Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and Nestlé Drumsticks inside one of its Whole Foods stores — and it plans to do the same at others. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon details a Whole Foods concept store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where shoppers can order grocery items from […]
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Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral campaign set a new standard for how Democrats can communicate online. It’s this digital savviness and authentic engagement with social media platforms to which pundits across the political spectrum have attributed Mamdani’s triumphant and decisive win Tuesday night. From the start, his team outclassed his opponents online, publishing highly
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By AI Insights Contributor For decades, science fiction has painted vivid pictures of self-aware machines – artificial intelligences capable of independent thought, learning, and even consciousness. This concept, often referred to as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or strong AI, represents the holy grail of artificial intelligence research. But with its alluring promise comes potential peril,
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Yesterday, the bitcoin price briefly dipped below the $100,000 mark for the first time since June. And due to the dynamics usually at play in terms of bitcoin’s four-year market cycles around halving events, where the amount of new bitcoin issued in each block is cut in half, many analysts are wondering if this latest
Discord has been trying to strike a balance between affording teen users their privacy and allowing for parental oversight. Over the next week, the platform is rolling out some updates for its Family Center with the aim of helping parents gain more understanding of what their teens are doing on Discord, while giving them the
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving, moving beyond simple task automation towards more sophisticated and potentially even self-aware systems. While the concept of self-aware AI remains largely in the realm of science fiction, the advancements in machine learning and neural networks are prompting serious discussions about the ethical implications, challenges, and future directions of developing
TL;DR: The latest Stuff Your Kindle Day takes place on Nov. 5-8. The Black Readers Appreciation Event offers books by Black authors for your e-reader. The Stuff Your Kindle Day calendar was incredibly busy in October. We’re all for free giveaways, but honestly, it was getting a bit much. There are only so many books
Under the terms, Google agrees to implement a system in the next version of Android that will give third-party app stores a way to become officially registered as an application source. These “Registered App Stores” will be installable from websites with a single click and without the alarming warnings that accompany traditional sideloads. Again, this
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If you’ve been reluctant to update to the new Apple Home architecture, you now have a few more months before Apple forces your hand. Apple has pushed back the deadline to February 10, 2026, rather than fall 2025. One of the biggest reasons for staying on the old architecture is its support for iPads as
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