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Like it or not, Amazon continues to put AI at the center of the shopping journey. The company on Wednesday announced Alexa for Shopping, a new personalized AI shopping assistant powered by Alexa+. Notably, this experience will replace Rufus, a generative AI shopping assistant launched in 2024. According to the company, Alexa for Shopping is designed to deliver voice- and touch-enabled shopping experiences on mobile, desktop, and Echo Show smart displays. While Rufus focuses on helping customers discover and compare products, Alexa for Shopping aims to provide more personalized recommendations and automate the shopping experience across Amazon and other online…

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit in Washington on April 15, 2026.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesCisco Shares soared 17% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the networking company announced earnings and guidance that beat Wall Street expectations.The company announced fewer than 4,000 job cuts this quarter, representing less than 5% of its workforce.Here’s how the company performed compared to the LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: $1.06 adjusted vs. $1.04 expected Sales: $15.84 billion vs. $15.56 billion expectedCisco said in a statement that revenue for the quarter ended April 25 increased 12% from $14.15 billion in the same…

The Palme d’Or isn’t the only golden treasure at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Gillian Anderson She debuted a fierce new look, swapping her typically straight golden hair for voluminous curls. For the May 13 event, the 57-year-old paired her fresh style with a beaded floral dress from the Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2022 collection at the photocall. Teen sex and death at Miasma camp. of crown Alum Upcoming Stars jane schoenbrunn- Directed alongside slasher movies Hannah Einbinder. Gillian plays Billie, a reclusive actress who played the final girl in a 1980s horror film. Meanwhile, Hanna plays Chris, a director trying…

The OPEC member country’s oil production fell further in April, down more than 30% since the start of the Iran war in late February, the cartel said in its latest monthly update on Wednesday. OPEC also revised down its forecast for demand growth in 2026 to about 1.2 million barrels per day, from the previous estimate of about 1.4 million barrels per day. Global demand faces constraints after Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz effectively cut off supplies from the Persian Gulf. OPEC production fell by 1.7 million barrels per day in April, after falling by 7.9 million barrels…

Anthropic is considering courting small businesses. To that end, the company on Wednesday announced the launch of Claude for Small Business, a new suite of services designed for customers who are closer to their local hardware store or coffee shop than a Walmart or Starbucks. To date, many of the most intensive AI deployments have occurred at the enterprise level. Recent research shows that most companies that have expanded their AI systems beyond experimental or pilot-level integration tend to be large companies with huge budgets. This situation appears to be changing somewhat, as adoption in small and medium-sized enterprises is…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on at the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on November 6, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the past few weeks has largely revolved around the evolution of OpenAI. But it also highlights the challenges that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence has caused for OpenAI’s closest partners. microsoft. The high-profile discovery reveals that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was worried about OpenAI replacing him in his company’s technology hierarchy as far back as April 2022, seven months before the…

Did Alex Murdaugh try to silence witnesses to his son Paul Murdaugh’s boating crash?After a night of partying, Paul Murdaugh was drinking in the early hours of February 24, 2019, when the boat he was driving, carrying his girlfriend Morgan Doty, Mallory Beach, Anthony Cook, Connor Cook, and Miley Altman, crashed into the Archers Creek Bridge. Mallory was thrown overboard and died, while the others were injured. Two months later, Paul was charged with one count of drunk driving causing death and two counts of drunk driving causing serious bodily injury. He was awaiting trial in a felony case when…

The Trump administration’s visa guarantee program had raised concerns about rising costs for World Cup travelers to the United States.Published May 13, 2026May 13, 2026WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has announced it will waive the high visa deposits imposed on World Cup ticket holders by President Donald Trump’s administration.Wednesday’s announcement followed concerns that some international travelers to the 2026 FIFA World Cup could be forced to pay deposits of between $5,000 and $15,000, adding to the already prohibitive cost of attending soccer matches.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listunder policy The system, launched in August last year, required…

In today’s job market, having a positive, collaborative attitude is just as important as having a polished resume, says career expert Erin McGough.According to McGough, author of The Secret Language of Work: Hyper-Helpful Scripts for Every Meaning, soft skills are a “top priority” for hiring teams. That’s why people with the authority to hire you often ask behavioral questions, such as “Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your boss or a colleague,” to learn more about how you react to different situations.“As we move into an era where AI can acquire more technical skills, interpersonal skills…

As AI begins to interact with the physical world, new types of labs are working on building models of the world that can be used to manipulate physical robots and model objects in physical space. Unlike large-scale language models, these models lack easy data sources, and many labs struggle to assemble the necessary training sets. Now, a startup is emerging with an unlikely data source: the video game industry. That’s the premise of Origin Lab, which just announced an $8 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures. SV Angel, Eniac, Seven Stars, and FPV also participated, with angel funding…