You Can Now Book Hotels On Uber: ‘We Want to Become the One App for Everything,’ Says the CEO
The partnership adds 700,000 hotels to the Uber app, with Uber One members getting 20% discounts and earning credits on bookings.
Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs rely on advanced infrastructure acting as the engine of continuous intelligence, powering real-time services while…
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China’s High-Tech $17,000 Cars Are Winning Over Americans — You Just Can’t Buy Them Here
Chinese automakers are selling affordable, tech-loaded vehicles just miles from the U.S. border in Mexico, and Americans are crossing to buy.
Spotify introduces verified artist badges to help distinguish humans from AI
As AI-generated artists and tracks flood music streaming platforms, Spotify is rolling out a new “Verified by Spotify” badge to help listeners more easily identify authentic human artists. To receive the badge, artists must meet certain criteria. Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates, merch, and linked […]
Netflix wants you to watch ‘Clips,’ its TikTok-like vertical video feed
Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing highlights from original Netflix programming.
The Download: the North Pole’s future and humanoid data
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Digging for clues about the North Pole’s past In the past, getting to the North Pole involved a treacherous trip through ice many meters thick. But last year, a research vessel…
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI tools
Instagram cracks down on content aggregators
The update targets content aggregators that don’t post original content and instead simply re-upload others’ posts.
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.
3 Marketing Tactics That Cut Through the Noise in an AI-Saturated World
AI may be changing marketing fast, but after 28 years in business and hitting an all-time high in leads last year, here’s what still wins customers.
I Lost 1 of My Businesses During an Economic Downturn. Here’s the Recession-Proofing Playbook I Wish I’d Had.
Economic downturns don’t have to spell disaster for small businesses. Learn how to strengthen your financial foundation before a recession hits.