From guardrails to potholes, AI is becoming the new eyes on America's roads

techxplore - As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first.

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Bitcoin Drops Below $95,000 Amid Concerns About Interest Rates and AI Investments

PYMNTS / pymnts - Bitcoin reportedly declined for a fourth day on Friday (Nov. 14), dropping as low as $94,491.22 early in the day. Week to date, the cryptocurrency was down nearly 9%, CNBC reported Friday. The report attributed Bitcoin’s decline in part to investors selli…

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Sam Altman Celebrates ChatGPT Finally Following Em Dash Formatting Rules

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday evening, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that ChatGPT has started following custom instructions to avoid using em dashes. "Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes i…

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‘This is the right time to retire’: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon steps down. Retail giant names new boss

Sam Becker / fastcompany - There’s a new sheriff in Bentonville.Today, Walmart announced that John Furner will become the company’s new CEO and president, effective February 1 next year, succeeding longtime boss Doug McMillon, who is retiring. McMillon has been at the helm of the r…

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The Apple Wallet feature I've been waiting on is finally here

John Kanellakos / pocket-lint - After previously teasing the feature to the public, Apple has officially announced the rollout of Digital ID in its Apple Wallet app for iPhone.

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Google expands Pixel call recording to global users

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Google is expanding call recording capabilities globally for Pixel phone users within its Phone by Google application. The feature, announced for Pixel 6 and subsequent models in September, is now broadly available. An update to the Phone by Google app en…

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Costly iPhone Pocket sells out nearly immediately

appleinsider - The spiritual successor to the iPod Sock, Apple's new iPhone Pocket, is sold out across the US, in both sizes, and all colors despite its high cost.Take a good look — unless you already got in early, you may never get to see an iPhone Pocket — image credi…

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is shaping up to be a glorious return for Samus

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - I’ve always greatly appreciated the Metroid series for how much of a different flavour it brings to the Nintendo catalogue. With many of the Japanese gaming giant’s family-friendly franchises including colourful platformers like Mario and Kirby or fantast…

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Netflix's New Era of TV Games Starts Now

BeauHD / slashdot - Netflix is launching a new slate of TV-streamed party games that are all playable using your phone as the controller. The Verge reports: To start, Netflix is offering Boggle Party, Party Crasher: Fool Your Friends, Lego Party, Pictionary: Game Night, and …

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket safely made it to space a second time

engadget - Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has completed its second flight, The Washington Post reports. The rocket launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, and successfully separated from its first-stage booster, which later landed on …

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Amazon’s Starlink Rival Renamed ‘Leo’ as Blue Origin Lands Rocket at Sea

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Amazon has renamed its satellite internet program from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo, as the company continues building a low Earth orbit network intended to bring high-speed connectivity to underserved regions. There are now over 150 Amazon Leo satellites…

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Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Window’

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mozilla has announced 'AI Window' for Firefox, an opt-in assistant focused on user choice and privacy, directly challenging AI-native browsers from OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft.The post Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Win…

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Verizon may cut 15,000 jobs next week

engadget - The Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon plans to cut about 15,000 jobs over the next week. Sources told the publication that Verizon is attempting to reduce costs as it faces more competition for wireless service and home internet customers. At the …

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Apple will reportedly bring MLS games to its normal TV subscription

engadget - Apple is reportedly doing away with its Major League Soccer Season Pass and including next season's soccer matches as part of its normal Apple TV subscription. That’s according to reports of a new MLS partnership agreement from The Athletic that’s similar…

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Apple cuts App Store fee in half for 'mini apps' that integrate more of its software

cnbc - The Mini Apps Partner Program offers app developers the better fee in exchange for using some of Apple's technology to build their apps.

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LinkedIn’s new AI people search unlocks the power of its network

Harry McCracken / fastcompany - Last June, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky took on a second job. Microsoft, the social network for business professionals’ owner since 2016, expanded his responsibilities to include Microsoft 365—the suite still better known by its former name, Microsoft Offi…

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Google’s NotebookLM will now do ‘deep research’

Elissa Welle / theverge - Google is pairing up two of its research products: NotebookLM and Gemini’s agentic AI tool Deep Research. On Thursday, the company announced that all users will have access to Deep Research in NotebookLM within a week. Google recently linked Deep Research…

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Samsung tri-fold phone leak reveals name, iPad-like screen size, and launch date

techspot - The handset's specs come from reliable, long-time leaker Evan Blass, who has confirmed that Samsung is sticking with the previously rumored name of the Galaxy Z TriFold for the final retail branding.Read Entire Article

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Waymo to roll out driverless taxis on highways in three US cities

Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times / arstechnica - Alphabet will add routes in LA, Phoenix, and San Francisco for its driverless cars.

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