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Meta has updated the privacy policy for its AI glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, giving the tech giant more power over what data it can store and use to train its AI models. The company emailed Ray-Ban Meta owners on Tuesday with a notice that AI features will now be enabled on the glasses by default, according to The Verge. This means Meta’s AI will analyze photos and videos taken with the glasses while certain AI features are switched on. Meta will also store customers’ voice recordings to improve its products, without an option to opt out. To be clear, Ray-Ban Meta…

Not everyone needs their phone to be a pocket-sized NASA control center. For some, it’s about calling, texting, and maybe the occasional photo, without a million apps screaming for attention. While we’re still in smartphone territory here, this guide is all about the ones that keep things easy. Clean software, clutter-free design, reliable performance, and enough features to get through your day without turning your phone into a second job. Whether you’re shopping for someone who’s not too tech-savvy, trying to minimize distractions, or just want a no-nonsense device that works, these phones get the job done without trying too…

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies.Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were “extremely pro-business,” leading to crypto adoption in Dubai, while others like Bhutan were building national Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) stockpiles. According to Zhao, the US was pressing other countries’ hands by exploring its own policies for a crypto reserve, but those in Europe didn’t seem to be reacting.“I don’t see Europe in this discussion,” said…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Etsy — The e-commerce company saw shares tumbling 9%. Etsy Chief Financial Officer Lanny Baker said the company is “staying nimble in the face of uncertainty” around the tariff announcements and “the fluid state of consumer confidence in our core markets. Separately, Etsy posted better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter. Seagate Technology — The data storage stock surged almost 9% after the company posted strong earnings for the fiscal third quarter and offered upbeat current-quarter guidance. Seagate earned $1.90 per share, excluding items, on $2.16 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by…

Companies of all sizes are recognizing the game-changing possibilities of AI. Despite the excitement about the new technology, most of their pilot projects don’t make it into production. Gruve.ai, a startup founded by the team behind Rahi Systems aims to help enterprises get AI solutions out of testing phase and into real-world application by using AI to deliver its services. Rahi Systems is an IT solutions company acquired by Wesco for $225 million in 2022.  IT services firms, including major players like Accenture, have long been the go-to consultants to implement new tech projects for companies when they don’t have…

JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first “open” AI model for coding. On Wednesday, JetBrains made Mellum, a code-generating model the company released for its various software development suites last year, openly available on the AI dev platform Hugging Face. Mellum, trained on more than 4 trillion tokens, weighs in at 4 billion parameters, and is designed specifically for code completion (i.e. completing code snippets based on the surrounding context). Parameters roughly correspond to a model’s problem-solving skills, while tokens are the raw bits of data that a model processes. A million…

Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestically made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company “strongly supports” the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion” ahead of the interim rule’s implementation date on May 15. The framework was proposed by outgoing president Joe Biden in January and is meant to bolster AI chip export controls for the purposes of national security and to…

Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo has been facing backlash this week after sharing that it was going to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company. The company says the launch of the new courses doubles its current course offerings and marks the largest expansion of content in Duolingo’s history. “Developing our first 100 courses took about 12 years, and now, in about a year, we’re able to create and launch nearly 150 new courses,” said Duolingo co-founder and CEO Luis…

April 2025 witnessed crypto markets rocked by more tariffs at the direction of US President Donald Trump — controversial policies that could have influenced the outcome of Canada’s elections on April 28. On April 2, Trump levied “discounted reciprocal tariffs” on 185 countries and territories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2,200 points on April 4, while the S&P 500 dropped nearly 6%, its largest decline since March 2020. Bitcoin (BTC) went along for the ride but broke from stocks as it recovered toward the end of the month. Blockchain adoption metrics for Ethereum are looking good, as the network now…

Summary Exploration yields valuable resources and hidden items outside the main corridor, boosting characters for future battles. Equipping Luminas on each character enhances stats and passives crucial for challenging fights & boss battles. Utilize skills that either restore or don’t consume AP to manage action economy efficiently during combat. Although the journey players experience in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is remarkable and the turn-based battles appear ordinary at first glance, several systems woven into the combat make the RPG unique. While confronting the Paintress, mastering these different systems is vital for anyone who seeks a smoother path through this unsettling…