Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: Google, Yahoo, Perplexity, and other search companies are working on understanding user intent to decide whether to show generative AI answers or just links  —  Yahoo is one of the most visited websites on the planet.  It’s the most popular news site in the U.S., with more than 3 billion

Amazon Grand Festive Sale is currently underway. The ecommerce giant’s sale is focused on smart TVs from a wide range of brands. Consumers can find smart TVs from brands such as Samsung, Sony, LG, Redmi, Mi, Hisense, TCL, Acer, Vu, and more. As per the online marketplace, people can get up to 65 percent discounts

The Information: Source: Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI device startup is in funding talks with Emerson Collective and Thrive Capital; Ive wants to raise up to $1B in funding  —  A mysterious company started by former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to launch an artificial intelligence-powered personal device … Source

India could start the process of legislating artificial intelligence (AI) regulations right after the conclusion of the general elections, the Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, as per a report. India has been planning to create some sort of regulatory framework to tackle various issues that have surfaced with the rise

Platformer: A look at the rocky launch of Shine, the photo-sharing app developed by Marissa Mayer’s startup Sunshine whose cofounder Enrique Muñoz Torres resigned this week  —  Behind the rocky launch of a photo-sharing app was a co-founder about to quit and months of employee warnings that its new project wasn’t ready Source link

Survival drama 2018: Everyone is a Hero, based on the Kerala floods of that year, is India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2024, the Film Federation of India announced on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Girish Kasaravalli, noted filmmaker and chairperson of the selection committee, said the 16-member jury unanimously selected the Malayalam film

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Filings: Apple laid off 600+ employees in California; some layoffs correspond to addresses where Apple’s display and car research teams were reportedly based  —  The Cupertino, California-based company filed eight separate reports to the state to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN program. Source link

Flipkart Big Billion Days 2023 sale dates are now official. The week-long online sale will begin in India on October 8. Like previous years, Flipkart Plus members will get 24-hour early access to the sale, and the e-commerce company is promising exciting deals and offers on hundreds of products such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets,

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: Some Amazon merchants complain of scam returns, where buyers ship junk back to sellers and claim they are returns, and say Amazon’s policies favor customers  —  Merchants receive junk instead of returned purchases, a sore point as they say Amazon’s policies favor customers Source link

Google is planning to introduce its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine features, dubbed Search Generative Experience (SGE) behind a paywall, as per a report. Google added an AI chatbot to Search to create Snapshots — a brief explanation of the searched query, along with helpful links that might offer more information. While unveiling, the tech