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Words of affirmation New AI-powered talking sex doll can comfort users who climax too quickly: ‘Two minutes is awesome’
⛄Made by Chinese company WMDoll, the dolls have a new AI feature called MetaBox that allows them to speak.
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Insidious Netflix email scam looks like the real deal — here's what users need to know
🎐 Netflix and steal? Scammers are asking streaming customers to submit payment details with emails that look nearly indistinguishable from legitimate Netflix messages.
Google Chrome users warned to delete 16 popular extensions due to 'malicious' threat risk
♏ The extensions affect functionality involving screen capture, ad blocking, emoji keyboards and more.
ꦰ Microsoft retiring Skype after 20 years — as platform failed to keep up with Zoom, Slack
🌱 Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the software giant said.
Google's co-founder has wild expectations for how many hours a week AI employees should work
💙 Sergey Brin is urging employees working on AI to spend at least 60 hours per week in the office as Google faces heated competition from OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and others.
🍬 Verizon becomes latest company to face probe by FCC boss over DEI policies
🔯 Verizon is awaiting FCC approval for its $9.6 billion purchase of Frontier Communications.
Mark Zuckerberg axes 'roughly 20' Meta employees who leaked company info to media
🧔 The firings come weeks after a frustrated Zuckerberg complained about leaks.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta targets ChatGPT with plans to release standalone AI app: report
🐽 Last month, Zuckerberg said that the company plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure.
Call center giant rolls out AI software that 'neutralizes' Indian agents' accents
💃 The new feature, known as accent translation, is being introduced at call centers in India, according to Bloomberg News.
Nvidia stock slides as CFO raises worries over 'unknowns' on Trump tariffs, export controls
꧒ A top Nvidia executive said President Trump’s potential tariffs and export controls on its powerful computer chips remains an “unknown” for the business in the near future.
ꦕ Instagram wants to give TikTok competition with rival Reels app
๊ The Meta-owned company is looking to take advantage of the uncertainty of Chinese-owned TikTok in the United States.
ಞ Meta apologizes after Instagram users are flooded with violent videos
🔴 The troubling content featured graphic depictions of individuals being shot, run over by vehicles and suffering gruesome injuries.
Nvidia puts DeepSeek fears to rest as CEO Jensen Huang brags about 'amazing' demand for AI chips
ꦰ Nvidia is the biggest beneficiary of a rally in AI-linked stocks, with its shares up more than 400% over the last two years.
Amazon finally unveils new Alexa with AI overhaul: 'Knows almost every instrument in your life'
📖 Wednesday's launch marks the unveiling of a secret project known internally as "Banyan" aimed at making Alexa more conversational.
Bizarre iPhone dictation glitch hears 'Trump' when user says 'racist' as Apple scrambles to fix
🤡 Apple is fixing a bug that caused its voice-to-text dictation software to mistakenly transcribe the word “racist” as “Trump,” the company said on Wednesday.
Trump urges Apple to 'get rid of' DEI programs: 'Very bad for our country'
🌃 President Trump said Wednesday that Apple should “get rid of DEI rules” – one day after the iPhone maker’s shareholders rejected a conservative-backed effort to eliminate the programs.
🌠 Trump Media, Rumble get favorable ruling from American judge in censorship dispute with Brazil
✅ Truth Social parent Trump Media and Rumble had sued Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Feb. 19.
🅰 Tesla market value tumbles below $1T as Europe sales plummet, concerns grow about Musk
ꦫ Concerns about potential over-investment in artificial intelligence are also weighing on the electric car maker.
🃏 1K musicians including Kate Bush release silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work
♑ A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence.