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Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ now works with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp

Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

France’s postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack

Inside Uzbekistan’s nationwide license plate surveillance system

Pirate group Anna’s Archive says it has scraped 86 million songs from Spotify

The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the tech-savvy generation

OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks

Trump admin halts 6 GW of offshore wind leases again

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40B Larry Ellison backing

ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped

CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance resigns

Elevate your home bar with these mixology gadgets

Splat’s app uses AI to turn your photos into coloring pages for kids

Uber and Lyft to test Baidu robotaxis in London next year, joining Waymo

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TikTok Shop launches digital gift cards to challenge Amazon and eBay

Waymo resumes service in San Francisco after robotaxis stall during blackout

A rough week for hardware companies