Choose kindness. Not all people can navigate the system and what life throws at them. A few years ago, I observed commuters and shoppers stepping over homeless people lying on the sidewalk yet bending down to pet the person’s dog or cat. It was disturbing at best, despite my love for animals. Why did people…
Anthropic is making some big changes to how it handles user data, requiring all Claude users to decide by September 28 whether they want their conversations used to train AI models. While the company directed us to its blog post on the policy changes when asked about what prompted the move, we’ve formed some theories…
Google is phasing out its Preferred Care extended warranty plan for the Pixel Care Plus program. Pricing between the two is pretty similar. You’ll still pay $8 per-month, or $159 for a two-year plan on a Pixel 9. For a Pixel 10 Pro Fold, that jumps up to $339 for two years, or $18 per-month,…
Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI and Anthropic may often pit their foundation models against each other, but the two companies came together to evaluate each other’s public models to test alignment. The companies…
Motz, previously the CEO of office supplies chain Staples’ U.S. retail business, will steer Walgreens as it shifts its focus back to retail and pharmacy operations. Walgreens on Thursday named retail veteran Mike Motz as its chief executive officer after the U.S. pharmacy chain was taken private by Sycamore Partners, marking a fresh chapter for…
Fans are accusing Will Smith of sharing an AI-generated video from his tour, but the truth isn’t that simple.
This week, Netflix shared a few more details about its budding location business: The company will open its very first Netflix House in Philadelphia on November 11th, with a second location set to open in Dallas on December 11th. Both locations will span across 100,000 square feet, and offer ticketed experiences related to Netflix franchises…
Agile drone technology companies are breaking into a market long dominated by defense giants, winning contracts through speed, precision, and real-world results. An executive order unveiled by the White House in late July aims to “unleash” the U.S. drone industry. The initiative includes billions in federal investments to accelerate the deployment of unmanned systems across…
Credit reporting giant TransUnion has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 4.4 million customers’ personal information. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday, TransUnion attributed the July 28 breach to unauthorized access of a third-party application storing customers’ personal data for its U.S. consumer support operations. TransUnion claimed “no credit information…
Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his distribution rights to publish apps in any alternative iOS stores,…
