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Not Sonos, but a generic photo of a blurry TV streaming interface – Credit: Rainer Puster / Getty Images Sonos Is Venturing Into Video With a Streaming Box
Wood you pine for a Sonos TV video streaming experience? Sonos hopes Pinewood (a codename) will do for video what Sonos did for audio.
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(Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Google Abandoned Its Pledge to Never Use AI for Deadly Weapons
You can’t slip one past us, Google. We saw you remove your promise to never use AI for “technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.”
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(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Apple Invites Itself to the Cool Kids Table With a New Party Planning App
Partiful served the niche of party planning and invitations well. Too well. Apple couldn’t let that go unanswered.
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Sam Altman speaking in Tokyo, Japan on February 3, 2025 – Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says They’ve ‘Been on the Wrong Side of History’
OpenAI could be more open, you know. And it’s not just open-source advocate who think that. Recent comments suggest their CEO thinks so, too.
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Amazon Fire TV home screen – Credit: Amazon Amazon Fire TV Nixed Your Ability to Fire Unwanted Apps
Who the hell wants to stare the Amazon Live Shopping app in the face every time they turn on the TV?
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Fahroni / Getty Images Apple’s Powerbeats Pro Are Getting a Sequel Next Week
Love wearing your AirPods while you work out, but sick of them falling out of your ears? Beats has the cure, and it’s coming on February 11.
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chepkoelena / Getty Images Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ Uses a Realistic AI Voice to Call Businesses for You
So other AIs can develop lifesaving vaccines and make self-driving cars? Big whoop. Google’s Ask for Me will handle the drudgery of making phone appointments, and that’s all I really want from AI.
