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Binge watching and binge shopping come together: Amazon lets Prime viewers buy what characters wear and use, or the next closest thing
Amazon’s new Prime Video feature uses AI to help viewers shop for products that look like what they see on screen.
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Oil prices dive on signs of Hormuz diplomacy while Saudi Arabia is left hanging in fight against an Iranian ally threatening crude’s other chokepoint
Foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council—which is comprised of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman—will meet their Iranian counterpart on Monday.
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Howard Lutnick, Larry Silverstein, Jim Pierce and Mitt Romney all had last-minute changes of plan that kept them out of the WTC on 9/11
A school run, a doctor’s visit, a budget fight in Congress. Small shifts in plans kept dozens of people out of the World Trade Center that morning.
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Microsoft head of communications Frank Shaw leaving after nearly 30 years of shaping the software giant’s public messaging
Shaw worked with all three of Microsoft’s CEOs—Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella— and has played a major role in shaping much of how Microsoft communicates to the outside world.
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OpenAI has paused its $200 ChatGPT sign-ups as ‘unprecedented’ demand for new model Astra strains its system
Even after expanding available compute 9.5-fold since 2023, OpenAI is pausing new Pro 20X accounts while it adds more capacity
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Elizabeth Holmes’ handwritten note says a lot about how she believed she had to present herself as a CEO
Her notes include “I am all about business,” “I do not react,” and “I am not impulsive.”
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AI is now part of the edtech stack — and schools are repeating the mistake they made in every wave before
Schools skipped the training. So did your company. Now Washington wants proof it worked.
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After a wave of delistings, can London’s stock market reverse the decline?
The LSE has 900 fewer listings than 10 years ago but its chief executive Julia Hoggett says the doom narrative is wrong. She shares her plans to put London back on the map.
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Everyone agrees AI could kill us all. Congress is thinking about maybe doing something about it.
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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