NY Post - Tech
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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.
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Google’s Sergey Brin says 60 hours per week in the office is ‘sweet spot’ for AI workers
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,...
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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.
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Mark Zuckerberg axes ‘roughly 20’ Meta employees who leaked company info to media
The firings come weeks after a frustrated Zuckerberg complained about leaks.
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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.
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Teleperformance rolls out AI software that ‘neutralizes’ Indian call agents’ accents
The new feature, known as accent translation, is being introduced at call centers in India, according to Bloomberg News.
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Nvidia stock slides as CFO raises worries over ‘unknowns’ on Trump tariffs, export controls
A top Nvidia executive said President Trump’s potential tariffs and export controls on its powerful computer chips remains an “unknown” for the...
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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.
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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.
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Nvidia puts DeepSeek fears to rest as CEO Jensen Huang brags about ‘amazing’ demand for AI chips
Nvidia is the biggest beneficiary of a rally in AI-linked stocks, with its shares up more than 400% over the last two years.
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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.
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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...