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The Oura Ring 4 is sleek and easy to wear but scratches easily. Here’s what it’s like
The Oura Ring 4. Courtesy: Oura After two weeks of wearing the Oura Ring 4, the smart ring gave me a better understanding of how my sleep, stress and exercise influence how I feel in my day-to-day life. The Oura Ring 4 began shipping to customers and became available in retail stores on Tuesday, and […]
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Stripe, Wise founders want a ‘tech renaissance’ in Europe to help region rival Silicon Valley
Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, speaking at 2022’s Italian Tech Week in Turin, Italy. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images Founders of some of Europe’s largest technology unicorns on Monday backed an open letter calling for a “tech renaissance” fueled by the creation of a single pan-European entity to promote startups and innovation in […]
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What internet data brokers have on you — and how you can start to get it back
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Data brokers have long operated in the shadows of the internet, quietly amassing unprecedented amounts of personal information on billions of people across the globe, but few realize just how deep this data collection really goes. In an age where every move you make online — every click, every […]
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Microsoft announces new AI tools to help ease workload for doctors and nurses
Microsoft on Thursday announced new health-care data and artificial intelligence tools, including a collection of medical imaging models, a health-care agent service and an automated documentation solution for nurses. The tools aim to help health-care organizations build AI applications quicker and save clinicians time on administrative tasks, a major cause of industry burnout. Nurses spend […]
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OpenAI chair Bret Taylor talks AI agents, regulation and the tech’s current boom
Bret Taylor, co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris on June 15, 2022. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bret Taylor, board chairman of OpenAI, joined CNBC’s Squawk on the Street Thursday to discuss his artificial intelligence startup Sierra. Taylor co-founded Sierra in March of 2023, and it aims to […]
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Amazon cashierless tech competitor Grabango shutters after failing to secure funding
Grabango’s mobile app Grabango Grabango, a venture-backed startup that was vying to take on Amazon in cashierless checkout technology, is shutting down after it was unable to raise enough money to stay afloat. “Although the company established itself as a leader in checkout-free technology, it was not able to secure the funding it needed to […]
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Amazon tests adding robot warehouses to Whole Foods so shoppers can pick up other orders at checkout
An independent contractor wearing a protective mask and gloves loads Amazon Prime grocery bags into a car outside a Whole Foods Market in Berkeley, California, on October 7, 2020. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Amazon said Wednesday it’s testing adding mini warehouses to Whole Foods supermarkets as part of a bid to attract more […]
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Amazon same-day prescription delivery expanding to nearly half of U.S. in 2025
The Amazon Pharmacy home screen is seen on a smartphone, Nov. 17, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to 20 more cities next year, the company said Wednesday, marking the latest phase of its push into health care. As part of the expansion, which will make […]
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TikTok’s use of casino-like virtual currency to allegedly exploit children faces scrutiny in DC lawsuit
A view shows the office of TikTok after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters Of the many allegations […]
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DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter speaks about the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment during a press conference as Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco look on during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Ken Cedeno | Reuters The […]
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