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Tesla picks showroom sites in New Delhi, Mumbai to start India sales: Reuters
Tesla signage is seen at a Tesla showroom on July 05, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Tesla has selected locations for two showrooms in the Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, moving closer to its long-delayed plans to sell its electric cars in the country, Reuters sources familiar with […]
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Musk’s xAI releases artificial intelligence model Grok 3, claims better performance than rivals in early testing
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding. “We’re very excited to present Grok 3, which is, we think, […]
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Vinyl records have a pressing problem — toxic chemicals and a high carbon footprint
Vinyl records may be music’s most enduring format. The 12-inch vinyl LP is a format that is nearly 80 years old, but its popularity has been steadily rising over the past two decades. In 2024, 30 million vinyl records were sold in the United States and United Kingdom alone, and the global vinyl market is […]
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Innovaccer launches AI agents for doctors and hospitals to address burnout
Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank. Courtesy: Innovaccer As doctors and nurses face historic rates of burnout, Innovacer says artificial intelligence is here to help. The health-care data company on Monday announced a suite of AI agents that are designed to automate repetitive, “low-value” tasks for clinicians. “We just don’t have enough capacity in the health system to […]
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‘Game on’: Tech execs say DeepSeek ramps up China-U.S. competition but won’t hurt OpenAI
Tech bosses largely agree the risk DeepSeek poses to OpenAI remains limited for now. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The technological advances that Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek have displayed show the game is on when it comes to U.S.-Sino competition on AI, top tech executives told CNBC. In a series of interviews at […]
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Broadcom, TSMC eye possible Intel deals to split storied chipmaker, WSJ reports
The logo of Intel is seen during Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, June 4, 2024. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Intel’s rivals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Broadcom are each eyeing potential deals that would break the U.S. chipmaking icon in two, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with […]
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Amazon workers reject union in vote at North Carolina warehouse
File: The Amazon distribution center in Garner, N.C. opened in August 2020. Across four floors, the warehouse covers 2 million square feet. Scott Sharpe | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Amazon workers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina, overwhelmingly voted against unionizing on Saturday. Of the 3,276 ballots cast, there were 2,447 votes […]
Read MoreHere’s how two apps are connecting Black-owned restaurants with new customers
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards EatOkra’s mobile app lists nearby Black-owned restaurants. Courtesy: EatOkra When Anthony Edwards Jr. and his then-girlfriend, Janique, first moved to Brooklyn in 2016, they struggled to find food that was comfortable and familiar to them. They explored their neighborhood, Edwards said, but had a hard time finding Black-owned restaurants nearby. […]
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OpenAI rejects Musk’s takeover offer, says it was ‘not a bid at all’
Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI has officially rejected Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the artificial intelligence startup’s nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion. In a short letter to Musk’s lawyer Friday, OpenAI’s attorney, William Savitt, said the OpenAI board had reviewed the proposal and determined that […]
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