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Earlier this year the Trump administration ended the “de minimis” exemption on goods shipped from China and Hong Kong to the US. Essentially this meant that items shipped from those regions that were valued under $800 would no longer be exe…
Earlier this year the Trump administration ended the “de minimis” exemption on goods shipped from China and Hong Kong to the US. Essentially this meant that items shipped from those regions that were valued under $800 would no longer be exempt from tariffs. Many sellers found workarounds by doing things like routing their shipments through […]
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OpenAI scrambles to remove personal ChatGPT conversations from Google results.
Faced with mounting backlash, OpenAI removed a controversial ChatGPT feature that caused some users to unintentionally allow their private—and highly personal—chats to appear in search results.
Fast Company exposed the privacy issue on Wednesday, reporting that thousands of ChatGPT conversations were found in Google search results and likely only represented a sample of chats "visible to millions." While the indexing did not include identifying information about the ChatGPT users, some of their chats did share personal details—like highly specific descriptions of interpersonal relationships with friends and family members—perhaps making it possible to identify them, Fast Company found.
OpenAI's chief information security officer, Dane Stuckey, explained on X that all users whose chats were exposed opted in to indexing their chats by clicking a box after choosing to share a chat.
Amazon has failed to make Alexa profitable thus far.
Since 2023, Amazon has been framing Alexa+ as a monumental evolution of Amazon’s voice assistant that will make it more conversational, capable, and, for Amazon, lucrative. Amazon said in a press release on Thursday that it has given early access of the generative AI voice assistant to “millions” of people. The product isn’t publicly available yet, and some advertised features are still unavailable, but Amazon’s CEO is already considering loading the chatbot up with ads.
During an investors call yesterday, as reported by TechCrunch, Andy Jassy noted that Alexa+ started rolling out as early access to some customers in the US and that a broader rollout, including internationally, should happen later this year. An analyst on the call asked Amazon executives about Alexa+'s potential for “increasing engagement” long term.
Per a transcript of the call, Jassy responded by saying, in part:
Other July stories: Solving a 150-year-old fossil mystery and the physics of tacking a sailboat.
It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost) missed. This year, we're experimenting with a monthly collection. July's list includes the discovery of the tomb of the first Maya king of Caracol in Belize, the fluid dynamics of tacking a sailboat, how to determine how fast blood was traveling when it stained cotton fabric, and how the structure of elephant ears could lead to more efficient indoor temperature control in future building designs, among other fun stories.
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Archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase are the foremost experts on the ancient Maya city of Caracol in Belize and are helping to pioneer the use of airborne LiDAR to locate hidden structures in dense jungle, including a web of interconnected roadways and a cremation site in the center of the city's Northeast Acropolis plaza. They have been painstakingly excavating the site since the mid-1980s. Their latest discovery is the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, Caracol's first ruler, who took the throne in 331 CE and founded a dynasty that lasted more than 460 years.
Windows 11 SE debuted in 2021 as a stripped down version of Windows that was designed for low-cost laptops meant to be used in K-8 classrooms. It was basically Microsoft’s answer to ChromeOS, which has become popular in the education market. But …
Windows 11 SE debuted in 2021 as a stripped down version of Windows that was designed for low-cost laptops meant to be used in K-8 classrooms. It was basically Microsoft’s answer to ChromeOS, which has become popular in the education market. But it never really caught on in the same way as Google’s operating system. […]
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Switch 2 and online membership pricing “will remain unchanged at this time.”
Slowed tech progress, inflation, and global trade wars are doing a number on game console pricing this year, and the bad news keeps coming. Nintendo delayed preorders of the Switch 2 in the US and increased accessory prices, and Microsoft gave its Series S and X consoles across-the-board price hikesin May.
Today, Nintendo is back for more, increasing prices on the original Switch hardware, as well as some Amiibo, the Alarmo clock, and some Switch and Switch 2 accessories. The price increases will formally take effect on August 3.
The company says that there are currently no price increases coming for the Switch 2 console, Nintendo Online memberships, and physical and digital Switch 2 games. But it didn't take future price increases off the table, noting that "price adjustments may be necessary in the future."
Microsoft Power Platform ermöglicht die Automatisierung von Prozessen ohne Codingkenntnisse. Wie sich Datenquellen anbinden, Genehmigungsflows erstellen und KI-Modelle integrieren lassen, zeigt dieser Workshop. (Golem Karrierewelt, Unternehmenssoftware)
Microsoft Power Platform ermöglicht die Automatisierung von Prozessen ohne Codingkenntnisse. Wie sich Datenquellen anbinden, Genehmigungsflows erstellen und KI-Modelle integrieren lassen, zeigt dieser Workshop. (Golem Karrierewelt, Unternehmenssoftware) Bisher gab es keine Mobilfunk-Versorgung im Wendelbergtunnel, außer eventuell mit 2G. Jetzt soll man in der Röhre kommunizieren können. (5G, Telekom)
This ultra-powerful AI is ultra-expensive.
Google is unleashing its most powerful Gemini model today, but you probably won't be able to try it. After revealing Gemini 2.5 Deep Think at the I/O conference back in May, Google is making this AI available in the Gemini app. Deep Think is designed for the most complex queries, which means it uses more compute resources than other models. So it should come as no surprise that only those subscribing to Google's $250 AI Ultra plan will be able to access it.
Deep Think is based on the same foundation as Gemini 2.5 Pro, but it increases the "thinking time" with greater parallel analysis. According to Google, Deep Think explores multiple approaches to a problem, even revisiting and remixing the various hypotheses it generates. This process helps it create a higher-quality output.
Die beliebte Gaming-Maus Razer Basilisk V3 X Hyperspeed mit neun anpassbaren Tasten, 18.000 DPI und RGB gibt es bei Amazon zum Bestpreis. (Razer, Technik/Hardware)
Die beliebte Gaming-Maus Razer Basilisk V3 X Hyperspeed mit neun anpassbaren Tasten, 18.000 DPI und RGB gibt es bei Amazon zum Bestpreis. (Razer, Technik/Hardware) 
Bisher gab es keine Mobilfunk-Versorgung im Wendelbergtunnel, außer eventuell mit 2G. Jetzt soll man in der Röhre kommunizieren können. (
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