Month: April 2025
Lyft’s AI ‘Earnings Assistant’ offers ideas about how drivers can make more money
Lyft has launched “Earnings Assistant,” an AI chatbot tool for drivers seeking to “optimize their time on the road.” With it, drivers can create plans based on information about things like airport arrivals or local events, announced Jeremy Bird, EVP of driver experience at Lyft in an email to The…
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A2 Hosting rebrands as Hosting.com
New website New panel New products A2 Hosting is now hosting.com with a whole new website, promising new features and an updated hosting panel. Hosting.com started life as A2 Hosting in 2001. The (old) name is a reflection of the place where it all started, Ann Arbour, in Michigan. The…
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Netflix is streaming a showcase of Hitchcock’s greatest films this June
It’s always a good time to lock in for a marathon watch of Alfred Hitchcock films, and Netflix is getting ready to make a bunch of the legendary director’s features a lot easier to watch in one place. Today, Netflix announced that it plans to stream a number of Hitchcock’s…
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The EPA says it still cares about forever chemicals, but health advocates are wary
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new plan to address “forever chemicals” once widely used in non-stick and water-proof products that have since been linked to cancer, reproductive health issues, and liver damage. The vague details the EPA has shared so far, however, have health and environmental advocates wondering…
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Meta AI is here to take on ChatGPT and give your Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses a fresh AI upgrade
Meta has launched a new standalone app for its Meta AI assistant, powered by Llama 4 The app connects across Meta platforms and devices, including Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses The Meta AI personalizes its behavior based on your Instagram and Facebook activity Meta AI is moving into its own space…
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OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update
OpenAI is rolling back its latest GPT-4o update after CEO Sam Altman said the company would be making fixes to address the chatbot’s “sycophant-y and annoying” personality introduced with recent updates. The rollback, which started Monday night, is “now 100%” rolled back for free ChatGPT users and will be rolled…
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