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Microsoft Outlook hit with hours-long outage
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Microsoft‘s Outlook email service malfunctioned for several hours Wednesday and Thursday, prompting some people to post on social media about the inability to reach their virtual mailboxes. The issue began at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, according to a dashboard the software company maintains. It affected Outlook.com as well […]
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Amazon warehouse workers lose jobs after Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We have done everything legally’
Boxes are selected on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Daphnee Poteau, a Haitian who came to the U.S in 2023, began working for Amazon last year at a returns center in Indianapolis. While packing up boxes, she met her husband […]
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Perplexity launches AI-powered web browser for select group of subscribers
Perplexity AI on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence-powered web browser called Comet in the startup’s latest effort to compete in the consumer internet market against companies like Google and Microsoft. Comet will allow users to connect with enterprise applications like Slack and ask complex questions via voice and text, according to a brief demo […]
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Retailers log $7.9 billion in online sales in first 24 hours of Prime Day
A worker sorts packages on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Klaus Galiano | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. online sales jumped 9.9% year over year to $7.9 billion on Tuesday, the kickoff of Amazon‘s Prime Day megasale, according to Adobe Analytics. At that level, it marks the “single […]
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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X
Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she is stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s social media site X after two years in the role. Yaccarino’s departure comes one day after Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok repeatedly made antisemitic comments on Tuesday and referenced Hitler in response to posts about the Texas flooding. Grok is built by […]
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot denies that it praised Hitler and made antisemitic comments
A bust of Elon Musk that was recently vandalized is seen near the SpaceX projects in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025. Gabriel Cardenas | Afp | Getty Images Grok is pretending yesterday didn’t happen. The artificial intelligence chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated with his social media site X has deleted its […]
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Super Micro plans to ramp up manufacturing in Europe to capitalize on AI demand
CEO of Supermicro Charles Liang speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters PARIS — Super Micro plans to increase its investment in Europe, including ramping up manufacturing of its AI servers in the region, CEO Charles Liang told CNBC in an interview that aired […]
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is posting antisemitic comments
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Tuesday praised Adolf Hitler and made other antisemitic comments. The chatbot, built by Musk’s startup xAI, made the comments on […]
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Jeff Bezos sells $666 million in Amazon stock as part of plan to unload 25 million shares
Jeff Bezos gestures as he leaves Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. Guglielmo Mangiapane | Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold nearly three million shares worth $665.8 million over two days in July, a regulatory filing Tuesday showed. The stock sale is part of a plan announced […]
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Waymo offers teen accounts for driverless rides
Waymo announced it is now offering teen accounts for its self-driving car service Waymo One, beginning in Phoenix, Arizona. Courtesy of Waymo Waymo announced Tuesday that it is offering accounts for teens ages 14 to 17, starting in Phoenix. The Alphabet-owned company said that, beginning Tuesday, parents in Phoenix can use their Waymo accounts “to invite […]
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