Google and Intel announced an expanded multi-year partnership on Thursday for Google Cloud to continue utilizing Intel AI infrastructure and to keep developing processors together. Google Cloud will use Intel’s Xeon processors, including Intel’s latest Xeon 6 chips, for AI, cloud, and inference tasks. The company has used Intel’s various Xeon processors for decades. The…
Bret Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Sierra, a startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, is convinced that the way humans interact with software will change in the near future. Last month, Sierra launched Ghostwriter, an agent designed to build other agents. With this “agent as a service” tool, the startup intends to…
Apps like Superhuman and Mimestream have tried to get people to inbox zero on the desktop. Now, a new app called Avec for mobile devices aims to get you through your inbox using Tinder-style swipe cards and voice-based replies. The app, initially available on iOS, uses Tinder-style cards where, by default, the left swipe adds…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a Kendrick Lamar diss track, if the rapper was a corporate-speak talking CEO and not a poetic Pulitzer-prize winning musician. Meaning, you have to know the history to understand all of the competitors Jassy takes aim at, alongside cute personal stories about his unrealized dream…
Spotify is introducing new controls that allow users to disable all videos in the app, the company announced on Thursday. The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says. Starting today, Family Plan managers around the world can switch video content on or off for…
There is a lot of attention on domestic manufacturing in the United States these days. But for Turner Caldwell, who spent nearly a decade at Tesla, there’s not enough attention on the minerals and metals that sit at the very bottom of the supply chain. It’s why he left Tesla and started Mariana Minerals in…
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems are now considered the standard if you want to attract customers. Users expect a range communication methods including phone lines, text and app messaging, and video conferencing. There’s not much that is more frustrating than being stuck in a phone queue with a poor-quality line. This is where…
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The developer of the popular file encryption software VeraCrypt says Microsoft has blocked access to the account he used for sending updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their PCs with his software may soon face issues accessing their computers. VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi said in an online post on March 30…
In response to escalating concerns about child safety online, OpenAI has unveiled a blueprint to enhance U.S. child protection efforts amid the AI boom. The Child Safety Blueprint, which was released Tuesday, is designed to help with faster detection, better reporting, and more efficient investigation into cases of AI-enabled child exploitation. The overall goal of…