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Date: 2026-07-23
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Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions

Amazon is launching an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that will allow it to connect to smart home devices in new ways. With the update , which is currently in preview, Alexa Plus can link up with tech from Bosch, Delta, Ecovacs, iRobot, Yale Home, Whirlpool, Tapo, Eufy, and others, while automatically routing requests to the correct device.

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AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack-scale system

Chipmaker AMD is taking aim at competitor Nvidia with its latest hardware release: a rack-scale system designed to power computing needs of the world’s largest AI labs. At the company’s sold-out Advancing AI conference in San Francisco on Thursday, AMD Chair and CEO Dr.

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment

As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation’s TV, radio, and internet. But since Donald Trump was elected to his second term, Carr has wielded that power to threaten broadcasters that have exercised their free speech rights to make jokes about the president.

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AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing

Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary target. AI can quickly aggregate personal information — such as information about co-workers, active projects, and recent travel itineraries — allowing bad actors to instantly craft convincing messages that look authentic.

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Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models

Weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode , rival Anthropic is making its move to make Claude more voice-friendly with a new update. The company said Thursday that users can choose between Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models.

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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers

Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workers, or around 93 employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media . In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte writes that the company isn’t making these changes “because we believe AI replaces humans,” but says AI has “fundamentally transformed the tech industry, including how we work, how we build products, how…

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Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet

Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku , Anthropic’s faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode , and extending its reach into apps like Gmail, Slack, and Canva.

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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

Meta’s newest advertisement begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read countless panicked headlines about how AI is going to take our jobs, isolate us, and spark a global crisis. “Some people will have you believe AI is going to make us feel less connected.

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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users

OpenAI said today it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida-based pastor sued the company for giving a near-fatal suggestion not to consult a doctor .

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Amazon puts Luna cloud-streamed games like Fallout 4 inside Prime Video

The new strategy that Amazon gaming exec Jeff Gattis talked to The Verge about last month is getting clearer now that Prime Video has added a new Games tab on Fire TV devices . With Prime Gaming, Amazon Game Studios, and Luna now combined into one organization, it’s aiming at the more casual audience of people already using Prime Video to stream movies, TV…

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OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the US on Thursday, allowing more people to connect their medical records and health-tracking information to the chatbot. During a briefing, Ashley Alexander, OpenAI’s vice president of health product, says the company’s models “are now capable of reasoning at levels that are better than clinician level.”…

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Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking

Primate Labs is releasing Geekbench 7 , the latest generation of its popular benchmarking tool. Geekbench 7 features new video and audio encoding / decoding tests, a redesigned multi-core test, and larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs to crunch through.

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Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality

In an earnings call yesterday , Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company’s robotaxi program. New cities are being added, more miles are being driven, and more people are experiencing Tesla’s unsupervised vehicles.

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Google's Gemini nears billion-user milestone

Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said during its Q2 2026 call that the AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly users.

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Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’

Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an “AI Kill Switch Act” that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico . Reps.

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Amazon’s best 4K streaming sticks are up to 40 percent off

There’s no shortage of great shows and movies to watch, but discovering something new isn’t always easy. Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and Fire TV Stick 4K Max come with redesigned software that aims to make it easier to finding something you’ll like, and both 4K-ready streaming sticks are back to their lowest prices to date.

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Halo: Campaign Evolved remake is a reminder of what Xbox used to be

It’s impossible to talk about a new Xbox game without also talking about the state of Xbox. Microsoft’s gaming division is in freefall: Recent headlines are dominated by extensive layoffs , decimated studios , and confusing strategies , most of which stem from years of bad decisions and expensive acquisitions .

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Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon

Nvidia’s effort to deploy its GPUs far and wide is aiming at a new target: the moon. Lunar Outpost , a startup building robotics for space infrastructure, announced on Thursday that its next moon rover will use Jetson chips to control its lidar system.

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