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Amazon announces Colorsoft, the first Kindle with a color screen, for $279

Kindle Colorsoft 2024 Amazon Amazon announced on Wednesday a new Kindle e-reader that features a color display for the first time ever. The retail giant launched the Kindle in 2007 and since then every device has featured a black and white screen. The new Kindle features a display that ensures colors don't appear washed out […]

By Andrew Jack

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

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Amazon Prime Video to stream the election special hosted by Brian Williams

Brian Williams. Lloyd Bishop | NBC | Getty Images Amazon announced Thursday that it plans to host an election night special hosted by Brian Williams, marking the company's first foray into live coverage. The one-night special will debut election results and analysis on Prime Video starting November 5 at 5 p.m. ET, the company said. […]

By Andrew Jack

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

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Time, TV, ratings and notes

The Bruins have won two straight games since losing their season opener to the Panthers six days ago in Sunrise, Florida. But that doesn't mean they aren't happy with the result. After losing to Florida in six games in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring, the Bruins began with a frustrating […]

By Andrew Jack

October 14, 2024October 14, 2024

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The DOJ says it is considering breaking up Google following the monopoly ruling

The Justice Department late Tuesday made recommendations about Google's search engine practices and indicated it was considering a possible breakup of the tech giant as a remedy for antitrust law. The remedies needed to “prevent and limit the maintenance of a monopoly could include contract requirements and prohibitions, non-discrimination product requirements, data and interoperability requirements, […]

By Andrew Jack

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

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Amazon's former retail boss Dave Clark is founding a new supply chain startup

Dave Clark, AmazonThe former CEO of Global Consumer, who briefly ran logistics company Flexport, is returning to the startup world. Clark on Tuesday launched a new company called Auger that aims to help companies and governments unify the mix of “Franken software” used to monitor their supply chains on a single platform. “At Flexport I […]

By Andrew Jack

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

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Xfinity is working to restore remaining Lowcountry service following the fiber interruption

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Xfinity says it is working to restore services to a small number of Lowcountry customers who remained offline Wednesday following a fiber outage Tuesday afternoon. Xfinity spokeswoman Amanda Verdin said the disruption occurred on a route from Augusta, Georgia, to Charleston as a non-Comcast crew was clearing debris during storm recovery. […]

By Andrew Jack

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

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Google works on AI reasoning and follows OpenAI efforts – BNN Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Google is working on artificial intelligence software that mimics human thinking abilities, similar to OpenAI's o1, marking a new front in the rivalry between the tech giant and the fast-growing startup. In recent months, several teams at Alphabet Inc.'s Google have made progress in developing AI-based reasoning software, according to people with knowledge […]

By Andrew Jack

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024

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Amazon introduces Amelia, an AI assistant for third-party vendors

Amazon packages are prepared for delivery at Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Center. Nathan Stirk | Amazon is launching an artificial intelligence tool to help third-party sellers quickly resolve issues with their accounts and retrieve sales and inventory data. The company said Thursday that it is initially launching the product, called Amelia, in beta for select U.S. […]

By Andrew Jack

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024