DoorDash customers in NYC will notice a new fee tacked onto their bill when they purchase food for delivery through the app. The company has started charging users $2 more for deliveries in NYC as a response to the city’s new minimum wage law, a […]
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Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant
Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.” Amazon views the assistant as customers’ one-stop shop for all their shopping needs. Rufus can answer […]
Apple Vision Pro: Day Two
Last night, I fell asleep under the stars, the chirp of crickets intermingling with the old radiator’s whistle off in the distance. I just finished an episode of Justified: City Primeval on the big screen. It was a constant 68 degrees, but I tucked myself […]
Taylor Swift and other Universal Music tracks are disappearing from TikTok
After threatening to do so earlier this week, Universal Music Group (UMG) has started pulling the catalogs of performers it represents including Taylor Swift, Drake, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and others. There are no longer tracks listed in profiles of some of the world’s most […]
Comcast agrees to kill 10G branding after advertising watchdogs said it was misleading
Comcast is discontinuing its its “Xfinity 10G Network” branding to describe its internet service after a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel found that the term could mislead consumers into thinking that Comcast’s cellular and broadband services would offer much faster speeds than current-generation networks. […]
The Arc browser is getting better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI
Arc’s new Smart Folders start with an AI query. | Image: The Browser Company Only a few days after releasing an AI-powered mobile app, called Arc Search, The Browser Company is making some big (and of course AI-powered) changes to its desktop browser as well. […]
Apple reveals how many apps will work with the Vision Pro on day one
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has finally put a number on how many apps will work with the Vision Pro at launch. In an announcement on Thursday, the company says more than 600 apps and games optimized for the Vision Pro will […]
Apple didn’t release new iPads last year, and now its sales are way down
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Tomorrow, Apple will launch its Vision Pro headset, marking the company’s most high-profile product launch since the original Apple Watch. And later this year, it will open up the iPhone’s App Store (at least in the EU) in […]
Senators find tech CEOs’ responses hollow after four-hour hearing
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a press conference following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with five tech CEOs. | Lauren Feiner During an unusually emotional hearing on Wednesday, senators spent hours trying to get a group of five tech CEOs to confront the harms […]
New action game Contenders: Arena launches demo for Steam Next Fest
The first game from new studio Gamecan is Contenders: Arena, a 3v3 shooter making its debut as a demo at Steam Next Fest.