aware not only of the narratives directed at me, but also of those I…
Some of the world’s frontier model developers have faced backlash for damaging books to train AI models. Now, the original digital bookseller, Amazon, has been caught joining its peers. The news: Sales of secondhand books are reportedly booming, which some business owners worry could be related to bulk orders from AI companies looking to cut…
Marvel Studios may have another massive box office hit on its hands, as early ticket sales for Avengers: Doomsday are reportedly running well ahead of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to early sales data, Avengers: Doomsday is currently pacing approximately 65% ahead of the first two days of pre-sales for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The…
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by Jamie Waters: Leaning into difficult feelings can help you find the way forward, according to a refreshing new wave of books, says Jamie Waters… Eight years ago, when Whitney Goodman was a newly qualified therapist counselling cancer patients, it struck her that positive thinking was being “very heavily pushed”, both in her profession and…
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