Month: October 2025
Yelp’s AI assistant promises instant answers, but user reviews are still the real draw
Yelp’s new AI Assistant now answers detailed user questions The AI can interact through text or voice, and use a new feature called Menu Vision The impact of more AI on Yelp remains to be seen Yelp is making a big bet that people turn to its expansive collection of…
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Rode has a better way to connect your tiny wireless mics to your digital camera
Last November, Rode launched its Wireless Micro microphone system that paired two tiny lavalier mics with a small receiver that connected to your phone’s charging port. Rode later gave that product a free upgrade, sending out another receiver that let the mics connect to digital cameras, too. Now, the company…
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Meta repents again to Republicans in hearing over moderation, while Google stands its ground
At a Senate hearing Wednesday on government censorship of tech platforms, a Meta executive expressed regret to Republican lawmakers for failing to speak out more against the Biden administration’s requests that it remove health and election misinformation, including satire. Google, meanwhile, held firm in its stance, saying that evaluating —…
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Feeling the Nintendo Switch 2 storage space squeeze? These top microSD Express cards are Black Friday must-haves
The Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for a few months now, so plenty of players are starting to feel the storage squeeze. The console ships with just over 230GB of usable space, which really doesn’t go very far considering the large size of a lot of games. Cyberpunk 2077:…
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Trump administration charges influencer and congressional candidate over ICE protests
Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Palestinian American and Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois, has been indicted by the Department of Justice on charges connected to protests outside an ICE facility. The indictment alleges that Abughazaleh and a handful of other protesters conspired on the morning of…
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Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting ready to dump even more AI-generated posts into your social feeds. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said the company will “add yet another huge corpus of content” to its recommendations system as AI “makes it easier to create and remix” work that…
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