Amazon is bringing its new AI-powered conversational assistant, Alexa+, to the U.K., the first country to get the AI assistant outside of North America. The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early access program. Users who buy the new Amazon Echo will receive an invite for the early access program, and the company says it plans to enable Alexa+ for “hundreds of thousands” of customers in the coming weeks. Once the early access program ends, Prime subscribers will get to use Alexa+ for free, and non-Prime users will need to pay…
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At least four Block employees have rejoined the company after being cut during the firm’s sweeping workforce reduction in February. Chane Rennie, who leads creative strategy at Block, is among them. He has returned to the role just a week after announcing he had been laid off, according to a LinkedIn post. Another case is Andrew Harvard, a design engineer, who was quickly invited back after being temporarily dropped from the company by accident. He confirmed the return in a statement Some team members were rehired after their manager and colleague strongly pushed leadership to bring them back. Richard Hesse,…
Mar 19, 2026 00:33 OpenAI and Amazon announce joint Stateful Runtime Environment for Amazon Bedrock, enabling persistent multi-step AI agent workflows with enterprise governance. OpenAI and Amazon Web Services have unveiled a joint collaboration bringing a new Stateful Runtime Environment to Amazon Bedrock, marking a significant expansion of OpenAI’s enterprise reach into AWS infrastructure. The partnership, announced February 27, 2026, delivers persistent orchestration and memory capabilities for AI agents running complex, multi-step workflows.The move positions OpenAI models directly within AWS customers’ existing cloud environments—a notable shift from typical API-based deployments that require external orchestration layers.What the Runtime Actually DoesMost AI…
On-chain data may explain why key price levels are causing problems for Bitcoin. Related books Realized prices put a ceiling on the rise The $75,000 number is more than just a rough number for Bitcoin traders. This is at the lower end of what analysts call “traders' on-chain realized price.” This is an indicator that tracks the average price at which active market participants last moved a coin. According to Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, this band has historically acted as a ceiling for bear markets and appears to be doing the same now. Bitcoin tested the $75,000…
Farm labor shortages are pushing agriculture toward greater automation, especially when it comes to harvesting. But not all crops are easy for machines to handle. Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched. This requires precise control and smart decision-making. To tackle this challenge, Assistant Professor Takuya Fujinaga of Osaka Metropolitan University’s Graduate School of Engineering developed a system that trains robots to assess how easy each tomato is to harvest before attempting to pick it. His approach combines image recognition with statistical analysis to determine the best…
Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, says he expects to receive a compromise proposal on stablecoin yield provisions before the end of this week. If that timeline holds, it would mark a significant step toward resolving the single biggest sticking point that has stalled US stablecoin regulation for months. The yield question — whether stablecoin issuers should be allowed to pass interest earnings back to token holders — has been the legislative equivalent of a kitchen renovation that keeps finding new problems behind the walls. Everyone agrees the work needs doing. Nobody can agree on the plumbing.…
Mar 17, 2026 21:40 Mistral AI debuts Forge platform enabling enterprises to train frontier-grade AI models on proprietary data. ASML, Ericsson, ESA among launch partners. Mistral AI unveiled Forge on Monday, a platform that lets enterprises build AI models trained entirely on their internal data—moving beyond the fine-tuning limitations that have frustrated corporate AI adoption.The French AI company has already signed heavyweight partners including ASML, Ericsson, the European Space Agency, and Singapore’s DSO National Laboratories and Home Team Science and Technology Agency. These organizations will train models on proprietary datasets powering their most complex operations.Beyond Fine-TuningMost enterprise AI deployments rely…
Bitcoin once again faces severe criticism Boris Johnson former British Prime Minister questioned its legitimacy. His remarks, shared in a post by X on March 13, 2026, reignited the debate over whether the world's largest cryptocurrency is fundamentally sound or structurally flawed. Bitcoin under fire: What Boris Johnson's statement suggests In his post, Johnson said: repeated Long-standing questions about Bitcoin Investor loss report He was increasingly skeptical. His comments highlight concerns about the structure of cryptocurrencies and potential risks to participants. Related books This perspective is consistent with his previous column about people being attracted to the promise of profit;…
The AI-powered design platform Picsart is launching an AI agent marketplace, allowing creators to “hire” AI assistants to help them with specific tasks, like resizing and remixing social content, or editing product photos on Shopify. With over 130 million worldwide users that skew Gen Z, Picsart is like a more advanced Canva for social media managers and content creators. The company reached unicorn status amid the creator economy boom in 2021, but has remained relevant by continuing to ramp up its AI-powered products to serve the current market. The timing is good for Picsart to launch such a marketplace, since…