🛒 AI helps drive a record $11.8B Black Friday spend
Adobe says online sales hit a fresh peak as shoppers leaned on AI chatbots to sniff out coupons and price drops. Efficient to the point of ruthless… if a bit dull.
Salesforce adds that AI agents nudged billions in global purchases. Not magic-just tireless bargain bots doing the midnight trawl so you don’t have to.
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💾 Micron plans a $9.6B AI memory plant in Japan
A massive new fab aimed at AI memory hopes to ease the supply crunch. Maybe-capacity always seems to land one beat late, doesn’t it?
Nikkei’s report via Reuters lays out the big number, the site, the AI angle. Chips, power, permits-the whole industrial sudoku.
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💸 Sergey Brin gifts $1.1B in Alphabet stock after AI rally
Most of the shares go to Catalyst4, his nonprofit. Big philanthropy move, bigger subtext-the AI windfall is spilling into charities at scale.
Generous, yes, but also a vibe check on how supercharged the AI trade has been. Gains turn into grants; a neat economic boomerang.
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🗞️ Big tech’s friendly media bubble, explained
The Guardian maps a cozy ecosystem where CEOs find soft landings to “win the narrative” online. Less grilling, more glow.
Pro-tech pods, in-house “journals,” influencer circuits-it’s PR with better lighting. Useful context for why some AI stories glide by so smoothly.
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⚖️ You can’t make your AI admit it’s sexist - but bias persists
A developer’s exchange with Perplexity lit up debate. The awkward bit-models dodge labels even when outputs skew.
Audits, datasets, incentives… the usual suspects. Not a confession problem; a measurement one. Mildly infuriating, predictably solvable.
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💻 Copilot+ laptop deal goes a bit feral
Dell’s 14 Plus Copilot+ drops to $499. NPU on board, long battery, travel-friendly-the AI PC pitch tightens.
Caveat emptor: 60Hz display, meh speakers. Still, for an “everyday agents and summaries” machine, not bad at all.
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