Month: February 2024
Ambitious US startup is quietly building a competitor to rival Microsoft 365, Google apps — Notion now offers secure office products, calendar, email and more
In a bid to build a suite of secure office products, US startup Notion recently acquired Skiff, a privacy-focused productivity tool platform that offers end-to-end encrypted file storage, docs, calendar events, and email. Founded in 2020 by Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg, Skiff raised $14.2 million in funding over two…
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US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains that artificial intelligence systems cannot be named inventors, but humans can use AI tools in the process of creating patented inventions and must disclose if they do. The agency published its latest guidance following a series of “listening” tours to gather public…
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Taylor Swift is now a podcasting influencer
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I hope all you East Coasters had a cozy nor’easter. By the time the snow stopped this morning and I tried to take my baby outside for some winter frolicking, it had already turned to slush.…
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Walmart might buy Vizio to win the fight over cheap TVs
Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Walmart is eyeing a $2 billion deal to buy the TV maker Vizio, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The deal would put the retail chain in a better position to compete with the affordable smart TVs from…
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ChatGPT is getting human-like memory and this might be the first big step toward General AI
ChatGPT is becoming more like your most trusted assistant, remembering not just what you’ve told it about yourself, your interests, and preferences, but applying those memories in future chats. It’s a seemingly small change that may make the generative AI appear more human and, perhaps, pave the way for General…
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Amazon’s massive Valentine’s Day sale is ending soon – shop the 17 best device deals
Amazon’s massive Valentine’s Day sale is ending soon, which means time is running out to score huge discounts on some of Amazon’s best-selling devices. I’ve rounded up the 17 best deals below, which include record-low prices on Echo smart speakers, Fire TV sticks, security cameras, tablets, and TVs. • Shop…
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