JD Sports deploys Algolia for agentic commerce strategy
JD Sports has deployed Algolia as the retailer’s governing intelligence layer on which to build...
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AI Traffic’s Biggest Winners Are AI Platforms Themselves
AI tools are sending billions of visits to websites, but more than half of that...
Omnichannel Playbook for Beauty Brands
I met recently with a spa manager in California to introduce her to a French...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating
Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the...
Read moreGemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS
Get expressive high-quality speech generation built for global scaleGemini 3.8 Flash TTS delivers leading voice customization capabilities, securing the #1...
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A classification of major reinforcement learning algorithms by model use, what they learn, on-policy versus off-policy training, supported…Continue reading on...
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The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25...
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Start Ups
Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
Lindsey Elliott is big into bolts. At last year’s Bolting Symposium — the 13th annual — she said the highlight...
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What To Do In Barcelona When You’ve Already Seen The Main Sights
On your first trip to Barcelona, there are some places you just have to see. The...
Living Grief and the Mountains I Lost
August used to be the month that I looked forward to, a promise of adventure and...
What You Need to Know
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Visiting The Gold Coast Australia: 10 BEST Things To Do
As our plane lifted off from Bali to Brisbane, we were so excited to start our...
The Best eSIM Plan for Long Term Travelers
There’s a lot of eSIM companies in the world. They all work a similar way: you...
Orlando Staycation Guide: for Florida & Georgia Residents
Millions of people fly halfway across the world to stand in line at Magic Kingdom, ride...
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Why It’s Easier To FIRE At 35 Than At 50
In 2012, two months before my 35th birthday, I engineered my layoff from a 13-year career in investment banking. At...
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Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
Lindsey Elliott is big into bolts. At last year’s Bolting Symposium — the 13th annual — she said the...
The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating
Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get...
Prediction Market Odds Put Bitcoin’s 2026 Peak Near $97,000
Bitcoin is trading near $84,151 on the morning of September 24, 2026, while prediction market odds on Kalshi’s “How...
Hyundai set to outsell Ford in Q3 as Detroit automakers lack hybrids
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The NSW tech minister overruled an Investment NSW recommendation to fund startup festival Spark, cutting a $40,000 grant to nothing
A freedom of information (FOI) request to the NSW government by the community startup festival Spark has revealed the...
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS
Get expressive high-quality speech generation built for global scaleGemini 3.8 Flash TTS delivers leading voice customization capabilities, securing the...
