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The market for AI-generated voice models is massive. Creative use cases require AI voice models to be more expressive, while enterprises looking to automate customer support and sales ops need…
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For years, WhatsApp calls have been supported only on the smartphone app or its native desktop app. Now Meta is finally letting users make and receive audio and video calls…
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X is launching its X Money app for paid X subscribers in the United States. Users get an X Visa debit card, which they can immediately add to Apple Pay…
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PayPal is seemingly still open to Stripe’s $53.4 billion takeover bid, just not at the price the latter had offered. On the company’s Q2 2026 earnings call on Tuesday, PayPal…
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The largest electrical grid in the U.S. has struggled to cope with an onslaught of data centers. Now, after an auction to add more generating capacity fell short, the grid’s…
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Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, has purchased a 5% stake in Lucid Motors, increasing the Kingdom’s overall ownership of the electric…
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HBO Max is the latest streaming service to add a TikTok-like short-form video feed to its platform to help users find something to watch. The service is also launching an…
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One of the most bizarre episodes in e-commerce history has come to a close. eBay and several former eBay employees have agreed to pay $56 million to a newsletter-writing couple…
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Waymo and other robotaxi operators are facing increased scrutiny — and possible new federal requirements — over how their autonomous vehicles interact with emergency responders, a regulatory risk that’s becoming…
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A Katalyst Space robot that was launched to grab on to a space telescope and raise it to a higher orbit tumbled out of control after a series of failures,…
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