Month: August 2025
Delta’s dynamic AI pricing plan sounds different now
Delta Air Lines is explaining more about its AI-assisted dynamic pricing model after coming under scrutiny for recent comments about the pricing. In November, Delta president Glen Hauenstein said at an investor day that “we will have a price that’s available on that flight, on that time, to you, the…
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Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’
Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the potential of AI and the company’s approach to developing it in a rare all-hands today that was reported on by Bloomberg. Apple has been slow to roll out some of its AI features and has stumbled with a planned AI-powered upgrade to Siri,…
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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1505, Saturday, August 2
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here. It’s time for your guide…
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Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus
In the week’s least surprising news, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is exploring ways to bring ads to Alexa Plus, its new generative-AI-powered voice assistant. During a conference call following the company’s second-quarter earnings report, Jassy said that “there will be opportunities, as people are engaging in…
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Millions of users have fallen victim to malicious browser extensions because of a critical flaw, but things are changing — here’s what you need to know
Labels like “Verified” give a false sense of safety but don’t reflect real extension behavior Browser DevTools were never meant to track how extensions behave across tabs and over time Malicious extensions often act normally until specific triggers make their hidden features come alive The unchecked spread of malicious browser…
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Tesla to pay more than $200 million in damages after being found partly liable for fatal Autopilot crash
A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News…
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