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The two-year-old startup is helping shoppers buy with more confidence, said Theo Satloff, co-founder and CEO of Remark. It does this by pairing shoppers with high-quality product experts via an asynchronous live chat with one of 50,000 human experts — artists, musicians, stylists, golfers, ski instructors — who can discuss items just like a retail staffer would do. Remark also gives the human experts a cut of each sale made through the platform.
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Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia
Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia. The news comes as the major cloud hyperscalers battle it out for business dollars, with Google playing catchup with AWS and Microsoft's Azure. Google's announcement follows widespread outages across Africa, which have been attributed to faulty undersea cables.
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Junkyard Gem: 2003 Chevrolet Tracker
A 2003 Chevrolet Tracker, formerly known as the Geo Tracker and sibling to the Suzuki Vitara, found in a North Carolina self-service junkyard.
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Food supply chain software maker Silo lays off ~30% of staff amid M&A discussions
Silo, a Bay Area food supply chain startup, has hit a rough patch. Silo has confirmed the headcount reductions, clarifying the cuts were across the board and not focused on individual departments. At the same time, Silo remains dedicated to serving our customers and the perishables industry at large, and will continue to focus more nimbly on building next-generation supply chain management software solutions.
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OpenAI will reportedly pay $250 million to put News Corp's journalism in ChatGPT
OpenAI and News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Sun, and more than a dozen other publishing brands, have struck a multi-year deal to display news from these publications in ChatGPT
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The Adidas Memorial Day sale just dropped and we spotted Cloudfoam sneakers for only $27 (that's 65% off)
Also in the mix: the brand's popular (and nurse-approved!) Ultraboost shoes, plus leggings, sports bras, jackets and more.
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Dash cam shows what driver saw as crash sends semi-truck dangling off a bridge
A semi-truck driver got the fright of a lifetime when another driver sent her careening off the side of a bridge, leaving the cab dangling above the Ohio River.
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Fed study offers new clues that help explain America’s gloomy mood
Many Americans say they were better off, financially, during the COVID years, when stimulus funds were flooding the economy.
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Spotify's 'Listening Party' feature falls short of expectations
It’s been three years since Spotify acquired live audio startup Betty Labs, and yet the music streaming service isn’t leveraging the technology to its fullest potential — at least not in our opinion. Betty Labs-owned Locker Room launched in 2020 as a sports-focused social audio app where sports fans could engage in live conversations, create watch parties and react to games in real time. When Spotify bought the app, it rebranded it as Greenroom, a Clubhouse clone that catered to all types of fans, whether they’re interested in sports, fantasy football, music or other topics.
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You got an air quality alert. What now?
Experts explain what triggers an air quality alert and what you should do if you get one.
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Elvis's granddaughter Riley Keough wins temporary injunction to stop Graceland foreclosure sale: Here's what's happening
What to know about the future of the Memphis landmark.
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New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Approval of Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas war falls to new low amid campus protests
No other issue — not inflation, not immigration — tests as poorly for the president at this point.
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What is Android Auto?
Here's everything you need to know about Android Auto including how to use it, how to connect it to your vehicle and which cars are compatible
- Yahoo Sports
5 things to know from the weekend in MLB: Starting pitching delivers for Yankees, Royals, Pirates
Also, Shohei Ohtani hit his first walk-off as a Dodger, and Kody Clemens' bat came through for the Phillies.
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19% of U.S. adults report frequently or always feeling lonely, new Yahoo/YouGov poll finds. Here's why — and which age group is affected most.
A new survey from Yahoo News/YouGov says that for younger people, social media is a contributor to loneliness.
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UK opens office in San Francisco to tackle AI risk
Ahead of the AI safety summit kicking off in Seoul, South Korea later this week, its co-host, the United Kingdom, is expanding its own efforts in the field. The AI Safety Institute, a U.K. body set up in November 2023 with the ambitious goal of assessing and addressing risks in AI platforms, has said it will open a second location in San Francisco. The Bay Area is the home of companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta that are building foundational AI technology.
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OpenAI created a team to control 'superintelligent' AI — then let it wither, source says
OpenAI's Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer "superintelligent" AI systems, was promised 20% of the company's compute resources, according to a person from that team. Leike went public with some reasons for his resignation on Friday morning. "I have been disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company's core priorities for quite some time, until we finally reached a breaking point," Leike wrote in a series of posts on X.
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Why Americans are feeling bad about inflation despite a good economy
How do Americans feel about inflation? They hate it. And that colors their perception of a good US economy.
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Could the internet be ... good for you? Here's what to know about this week's health headlines
The Mediterranean diet may be beneficial to your mental health. Here's what to know.
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'The most comfortable bra': This Warner wireless style smooths and slims — and it's $22 (that's 50% off)
It's flattering for all figures, and it's deeply discounted — for now.